The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-13
POLARIA'S GOOD FIGHT.
ENCOUNTERED TERRIBLE Wealth
ER BUT MADE 4 PORT.
Mr.. RosenbSu rn, who was Thought 10 Have
Decn One of tho Elbc's Nict'mf, istn
Europe safe aud sound.

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Feb. i2.-Spe-
cial-The Hamburg American Line
steamship polaria, from Hamburg Via
Boston for Baltimore, put into this port
last night for coal. She left Boston
Wednesday, February 9Th, and at noon
Saturday. when her destination should
have been reached. she was further from
Baltimore than when she was in Boston
harbor. When The Polaria was near
Fire Island a strong northwest Wlpd
sprang up, which soon changed ihto
iIerce gale that lasted forty-c.ght hours
The vessel Nds carried more IMAM one
hundred miles out OF her course. IN
gale was furious. and tremendous St1s
passed over the snip time and again. she
was turned about iike a cookie sheii anu
her cargo rolled from one sac %, STe
snip TO the Otncr. To make Hidttci
worse, when the gale was at its heisht
the Gulf stream vas encountered. lhc
contact OF tie Napor from inc wa u.
water with the frigId temperature lndt
prevailed produced dense fog, ana me
Polaria : bow could not be seen from her
bridge At times the shifting OF her
but she plunged safely through me seeth-
ing breakers. although Il frequently look-
ed that there was 'no nope OF praE ny ny
The tempest. As TIE water splashed all
over the ship Il froze Immediately, and
the ice on the deck was nearly n foot
thick. Every spar and rope was covered
with ice, and she resempled an arcilc
wreck. AbCu; noon Saturday when the
ship was more than q hundred miles
from Cape Charles. the gale began to
subside. The vessel had but little coal.
and she headed for this port. In order
10 reach here she had to burn all the
wood that was available Captain Woe
pol describes his experience as the worst
he ever had.
NAVIGATION INTERRUPTED.
The only vessel which made a trip be
.tss q .-f. .-,rst
was one Of the Chesapeake aud ONO
tugs. which came over about II o'clock
but did not attempt to return, Another
tux came over to-day and made Connec-
ton with the train which arrives here
from Richmond az ~ O'Clock.
For the past two days the mail from
this city FOR Norfolk has been sent Via
Richmond. a very clrcuitouS route ne
distance by rail from this city 20 Nor
folk a. about ono hundred and seventy
five miles. while fhc distance by water
is only fourteen miles.
Several inches al snow have been added
since this morning TO that already on
the ground. and q, q late hour tonight
the tcathcry particle are stul descending.
AK. nos ENBAU,f fAfE.
Mr.. ADram ReisEeld. % the firm Of
Ecls;ieid & Roseuhauin, received letter
TINS morning from VI. AdOlph Kos"n-
baum. his partn'r. who 10 was thought.
went down with the steamship Elhc.
The lc,tcr IS dated at Paris. January
cided 10 sail for this country from South
amWon on February 10th on the steaW-
ship Paris. The Information contained
~ the letter causes much qualification 10
MT Bosenb1um's friends iu this city.
lie mas been ia Germany several months
or Visi to his wife and children.
Sergeant TOmiinson. Of Richmond. came
here to-day for Joe CLARK. who is wanted
IN Richmond for hOusebroak ug. Clark
was arrested in this city Yesterday.
EEWTOEr 81 NOTlS.
The Times correspondent was informed
to-day that an cI0Tt is being made to
secure the location here of hosiery
mill that viii employ from two hundred
10 three hundred persons II IS said
thnt the prospects of obtaining .he en-
terprise are very bright
The Newport News Knitting Mill j.
meeting with gratifying success II has
orders ahead from leading cities all over
the coun,ry, and is SO busy hat more
labor is needed to do the work.
chief Of Police Parkinson of Peters
burg, came here to-day for James Scott
lcolored. who Is wanted I'm the Cockade
city for robbery. Scott was arrested
here several weeks ago upon the receipt
OF a telegram from the Petersburg au-
thorp-ss Requesting lr%+e detgHtiAn.