New-York tribune., 1895-02-12
THEY ALL HAD HEAVY WEATHER.
INCOMING STEAMERS BRING TALES OF STORM
AND STRESS At sEA-PIrOTs HAVING
II

HARD TIME.
All incoming steamers reported having encoun-
tered extremely heavy weather. The Maasdam.
from Rotterdam: the DANA, from Hamburg; la
Normandie from Havre. and the Wittekind from
Bremen all struggled against great seas and fierce
hurricanes from the time they approached the Grani
Banks until they reached this harbor.
Allan W. Beebe. OF the pilotboat Friend. No. 4.
who brought the Iamport q Holt steamer Olbers
into port yesterday afternoon, says that all the
pilotboats now in port are so badly iced up that
they are not available for DUTY and those at sea
are also ncapacltate either by having been driven
away from the coast by the terrific storm or are so
clogged with Ice that the full force OF the crew
has been required to keep the little vessels free
Last Thursday when of Absecom Light. on board
OF his boat the Friend. Pilot Beebe finding the
barometer falling rapidly. decided to urge his ves-
sci with all possible speed TO Sandy Hook ana ma
a harbor In which to weather the storm. At I
o'clock that night the two lightships were sighted
in succession in "A binding snowstorm hho"ihs
that all the buoys of Ciedneys Channel would be
iced up badly as to be unrecognizable the Iead
was constantly cast, and. by dead reckoning the
vessel was brought within mile OF Emtree Light.
where the anchor dropped and the little beat
weathered the storm. After the storm the boat got
under way and went 10 the bar and found the sta
ton boat absent The Friend stood station at the
Bar all day Sunday. Pilot Beebe bringing In the
Rhynand. and the pilot boat following him TO port
1eStrpay afternoon Win fllotS .N'lN'" "H'
Beebe, the boat returned 10 the Bar. Pilot Nelson
brought in the DANA. and Beebe came up In the
Olbers.
Pilot Beebe says the station boat James Starord,
No. IS has been driven to sea. and that many OF
the fleet have also suffered from the storm The
greatest fears be entertained arise from the fact
that on small vessels the ice collects 50 rapidly as
10 make them unmanage Vle, and tn" immense
weight II not promptly removed. would cause th''n
10 founder the case during the hilzzari "'
1855 when the Enchantress. No. N was driven I"
and never heard from.
on THURSDAY night Pilot Beehe was In company
with three fishermen and fears that they nave
been lost. as Of those reported were ~" ones
he
coal barge was reported by the steamer plb"rs
as having been sighted in latitude % 10 north
longitulc lc T3r5 west. 10 a. February :
She IL believed be The Standard oil barge 40. =
Il &. Welt. Of the STANDARD oil Company. on Re-
ceiving the report. sent oriers 10 the steamer
Maverick ct Baycnne. 10 proceed Al ono" - T'a
and examine the vicinity mentioned. tn" barge
was abandoned by the Maverick IN the storm ~
las; Friday night. She has ten men on board
The steamer Algonquin. from Jacksonville and
Charleston which arrived hero yesterday morning.
reports that she had heavy northwest gales ana
high seas all the passage on February >. II
Five FAihom Bank Lighi iship she saw two large
three.maste schOoners sunk. Win sails set lh"
same date m Fenwick Island she passed the tug
o'arbonero. with the barge Alabama IN tow. bound
from Pensacola via Charleston. February T. ior New
York.