New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-16
rHE OCEANIC HEARD FROM
s,c1,rrn N TOW OF BRITISH SHIP.
crpv,x1c HAS ROUGH TRIP-THE Ef'
prM1c OF MARINE ACCIDENTS AT AND
NEAR THIS PORT.

,,,>.,c WAS ROUGH TRIP-THE EPI-
nrv,c OF MARINE ACCIDENTS AT AND
NEAR THIS PORT
All doubts concerning the sale'y u 'ie , ,ra
Oceanic which was spoken by the Aiei i0a'. ,,
s,a,ush,n New-York about $50 miles east Vi oN'..
-, an February = In disabled condition. were 90.
hooA =" d.torsa, nv the White Star Line steamship
-,.r;c whose captain reported that on Ihursuay'
=, ,a,ituae n14 longitude Gl24. he sighted 'he Di'
,sh steamer Calico from HUH ior Dos'o"' W." r
Oceanic In tow. Upon exchanging s's""'
learned that the latter vesseis shalt was 49,
"a che wa, in a precarious condition "hen '"'
C,uoo fa, in with her and passed her a ha"se''
1,,o Oceanic carries no passengers and mas d crew
NJ about thirty men, and was bound from 0u"U' -
10 Hampton Roads, having left the io,ihe po ~
Iorvarv On When the Germanic continued U" He'
course the Calico with her tow was , ie"ae
ona-balf north evidently making for Haiiia"'
The Germanic herself had a stormy voyage Oh
eight days twenty-five hours and h1'S-'"o NM" ,'5
across the Atlantic. which Is about TWO uase
her usual rum Throughout the enure passaeo INV
,steran ship batted with heavy westerly ana hor'h
westerly gales ard high head SEAS O"' '
through with hardly scratch
Most Of the feet of overdue steamships are no"
IN port or accounted for. but some OF 'he S"''''s
craft are still causing their owners or agents e''
uneasiness and among these Is still the Dig steer
british ship Andelana which left fioga lsS days ago.
with crew of thirtyfive men, and mas not yet pee"
reported The ship L. Schepp left the same port d
month and a half later and came into this Porl Oh
January 2s and the FL Captain, which left NIGGA
several days later still, arrived here on FRIDAY Inc
Andelana Is said to be faster than either OF 'hese
,essels and shipping men shake their heads gioomy
u,hen asked concerning her chances she Is COM
,nanded by CAPTAIN Gillies and has a cargo or tea
and Japanese goods, consigned TO Delacamp d Co..
OF No. l08 Worth-st .,., IN, o,o,,cious
The new year has opened anything but ausp.clous-
" for ships and shipping men, not ohiy as Iesdius
nuick VOYAGES but the ships themselves NJ
here has this proved more true IMAM Ilsht mere III
New-York Harbor in the vicinity, where seven
vesseIs In rapid succession have made glad the
oil they could DO to keep up with the procession
The gallant ST. Pau, of the American Lime, APP
proprately led off by poking her graceiuI nose IN
The Jersey sands on January 70. ana keeplis IL
there for ten days, until the elements came 10 her
rescue The British ship Foyle got INTO trouDie
nearly about the same time. but soon got on Inc
steam shin Lamngton ran into the beach on Long
island and is there yet, and then the snip j. H.
Walker tried to take up the entire bay on the day
OF the big storm, and finally ended her wiz esca-
made on the rocks off Bellows Island she is tnere
yet too. The Ardandhu came next, with nre
aboa I'd and she was grounded on the mats near
Redlow's Island for safe-keepng. Bedlows Island
caught still another prize In the FL Dorado. which
went on the fats on Thursday and to round up
the series Of marine accidents right here at home
% far, the steamship Otranto tried TO make
short cut through Fire Island yesterday and she Is
there yet" Rarely before in the history OF New
York have so many accidents happened In so brief
q OF time.