The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-22

rnome;ers. gives the following outline OF
The subsistence OF the stQm:
Monday. a m. sswYgaie. high, con-
fused sea. a. ~, gale undertaking. wind
sw.. high sea, noon, strong sw. wind. duii
aud overcast weather. p. m. wind mod
Grating. dull. overcast occasional rain
squalls
Thus far. with the exception of a moon
light ride on Puget Sound. We had had
anything but a pleasure voyage, and we
had some weather later on that made the
sosssck passenger feel as IL that first gale
had been mere chIid's play.
Tuesday night, October %. was stormy
again. though mex. morning the sunshine
after the storm Was beautiful AT noon
We were In latitude 4s degrees "a minutes
north. longitude is2 degrees 30 minutes
weat. having made Just about i,6to miles
from Seattle. Thursday again gave US n
storm. with falling barometer in the
afternoon and squat after squat OF rain
sweeping up from the horizon. deluging
our decks and vanishing as suddenly as It
i1adecome
Friday treated US TO a fresh succession
OF squalls, some of them pretty heavy,
though ar night we had a few hours OF
bright and almost cioudless moonlight.
Days run, al miles; distance from Seat
tie, 2.3s3 miles. which. for nine and half
days OF rather rough weather was not a
had showing. Next morning. Saturday.
October "A. We crossed the line between
and O'clock in the morning.
LOSING Oae Day.
This transition from the Western TO the
Eastern hemisphere placed us under the
necessity of dropping the following day
entirely from the calendar We went to
sleep Saturday night and when We woke
up II was Monday morning. 1t gives rise
to an odd chain of thought this dropping
of day out of ones life. For each OF us
on board the good ship yamaSuchi Maru
that day, October -, was as though it
had not been.
Well. the FRANKS incident on board ev-
cry vessel that crosses the line had far
less interest TO us than the face of the
sky. The next day or two brought us an
other rich and varied assortment of
weather. Monday morning al o'clock
the Thermometer stood ar 81 IL was well
We had brought heavy clothing with us
for here We were, suddenly heset with
winter weather. 1t was a strange COM
bsnatson 81 weather. There were snow
squalls. with intermittent sunshine. and
there was hail storm that sent its angry
stones against the front cahla windows
Ike missiles from a thousand slingshots.
The decks were simply inaccessible ex-
cept at rare intervals. Once IN the after
noon managed To climb 10 one OF the al
pine heights of the cabin deck and drop A
snowfall down the back OF a coolle PASS
ing beneath. II provoked the only smile
] have seen on his face. Noon OF that
day found us ASS miles from Seattle The
day closed with bad night. and on Tues
day and "Wednesday. especially on the lat
ter. we had the toughest weather OF orr
entire passage. All day Tuesday the ship
rolled and pitched so that moving about
on her was almost an imposs.billsy, and
ksT foss H.
on. the like OF which I had never expe-
rienced. The actual velocity OF the WIND.
IL appears from the record. was Of quite
SO great as that OF cur first weeks gale.
| bat lt blew all the afternoon at a rate az
- or 90 miles an hour. and Observer SAILS
bury VIII tell you that that means some
thing OF a STIR at sea. Both wind and sea
affected Us Ear more than they would
otherwise have done because we were 60
Ing aireekiy in their teeth. The resul, Vas
a conflict OF forces that shook the steamer
severely, and out FOR Der weil-stowcl car
50 and the watchfui seAmansf.p OF Cant.
Allen and his officers. might have sent
her 20 the bottom. The heavy head sea
and wsnd that prevailed all day wednes-
day gave US the smallest days run OF tho
entire voysgN only 80 miles, and We
raised as 1anth disturbances in going TIA
distance as forty ordinary cyclones would
| have done OF land. II gave one a vivid
| conception az the iengrh 6f the OCEAN
voyage 20 reflect as we stood at the eloss
o. W. weeks Of fneessant travel ~ day
and night t6as wa were Sin fully -
mites from our journeys end
The Last Thousand witr,.
VITA Thursday night. oe,oz,er ~ our
gale number tsc came 10 an end FRIDAY
Was glorious DAY. The sea was sgr.ssos !
| aHd the eA!asicr air. fun ~ Sofg SUNSHINE
tod tAsf ear course was trenalnx south
| ward TIE effect 81 the charge az vseafh-
or on tbs crew aud passengers was mark
Cd Ne decks we're scrubbed Of, the Pet
~ rSV&<sS CT tie storms w~rs Yefsal-ssl
and all the snip looked arsrnter ara -oorr
eheerfnt. Saturday WAS also a are esx.
| sat Sunday morning brought "a with ths
dawn ~ November our faira gale. re
worst % TIE ira. a high rar.hsss.sr u.ss
heavy SEA that made eaa vessel cat IA
| al sorts % antics
Early IN TIE gnornsng = nsoaerate hvsera
wsS Rowing. with wSzsher cloudy zs.s
tie Ssin ge.ng abaut u sssarx as $500
the ~tnd satssniy shsfgsa 10 th~ ~ert.-
wsss. tocrsaslrg % -no-ssr.s
ssi& Al o'cleck =, vas hs,v-
tng frssa gaze and a. "a
fore sTy-sssfS ara ssNy-sakss were s.Aazrn
se Pses~A she ~s- shipping large cusntf-
ces o. N~3sf sn9 lassrsng 20 high heal
SEA Iss wind Increased 70 a ss-a-,s- sc
stiT blowing tgoss Shs nsrsSxsst "a -.
saE<ueS ~sFe past a. hAgf sreAss a-s ~
vessel 2ni Stsh her bad "a the sea q,s,an
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wien tae = "a eecseesez a III. sA,s,z.s
iasre Vas S;.H very hsxh sea ssnvsrx
Al En;sraSas sae wind wAS ronS. ne ga
rno4ssrsCag as Nc raa Ia closer lsrs5s~ ss~
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rS~afs 10 uzsaHlshs ~e made bar - rxsse~x
60 sa average Q. E.tsc rae.e saars tnrss.