The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-05
NEVIS FROM THE SEA.
Terrible Experiences by Nova scotia
 Schooner During Blizzard.

New York, Dec. 1.-The trim Nova Scotia schooner Walleda, Captain Kempe, arrived to-day from Gonaives and reports terrible experiences encoun- tered during the recent hurricane We have had a hard time" said Captain Kempe, "and I do not recollect that have ever seen such weather on the North Atlantic since l first went to sea. During the height of the hurrl- cane on November 2S, in latitude 36s22; longitude 7230, we sighted a schooner of about 700 tons flying signals of dis tress. It was nearly dark at the time and her crew could be seen on the decks gesturing frantically for assistance. I told them that my boats were useless. They said that they would come to us in their own boats. During this time we laid to, but found that we were drifting rapidly to the leeward. We went about on the other tack and man. aged to cross the bow of the wreck and again drifted to a leeward position. We hailed again, but got no answer. In the meantime another three-masted schooner came to our assistance and assumed a position to the windward of the wreck Both of us stood by until daylight, we to the leeward the other schooner to the windward.
 When morning broke the wreck was seen to be deserted and the boats gone. It is supposed that the unfortunate men had attempted to launch their boats during the night and were lost. It was impossible for them to get to the other schooner to windward owing to the ter- rible seas and wind. The wreck was very low in the water and we were un- able to distinguish her name Finding that we could not help her further we put our vessel on her course. The gale continued throughout the 18th and moderated on the 18th, when after abating for six hours, another gale sprung up and blew harder than ever from the same quarter During the gale on the 18th we ran in among a considerable quantity of yellow pine timber about twelve to eighteen inches square, and had considerable difficulty in getting clear of the immense uuan- | tity which foated about"
 l Gloucester, Mass, Dec. 4.-The schooner Procyon, Captain Stanley. ar | rived here to-day from the Georges
 with the crew and stewardess of the Buffalo barge Porter, rescued Tuesday
 night, two days after the barge had
 parted from the steamer Aragon, which
 was towing her with two other barges
 to New York. The captain of the Por- 1 ter stated that the Aragon left Port
 Hawksbury, c. B.. on November 27, and
 besides the Porter there were the David 1 Wallace and the San Diego The next I day in a heavy south coast gale the 1 tow line between the Wallace, which
 was next to the steamer and the San
 Diego broke, and in order to avoid col i lision the tow line from the Porter was 1 cut. The barge, being light rode out Sundays gale, and setting her two i small sails endeavored to run for port r The Procyon was sighted on Tuesday
 morning and stood by until night, when | the barge began to leak. and, with the i barometer falling, signals of distress I were set. The schooner soon ran along i side and the transfer was made without
 difficulty. The Porter was under char ] ter to the Atlantic Transportation com 1 pany and was on the way from Buffalo i to New York.
 New York, Dec. 1.-The American i brig Carib, Captain Montgomery, arriv- ! ed to-day from ports in Honduras The
 captain says that in an experience of ! thirty-one years in the trade between | New York and Honduras he has never encountered such terrific seas and wind
 as he has had during the past trip. On
 November 27 Robert Quiry, the mate
 was swept overheard and lost
 The British steamer fingers, Captain
 Morton, arrived in port to-day in dis
 tress, having encountered terrific gales
 on the Atlantic. She also brought into
 port eight shipwrecked mariners who
 were taken from their dismasted and
 water-logged vessel, the Harry B. Rit-
 ter, in mid-ocean. The fingers left Nor
 folk on November 26 for London with a | cargo of flour.