New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-20
ALL RODE OUT THE GALES.
co.srw1sE STEAMERS IN PORT AFTER
THE TOUGHEST SEAS IN YEARS.
THE LAMPAsAs UNABLE TO Cooh r00A
FOR TWO DAYs-THE DUMoIs AL
MOST DRIVEN ASHORE AT

TOR TWO DAYS-THE DUMOlS AL
MOST DRIVEN ASHORE AT
SAN DOMINGO.
The tension Of many anxious near's We"
ueved Yesterday by the safe ARRIVAL At 'il'' p
NJ several vessels which were DAYS overdue
was known that they had met the recent hui
cane which wrought so much DESTRUCTION W ,ie
o,a rronertv on land and sea in the West In
dies. and especially in Porto RICO anu il ~
sur,,,ved ITS force 1t was confidently expected
49,. .ho,r officers would have many vivid de-
tails TO relate of their experiences. In TINS re-
snect there was no disappointment Ohe u
these late arrivals was the Mallory Line steam
chin Iamnasas CAPTAIN Staples said that ne
hod inst experienced almost the worst week OIL
his lifetime. adding: II have not seen such
weather in seventeen years. We left Key west
an August 10 at Q o'clock in the morning anu
ran into a gale at o'clock at night IL con-
tinued until yesterday when the wlnd chahseu
n the southeast A few hours after we lel'
Kew West the wind. which was then pio"ihs
from the northwest. veered to the west anu ~
the southwest in the Straits OF Florlda. LaSU
Saturday night got out or the Strai's anu
got into a worse storm 1t struck us with
tremendous force at o'clock on Sunday morn
ing NV impression is that we passed olrecu!
through the centre of the storm. On SuiiuaS
and Monday it was utterly impossible to serve
the passengers in the dining room NO meals
were served on those days. The fires were out
in all the galleys. The passengers ana ere"
had 10 be satisfied with sandwiches. and could
not even get coffee.
Passengers were hurled from their bunKs
Nobody had a stitch Of dry clothing. Bedding
and apparel were all soaked. was not able to
WOW
seas ran tremendously high. The vessel la
bored fearfuIly. 1t was impossible for the crew
or passengers TO keep their feet. off Cape Hat
+eroe hene unable to take observations. I had
to rely on soundings only. The cabins and
staterooms were flooded with water, as were the
social room and smoking rooms in fact, every
thing on the inner deck. In my own room, on the
upper deck and in the chartroom and pilot
house and officers staterooms, there were six
inches of water at times. Neither officers nor
crew had a dry stitch Of clothing. Even away
up on the hurricane deck everything was wet
Notwithstanding the terrific storm. am glad to
say that passengers. crew and ship We're not
injured"
NORWEGIAN STEAMER MUST BE DOCKED.
Another storm tossed arrival was the Nor
wegian steamer Alfred Dumois Her chief Of
fcer Mr. Berg says that the vessel was at an
Choir in the harbor of Santo Domingo on the
morning Of August 8. when a fierce gale hit her.
AT II o'clock the wind had become so strong
that they were in Imminent danger or being
blown ashore and were obliged to run out OF the
harbor For forty hours the Dumois could not
get back The wind blew hurricane contlnu-
ally The steamship could not respond to her
holm, and she was blown about until she began
to move toward the island again The crew
thought they were sure to be shipwrecked, but
the wind veered just in the nick OF time and
saved them.
All this time the island undergoing ter
rible experience The plantations suffered might
fly. houses being blown away, trees Of great size
being thrown down, fences orchards and large
plantations being wrecked and ruined.
1--WE saw a German vessel, whose name we
could not make out during the Storm said Mr..
Berg which had been blown out OF the mar
Dor at the same time as ourselves We saw sew
eral schooners blown ashore around Santo Do
, mingo. a fate we were in danger Of sharing at
one time.
ION August Is after we had returned to Santo
Domingo and had sailed again, another hurri-
cane and heavy sea came up from the south
west The wind increased rapidly, so that we
had simply to keep before 1T in whatever direc-
tion IL took We had to heave to for four hours.
The matches were battened down for thirty six
hours. 7 have never in my career experienced
such storm so long and so fierce. We shipped
| an extraordinary amount of water. and the yes
| sci labored excessively from the and wind
| The severe strain to which the steamship had
| been subjected made her eaky. and she will go
! into drydock.
! OTHER VESSELS RODE OUT THE GALES.
The Norwegian steamship Agnes. Captain
| EaIverson. from SANTANA August ~. with three
| passengers and a cargo of fruit which reached
| Pier No. 6. North River. yesterday also en-
| countered unusual seas and winds. Off Hat
| teras on August II and Is a hurricane hit her
from the northeast, which washed the vessel to
| her topmasts The seas tremendous, and
! the matches were battened down for nearly
| forty eight hours. The Agnes was not damaged
| The German steamship Laurenburg. Captain
| Sterling from Cuba, with merchandise ana
three passengers to w. d. Munson CO..
reached this port in the afternoon ana was
moored at Pier No. IA. East River Captain
| Sterling reports that on August ID, when OH
| Jupiter Fla, he met extremely heavy gaze
| from the northeast, with unusually high seas
| The wind blew a hurricane until midnight or
| August 1S The Laurenburg shipped many seas.
and the matches were battened down and life
ropes stretched along the decks. No damage
| was done. however.
| Two Ward liners, which were overdue. came
| safely into port, the Havana and the fucatan'
| Captain Stevens, of the Havana reports that
| after leaving Havana last sunday morning the
| weather became squally. In the night the wind
| came out from the southwest, and blew per-
| feet hurricane accompanied by so high a sea
| that he decided to run his ship 10 the south
ward. Monday morning the storm settled into
| a hard gale from the same direction. and con-
tinued for fortv-eight hours on the 10th the
| wind shifted TO west-northwest and blew hard
| gale settling into a violent gale from the
| northwest on August II. and blowing with
| great fury for thirty hours. The Havana be
haved splendidly. and, although the ships decks
| were constantly flooded by the heavy seas
| which hrnke over her bows. flooding her cabin.