New-York tribune., 1901-03-01
ROARDED BY BIG WAVE.
EHE TEUTONIC SURPRISED BY UNhA-
PECTED BILLow, WHICH SWEEPS
HER DECKS AND INJURIES
TWO PASSENGERS.

,7b. steamer Teutonc, OF the White star Line
'~rhich arrived yesterday from Liverpooi anu
Queenstown had experience WIN d siah'
wave on Sunday morning in the mlooie ol ' NJ
r,.,a,.ic Ocean which none on board of her VIII
sorget The wave threw two passengers 10 tiie
deck with such force that bones were proheh'
snsnned the rails on the saloon ana pridse
Secks damaged the crows nest on the for"aiu
mast between ffty-ive and sixty feet above
she waterline and bruised its occupants t"o
members of the crew. The wave was out OF the
,or,r,on in one respect 1t could not be seen
soefore il broke over the starboard bow
The Messengers were at breakfast at the time
rrlnev were so startled by the onslaught OF water
and the lurching of the vessel that it was neces-
sary for Captain McKinstry, who was IN the
chartroom. TO go to the dining room ana allay
their alarm. The passengers who were lhJureu
were s. G Wilson, of Australia, cabin pas
Eerger who was walking on the port promenade
deck and was thrown down by the sudden
,urching Of the ship. breaking his jaw ana Johh
,NIichaelson, a steerage passenger, from Den
mark twenty-five years old. Michaelsoh WAS
.aueht bv the water and carried along the deck
one Of his feet caught projection in some way
svith such force that the foot was almost cut OIL
7, hing l,v a shred of skin and Dr. Dohie. the
ships surgeon, amputated a portion OF the mem
her The saloon passengers subscribed nearly
$500 for his benefit. The damage TO the ship was
mot great Parts of the iron rail on the saloon
and bridge decks were snapped off. the officers
kuarters in the forward deckhouse' Were
flooded. and the crows nest was damaged
No one Of the officers or the crew saw the
wave before it boarded the ship or is able 10
account for It, The two men in the crows nest
say that they did not observe its approach be-
cause it did not show itself on the surface First
Officer Bartlett who was in charge of the brldse
al the time says he did not see it coming. he
does not know how to account for It, Two
theories have been advanced-one that it was
n tidal wave and the other that il was an undu-
lation set in motion by the topping over into the
wafer of = portion of some distant unseen ice
berg Whatever caused it, il enveloped the snip
for \ moment in a manner that alraming-
The only premonition Of its approach was the
sudden and unexpected buryng Of the steamers
how in a hollow Of water. Then great green
wave tumbled over the starhoard bow into the
well abaft the turtleback and poured along the
promenade decks. The steamship lurched and
Tighted. No more big waves followed
First officer Bartlett said yesterday afternoon
that he was on the starboard end of the bridge
when the wave came aboard. The most re-
rnarkable circumstance about it, said he, was
The fact that the wave came out of clear
weather. There was rough sea moderate
At s o'clock on Sunday morning the instru-
1nents showed the weather was clearing IL
pleasant and bright. There were fresh
head seas, and the spray was blown over for
ward At a:20 O'Clock | saw the ship dip
usually low and plunge right into a great
which almost directly over the bows.
The water came over the starDoard bow and
swept aft The spray dashed into the crow S
nest, from flfty-five to sixty feet above the
water. The crows nest damaged, and the
two men in it injured. They had to be assisted
down 10 the deck"
The steamer at the time steaming along
at her usual speed in clear weather. The lat-
tude 45o6. the longitude 4212- This shows
that the steamer southeast of the New
foundand Banks.
One of the passengers the steamer was
Commander Booth-Tucker. of the Salvation
Army in the United States. He went to Eng
land . few weeks ago in order, f possible to be
his fathers bedside before he died He
reached Torquay, England. two days after his
fsfher's death. While in England he had
three days conference with General William
Booth, and mapped out programme for Cen
sTal Booths promised visit to this country.