Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-01
TALES OF PERIL.
Large Number Of Storm Beaten Vessels Put In
to New York Harbor.

| steamers which arrived here Wadnes-
oay was unusually large. Probably on
! no single day this year have so many
reached this port. The large number
was partly due to the delay by rough
weather of several steamers which came
INTO port together. A number of them
We're from Bermuda. where they had
put III for supplies of coal. their bunk
ers having become exhausted by the
battle with the heavy seas and strong
head winds.
80 numerous have been the demands
made by steamers recently upon Ber-
, nuda's stock of coal that the price of
that article is far above the normal
there.
capt. Massardo of the Citta Iii Mes
sina. one of the steamers which arriv-
ed. was obliged to pay 81 a ton for the
30 tons he required
Nearly every steamer had an inter
eStlnS experience. On the steamer Cit
Ia Iii Messina. which arrived here from
Palermo with a cargo of oranges and
lemons. We're "A members of the crew
OF the Italian steamer Jupiter. The
Jupiter is floating about in the middle
OF the Atlantic ocean with her captain
Il man named Cremonini. her second
engineer. her steward nine tons Of coal
and a good stock of provisions aboard.
The steamer ran short of coal IN lati-
tude 33.59. longitude 400 west, 800
miles southeast of Bermuda and mid
way between the Bermuda islands and
the Azores. She was sighted by the
seamer Citta iii Messina in this plight
on Feb 10.
Capt. Cremonini signailed that he
wished a tow. AS the sea was too
rough To permit the launching of 4
boat, hawser attached to buoys We're
fioated down to the disabled steamer
The Messina then pulled at the lines FOR
is hours. when they parted. the seas
breaking over her constantly. 1t was
not possible to make another connec-
ton. 50 the MeSSina stood by. drifting
to leeward at Il rapid rate meanwhile
1t was decided to take off the crew Of
the Jupiter. but the sea was so rough
that for a time il was impossible. For
three days the steamers drifted in
company. waiting for an opportunity
to give and receive aid. The officers
had faith in an omnipotent Providence
ana at last the long locked for oppor-
tunity came. The chief engineer Of the
MeSSina, in telling the story. said, 1T
is necessary to believe in God" as ne
told of a sudden calm which fell upon
the sea and lasted for Just half an
hour. but long enough to get the "a
men safely off the Jupiter. Soon the
sea Sprang into action again. and had
they intended To do 50 they could not
nave taken the other men from the
vessel.
The Jupiter was on her way from
Girgenti to New York, with cargo of
sulphur and birthstone. She is owned
by the Commercial Italian Navigation
company of Genoa. She was built of
steel in Genoa in 1889 Her dimensions
are $40 feet length. A. feet beam and
p feet depth. She registers 2639 tons.
Her crew will return to Italy on the
steamer Archimede
The Febre line steamer Britannia. af-
ter voyage from Marseilles lasting from
January IL, arrived here Wednesday in a
damaged condition. Her 10 steerage pas
senscrs had an the sea experience they
wanted. on Feb sla ran olt of coal
and burned some Of her snars to keep up
steam. But this did not avail. ana she
drifted about until Feb !. when the Brit
ish steamer Knight Commander hove in
sight. The Knight Commander tried to
tow her against the heavy head seas, bat
hawser after hawser broke, and il was
finally decide to make an effort to reach
Bermuda in some other way. This Brit
lania proceeded under sail. The two yes
sells chung together. reaching Bermuda
Feb. A. Here she got coal and came to
this port She added 4 collision to her
experience at quarantine. when she drop
ped her anchor Before the anchor could
check her Roadway she crashed into the
three-masted schooner Scotia and cut into
her amdships, almost to the waterline.
The Scotia had arrived on Monday from
Aqua, Hayt, with cargo OF cedar and
mahogany. she was hauled out on staten
Island Brittania suffered no injury.
The British steamer Fernfeld Capt
Davies. which arrived here from Lisbon
late on Monday night had trying OK
pcrience also. She left Lisbon on Janu-
ary IS on Feb ) she was within l6J
miles of Sandy Hook. when she encoun-
tered heavy northwest gale, accompa-
MED by tremendous sea. She was
Obliged to run before it and to put into
Bermuda for coal. She sailed thence on
Feb r. and encountering succession of
very heavy gales. was blown leeward Il
distance OF 80 miles. The storm blew with
great ferocity for three days. and. her
coal supply running short, she was again
obliged to put into Bermuda. She sailed
again on February u for New York, with
the success recorded.
The British ship clan Buchanan. which
arrived on Monday night from Sharpn IS,
England reported that on December IL
during bad weather. w. II. BowleS. Of
England. is years Old seaman, was
washed from the rigging ana lost.