New-York tribune., 1901-02-27
BRAVELY RESCUED AT SEA
THRILLING EXPERIENCES OF MAR
INFRS AND STORMBEATEN VESSELS
on INCOMING VOYAGES.

The number OF steamers which arrived here yes
.erdsy was unusually large. Probably on no single
dav this year have many reached this port
The large number partly due 10 the delay og
rough weather Of several steamers winch came
into port together A number OF them were from
Bermuda where they had put in for supplies OF
.~oaI their bunkers having become exhausted by
the battle with the heavy seas and strong head
winds
steamers recently upon Bermuda's stock of coal
that the price Of that article is far above the
normal there.
Captain Masssrdo. of the Citta di Messina, one Of
the steamers which arrived yesterday, was Obliged
N pay 50 a ton for the fifty he required.
Nearly every steamer had interesting expert
ence on the steamer Ctta di Messira, which ar
rived here from Palermo with cargo Of oranges
and lemons were twenty-four members Of the crew
of Italian Jupiter. The Jupiter is float
ing in the middle OF the Atlantic Ocean with
her captain a man na-ned Cremonin her second
engineer, her steward nine tons of coal and a good
stock OF provisions aboard. The steamer ran short
Of In latitude 1883 longitude 500 west nine
hundred miles southeast Of Bermuda and midway
between the Bermuda Islands and the Azores She
sighted by the steamer Citta di Messina in this
plight on February 10.
Captain Cremonin signaed that he wished
tow AS the sea too rough TO permit the
launching Of boat. hawsers attached to buoys were
hoated down to the disabled steamer. The Mes
sina then pulled the lines for eighteen hours
when they parted. the seas breaking over her con
stantly 1t not possible TO make another con-
nection. so the Messina stood by. drifting TO lee
ward at rapid rate meanwhile. 1t was decided
10 take OF the crew OF the Jupiter. hut the
was so rough that for a time II was impossible
For three days the steamers drifted IN company
waiting for opportunity to give and receive aid
The officers had faith in omnipotent Providence.
and al last the long looked Tor opportunity came.
The chief engineer Of the Messina In telling the
story yesterday. said. 1T is necessary 10 believe
In God; as he told Of sudden calm W@hlch @ ieI.
upon the sea and last for Just nan an noIT pFf ff
the Jupiter Soon The sea sprang into acton again
taken the other from the vessel
The Jupiter her way from Girgenu m
New-York with a cargo of sulphur and birthstone
She is owned by the Commercial italian Navigation
Company. OF Genoa She was built or steel IN
ea 3 Feet b Beam am and e feet depth She registers 3s
tons. Her crew will return 10 Italy on the steamer
Archinede. which sails to-day.
The Febre Line steamer Brittania. after voy-
age from Marseilles lasting from January II, ar
rived here yesterday in a damaged condition her
ls9 steeraee passengers had all the sea experience
and burned some Of her spars TO keep up steam;
But this cid not avail and she dr1fted ABOUT 9nIll
tried 10 tow her against the heavy head seas
hawser after hawser broke. and II finally de-
cided 10 make effort TO reach Bermuda in some
other way The Brttania proceeded under sail. The
TWO vessels clung together. reaching Bermuda Feb
ruary "a Here she got coal and came 20 TINS port
She added collision 10 her experience az 9uaran,,
tine early yesterday morning, when she dropped
headway she crashed into the three masted
schooner Scotia and cut into her amidshps, almost
day from Azua Hayu with A cargo of cedar and
mahogany. She hauled out yesterday on Staten
Island. The Brittana suffered no injury.
The British steamer Fernfield. Captain Davies.
which arrived here from Lisbon late Monday
night. had a trying experience also. She left Lis
bon on January Is On February she was withln
1SO miles OF Sandy Hook when she encountered
q heavy northwest gale, accompanied by a tre-
lnendous sea, She was obliged 70 run before II ana
put into Bermuda for coal. She sailed thence on
February y. and. encounterng succession OF very
heavy gales blown leeward a distance OF
eighty miles. The storm blew with great ferocity
for three days. and her coal supply running snort
she again obliged to put into Bermuda she
sailed again on February q for New-fork. with
the success recorded.
The British ship Clan Buchanan. which arrived
Monday night from Sharpness England, re-
ported that December u, during bad weather.
W II Bowles. Of England. eighteen years old, a
seaman. washed from the rigging and lost.