The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-27
ROUGH Times ON THE SEA
Thrilling Experiences Related by
mariners Just Arrived.
Part Of the Crew Rescued From the
Disabled Italian Steamer Jupiter
Damaged Vessels Reach Ne. York
After Encountering Heavy storms.

After Encountering Heavy storms.
NEW YORK. Feb. 27-The number Of
steamers which arrived here yesterday
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 were from
Bermuda, where they had put in for sup
plies of coal, their bunkers having be
come exhausted by the battle with the
heavy seas and strong head winds So
numerous have been the demands made
by steamers recently upon Bermuda s
stock Of coal that the price Of that arti-
Gle Is far above the normal there Cap
tain MassardO. OF the Citta III 1fessila.
one Of the steamers which arrived yes
terday, was obliged to pay 50 a ton for
the fifty tons he required.
Nearly every steamer had an interesting
experience on the Citta ii 8lessina.
which arrived here from Palermo with a
| cargo Of oranges and lemons, were. tvep-
ty-four members OF the crew Of the Itai-
ian steamer Jupiter. The Jupiter IS float
ing about in the middle of the Atlantic
with her captain. a man named Cremon-
mi, her second engineer, her steward, nine
tons Of coal and a GOOD stock of Provis-
ions aboard. The steamer ran shOrC of
coal ia latitude 1888, longitude 47.Gs west.
go niles southeast Of Bermuda and mid
way between the Bermuda Islands and
the Azores She was sighted by the
steamer Citta di Messina in this plight on
February 10
Captain Cremonini signaled that he
wished tow AS the sea was too rough
70 permit the launching Of the boat. haw-
sers attached to buoys were fioated down
TO he disabled steamer The MessIna
then pulled at the lines for eighteen
hours. when they parted. the seas break
irg over her constantly Il was not pos
sible 10 make another connection. 50 the
Messina stood by. drifting 10 leeward at
a raDid rate meanwhile II was decided
to take off the crew Of the Jupiter, but
the sea was so rough that for a time It
was impossible For three days the
steamers drifted in company, waiting for
ar opportunity to give and receive aid At
last the long looked for opportunity came
4 sudden calm fell upon the sea
and lasted for just half an hour. but
long enough TO get the tweuty-fOur men
safely off the Jupiter Soon the waves
sprang into action again, and had they
intended TO do 50 they could not have
taken the other men from the vessel
The Jupiter was on her way from CIR
GENT to New York with cargo Of sui
Uhur and birthstone She is owned by
the Commercial Italian Navigation Com
Dany Of Genoa. She was built Of steel in
Genoa in 1889 Her dimensions are $40
fefs length 45 feet beam. and p feet deep
She registers 2.639 tons. Her crew VIII re
turn to Italy on the steamer Archlmede,
which sails today
The Febre line steamer Britannia, after
q VOYAGE from MaT5eilleS. lasting from
January Il arrived here Yesterday in
damaged condition Her 160 storage pas
sengers had all the sea experience they
wanted on February she ran out of
coal and burned some OF her spars TO keep
up steam But this did net avail and she
drifted about until February I. when the
British steamer Knight Commander hove
Ia sight The Knight Commander tried to
tow her against the heavy head seas, but
hawser after haWser broke, and II was
finally decided TO make an effort to reach
Bermuda IN some other way. The Britain
MIA proceeded under sail. The two vessels
chung together. reaching Bermuda Febru-
airy a. Here the Britannia got coal and
came TO this port She added collision 10
her experience at Quarantine early yes
terday morning when she dropped her an
Choir Before the anchor could check her
Roadway she crashed into the three-mast-
ed schooner Scotia and cut into her amid
shiDs almost to the water line. The Scotia
had arrived on Monday from Aqua, Haiti.
with d cargo Of cedar and mahogany. She
was hauled out yesterday on Staten ISL
and. The Britannia suffered no injury.
The British steamer f'ernneld- Captain
Davies which arrived here from Lisbon
late on Monday night, had a trying expe-
rIence also She left Lisbon on January
| IS On February she was within $50
miles of Sandy Hook, when she encoun>
tered a heavy northwest gale, accC npd-
MED by tremendous sea. She was oblig-
ed to run before IL and TO put into Ber-
muda for coal. She sailed thence on Feb
Tuary Z. and encountering a succession Of
very heavy gales, was blown leeward
distance of eighty miles. The storm blew
with great ferocity for three days. and her
coal GuTT1lE TlIUniDl~ she n
obliged TO put into. Bermuda She sailed
again on February y for New York, with
the success recorded.
The British ship Clan Buchanan. which
arrived on Monday night from Sharpness.
England reported that on December L.
during bad weather. ". H Bowles, OF
England eighteen years Old. a seaman.
was washed from the rigging and lost.