New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-16
WAVES LASH THE UMBRIA.
MEN TOSSED LIKE CHIPS.
EUerything Loose on Decks S1Cept
AzCdy.

When the Umbria. battered and salt encrust-
ed, locked yesterday. Jhe purser. with great
air of frankness gave out this story: We had
a fine voyage; a little bit of weather at times.
perhaps, but the whole very smooth and
uneventful voyage" What he considered IN
eventful most of the passengers thought full
Of excitement and danger.
Like the other satlantic steamers. the I'm
bria delayed at the start by dense TOgs.
She left Queenstown last Sunday night twenty
TWO hours late. Monday, when she was Off
Dauuts Rock she met the first Of a succession
of terrific gales and tenpestuous seas. The
decks We're washed continually, and the passen-
gers were confined TO their cabins. Across the
decks life lines had to be rugged. 10 enable
the men to pass from one point 70 the next
Monday morning big roller climbed over
the starboard bow and swept everything away
with it. 1t smashed in the doors Of the main
smoking room and smashed the cabin windows
Before this damage could be repaired another
green sea boarded her forward. and swept the
deck clean of every bit of movable gear. Over
thirty steamer chairs were swept over; luck
lily they were vacant.
The newt day the gales increased rapidly
Half the time the steamer was pitching with her
screw racing clear Of the water. Early in the
morning Mrs Caroline Bradford was thrown
the dining room table by the Iurch OF the
boat. She was badly bruised and her face and
hands were cut by broken glass and china ware.
A little later, the Umbria was digging her
nose into great roller. she was hit by huge
cumulative wave that picked up Third officer
NIoulton and three seamen on the sundeck and
hurled them headlong down the bridge com
panionway. injuring them. A seaTnan's hip was
dislocated-
The wave that hurt the seaman also damaged
ziI OP he
steamer. One of the steel masts was sprung.
two Ufeboats were swept away and the crows
nest was torn from the mast
Senior Rafael Montoro. Cuban Minister TO Lon
don was d passenger. with his son. Corlal He
has been recalled to Havana for special diplo-
matte service He said:
81 have been greatly surprised 70 learn OF the
charges preferred against General Wood When
General Wood was Governor, / lived IN Ha-
vana There were no complaints about him them
He was most popular with everybody, and the
Cubans of all classes had great confidence III
him"
#. f. CanteH, a follower of Dowie was an
other passenger. He has been working IN Eng
land for about four years He was met by
about twenty DOwieites. He said that the Zion
lists were gaining steadily abroad, particularly
in England. and that a vigorous missionary
movement was to begin soon Several mission
airy elders are TO sail from this port IN the next
few weeks
This is the last trip Of the commander OF the
Umbria Captain Thomas Dutton- He will re-
tire on a pension when he returns to Liverpool
CAPTAIN DuttOn began to follow the sea as a
lad first sailing before the mast in a full rugged
ship In a few years he was a mate IN the
East India and China trade He then COM
manded the Universe Of the old Guion Line.
In 1871 he entered the Cunard service as a
Junior officer He has commanded the Batavia,
the Samaria, the Pavonia, the Cephalonia, the
Bothnia, the Servia the Aurania, the Lucania
and the U'mbria Of the Cunard feet He has a
medal presented TO him by King Edward for
service during the BOer War, when he COM
rnanded a transport.