The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-03
HUGE ICEBERGS.
Incoming Ships Report Large Ones
in North Atlantic.

Philadelphia. April S.-Every trans
atlantic ship that has arrived in the
port of Philadelphia during the past
two weeks has had to report passing
considerable quantities of ice and en-
countering strong head winds. The ice
foes and berss on the North Atlantic
have made their appearance unusually
early this year and at the Hydro
graphic office it is stated that this can
only be accounted for by the very mild
weather that has existed on shore COM
bined with winds from the land
Second Officer Jones. of the British
steamship East Point one of the yes
sells chartered by Charles M Taylor's
Sons, of this city. reported upon ar
rival here that his ship met a field of
ice on March Il, which they did not
clear until the next day Captain
Shallis of the steamship Yola, from
Sydney, c. B., for Philadelphia. report
ed that from Flat Point to Louisburg
via the MenadOu Passage, his vessel
passed through a field Of pack ice vary
ing from 3 to 80 feet in thickness. The
Damara. another British steamer, re-
ported meeting heavily packed ice,
consisting of pans about 40 feet square
and three feet thick, off St. Johns, n
r He cleared the ice in two days
Officer Morrell, of the Montauk Point
another of the Charles w. Taylor
Sons vessels. said that in latitude 45,
longitude $50, he passed two moderate
sized icebergs, and Captain Waters. Of
the odXOi5tLS. dn OH tdiik SlC1t4iloA41P -
said that on March 10, in latitude Hap,
longitude 1905, he passed large quanti-
ties of field ice and icebergs with
breaks of clear water running east and
west through the ice The report was
made by Officer Iggleden.
Captain Beavis. Of the East Point, re-
ported, upon arrival here. that on
March 70 he had to change the course
of his ship in latitude 1885, longitude 4S,
in Ordes. to clear a large ice field which
@ shin struck extended he
said to the northward and westward
as far as the eye could reach, and was
moving south. When he had cleared the
foe he passed an iceberg about so feet
long and 20 feet high. In almost the
same latitude and longitude, on the
same day. Captain O'Neill, of the Brit
ish tank steamship Oilfeld. reported
! that he had encountered a field of heavy
it took him two days to drive through
and clear
The German steamship Arcadia, Cap
1 tain Meegersee. which arrived in port
last week, reported that on March II, al
l o'clock in the morning, in latitude
y. 43. longitude 1898 he passed an ice
/ berg 100 feet high; two hours later he
ran into a field of floating ice which he
drove through, and from that hour un-
/ til 10 p m. he met twenty large bergS,
the largest being fully 200 feet high.
Two days later the Noordland. as re-
4 ported by Captain Roberts, saw a mum =
/ Der of bergs. large and small. some be-
ing over 200 feet in height. At one time
eleven icebergs were in sight simulta~
neously. From u to Is miles to the
north the tops Of several large bergs
We're visible.
These are only a few of the most i'm
portant reports which go to show tina,
not only is the ice breaking up earlier
than usual. but that there is an unusual
quantity of ice afioat on the North At
lantic. imperiling ships of every kind
and impeding navigation