New-York tribune., 1903-03-02
/ STORMS AND HIGH SEAS.
SeUerest Weather for Years Reported
by .SedneeR.

| The roushest weather for years is reported by
passengers and officers of the transatlantic
steamships which arrived here yesterday
Severe storm, heavy seas and violent gales were
met by all. but there was no damage. save some
iron plates dented and broken In front OF the
smoking room OF La Savoie by a big wave. No
accidents were reported.
The first of the big liners to reach her DOCK
yesterday morning was the White Star steam
ship Celtic, which left Liverpool on Febru-
ary Is, due to arrive Thursday She made the
trip in days. II hours and 8 minutes the
longest trip she had made since she went into
TIE service On February 20 she ran into gales
of terrific force and accompanied by high SEAS
which continued until last Thursday. Captain
Lindsay found navigation difficult. and for houFs
at time slowed his vessel down to six knot
gait. The worst weather Of the trip was met
! with on Tuesday, when the Celtic made only
146 knots The gale increased until It was
blowing almost hurricane, and high sea
was running which broke over the bow. cap
tain Lindsay said that some of the waves
looked gigantic He managed the ship, he said.
that she was never caught in the holloWs,
but the seas shook her up as never before in her
history.
r. Leigh Worsley. cotton merchant OF Liver
pool. made his forty-fourth trip across on the
Celtic. He said that he had only once seen such
weather as that experienced the trip. L
have only been on one trip where the weather
was as bad that met with on the trip just
ended" said Mr.. Worsiey. That was the trip
across made on the Germanic in 1879 when We
were one week overdue. On the Oath stood
at q window IN the library watching the sea
break over the bow. Some idea OF the violence
OF the water can be obtained when l say that
there were times when the bridge was shut from
view by the spray. and the water was dashed
higher than the upper deck. it speaks well OF
the ship when tell you that nearly every day
the passengers could go outside. and that the
racks were used on the tables only two days
That was on February 24 and ..
La savoie reached her dock in the afternoon.
but was delayed two hours in getting to her
pier, as she touched bottom in her slip.
1t was reported that on Monday the bad
weather began, and by noon a strong gale was
blowing and the running high. For the
next few days the log is record OF constant
storms and high seas. Tuesday was stormy:
and the ship, which was bucking high seas ana
contending with a gale, made only 243 knots
bucking the sea. with very little enjoyment for
the passengers. Al o'clock on that morning
she shipped an unusually heavy sea. wnlcn IN
thundered on the deck. smashed and dented IN
the plates covering the forward part OF the
smoking room, just below the bridge. and bent
and twisted the railing OF the bridge. She had
wintry weather all the way TO port.
On Monday the Cunard Line steamship cam
pania was sighted on the port quarter: she Ee-
mained in sight until midnight Tuesday. The
passengers on La Savoie say that the Campania
was one of the sights Of the trip. The vessels
passed close and those on La Savoie could see
the Cunarder taking the waves and making
k gallant showing
The trip OF the Campania lasted days. =
hours and % minutes She passed through
storms and violent to port. Like the other
arriving vessels. she reports having had she
toughest passage in years.
Every day in the first half Of the trip. which
began on February 81, was marked by gales and
high seas. Time after time her nose was bur1ed
in the water and giant waves scattered spray as
high as the crows nest. On Wednesday the
weather was 80 bad that only 21S knots were
made Continual gales were encountered from
Sunday to Friday.