Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-24
observation-disclosures.
AND and A W Watt
British Steamer Montenegro Puts
Into Port Considerably Bat.
tePed.up.
OFFICER RELATES HIS EXPERIENCE
Great Waves Washed Completely ov.
er Vessel and Water Went Through
Ventilators to Furnaces-New
Wheels Ordered From the ship,
yard to Replace Two Loaf.

Having ridden through n wator.spoui
tornado ana hurricane off the coast
T OF south Carolina. the British steamer
Montcncgro, Captain Owen, steamed
faIely into this port from Galveston
mt 1870 o'clock yesterday morning
considerably batt4rcd-up and short ~
bunker coal. She Is now rcplcnish
ing her bunkcrs on The north side OF
chesapeake a. Ohio pier, No. 2 and
VIII put 70 sea for IIavrc, France at
noon today.
The forcc of the heavy seas viii -
sven, over the big ship for more thal.
30 hours carried away both of the
steering wheels on her poop deck, II
sounding machine and huge anchor,
ripped up several steam pipes on her
main dock, broke down n companion
way. tore off several hatch covers,
stripped n part of the rigging off the
fWo-mnst, bent the brass railing on
the chart house and carried away the
weather covers around her bridge.
Second Officers Story.
Comfortably seated IN his quarters
aboard the vessel. enjoying his usual
after dinner smoke, Second Officer A..
j. Phillips. navigator Of the ship,
gavc the following account of his en-
periehccs to Il Daily Press reporter
while We were steamlng MP the
cpnst IN the neighb0rhood Of Charles
ton, 8. c., about G O'Clock on the
morning of October Is we ran into n
tornado travelling west nor'wcst. Tho
wind whipped up great sheet Of wa
ter which obsctrcd the heavens and
which fell across our decks with n tire.
mendous force. doing considerable
damage. II Knocked down tho boats
vain who was on deck and hurlcO him
against the fore house with terrific
force. He was not injured hut was
frightened half out of his wits. This
wator-spOut. for such II was, was tho
fore runner Of one of the worst gales
I have over experienced In the thirty
years have followed the sea.
Barometer Fell Rapidly.
Soon after the waier.spout struck
- norwest and there were freu,,ent
,uowi,pours OF rain. At midnight wc
~. uhu round that we were to the loft Of
.ne confer OF the disturbance ana wa
s,oWed down and hovctO. kcopjnr Tho
snip head INTO the teeth of Tho gallo
s'earihg nor'wcst by north south"nsf
four hours. curse every
49,, Waves Washed Over Shin.
4no Win ,.,,, INC lncreasc in the velocity of
INC WIND the size of the seas lncrcos.
90 ana tho vessel rolled ana nlnnrn,I
o, Water washed completely
over her decks and house ana ro,,rnn
on,, e,. .he ventilators into tho engine
n, struck Terrific Squat.
abont 1:20 o'clock on the morp,,c
' ,, INC nth, we were struck Inv n tnr'
y ,e,G sa"ali which carried away the
'oa screens and swept over The
,onp deck damaging the wheels c ~.
!, S an,s,, away nh anchor ana sounding
aae tha am and ripping up steam pipes
y inc deck. BY O'Clock that nom,
~ INC storm moderated considarohi,,
,n within few hours we had nassau
~, ,or inc range of the hu,,icnnn i,
,yn s n reno,lnded near IIatteras and {
..I,,, Accident In Engine Room, l.
When the fury of the storm w,s r.
10 height an old accident hnnn; ""' -