The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-18
FLEET BESET BY B HEAVY ] GALE: SperrY's Ships Rode Through Storm. LIFE-BoATs SWEPT AWAY Vessels Will Arrive at Yokohama
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Yokohama. Oct. ls.--The American fleet dropped It's anchor at s:sO a. m. this Sunday morning.
 When the fleet finally came to. an chor. 1t presented, an imposing spec tacle. -Thirty-two great war snips occupied four long columns of eight each. the Americans taking the place of honor in the forefront. the Japan ese immediately behind ,;-em and needing toward the south.
 As soon as the fleet came to anchor, reception committee and attaches of the various foreign embassies and le- gations and the Mayor of Yokohama put of from shore. for the flagship Con- necticut.
 American Ampassador o'Rrien did not come down from Tokio. because, under navy etiquette. he could not be present until the Admiral commanding the. fleet had paid an official call upon him.
 Tokio, Oct 1.-The following wire- less telegram from the American bat tleship fleet giving particulars of the storm encountered of tie Northern Philippine coast. and accounting for the delay In the fleets arrival in Yoko- Press this morning:
 ''on Board U. S. S. Connecticut. of
 Cape Shiomisake, October IT, 5:10
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 "on the morning of October 12. the fleet encountered a northern gale while off the north coast of the Island of Lu- zon and the Philippine group.
 -A<%w al afternoon and night the seas were tre- mendously heavy. The fleet was moving In line of squadrons at the dou- ble distance of 800 yards and the yes sells were rolling and pitching heav- fly. Speed was reduced but the r..ips were constantly taking seas aboard. {. The height of the storm was reached on the morning of the 18th.
 "The Virginia. New Jersey and Wis censin each lost life boats and the fore top mast of the Kearsarge was car Tied away, but the repairs were soon effected.
 william Fuller, gunners'-mate. was washed overheard from the guar ter deck of the Rhode Island and was drowned.
 "A. Gladden., seaman. was washed overobard from the Minnesota. well directed throw from the Vermont, next astern. placed life bouy in his grasp and he was rescued. The sea was too rough to lower life boat.
 "The fourtb division of the fleet with its head well dp 10 the sea, slowed down during the night of the 12th and on the morning. of the 18th was east of the main body. ~
 "The fleet held it's course during the storm. which moderated on the after noon of the 13th when the wind hauled oR to the east and fine weather pre- vailed.
 "On the 14th the fleet closed up ana resumed speed of ten knots the fourth division overlooking the main body at a speed of eleven knots .,
 owing to the storm the fleet Will not arrive at Yokohama until the morning of the 18th.
 "October 15, a man fell overbosrd from the Illinois but was rescued from the. Kentucky.
 October Is there was good weather Beudix Johnson. gunersmate on the Missouri. died from heart disease. He was buried at sea October Is. The fleet stopped and colors were half masted.
 The position of the fleet on the evening of October 16 was latitude S1 degrees and 3 minutes north: longi- tude. f3S degrees and 59 minutes"