The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-01-21
Baltic Ports 48 Hours Late
After Battling With Wa
terry Mountains Clear
Across Ocean-Ship Is
Forced to Slacken Speed
and Take Ninety Mile
Tempest Over Her Bows
WHALE HURLED BY
WAVE LIKE SARDINE
Passengers See Monster of
Deep Thrown From Crest
to Crest of Briny Cliffs
French Steamer Hove To
Many Hours While Sea
Breaks in Doors of Craft
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Especial Dispatch to The CALI
NEW YORK, Jan. 2o.-More stories
Of the untranme1ed wrath Of the Allan
tio and hours in peril sufficient to make
the hearts OF strong men weak came in
with the White Star liner Baltic. two
days late in arriving at her pier. today.
The big ship. had been punted like a
football all the way across the south
ern track from Queenstown to Fire
island
Captain Howard found his ship run
ming square into vicious gale before
the hills Of ireland were below the
horizon and from that day, January II.
all the subtle cruelty OF the western
ocean was vented upon the big liner.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday. when
the wind from the north and west had
tuned up to a 80 mile gale and the
face of the ocean was turned into par
allel ranges of watery mountains. the
Baltic had to slacken her speed ard
take the force OF the tempest squareiy
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On the night or January is the few
passengers who remained in the upper
salon saw-they swear they saw-a
whale tossed like a sardine spawn
from crest to crest of the waves
seemingly utterly unable to navigate
against the whip and drive of the hur-
ricane.
Captain Inman Sealby. one OF the
passengers. who was in command of
the White Star steamship Republic
when it was in collision with the Flor
ida off the coast of Long island four
years ago, declared that never in his
experience at sea had he passed
through such a storm. Captain Sealby
is going to San Francisco. he says. to
enter the practice of maritime law.
The steamship venzia, which arrived
from Marseilles. had five days of strong
gales and extremely rough weather
while passing through and near the
Azores from January to 10. On the
11th the vessel was hove to, with only
100 miles made on that day.
Two head lights were smashed and
the forecastle was flooded, one life raft
was damaged, the lower bridge smashed
and a companionway swept off. Doors
were broken in by the tremendous seas
which boarded the vessel.
Blizzard Hits Chicago
Especial Dispatch to The CALI
CHICAGO. Jan. 2o.-Close upon the
heels of a blizzard that held Chicago
in its grip today the record cold wave
OF the winter is rushing upon the city
tonight.
The days snowstorm caused numer-
GUS accidents, delayed traffic-elevated
steam railroad and surface-and
thousands of residents OF Chicago and
vicinity.
Walking proved almost impossible in
some parts of the city. for 40 mile
wind swept around corners, carrying
pedestrians off their feet
Blizzard in Canada
VANCOUVER. B. c., Jan. 2o.-Eleven
Inches of snow has fallen in western
Canada since Saturday night. Reports
today throughout Canadian prairie
west give promise of continued cold.
McCloud Blockade Raised
Especial Dispatch to The CALI
McCLOUD. Jan. 2O.-The railroad be-
tween McCloud and Sisson, which had
been blockaded by snow for a week,
was cleared today when the Southern
Pacific's rotary left sisson and plowed
through six and eight feet of snow at
the summit. McCloud had not had a
train for nearly week.