The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-12-29
Ripped and Almost Overturned.
the Seminole Safely
Reaches Port.
MOMENT OF AWFUL Peril.
When Mountainous COmberS Hit
ship Crew Thought
Her Lost.

Hugh Wallace Of the clyde liner Seminole
called genuine Cape Horn combci.'
smote the West India packet on Friday
morning southeast OF Hatteras and for "a
moment she stood on her beam ends
all hands thought. that they were ON the
way TO Davy Jones.
The Seminole arrived Yesterday with
many scars OF her encounter with th.
mighty sea done up neatly In canvas
All her staterooms were flooded by the
comber. a dozen We're wrecked and fifty
feet OF the port side OF her main deck
house was smashed. The marvel Of II
all was that nobody was seriously hunt
The sun set IN a heavy haze OH Christ
mas Day when the Seminole was jogging
along at twelve knots through q placid
sea. Capt Carey foresaw blow in the
aspect OF shy and sea and ordered all
ports locked and awnings furled for heavy
weather.
Before daylight on Friday the Seminole
was rising or hills and dropping into ho-
lows in a way that made her six pas
sengers and som. of her officers long for
solid earth
seemed About "a Turn Turtle.
Az dawn the ship was laboriug heavily
m whole gale, which came In hurricane
spurts OF seventy miles or more at times
and added to the peril Of toboGga ming
down the longer aui sleeper inc,ne- of
combers. Capt. Carey had a ticklish task
steering clear of the crested giants.
Finally one came along. two big fellows
rolled into one that he could not avoid
II Was about tall combcr as he
ever saw, Off Haiteras or elscwhete. and
it came into being with such swiftness.
rising clifflike close on his port bow. ,ha,
he could not head into IT.
The great sea broke on the port side.
looking. as the third officer Iema rked.
truly mountainous and the heart OF
every officer and seaman who saw /,
went up INTO his mouth The Semlnol.
reeled to starboard like fighter after
a knockout blow. over she went. spill
ing from their berths all hands who had
gone there for relief And still further
she heeled, until she seemed about to turn
turtle. with everybody gripping the near
est thing that looked as II 1t might hold
Al last. Hat or her hcan ends the
stanch Old .ion liner laA for frac-
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Shi~er~d From stem 10 Stern.
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v,,cl. or tho stt, ~. ,a, ,
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smash Of tho frs, cor,h.r .,,,a,,,,a ,,,
Stem n stern s,,i, .a.a. -
suent ,h,,n,i, h.r u,r,,, ,,,a .o,',..,
crashed against hsr nor, sid.
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which f.. nm IN. mat, ao,,. ,', ,
mart cr IN. i,,.r.,, =, ,,o ,..,,,'".
Th.v had r,urr ~ ,,,,, ,.,,,,., ~. .,1'.
e,reenod Tho s.co,d ,,a,... ,,,,,., -
ho nort side ~ ,h. do.,,,,,.,,s. .,, 80
ou, a,hw,r+shi,. ,o,r aat,irs
ward en,rarc. =, m. .,,on,
In an ins,ar, tho ,h-.. :, s,a.,,.s
were I'D to their waists IN ,ho eoo, ,h',,
roared aft and swsn, tnsr rsan, '.''
tab,,s rha, vn-. ,,o,,,aa .'
tables. bu, were mera,v hr,Isod Th.,.
ran TO the INNER doc,s ,hro,,, ,r,n .',,
The assistant purser Charlie. " r,,.
ting. had been seasicl, and wo,, into
unoccupied stateroo,n an ,h. nor, .,ao
rest. A minute after he had ,ouo,aI ,,,,,
bunk he WAS thrown out on tho soor po.
fore he could rise the SECOND uay. ha,
rav<d in the port side n, ,ho s,a,o.'
anu r'pPeu 'ne WOODWORK to splinteTs,
Cuttings clothing was almost IN tatters |
and his face and scalp were cut by nvlnp