The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-12-30
Shipping S
.Paralyzed
by Storms
Grave Fears Felt for Two YES
sells - Scores of Smaller
Craft Wrecked by Heavy
Gale on Atlantic.
Many New Workers Hurl

New York. Dec. 29.--By \. P.n
Gales today continued to whip tho
north Atlantic into mountains and
canyons, arousing fears for at least
two vessels, delaying scores and send
ing few smaller craft crashing into
the shore.
The chief anxiety was felt for the
freighter Bretonia, which sailed for
this port from st. Pierre on Decem-
Der L.. and the German freighter
Heinrich kayser. which last reported
when it sent out an SOS 600 miles
off Cape May on December t.
In addition, Il flutter ran through
marine circles when the shipping
board motorship Muumotor. bound
for Norfolk from Boston, radioed for
help off Five Fathom bank light.
The Munmotor. with crew of AZ. re-
ported bad list to starboard. but u
later message stated it had righted u
little. Meanwhile the coast guard
cutter kickapoo put out to its assist
ance from Cape May.
Schooner Wrecked.
The most important wreck reported
was that of the schooner Annie L.
Spindler, out of Yarmouth, N. s.,
which struck near Provincetown,
Mass, sending its crew of six ashore
in a breeches buoy. An unconfrned
report had it that the boat was carry.
Ing cargo - liquor.
Shipping offices i'll New York, Hall
fax and other ports were bombarded
with wireless messages from liners re-
porting delays caused by midwinter
storms.
The Berengaria, bearing Ambassa-
dor Harvey back to Washington from
London, was one of the vessels held
up. Due here today, it reported that
it still was SIT miles off this port and
did not expect to reach quarantine
until Sunday morning.
Waves also were lashing the sides
of the giant Majestic, carrying the
British finance mission TO the United
States. and Emile Coue, proponent of
auto suggestion boupd here for
lecture tour.
Vessels Show Effects.
| Nearly 25 steamers which crept into
port today showed the effects of the
The Manchuria reported three of its
crew in the sick bay with injuries re-
ceived when smitten by a gigantic
wave. Battened below decks for fnost
of the voyage were 246 seasick pas
sengers.
The President Monroe, snow and ice
covered from stem to stern, arrived
looking like an iceberg, after fighting
the worst gales the skipper could re-
| member. Once. he said, when a hun
red-miles-an-hour wind was blowing.
the vessel could make but four knots
an hour.
Storm Takes Toll.
The storm took its toll OF hundreds
of injured. From early last night un-
til daybreak hospital ambulances
| were bringing in pedestrians with
broken arms. fractured legs or crack
ed skulls, who had fallen on the ice
| covered streets. Most hospitals were
crowded to capacity. Two persons
are reported to have been killed in
falls.
The wind reached high velocities.
Combined with the unaccustomed
burden of snow, it worked havoc
with above-ground power and telc-
phone lines; street car transmission
cables. roofs of buildings and large
trees.
Lives of pedestrians in some sec.
tions were endangered by falling
signs. tumbling chimneys and smoke
| stacks. Thousands of dollars of dam.
age were believed to have been sus.
tanned on Long and Staten Islands,
where numerous small craft were
washed ashore. Along the waterfront
! the toll Of damaged buildings was re-
ported heavy.
Railroads were asked to concen-
trate on maintaining unimpaired
freight service in order that the city,
with barely 4S hours reserve supplies
OF coal on hand at harbor terminals,
might not be confronted by an actual
fuel famine.