New-York tribune., 1922-12-27
Storm Fails to
Stop Wireless;
Ships Are Safe
coustan. Communication Is
Maintained Throughout
The Worst Gale the Allan
tic Has Seen in Years
Liners Are Due To-day
g.renraria, With Harvey on
Board, Is Thought to
Have Been Hard Hit

-. maintenance Of uninterrupted
80. communication with all trans
...-,ls liners caught in the gale
"a has been raging at sea for many
vas reported yesterday after
-, ~ omees Of passenger steamship
..-,,n;es here. In each instance IL
.aA.4 that no word had been re-
.a a. indicate that any vessel was
:. Ssnv,r OF had been damaged by the
heavy seas. -,
TSess statements were backed BY
,hs Federal Bureau Of Naval Commu-
,;,stsous ard BY several Independent
vlreless companies, all OF which re-
.ar,s5 having received no distrcss sig
nals in the last few days The ofhees
a. tbe British freighter Menominee,
AZ the Atlantic Transport Line, which
syrived here Yesterday with the cap
s,in and FIVE men from the Canadian
ssbiny schooner Gordon C. Fudge,
rieked ND at sea 1900 miles out, also
"a thew had PICKED up no o calls
a. they battled through the storm on
The Banks.
Liners Expected To-day
The Menominee was three days late
IN making port here because Of the
dorm, and apparently every liner
vhish caught the full strength Of the
tempest will be held up for at least
shst long The French liner La Savoie,
from Hsvre; ths CunaFd liner Caronia,
from Liverpool, and the Mount Carroll,
A the United American Lines, ell OF
vhich we're due here Christmas Eve,
sr, erpected TO dock some time to-day.
Steamship companies held out little
tsr, that three vessels which ordina-
,lv would have arrived yesterday will
ii in before Friday. These are the
S,sident Monroe, Of the United States
lines; the Niagara, Of the French Line,
md the Manehuria, OF the American
Reports from the ships at Sea indi-
ate that they are experiencing hur-
,tsne unparalleled in the last fifteen
!, twenty years, and old sailors on
ne few vessels which have arrived
M, week have admitted that they
Rave never seen anything worse. The
sspisln Of the Menominee reported
shst freauent billiards had created a
situation more perilous for his ship
,bsn the wind. throwing a blanket Of
vbiteness around the freighter more
inpenetrable than the heaviest fog
and narrowing the vision OF the look
out in the bow TO such limits that the
ship had TO lie 10 several times TO
avoid the danger Of collision.
Fog Horns Drowned Out
To the danger Of the obseurity was
added the impossibility OF hearing fog
horns above the hurricane, and the
steamer was sometimes almost unman-
sgesble As the mountainous waves
crashed against her bow. The freight
or vas frosted TO the masthead by salt
from the driving spray when she
iimped into port.
The Menominee reported running
Into the storm as soon as fhe LETT the
shallow waters OF the Channel, ana
dilpatchcs from abroad indicated that
tht intensity OF the gale was greatest
IN the eastern stretch OF the ocean:
Both the White Star liner Celtic and
he Cunarder Carmania entered me
iarbor at Queenstown with their ute
boats smashed and washed overheard
Il is generally believed here that the
storm center has been moving in an
easterly direction and that its full
force has undoubtedly struck the Gu
harder Berengaria. which left Cher
bourg ard Southampton Saturday
bringing Ambassador George Harvey
% confer with President Harding
HALIFAX. n. s., Dec. 26.-Anxiety
over the safety of the Furness Line
steamship Digby, seven days overdue
from Liverpool to ST. Johns. n. F., was
sllayed tonight when a radio message
was received here from the vessel ssy'
ing that she was expected TO reach St'
Johns at midnight.
The Digby sailed from Liverpool
December 10. Heavy storms on the
North Atlantic stretched the six-dsy
run 70 thirteen.