The Washington herald., 1922-01-31
GALE BATTERS
MANY SHIPS; 10
SEAFARERS LOST
Norwegian Freighter
Sinks in North Atlantic
\ With Only 3 Saved.

NEW YORK. Jan. 30.-Bir ocean
liners. staggering up the Narrows
into New York harbor like way
farers bruised and blinded by the
storm, and wireless reports from a
dozen ships struggling in the zone
between Cape Hatteras and the
West Indies, are telling the story
OF a furious time on the Atlantic
Ocean. There have been no reports
thus far OF any loss of life, ,\except
the narrative of ten missing
brought to st. Johns. n. b., by the
chief engineer and other survivors
OF the Norwegian freighter Mod,
which foundered in previous
storm January %.
The present gale. however, began
during the latter half of last week
and after pummeling the big boats
on the northern route to Europe,
has suddenly swept to the south
ward. 1t is now displaying its i'll
manners in the path of the South
American and West Indies boats
and many of these vessels, report
ing by wireless. say they are hard
put to it to maintain headway Of
three knots.
Forty ships. including nineteen
passenger vessels. were due TO dock
in New York today. but the harbor
schedule was blown apart by the
gale. Some. unable TO make their
berths before dark. anchored in the
! bay to wait for daylight. the cap
tains glad to escape another night
of tumbling on the wide ocean.
Many. however. had failed to pick
up the Ambrose light.
Big Liners Delayed.
Five proud trans Atlantic ships.
which look so mighty and steady
when in the security of the harbor.
were due to tie up in New York
this afternoon. by sundown the
Cedric. from Liverpool, the Ryan
dam from Rotterdam, and the
Assyria, from Glasgow. all carry
ing passengers. had made port.
coughing croupy signals with their
whistles. Somewhere in the chang
ing green hills beyond the light
vessel the Carmania was plunCinG
ahead in the hone of reaching Ho-
boken tomorrow morning The
America. of the United States Line.
due today from Bremen. also was
being held back by the seas. Tho
20 nj t. hi
Asauith. who comes to test Amer
ica's restraint with a series Of lee
tures in her own manner recentlv
exempIifed in her intensely per-
sonal memoirs concerning nconIe
and their m.nners in tho unncr
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Newisweus are seasick.
The Fort Hamilton OF the Fur
ness-Bermuda line had evil weather
throughout her two-day cruise from
the honeymoon island. Out OF her
l27 passengers-there was one
oachelor aboard-only six of the
ne~Iyweds were able to appear for
meals on sunday Purser James
rlrth told of seas sweeping high
and green over the watch on the
ana Oh one Sreen one pursl-
down the stairs 70 tho lower decks
whore the nassenpers stratohaa 90,
in their staterooms we're too II, ,o
care
Ths Touraino of tho Eroroh 1ir
and the J.apIand of tho Pod S,a ,ro
within 100 miles If Nev Wi, hotd
ing ,beir own .pd ,;,,1a NJ ,, ~
They should dock Tuosds,
The United States Mil linz hos
sent three searoinp tuy. ont o.
pick up the Princess Natoils TO-
mcr army TRANSPORT. and oscor, bcr
back. She sailed a., Snn6., fo,
Danzig. carving. amonr otbcrs 40
little Polish war orphans wbo have
been almost all around tho world
now bound homo in search of ,h.ir
parents or other relatives rho
seas smashed the Princess Natojka's
steering engine. Cant. Ercibobm
made efforts to repair tho trouble