Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-30
STORM BATTERED
SHIPS CONTINUE To
HOBBLE INTO PORT

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-Six more
storm swept vessels, victims of the
Sunday to Tuesday hurricane which
cut a great swath from the south
to the north Atlantic, made port
early today, bearing further witness
of the storms fury.
The ships coming in today were
smaller than the battered passenger
liners which arrived yesterday, first
Of the storms victims to make port.
These were the White Star liners
Arabic and Homeric, the Munson
liner Munargo, the Orizaba, of the
Ward line, and the Italian steam
ship Giuseppe Verdi, and the Mum
son ship Mundelta.
The Nordfarer, 2,500-ton Danish
cargo boat, arrived first today,
When just south of Cape Hatteras
Monday night, the staunch little
ship was almost crushed under the
weight of the waters that rolled
over her. The mad hurricane caught
the Nordfarer in its greatest fury.
A gargantuan wave struck her bow
on, and washed away the bridge,
carrying Captain M. j. Madsen with
it.
Behind the Nordfarer, the San
Pablo, from Tela, Honduras, made
her entry. She suffered the loss
of her lifeboats and all the loose al
ticles on her decks y&
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dian Prince, from Santos, Brazil.
Her crew told of one of their num-
Der being swept from the decks
by a titanic wave which washed
him aboard again. The steamers
decks and upper works were badly
damaged
There followed the San Jose, from
West Indian ports, the Corsican
Prince, out of Buenos Aires, and the
Commodore Rollins, from Kingston:
Jamaica. The San Jose was only
slightly damaged. The Corsican
Prince suffered a bit more damage
Five liners, bearing evidence of
struggle against the hurricane
steamed into harbor yesterday, sew
eral hours late, their fittings smash
ed and battered by the force of the
waves
Only one life vas lost, the steam
err Elisa Walker reporting that Cap
tain j. Madsen had been swept over
board from the bridge of the Danish
steamer, Nordfarer, while south Of
Cape Hatteras.
Captain Hickson, of the Arabic,
whose vessel and passengers were
the major victims, said the wind at
Of a IN n Mt Of
miles an hour and Captain Metcalf,
of the Homeric, sister White Star
liner Of the Arabic, asserted it was
the worst within his memory.
The Munargo of the Munson line,
and the OriZaba, of the Ward line,
suffered less than the other two
vessels, while the Giuseppe Verdi,
whose captain had brought her from
Genoa to meet the storm, exhibited
a dent in a smoke stack siXty~feet
above the water line.
The Arabic had an estimated cas-
ualty list of more than $50, with
fifty-tWo persons who required treat
ment. Of these 33 were under the
care of surgeons when the vessel
locked, met by ambulances previous
ly summoned by wireless.
Among the passengers on the
Arabic who were under the care of
surgeons when the boat locked was
Mrs. Henry d. Clayton, Montgom-
cry, Ala. who had an injured knee
The NTundelta, from San Pedro,
arrived at Quarantine late at night,
where a tug took off Captain Benja-
min F. Smith, critically injured
when a large piece of wood on the
crest of wave hit him in the face.
The Homeric Jared much better
than the Arabic, having only eight
of its passengers seriously injured
and much less damage to the vessel.
The BerenGaria, whose passenger
list bears the name of Edward,
Prince of Wales, apparently was
outside of the hurricanes border as
dispatches received from the ship to-
day made no mention OF unusual