Evening star., 1924-08-28
IL SHIPS SUFFER.
Captain Of Danish Freighter Swept
.. From Bridge.

NEW YORK, August 2S.-Six more
storm-hammered ships, additional
victims of the Sunday-to-Tuesday
hurricane which cut a great swath
from the south to the north Atlantic,
made port early today, bearing fur
ther 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.
Those yesterday were the White Star
liners Arabic and Homeric, the Mum
son liner Munargo, the Orizaba of the
Ward line, and the Italian steamship
Giuseppe Verdi and the Munson ship
Aundelta.
Captain Is Lost.
Tho Nordfarer, 2,500-ton Danish
cargo boat, arrived first today. When
5ust south of Cape Hatteras Monday
night the stanch little ship was al
most crushed under the weight of the
waters that rolled over her. The mad
hurricane, in which a 120-mile-an-
hour wind kicked up waves 40 and
so feet in height, caught the Nord-
farer in its greatest fury. gar
gantuan wave struck her bow on and
washed away the bridge, carrying
Capt. M. J. Madsen with it.
Behind the Nordfarer. the San
Pablo, from Tela. Hor duras, made
her entry. She suffered the loss of
her lifeboats and all the loose articles
that had been on deck.
Next came the British steamer In
dian Prince. from Santos, Brazil. She
was overtaken by the storm 500 miles
south of Hatteras. Her crew told a
tale of one of their number being
swept from the decks by a titanic
wave, which washed him aboard
again when a fragment Of the hur-
ricane wind veered and hurled the
water back. The steamers decks and
upper works were badly damaged.
Has Slight Damage.
In quick succession there follow ed
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. although she also got mixed
with the tail of the storm. The Rol-
Inns got but minor injuries. as she
just skirted the storms edge.
In strange contrast. the Fort Vic
toria came into port as the seventh
arrival. making jaunty entry, her
off1cers reporting an excellent trip
from Bermuda. The Fort Victoria
just nOSSO the eQSe OF the hurricane
belt.
Capt. Hickson of the Arabic, whose
vessel and passengers were the major
victims, said the wind at times at
tanned an, intensity OF 120 miles an
hour, and Capt. Metcalf Of the Ho-
meric, sister White Star liner of the
Arabic, asserted it was the worst
within his memory.
Both said that while firemen pushed
the engines to capacity to keep the
vessels bows heading into the wind,
they were stopped dead in their
tracks, with cross-waves pounding at
their sides. The Arabic on numerous
occasions. leaned dangerously close to
the 45 degree angle.
The Giuseppe Verdi, whose captain
had brought her from Genoa to meet
the storm, exhibited dent in smoke
stack so feet above the water line.
Had $50 Casualties.
The Arabic had an estimated cas-.
ualty list of more than $50, with SO
persons who required treatment. OF
these, 33 were under the care of sur
geons. when the vessel docked, met
by ambulances previously summoned
by wireless.
High tribute was paid by the pas
sengers to the gallantry and fearless
ness Of the crew in restoring order,
aiding passengers at their own peril