Show PERILS OF THE DEEP Stories of Terriic Weather and Disasters at Sea I BELATED STEAMERS SAFE + TWENTYTHREE DAYS IN CROSSING CROS-SING TEE ATLANTIC + British Steamer Damara Encountered I a Fearful Storm and Came Near FounderingCastaways Rescued I Prom An Island In the Southern SeasSteamer Hestia Disabled 4 Halifax N S Jan SThe overdue I Furness line steamers Manchester Trader I I and Damara reached port today the former form-er arriving hero and the latter at St Johns N F A brief cable from St Johns says tho Damara had terrific weather being twentythree days out from Liverpool but suffered no material I damage and all on board were well The Manchester Trader was nineteen days out I She reports the most terrific weather ever I I encountered She sailed from the other I side for Halifax Dec 19 The first heavy I weather was Dec 2C There was a strong i northwest gale On the night of the 23th the barometer fell to 2S50 On the 23th i i break in the machinery occurred and the steamer was hove to for four hours The CunardenAurTnla was signalled and offered assistance which was declined That was in latitude 492S north longitude 3522 west The 28th 29th and Oth witnessed wit-nessed the heaviest weather of the voyage voy-age The velocity of the wind vas nearly 300 miles an hour and tremandous seas UoUfc over the steamer smashing ventilators ven-tilators and rendering the wheelhouse uninhabitable A small hand steering 1 guar was heated forward The ship rolled heavily and the engines racing and the smashing of the sea put the steering steer-ing pear out of order twice Once the steamer fell away in the trough of the sea and the masses of water which rolled over her caused a fear that she would founder Ihc damage was repaired and the steamer proved herself a magnificent sea boat The weather began to moderate after Jan No cold weather was experienced I ex-perienced until crossing the banks |