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Show JILXACKS Ol" THE OCEAS. ItVDKCIiBAI-llIC OKSICEHS SAY ICE OX'I.U BE AVOlHEK. It will be an interesting fact for the ititcrtN-ean steanishiji couipanica and the patrons of tile transatlantic lines to ham that the varh.us arei-denlsanil arei-denlsanil narrow ew-a pes from collisions col-lisions with icebergs during tin- last two months couhl have iiccn avoided by observing the course laid out by I the United States hydrographte of-I of-I fii. ThisofNce has Ux-n each mouth i sending f-nt warnings of the amount of Ice in the North Atlantic, oati-ed bynculiarc!iinaticcoiidilioniiinthe An-tic. Tlie ilrft of the vast k-e fields and monster tscrgs was direct ly iu thu lino of iH-ean steamsli!p. Special bulletins have from time to lime op) cared. it.i.Ieating the (io-l-tl.in of the ice and its prolmble location lo-cation in t! e immediate future. During the month of May there have been six notable encounters with h-e, live of which were by as-M-nger stramshijx. t ine. t'ieVjri-tian. t'ieVjri-tian. while steaming at the rate of six mlU-s an In ur iu a heavy fog, narrowly c-scajeil destruction by collision with a huge berg. It was, sighted alioiii forty yards ahead, and although the t acim-s were le-versed le-versed aud the ves-el ran on an outlying out-lying ledge, it slid otr without damage. The XrUt Ci.tg was in the iiis off the Grand I winks for several tlays, and had B-mie of her I w plaits turn itr. The 'eoeuM HyM. while running at full s-oo iu a densi- fig. struck a lieix !.i feet high and two feet long. ' The blow wasa glancing one aud injured her bow slightly. The forecastle deck Was crushed and the hull injuied. The Thmgruthi and the .VorniuWi ami i.ilie.- fcire ves,els i-ompl.-ted the list of iu;:rtnnl eiMtiauters. Tnere were nearly a Hundred others rc.orteil by smaller visels. This year's ice condition lias disturbed the u-ual arrangements. The ice has conic continuously in mamnK.tli uui-rokea iintsc as inr soulh as the latitude of Roston. Other inenai-es of transatlnntic travel di-oovered this mo .Hi aa-thrteiiereli-! In the path of steamers. steam-ers. A naval officer. In referring to the disregtud by steamers of the Hydrogrsiliic Oltli e warnings, raid the blame rt.-'.s with tl-e coniinnb-s. They Indicate ii-nain lines to lie followtd by the stesmiT.-., tlie idea lieing to estabhsb n beaten th. where aid from isslni; steamers could be secured in the event of an accident. Ho could ste no reason, however, for the failure to adopt a slightly southern mute. Tlie Antic has by this southern drift been cleared ot more i;-e than ever before within tlie period of authentic record, rec-ord, and the hydrogmpherg here say that a ve.-el eiulis.d for northern north-ern exploration cmimI now probably reath ihe north pole without much difficulty. The return is not cou-sldered. cou-sldered. I'MlaMMa I"re. |