| Show SANDSTORM AT SEA VOYAGE A SHIP CALCUTTA encounters most singular conditions in the red sea decks two inches deep with pow dery grit new york the log of the man steamship ls from cat autta which docked at south brook lyn the other day tells a story ol 01 storm experiences ot a mote varied character than is often encountered by china traders of modern times in a single voyage with the exception of the time the steamship was in the suez canal it had only one day of good weather from the time it entered the red sea the succession of disturbances it encountered ranging from a sand storm in the bed sea to a hurricane as it neared this coast and winding up with the strong westerly blow which compelled capt denker to an chor off liberty island before he could safely dock on the exposed brooklyn side ot the bay the Schon fels left calcutta janu ary 29 touched at colombo febra ary 5 for 24 hours reached suez the and algiers the february 16 while in the red sea the ship ran into a sandstorm which lasted tor two days covering th decks several inches deep with a fine powdery grit and keeping the officers and men who had to be on deck continually sneezing and cough ing we first noticed the sandstorm early on february 16 said chief of fleer dieduch kloppenburg of us the air was dense with a thick yellowish mist which at first wd thought to be smoke laden tog when we ran into it every man on deck wa set to choking and sneezing it wa like running through a light smoke you could discern objects in every direction tor a considerable distance but everything had a yellowish tinge we had to keep all cabin port closed and every time one passed in or out of a door a cloud of the fine yellow sand sifted in and coverer cove rec everything there was little wind at the time and the sea was campara lively smooth but the air was corn plemely surcharged with the fine grit evidently there had been a severe sandstorm just before we reached that point and we ran into the after math after leaving port said we had continuous rough weather with one storm after another which kept our decks awash and the ship laboring heavily all the way through the A peculiarity about these storms was that one would be bitter ly cold with biting freezing wind and perhaps the next would be like a summer gale high wind but as hot as though coming from a blast fur nace after leaving tha mediterranean we had about 36 hours good weather and then the storm king got after us again he came at us from the westward the northwest and the southwest one blow after another the ship was rolling and laboring heavily in these storms with high dangerous seas continually breaking on board until we were jeanng this coast on march 14 when the wind died down for a few hours but before midnight it broke out again from the eastward and by the was blowing a gale we made the delaware breakwater break in that gale and were sate in shelter during the worst of it in which this coast was dotted with distressed and stranded vessels the 34 lascars in our crew of 63 had no clothing but their customary native garments ol 01 cotton and the first thing wien wi en we docked they sent a messenger ashore tor heavy flan nels before they would come on deck to clean up ship we are fortunate that with all the terrible weather we came through not a man was hurt and no damage done on board which chips the ship s car penter could not repair almost as soon as it occurred |
