Show FIGHTING FIGHTING THE WAVES 11 AEl atlantic antic liners encounter Heavy seas new york nov 16 the frenell french liner LaGae cogne on her recent trip brought ample evidence of the storms abat rt prevailed upon the ocean last week ta A lets less staunch ship hialit have bad lad a sadder tale to relate the storm began with all its fury commander baudelot Bau delon said anthe on jha ve aele aspis out trip from nov ember 7 until sandy hook light ship was sighted there w was as a eian of hekt wet and southwesterly galesi with witt tremendous s sea not a minute during le the trip was a passenger safe on deck ard few thera theris were iwho nho ventured beyond tho the barre diron doors towering waves Va boarded the ift steamship almost continuously all the openings ed up as far as possible abd poro port bolea olee not be opened for lor a moment the climax came on thursday mornin morning a the vessel wae was pit pitching ebing and laboring badly suddenly there was 9 a shock and the next moment there was a deluge ol 01 water into t tl dining the floor and tie tle alarmed passenger passengers scurried scar ried bip up the companionways companion wAye ways the vessel bad been struck by ahugh mais mass of 0 water which buried her whole forward section cinder under water stopping her progress tor for the time the waves came over the starboard side aide according to tho chief officer there was at beast tons of water in thi the miniature min iture tidal wave wave it the deck house which ie is built t of iron nearly two inches thick the tile i long front iron plates were smashed i in the iron torn oft off the tile bridge forward d ack A fittings fit tinge unfastened thy bell broken bg big stretches of ef canvas car I rid ried away end and one ol 01 ibe the mansito ripped from the deck and wept into the eta through his 1 venti tho the amok nee qu quantity aa t ity of water rushed finding ite its way into in ro the dinia goow the treads 11 ol 01 a dozen ot of men and women omen who bap opened 2571 rr ceen b i M cogia T figera were eick sick from the start to fth e finish ot of the tile tap tip t ip ord ard un on jusdy queeda y only el eighteen bleen en oat out ot of th ill eat down to dinner other steamships which reached here report herd hard fighting with the ge waves among these theae was waa the anufri can liner Californi Cli lornia ii there were immigrants in the steerage ard the officers ficere of had a lively time trying to ret get them to allay fears and navigate navija te the vet ver eel tacy bad to be locked cp up doat kaow ow decks to keep them oat out of danga and nife knifechief chief |