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ST. JOHN’S Diha:id weatherON ATLANTICCapt. Wiltshire Says The Worst EverExperiencedyHE schooner A. B. Barteau, Capt. Wiltshire, has arrived from Bor-•esslast:ialfterdeau «fter a run of 43 days. 'Thlt;^ latter part of the voyage was as storfny as Capt. Wiltshire has ever seen i . During the first fortnight conditions were favorable, and after fifteen*'days sailing the vessel was the within seven hundred' miles of the thc coast. Storms then sprang up «ud_ Captain Wiltshire informed The Starhis nurning that he never saw such | weathilr before. There were gales continuously from all points of thereen_ compos nu-A couple of hours gale from the he I S.E. v«ould be followed by one from ing I ^e so^th and then the south west and 1 lt;;(jj_ j in the^end there would be a northwest hurric ne continuing some times as|lt; long as forty-eight hours. The barometer wften fell as low as 28.50.usVamtge:heatryis:utonills?o-estdi-hnho«vnicrndheTV vessel received a fearful I ( drubbing but fortunately sustained no serious damage. The crew all had|\ narrow r escapes as the decks were repeatedly swept by heavy seas.All were thankful when the ves-. 1 entered port. For the last month all were very busy night and day. It was impos ible to secure more than an hour’$ rest at a time owing to 'he .hanging of gales.SastoCaptain Wiltshire says that the(smaller vessels on this coast during the last four weeks must have had a trying time of it. They probably feared worse than the Bartetau i»e-cause* she is a fine big vessel and can stand harder weather than the littleones.Th;re are several vessels making harbch within the next two weeks.at th it owing to the weather and thinks they will do well if they make harbor withtin the next two weeks. The Barteau has iron ore ballast.!lt;1*
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St Johns Daily Star
St Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Sat, Dec 14, 1918
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