Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1894 — STEAMSHIP DAMAGED. [ARTICLE]

STEAMSHIP DAMAGED.

The Normannla Struck bjr a Tidal Ware When 760 Mlle 4 Out. The steamer Normannta, of the Ham-fcurg-Arnerican Packet Company, which sailed from New York on Thursday of last week for Genoa and Naples, returned, Tuesday, so severely damaged by a tidal wave which struck the vessel early on Sunday morning that, she was reudered unseaworthy and had to put back to port in order to secure tho safety, of the passengers. The damage to the ship Is estimated at from *50.000 to *loo.ooa The wave was encountered 760 miles from Sandy Hook, at 6:15 o’clock in the morning. All day Saturday a severo snow storm had raged. At 1:50 o’clock on Sunday morning the wind was so strong and the seas so high that it was deemed advisable to reduce speed. Before 5 a. m. the weather improved, and the vessel was put at three-quarters speed. At 6:15, while the ship wa< pitched down by the head, an immense wave boarded her. No one was killed, but several seamen were seriously injured. The deck was bent and everything movable was swept away.