Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1905 — Miseries of the Red Sea. [ARTICLE]

Miseries of the Red Sea.

In the waters of the Red sea the cessation of the engines on a steamer for an hour means extreme physical suffering for passengers. For a day it would involve absolute torture. The wind which prevails every day is a hot, asphyxiating blast, and its continuous directions are from north and south toward tlie center. As a result every passing vessel is subjected to two days of almost intolerable heat, followed by two days oUeomparative comfort, but Instances have been known of croxvded liners being compelled when traveling with the wind to turn round and steam back for an hour or so in order to give the passengers even a brief respite from the sufferings Induced by the dull, dead, unbearable atmosphere. —London Tit-Bits.