Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 November 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 the center. As a result every passing vessel is subjected to two days of almost intolerable heat, followed by two days of comparative comfort, but Instances have been known of crowded liners being compelled when traveling with the wind to turn round and 6team bnck for an hour or so in order to give the a brief respite from the sufferings Induced by the dull, dead, unbearable atmosphere. —London Tit-Bits.