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safety of the Pavonia is specially referred to in the 

 Meteorological Council's Memoir. 



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The Wolviston, of 3770 tons burthen, left Tyne 

 Dock for Baltimore, in ballast, on December 28th, 

 1898. On the evening of the next day Cape Wrath 

 bore west-sou' -west, distant eleven miles. One of the 

 first gales of the phenomenal series of that winter 

 had just moderated ; shipmasters variously described 

 the seas which accompanied it as " mountainous," 

 "tremendous," "terrific." Though the Wolviston 

 fortunately escaped its full fury, she was not far out 

 in the Atlantic before the wind again began to increase, 

 and by nightfall of December 30th a strong gale was 

 blowing with heavy beam seas. Labouring and strain- 

 ing a great deal, and shipping water fore and aft, she 

 took a wave on board early next morning which broke 

 four port glasses in the firemen's forecastle and one 

 in the sailor's forecastle. Then, a few hours later, a 

 great sea carried away the port lifeboat skid and broke 

 the port glasses and frames in the engineers' berths. 

 The weather moderated on the afternoon of January 

 2nd, but not before the Wolvistorfs fore-trysail sheet 

 had carried away. Luckily, the sail was secured and 

 re-set next morning, during, however, a succession of 

 rain-squalls and the shipping of vast quantities of 

 water. This gale was encountered by the steamship 

 St. Simon in 47 degrees N. and 19 degrees W. Her 

 captain reported waves of from 45 to 52 feet in height. 

 The steamship Parkman was disabled on the same day 

 in 50 degrees N. and 34 degrees W. The s.s. Waesland 



