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It was on January 31st that the Wolviston left 

 Baltimore for Copenhagen. Meanwhile, a fierce storm 

 had been raging out in the Atlantic. The Pavonia 

 met it on January 30th, while going westward, in 45J 

 degrees N., 39 degrees W., and according to the 

 Meteorological Council's Memoir, " At 9.40 p.m. on 

 that day the wind increased to a hurricane with 

 terrific squalls and the vessel lost steerage way. In 

 the dangerous sea that was running the machinery 

 was disabled at 7.0 the next morning, and at 8.30 a 

 sea swept her decks and washed away the boats, 

 doing at the same time other and extensive damage." 

 The steamship Eossmore, battling with this hurricane 

 in about 47 degrees N., 38 degrees W., met with a 

 fearful sea and sprang a leak. The Bulgaria had her 

 rudder broken and took a heavy list to port, whilst 

 the Quernmore, in 41 degrees N., 46 W., found the air 

 so charged with spoondrift as to give the appearance 

 of a heavy snowstorm. Dr. Vaughan Cornish believes 

 there is strong ground for thinking that the swell from 

 the hurricane reached Branksome Chine, between 

 Bournemouth and Poole Haven, on February 1st, after 

 travelling a distance of nearly 2,000 statute miles. 



The Wolviston, on February 4th, was overtaken by 

 a storm which created fearfully high and irregular seas, 

 causing her to roll and pitch terribly and her decks to 

 be constantly flooded. Then on Friday, February 10th, 

 there arrived the great event of her eventful voyage. 

 The log, at 11.45 a.m. on that day, records : 



Sighted steamer flying signals of distress. Bore 

 down on her. 



