Charts 1885

Almost maximum amount +1.5. (M).
Feb 1 SS “Sardinian” reports ice breadth at 230m S of C. Race. (GR).
A large volume. (GR).
Jun 11th, a jam of heavy ice passing Cape St. John. (GR).
The ice occasionally remains in a large body on the south coast of the Avalon peninsula. The “Nelly”, Bqte. Olsen, master, was beset in 4610’N 5315’W on Feb 23rd 1885, and drifted off to 4548’N 5340’W and 54’W and back to Cape Race on March 26, surrounded by ice as far as could be seen. This is a remarkable case, as the ice usually slackens here. (GR).
Northern ice at St. John’s arrived Feb 7th, departed Mar 24. (GR).
At Ferryland, drift ice arrived Feb 12 on and off till 16th, closed harbours till 23rd then did no come any more. Weather mild. (JW in GR).
Twillingate Diary: Jan 14, slob fast in Harbour again. 17th, SS “Plover” could not get in because of ice. Sealers left early April, thick ice around on 24th, SS “Hercules” could not get out for St. John’s. May – not much mention except harbour full 7th and ice off the harbour 31st – lots of arrivals and departures. (#509).
NYMR: (except as noted)

January/February

Jan 31 4732’N 4530’W, 6 large bergs; 4820’N 4324’W, 5 large bergs; 4843’N 4223’W large berg; 42N 4752’W a berg.
Feb ? 4408’N 48W large ice fields and several large bergs.
Feb ? 45N 47W numerous bergs and large ice fields.
Feb ? 4330’N 5526’W large icefields and a number of icebergs.
Feb ? 44N 48W, 6 very large bergs.
Feb 1 SS “Thingvalla” between 495’N 44W and 4720’N 465’W passed 25 large and many small bergs, also passed large pieces of field ice from 4650’N 4635’W to 4628’N 4645’W. MWR
Feb 1 SS “Helvetia” 4701’N 4423’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Feb 1 SS “Ethiopia” 4716’N 4630’W passed a large field of ice taking 3 hours to clear it; in 4628’N 4809’W saw a large berg. (MWR).
Feb 2 4535’N 51W a berg.
Feb 2 SS “Helvetia” from 9.45 am till noon saw a continuous field of ice 4 or 5m to the northward, position at noon, 4607’N 4724’W. (MWR).
Feb 3 SS “France” between 4552’N 4728’W and 4545’N 4740’W passed field ice extending northward as far as could be seen from the topsail yard. (MWR).
Feb 4 Issue: Ice is drifting out of Gulf as far north as 44.
Feb 4 47N 4344’W large bergs; 48N 54[!]16’W to 4646’N 4552’W, 10 large bergs.
Feb 4 SS “Habsburg” from 4535’N 4812’W to 4537’N 4804’W passed several large fields of ice. (MWR).
Feb 4 SS “Pennland” 4606’N 4755’W passed through a large ice field. (MWR).
Feb 5 SS “Illinois” 4705’N 4347’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Feb 5 SS “Pennland” 4652’N 4315’W passed 2 sunken icebergs surrounded by heavy breakers. (MWR).
Feb 5-6 SS “Lake Huron” between 4752’N 42W and 46N 4730’W passed numerous large and small bergs, also a great quantity of field ice to the northward of the last position on the 6th; kept ship away 20m to the southward to clear it. (MWR).
Feb 6 SS “Furnessia” between 48N 4418’W and 4648’N 4553’W from 2 am till noon, passed 10 bergs. (MWR).
Feb 6 SS “Palestine” 4541’N 4742’W at 5 pm passed a large berg, also passed some field ice and 2 small bergs at 3 pm. (MWR).
Feb 7 SS “Newfoundland” at Halifax, 4520’N 5940’W very heavy field ice.
Feb 7 SS “Rhaetia” 4709’N 4323’W passed a berg; 4636’N 4554’W passed 2 bergs; also from 4624’N 4612’W to 4552’N 487’W passed through a large field of drift ice extending as far northward as the eye could reach.(MWR).
Feb 7 SS “Ripon City” met ice and same evening sailed right into an open bay in an immense field. By 11 pm it had become impossible to force their way any further and at about midnight the plates on both sides of the bow near the water-line were cracked and damaged. The steamer’s position at the time was about 4530’N 48W. When day broke the ice had closed in all around her and as far as the eye could reach nothing was visible but a vast field of ice with here and there an immense berg, the tips towering hundreds of feet above the surface. For 4 days the steamer was wedged in solid ice. (from NYMR) (MWR).
Feb 8 SS “England” 4715’N 4231’W passed an iceberg. (MWR).
Feb 8 SS “Rhaetia” 4538’N 4852’W passed 8 large and small bergs, some were ~200′ high and 1,000′ long.(MWR).
Feb 8 – 10 47N 43W a berg, from there until 45N 49W large fields of ice and about 11 bergs, some of them 300′ high and 1000′ in diameter.
Feb 9 SS “England” 4610’N 46W passed a berg. (MWR). Feb 10 Bark “St. Olaves” after being in the ice several days off Cape Enrage returned to St. John, NB having sustained damage. (MWR).
Feb 10 SS “Salier” 4615’N 448’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Feb 11 SS “Salier” from 4527’N 4823’W to 4524’N 4829’W passed field ice; 4522’N 4831’W passed a berg and 4520’N 4839’W field ice; 4513’N 4850’W a berg. (MWR).
Feb 11-12 SS “Bulgarian” 47N 46W sighted 3 large bergs ranging from 300′-400′ high with 4 smaller bergs near; 8.40 pm came to field ice in 4626’N 4734’W steered to the outer or east side for 14m, then put ship on her course, field ice not very thick. At 2 am of the 12th, the field ice became thick; at 5.30 am got clear of field ice in 4538’N 4830’W, the western edge being very solid. From 7 am to noon in 4459’N 5012’W passed between very large bergs, 4 to the southward and 3 to the northward; the distance across the icefield was 61m. Recommend all steamers to keep well to the south as the ice field was evidently setting to the southward.(MWR).
Feb 12 SS “Boston City” 4847’N 4815’W saw a berg to the northward, also encountered large fields of ice. (MWR).
Feb 13 SS “Boston City” 4743’N 4840’W met solid ice fields. (MWR).
Feb 13 SS “Nederlands” between 4716’N 4522’W and 4545’N 4747’W passed 12 or 13 bergs, also sighted large quantities of field ice. (MWR).
Feb 13 SS “Bristol” between 4625’N 4708’W and 4510’N 4958’W passed large quantities of field ice and several bergs. (MWR).
Feb 13 SS “Caspian” 4325’N[4225’N-NYMR] 4840’W passed 2 small bergs and some small ice.
Feb 14 SS “Norseman” 44N 53W at 1 pm passed a large berg, also passed several between 9 and 11 pm. (MWR).
Feb 14 SS “Nederland” 4440’N 4854’W sighted field ice. (MWR).
Feb 14 SS “Serpio” 44N 6255’W passed field ice. (MWR).
Feb 14 SS “Nestorian” 43N 49W passed 3 large bergs. (MWR).
Feb 14 SS “Wyoming” between 4331’N 4837’W and 4306’N 4948’W between 10 am and 2 pm passed 4 bergs; (also reported by SS “Bothnia”). (MWR).
Feb 14 SS “Moravia” between 4632’N 4650’W and 455’N 4748’W passed several bergs and large ice fields; at noon the ship’s position was 4448’N 4829’W and from then till 3 pm 8 large bergs were seen. (MWR).
Feb 15 SS “Canada” 4458’N 47W passed a large berg, also 2 others in 4430’N 4755’W; a large piece of ice was seen in 4343’N 4930’W. (MWR).
Feb 15 SS “Boston City” in 4340’N 5042’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Feb 16 SS “Edam” 45N 4530’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Feb 16 SS “Main” 4447’N 4545’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Feb 16 4451’N 4545’W a berg & later on southern edge of Banks several bergs. (MWR).
Feb 16 SS “Troqueer” 4550’N 4519’W passed a berg and then field ice. (MWR).
Feb 16 4343’N 4930’W a large piece of ice.
Feb 16 4521’N 47W a berg and large quantities of field ice.
Feb 16-17 SS “Assyrian Monarch” 8 pm 4620’N 4730’W fell in with field ice, steered to the southward until 6 pm of 17th passing immense fields of floating ice and numerous very large bergs. To the westwards, on the Banks, the field ice appeared to be solid and heavy; ship put on proper course to the westward in 4245’N 5040’W.(MWR).
Feb 17 SS “Britannic” 4530’N 4510’W passed 3 bergs. (MWR).
Feb 17 SS “Main” 4331’N 4913’W passed 3 bergs. (MWR).
Feb 17 SS “Jan Breydal” fell in with fields of ice which lasted from 4444’N 4821’W to 20m south-southwestward.(MWR).
Feb 17 44N 47W, 3 very large icebergs.
Feb 18 SS “Caledonia” 4152’N 51W passed several bergs. (MWR).
Feb 18 SS “City of Montreal” 4306’N 4850’W passed a berg, also between 4248’N 4945’W and 4215’N 5018’W passed a group of 5 bergs. (MWR).
Feb 18 SS “Geiser” 454’N 47W passed some small pieces of ice [floes]; between 4412’N 4828’W and 4339’N 4833’W passed several icebergs and extensive fields of pack ice; steered southward to avoid them. (MWR).
Feb 18 SS “Britannic” 43N 4915’W passed 1 berg and a quantity of field ice; 4251’N 503’W passed 2 bergs; 4237’N 5045’W passed a [large] berg. (MWR).
Feb 18 SS “America” 4320’N 4930’W passed a large berg 5m to the southward and saw several small bergs; from 10.30 am till noon passed through drift ice; to the northward and southward, streaks of field ice a mile in width were in sight. (MWR).
Feb 18 SS “Sussex” 4530’N 48N struck a large cake of ice and stove bows, also passed loose ice in 4410’N 49W.(MWR).
Feb 18 43N 4830’W to 4245’N 4945’W several bergs.
Feb 18 4521’N 5003’W, 2 large bergs. Feb 18 4437’N 4437’W a berg.
Feb 19 SS “Aurania” 4423’N 4536’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Feb 19 SS “Lepanto” between 4210’N 5010’W and 421’N 5030’W passed several bergs. (MWR).
Feb 20 SS “Grecian” 4236’N 5047’W passed 3 large bergs. (MWR).
Feb 20 SS “Devonia” 4445’N 456’W passed a berg to the southward of the vessel. (MWR).
Feb 21 SS “Greece” 4438’N 4437’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Feb 21 SS “Virginian” 468’N 4659’W saw some field ice. (MWR).
Feb 21 SS “Saint Germain” 454’N 5758’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Feb 21 4504’N 4753’W a berg 60′ high and several small bergs. (MWR).
Feb 21 SS “Devonia” between 4321’N 4848’W and 4310’N 4950’W passed several bergs. (MWR)
Feb 21 SS “Gallia” 422’N 5008’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Feb 21 SS “Westphalia” 452’N 4718’W passed a berg 80′ high; saw some field ice in 4440’N 4829’W, also passed a berg ~120′ high in 4438’N 4852’W. (MWR).
Feb 21 4430’N 52W a berg ~120′ high.
Feb 22 SS “Virginia” saw several bergs to the southward at 10 am; noon, passed a number of small bergs and several large ones 4352’N 48W; between 1.30 and 3.30 pm passed 6 large and several small bergs. (MWR).
Feb 22 SS “Missouri” 44N 4810’W passed 3 bergs from 10 to 11.30 am, also 2 smaller bergs about noon; 1 pm passed 5m south of 2 bergs and at 2 pm 5m north of several small bergs. MWR
Feb 22 SS “St. Germain” 4250’N 5210’W passed a berg, also 4230’N 5345’W passed another; the first was ~75′ high and 1,300′ long, the 2nd ~115′ high and 1,300′ long. (MWR).
Feb 22 SS “St. Laurent” between 4347’N 4825’W and 4432’N to 4537’W passed 10 bergs. (MWR).
Feb 22 4242’N 5257’W several bergs, 2 of very large size.
Feb 22 4342’N 4804’W, 9 very large icebergs.
Feb 23 SS “Europa” 4424’N 4512’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Feb 23 SS “Greece” between 43N 4850’W and 4230’N 513’W passed 9 bergs some of which were very large.(MWR).
Feb 23 Letter from Capt. of Mail Steamer “Newfoundland”: The ice north of Sable Is. which comes out of the Gulf of St. Lawrence extends at present nearly from the Banks of St. Peters to past the Straits of Canso and northward into the gulf. On the previous voyage we passed through over 100m of very heavy ice from 4535’N 5720’W to 4520’N 5940’W and we were jammed in it for 20 hours. This voyage I took a more southerly course and keeping south of 4517’N I passed through the southern edge of the ice running through about 80m each way. I have not, during the 12 winters I have run mails to Newfoundland found such heavy ice so early in the localities mentioned until this season. The temperature of the water seems to be lower this spring than in many former years and the ocean seems to be one congealed mass. The Banks, south of Newfoundland and towards the coast of Nova Scotia, are full of what we term slot [sic] ice, and the sea from Cape Race to Belle Isle is full of heavy ice and icebergs. I was this time detained 2 days, 12 hours through the ice blockade on the coast, and according to all accounts from incoming Dundee sealing steamers and other observations, I firmly believe this will be a trying spring for ocean steamers and vessels in the north Atlantic trade. It has been reported to me by the above mentioned sealing steamers that the icebergs were uncountable. Charles Mylius. (MWR).
Feb 24 Bark “Olbers” 5036’N 4222’W passed a berg 100′ high. (MWR).
Feb 25 SS “Nessmore” between the parallels of 4250’N and 4210’N and the meridians of 49 and 51W passed 6 bergs, 2 of which were of very large dimensions. (MWR).
Feb 26 SS “Tower Hill” 437’N 4910’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Feb 26 SS “Leerdam” 4215’N 5115’W passed several bergs. one 200′ high.
Feb 26 SS “Republic” 4340’N 4753’W at 8.30 am passed a large berg ~ 200′ high; by 10 am passed the last of 9 others, scattered about north and south of the ship’s course; at noon, in 4329’N 494’W passed a quantity of broken field ice. (MWR).
Feb 26 SS “Neckar” 4227’N 4928’W passed a berg ~70′ high and 1,500′ long; 4219’N 5025’W passed a large berg; 426’N 5217’W passed another. (MWR).
Feb 27 SS “Oder” at Bremen reported passing several bergs in 4150’N 5110’W. (MWR).
Feb 28 SS “Martello” 4240’N 50W passed 8 large bergs. (MWR).
Feb 28 SS “Spain” between 44N 48W and 4313’N 4910’W passed 4 bergs and a quantity of loose field ice. (MWR).

March

Mar ? 4238’N 50W, 8 bergs.
Mar ? 4349’N 5110’W on the Banks, some field ice.
Mar ? 4253’N 4833’W a berg.
Mar ? 4345’N 4925’W a berg. Mar ? From 4227’N 5042’W to 4309’N 4749’W several bergs.
Mar ? 4544’N 4858’W and 4441’N 6020’W, 5 large bergs and large quantities of field ice for 16 hours.
Mar ? 46N 45W a berg.
Mar ? 4250’N 5025’W a berg 15m in length.
Mar ? 4302’N 5110’W a berg.
Mar ? –N 5250’W a small berg.
Mar ? 4115’N 52W several large bergs.
Mar ? 43N 5430’W a berg ~½m long and 75′ high.
Mar ? From E of the Banks to Sable Is. a number of large bergs and drift ice.
Mar 1 SS “Hanoverian” 4250’N 50W passed several bergs and some field ice, kept away 15m to the southward to clear the ice; 4235’N 5119’W a berg and several detached pieces of ice were passed.
Mar 1 SS “Canada” 4456’N 4843’W encountered field ice for 4 hours. (MWR).
Mar 1 SS “Dago” encountered field ice at 1 am; at noon in 4519’N 4823’W was surrounded by thick ice; midnight still surrounded by field ice, at 2.30 am of the 2nd cleared field ice. (MWR).
Mar 1 SS “Scythia” 4234’N 49W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 1 SS “Moravia” 4140’N 4840’W passed a berg ~100′ long and 50′ high, and several smaller pieces of ice ~1m to the northward. (MWR).
Mar 1 4250’N 5035’W, 3 large bergs.
Mar 2 Schooner “St. Pierre” at Salmon River, NS from St. Pierre to Halifax with ice damaged propeller.
Mar 2 SS “Nevada” 4321’N 5342’W some field ice.
Mar 2 SS “Roman” 4316’N 495’W passed numerous bergs and large ice fields as far as the eye could reach.(MWR).
Mar 2 SS “City of Montreal” 4156’N 5227’W passed a large berg; 4216’N 49W another. (MWR).
Mar 2 SS “Ontario” 4217’N 5124’W passed 7 large bergs. (MWR).
Mar 2 SS “Bohemia” 422’N 4756’W passed a berg ~200′ high. (MWR).
Mar 3 SS “Donau” between 4255’N 4924’W and 4234’N 5213’W passed 3 large bergs ranging from 60′-100′ high. (MWR).
Mar 3 SS “State of Indiana” 4128’N 4827’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 3 4220’N 4560 !’W a berg~200′ high.
Mar 4 SS “City of Richmond” 4230’N 4830’W and 4233’N 5122’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 4 SS “Elbe” 4233’N 4759’W passed several bergs of different dimensions. (MWR).
Mar 4 SS “Amaryllis” 4055’N 494’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 4 SS “De Ruyter” 4644’N 4414’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 4 SS “Celtic” 4244’N 4815’W passed a large and 2 small bergs. (MWR).
Mar 4 SS “Hekla” 45N 79W [49?] on the edge of the Banks several bergs and much field ice, went as far south as 4340’N to clear it.
Mar 4 4550’N 49W several bergs.
Mar 5 SS “Oregon” 4235’N 4830’W passed 2 pieces of ice. (MWR).
Mar 5 SS “Wieland” 4317’N[4217′-NYMR] 4729’W passed a berg and later passed others. (MWR).
Mar 5 SS “Holland” between 4247’N 4953’W and 4230’N 5114’W passed several bergs and large pieces of ice.(MWR).
Mar 5 SS “Celtic” 4154’N 5158’W passed 3 bergs. (MWR).
Mar 5 SS “De Ruyter” 4544’N 4858’W at 9 am passed between 4 large bergs; at noon entered field ice being mostly 2′ thick; at 6 pm passed a large berg; at 9 pm came to open water; at midnight met field ice again but very thin; at 3.30 am of the 6th reached open water again. (MWR).
Mar 5 “Sea Breeze” bound for Viana with codfish abandoned, Captn. and crew picked up Mar 5 by brig “Aldwyth” of Charletown, on pan of ice 5 days (from HG Standard). (#866).
Mar 5 4239’N 5029’W a very large berg.
Mar 5 4256’N 5623’W a large berg.
Mar 6 SS “Istrian” 43N 49W passed several bergs and a very large one 4237’N 52W. (MWR).
Mar 6 SS “Carthagenian” 423’N 53W passed 3 large bergs. (MWR).
Mar 6 SS “De Ruyter” 4512’N 5331’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 7 SS “Sidonian” 4153’N 5228’W passed a berg ~300′ high & some small ice. (MWR).
Mar 7 SS “Circassia” 4242’N 4835’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 7 SS “State of Georgia” 4253’N 4833’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Mar 7 SS “Labrador” 4230’N 4815’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 7 SS “De Ruyter” 4445’N 5728’W entered field ice and cleared it on the 8th about 4441’N 6120’W. (MWR).
Mar 7 4235’N 4630’W a large berg.
Mar 8 SS “Somerset” saw a berg and some [large quantity of] field ice on the eastern edge of the Banks. (MWR).
Mar 8 Ship “Asia” 43N 48W passed a large berg. (MWR). Mar 8 SS “Iowa” 4138’N 5225’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 9 Schooner “Grace” at St. John’s from Figueirs(?) much strained and badly squeezed by ice while making the Newfoundland coast.
Mar 9 SS “Otranto” 4420’N 4910’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 9 SS “Somerset” 4314’N 5131’W passed 3 bergs. (MWR).
Mar 9 Ship “Trojan” 43N 52W passed 3 [large] bergs. (MWR).
Mar 9 SS “City of Berlin” 4117’N 5220’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 10 SS “Richmond Hill” 421’N 5217’W passed a berg, one hour later passed 5 others. (MWR).
Mar 10 SS “Republic” 4148’N ?40’W passed 2 bergs ~9m to the northward of ship. (MWR).
Mar 10 SS “Rhein” 426’N 5224’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 10 Ship “Lizzie R-” 432’N 46W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 10 Ship “M- G. Whitney” 4325’N 5123’W passed 3 [large] bergs. (MWR).
Mar 10 4117’N 5020’W a large berg.
Mar 10 4557’N 4315’W, 2 bergs.
Mar 11 SS “Fulda” 4213’N 5119’W passed a large berg & pieces of drift ice. (MWR).
Mar 11 Bark “Montreal” 4310’N 5010’W passed 3 large bergs. (MWR).
Mar 11 SS “Katie” 4210’N 5015’N passed a berg 20′[?] high. (MWR).
Mar 11 SS “Stockholm City” 4312’N 5020’W at noon passed 4 small bergs; at 3 pm passed – very large [90′ high] bergs, one of which appeared to be aground, [also passed considerable drift ice – NYMR]. (MWR).
Mar 12 SS “Katie” 424’N 525’W passed bergs from 70′-80′ high. (MWR).
Mar 12 SS “Normandy” 4354’N 4715’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Mar 12 SS “Polynesian” 4256’N 5038’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 12 Bark “Charles Luling” 4319’N 4814’W passed a huge berg. (MWR).
Mar 12 SS “Grecian” 441’N 4330’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 13 SS “Gallia” 4233’N 5130’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 13 Ship “Lansdowne” 4247’N 53W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 13 Bark “Charles Luling” 43?2’N 5115’W passed 3 bergs. (MWR).
Mar 13 SS “Australia” 426’N 538’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Mar 13 42N 5205’W, 4 bergs ~70′-80′ high.
Mar 14 Ship “Shakespere” 43N 49W passed 3 bergs. (MWR).
Mar 14 Ship “Mary Fraser” 4436’N 4341’W passed a [3] large berg[s]. (MWR).
Mar 14 Ship “Rhine” 43N 50?’W passed 6 large bergs. (MWR).
Mar 14 Bark “Saint Bernhard” ?N15’W 5010’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 15 SS “Helvetia” 4155’N 4923’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 15 Bark “Astronom” 4210’N 4940’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 15 SS “Suffolk” at Baltimore passed a berg 100′ high and 1/4m long in 4515’N 4920’W.
Mar 16 SS “Cydonia” 46N 47W passed through a quantity of field ice. (MWR).
Mar 17 SS “Cydonia” 45N 4920’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 18 SS “Ems” 4134’N 5335’W passed 2[?] large pieces of ice; 4133’N 5345’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Mar 18 Bark “Johanne Marie” 4557’N 43?’W passed 2 bergs. (MWR).
Mar 20 Bark “Johanne Marie” 4430’N 4908’W passed a [very] large berg. (MWR).
Mar 20 SS “Newfoundland” arrived Halifax from St. John’s reporting very heavy ice on the Newfoundland coast.
Mar 21 SS “Ethiopia” 4325’N 4917’W passed 2 bergs. (MWR).
Mar 22 SS “Ontario” 431’N 4740’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 22 SS “Siberian” 4240’N[25′-NYMR] 5138’W passed a berg bearing S 10m distant; 4245’N 5210’W passed 2 smaller bergs with several pieces of drift ice around the icebergs. (MWR).
Mar 22 SS “Venetian” 422’N 5110’W passed a small berg; 432’N 5250’W passed a medium sized berg. (MWR).
Mar 22 43N 48W a berg.
Mar 23 Schooner “Susan” from St. John’s to Oporto put back with ice wear.
Mar 23 SS “Ontario” 4246’N 5233’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 23 Bark “Nova Scotia” 43N 50W passed 2 large bergs. (MWR).
Mar 23 4250’N 51W a berg.
Mar 23 Bark “Constance” at St. John’s from Cadiz was 10 days in getting through the ice.
Mar 25 SS “Britannic” 447’N 4850’W passed a large berg; 447’N[47′-NYMR] 495’W passed a small berg. NYMR – 4447 4850’W, 3 large bergs..
Mar 25 SS “Elysia” 4350’N 4940’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Mar 25 Schooner “J.A. Chapman” 43N 5430’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 25 Schooner “G.L. Smith” 4340’N 5150’W passed several bergs 2 of which were very large. (MWR).
Mar 26 SS “Britannic” 4248’N 542’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Mar 26 SS “Devon” 4630’N 4710’W passed 6 bergs, also 50m WSW of there another. (MWR). Mar 27 SS “Aurania” 4252’N 5028’W passed several bergs. (MWR).
Mar 27 Bark “Chignecto” 4230’N 5015’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Mar 28 SS “Caspian” 43N 50W passed 2 bergs. (MWR).
Mar 28 Bark “Sunbeam” at St. John’s from New York with ice damage.
Mar 31 SS “City of Rhone” 4314’N 4935’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Mar 31 SS “Norwegian” sighted several bergs between Cape Pine and St. John’s. (MWR).

April

Apr ? 4145’N 4917’W a berg apparently ~100′ by 300.
Apr ? 49N 44W, 2 large bergs.
Apr ? 4155’N 4943’W a large berg.
Apr ? 4213’N 4816’W, 2 bergs.
Apr 1 Bark “Benj Bangs” large quantity of field ice on the Banks.
Apr 1 SS “Azalea” 43N 49W passed a berg; 4242’N 4952’W another. (MWR).
Apr 2 SS “Republic” 4232’N 5016’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 2 Bark “Beta” 46N 46W passed field ice & steered S 6 hours to clear it. (MWR).
Apr 3 Brig “Aldwyth” at Fayal from St. John’s 26 Feb. for Pernambuco damaged by ice and leaking. Jammed in ice for 24 days.
Apr 3 Schooner “Sea Breeze” sunk by collision with ice from St. John’s to Barcelona. Crew picked up by “Aldwyth.”
Apr 3 SS “Virginian” near 4232’N 4847’W passed several small pieces of ice. (MWR).
Apr 3 SS “Wyoming” 4253’N 5026’W passed a large berg; 4241’N 5013’W passed a low, long iceberg; 4255’N 5011’W a large berg; 4324’N 4833’W a very large berg. (MWR).
Apr 3 SS “Cynthia” 43N 50W passed several pieces of ice and ~15 – 20 bergs. (MWR).
Apr 5 Bark “Maranee” 4630’N 4554’W was crushed in an ice floe and sunk. (MWR).
Apr 5 SS “Venetian” 43[?]20’N 49W passed a small berg ~15′ above water. (MWR).
Apr 6 SS “Neptune”, reported at St. John’s, on sealing grounds ran against an iceberg and broke her bows which left her crippled.
Apr 6 SS “Missouri” 42N 4959’W passed a medium sized berg. (MWR).
Apr 7 SS “Zaandam” between 4420’N 4650’W and 4230’N 5040’W passed 2 large bergs and several small pieces. (MWR).
Apr 9 SS “Marengo” 4145’N 492’W passed a berg ~100′ long and 30′ high; 4147’N 4929’W passed 2 bergs, 700′ long & 300′ high, and 500′ long & 350′ high, respectively. (MWR).
Apr 10 SS “Servia” 4215’N 4957’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 10 SS “Crystal” 4640’N 4630’W passed 2 large bergs. (MWR).
Apr 11 SS “City of Rome” 4140’N 4950’W passed a large berg ~150′ high. (MWR).
Apr 11 SS “Martha” 4520’N 4720’W passed several large bergs. (MWR).
Apr 12 SS “Iowa” 4155’N 4740’W a large & 4142’N 4836’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Apr 12 SS “Ontario” 4210’N 4748’W passed 2 bergs. (MWR0.
Apr 12 SS “Leerdam” 47N 424’W passed 1 large and 2 small bergs. (MWR).
Apr 12 SS “Martha” 4330’N 5045’W saw a large berg ~150′ high and 1m long. (MWR).
Apr 13 SS “Leerdam” 4656’N 4626’W passed a large berg and some ice. (MWR).
Apr 13 4429’N 4512’W a berg of medium size.
Apr 14 SS “Tower Hill” 4250’N 4940’W passed 3 bergs. (MWR).
Apr 14 SS “Leerdam” 4611’N 5123’W passed a large berg ~300′ high. (MWR).
Apr 15 SS “Adriatic” 4447’N 4436’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 15 SS “Celtic” 4437’N 469’W passed a large berg; 4435’N 4620’W passed another; 4425’N 472’W passed another. (MWR).
Apr 15 SS “Cephalonia” 4147’N 4912’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 15 SS “Richmond” between 45N 4630’W and 4530’N 45W passed 20 very large bergs. (MWR).
Apr 15 SS “Mary Louisa” 4444’N 4715’W passed 4 bergs. (MWR).
Apr 17 Schooner “Vivid” lost in ice near Twillingate. (FGMM).
Apr 17 “David” lost in the ice ~14m off the land [Twillingate]. (#509).
Apr 17 SS “Assyrian Monarch” 444’N 4340’W passed a berg 100′ high. (MWR).
Apr 17 SS “Pavonia” 4424’N 4540’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 17 SS “Buenos Ayrean” 43N 4835’W and 4250’N 5034’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 17 Schooner ” Ulrich R. Smith” arrived at St. John, NB and reported having encountered heavy ice off Cape Enrage and was obliged to put back; reports that as far as the eye could reach was seen a vast field of moving ice. (MWR).
Apr 17 SS “Suevia” 4241’N 4822’W saw a large berg ~100′ high and 250′ long; also saw a medium sized berg in 4227’N 4859’W. (MWR).
Apr 18 SS “Assyrian Monarch” 4210’N 4730’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 18 SS “Pavonia” 434’N 4829’W passed a large berg. (MWR). Apr 18 SS “Wisconsin” 4220’N 4810’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 18 4222’N 4757’W a large berg.
Apr 19 SS “Alsatia” 4248’N 5025’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 19 SS “State of Alabama” between 4450’N 456’W and 4414’N 4538’W passed 3 large bergs. (MWR).
Apr 19 4441’N 4508’W and 4424’N 4536’W, 3 large bergs.
Apr 19 The Newfoundland sealer “Young Prince” collided with a berg in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and sank almost immediately. (MWR).
Apr 19 SS “Edam” 4430’N 42N passed a berg ~350′ high and 1½m long. (MWR).
Apr 19-20 Ship “Jarlsberg” 49N 45W was surrounded by bergs. (MWR).
Apr 20 SS “Baltic” 4356’N 464’W passed 1m north of a large berg and saw another bearing SW 8m distant. (MWR).
Apr 20 SS “Palestine” 4240’N 4738’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 20 Ship “Cyrus Wakefield” 466’N 4152’W passed a large berg and much floating ice. (MWR).
Apr 20 SS “Hamonia” 4155’N 4943’W a large berg was passed and 2 others of moderate size in 4213’N 4816’W. (MWR).
Apr 20 SS “Edam” 4335’N 5020’W passed a medium sized berg. (MWR).
Apr 20 4416’N 4529’W a large berg and another bearing SW 8m.
Apr 21 SS “Baltic” 4247’N 5033’W passed 8m south of a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 21 SS “Grecian” 4224’N 4730’W passed 3 bergs. (MWR).
Apr 22 SS “Britannic” 453’N 4730’W passed 2 large bergs; 4444’N 4840’W one small berg. (MWR).
Apr 23 SS “Aurania” 4436’N 4515’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 23 SS “Brooklyn City” 4520’N 43W passed 2 large bergs. (MWR).
Apr 24 SS “Aurania” 4255’N 5050’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 24 SS “Circassia” 4510’N 4148’W and 449’N 4537’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 24 Ship “Cyrus Wakefield” 426’N 469’W passed 2 bers and some loose ice. (MWR).
Apr 24 SS “Wyoming” 4520’N 4147’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Apr 24 SS “Monarch” 4453’N 4527’W saw a small berg to the northward. (MWR).
Apr 24 4406’N 4511’W a large berg.
Apr 25 SS “Noordland” 4325’N 416’W passed a berg ~1,000′ long and 150′ high. (MWR).
Apr 25 SS “State of Nevada” 4643’N 439’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 25 SS “Warwick” 45N 408’W passed a large berg reported as ~600′ long and 100′ high and thought to have been uncommonly far east. (MWR).
Apr 25 44N 41W a large berg.
Apr 26 SS “State of Nevada” 4421’N 4715’W passed a large tabular berg, the portion visible in fog being not less than a mile to 1½m long and from 180′-190′ high; 4327’N 4854’W passed 2 bergs from 100′-130′ high.(MWR).
Apr 26 SS “Venetian” 44N 4716’W passed a small berg. (MWR).
Apr 26 4330’N 4132’W a berg.
Apr 27 SS “City of Rome” 4520’N 4430’W passed 4 bergs from 80′-100′ high within a radius of 15m; 4455’N 4610’W passed a large berg ~100′ high; 4440’N 47W passed a large, flat berg ~30′ high; 4430’N 4735’W passed a berg to the northward ~6m distant. (MWR).
Apr 27 SS “Adriatic” 455’N 43W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 27 SS “Miranda” at St. John’s from New York passed 9 large bergs on passage. (MWR).
Apr 27 SS “Heckla” 4230’N 4755’W passed 2 small bergs. (MWR).
Apr 28 SS “Rhaetia” 4434’N 4132’W passed 2 bergs ~500′ high. (MWR).
Apr 28 SS “Celtic” 4252’N 5025’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 29 SS “Catalonia” 449’N 4034’W passed a very large berg. (MWR).
Apr 29 SS “Rhaetia” 4234’N 4719’W passed a berg ~200′ high and 300′ long. (MWR).
Apr 29 SS “Elbe” 4228’N 4714’W passed a large berg ~300′ long and 75′ high. (MWR).
Apr 29 SS “Roman” 4431’N 4139’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 29 SS “Celtic” 4258’N 4854’W and 4341’N 4644’W passed a large berg. (MWR).
Apr 29 SS “Illinois” 4410’N 3941’W passed 2 small bergs. (MWR).
Apr 29 SS “Brooklyn” from Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal arrived Halifax having to put back on account of heavy ice in the gulf. She got as far as Cape Ray. (MWR).
Apr 29 4525’N 41W a large berg.
Apr 30 SS “Etruria” 4510’N 4135’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 30 SS “Wieland” 4451’N 4133’W, 4436’N 4137’W and 4423’N 4206’W passed a berg. (MWR).
Apr 30 SS “Miranda” passed 12 bergs between Cape Ray and Cape Pine. (MWR).
Apr 30 4343’N 4852’W a berg ~2m long.
Apr 31 44N 41W, 2 large bergs.

May ? Between 47N 45W and 45N 50W numerous bergs and field ice.
May 1 SS “Grecian Monarch” ~ 4334’N 4343’W, 3 large bergs.
May 1 SS “Wieland” 4451’N 4133’W, 2 large bergs; 4436’N 4137’W a large berg; 442(?)3’N 4208’W a large berg.
May 1 Bark “Moen” 46N 45W collide with a berg and foundered. (#93).
May 2 Bark “Arracan” from Rotterdam to Philadelphia 4518’N 48W entered a heavy floe of drift ice, later sighted bergs and had to steer due south all day to keep clear of them; saw over 100, all very large.
May 1 4446’N 4438’W, 2 large bergs.
May 4 SS “Polynesian” from Liverpool for Montreal and “Nestorian” from Glasgow to Montreal are reported to have returned to Cape Ray having found it impossible to get through the ice.
May 5 Issue: Unusual number of immense icebergs in the North Atlantic Ocean and ice fields are also very extensive. Extensive ice also in the Gulf.
May 5 SS “Cilurem” 45N 47W collided with berg and stove bows. (#93).
May 6 Bark “Bayard” 46N 48W collided with berg and abandoned. (#93).
May 6 Bark “Magdalena” 45N 47W collided with berg & abandoned. (#93).
May 6 4630’N 4330’W, 3 bergs.
May 6 SS “Portia” at St. John’s from Halifax passed several large icebergs.
May 6? SS “Critic”, Lord, from Leith to New York 48N 4710’W encountered a solid wall of ice, extending as far as the eye could reach in a WNW and ESE direction; steered southward and encountered numerous bergs from 200′-300′ high assuming the dimensions of large islands; got clear of the ice in 44N 4920’W. In an hour’s steaming at 10 knots passed 8 bergs; it was 60 hours of sighting the ice until we got clear of it; the number of bergs must have gone into the thousands.
May 7 Bark “Annie Christine” struck a berg on the Grand Banks and foundered.
May 7 SS “Colina” struck a berg near Cape Race, smashing bulkhead.
May 7 4310’N 49W, 4 bergs.
May 7 4250’N 50W a berg.
May 8 4140’N 5130’W, 2 small bergs.
May 9 SS “Jeranos” put into North Sydney with a hole in the bow after collision with a berg. (#93).
May 10 SS “Mary Louisa” 49N 46W fell in with heavy ice crushing her plates and foundered. (#93).
May 14 Bark “E.Sutton” at Liverpool,NS 36 days from Dublin, stem badly damaged by ice. Fell in with a large quantity of ice 44N 25(!)W. Sailed 24 hours south to clear it.
May 17 Bark “Maggie L. Carvill” at New York, 4340’N 4920’W numerous small bergs and great quantities of field ice were passed; had to steer 100m to the southward to clear the ice.
May 19 SS “City of Berlin” 4330’N 4930’W struck a berg. (#93).
May 19 Ship “Larg?” at New York from Antwerp ~46N 5030’W saw much field ice; had to run 25m to the southward to clear the ice.
May ? Schooner “Marie Adele” at North Sidney from St. John’s encountered quantities of ice and got damaged.