Charts 1890

Maximum amount +2. (M).
“… The marked exception has been the present season, when bergs came down in December,1889, and field ice followed early in January.” (#93).
NYMR (except as noted):
Ice Reports already in January with December sightings; numbers of reports increasing weekly.

January/February

Jan — From 4624’N 4438[?]’W & 4632’N 4826’W several bergs & light field ice.
Jan 13 SS “Nessmore” ran into berg from Baltimore to Liverpool, some damage to bows.
Jan 13 SS “Nessmore” collided with berg and damaged. (#93).
Jan 14 SS “Ohio” from Liverpool to Philadelphia 4646’N 4722’W passed through detached ice for 1 hour. The field looked to be heavy to the northward; too dark to see far, but there was a very bright ice blink for ~40m.
Jan 14 4710’N 4815’W field ice and numerous bergs.
Jan 17 45 and 46N, 46 and 47W several bergs.
Jan 19 SS “City of Berlin” from New York to Liverpool 47N 47W saw a field of ice extending northward beyond view; evening of same day passed an iceberg.
Jan 19 SS “Croma”, Lord, from New York to Leith 46 [or 48] N 48W encountered an ice field. Went to the south 70m in an endeavour to clear the field but cut through it, as the ice still extended southward beyond view.
Jan 20 4634’N 452’W a berg ~200′ high.
Jan 20 4553’N 4133’W, 2 bergs, the first ~250′ long and 150′ high, and the second ~100′ long and 50′ high, looking like a church with 2 steeples.
Jan 20 SS “Endeavour” from Leith to New York 41[! 44?]25’N 4815’W entered a large ice field and steamed 9 hours through it, passed through small bergs.
Jan 20 SS “Mineola” 4434’N 4840’W passed a berg ~1m long and 700′ high; same time saw another large berg.
Jan 21 4625’N 4636’W a small berg and large quantities of field ice.
Jan 21 SS “Istrian” 4630’N 476’W sighted a berg apparently 400′ long also 3 moderate sized bergs; also passed for 4 hours through miles of densely packed ice, extending as far as the eye could reach.
Jan 21 4730’N 4635’W to 4616’N 4713’W great quantities of ice & several bergs.
Jan 22-23 4727’N 4576[!]’W a large double-peaked berg 40′ high and 130′ long; 23rd, large quantities of field ice and several small bergs awash.
Jan 23 4549’N 4640’W, 3 large bergs and immense fields of ice.
Jan 23 4552’N 4733’W bergs and field ice, the largest berg was 100′ high.
Jan 23-26 SS “Ocean” 4916’N 4715’W to 4526’N 5102’W passed through an ice field and saw numerous bergs.
Jan 24 SS “Lydian Monarch” at Halifax when off Newfoundland passed a quantity of field ice and a number of huge bergs.
Jan 25 SS “Washington City” ran into field ice and damaged plates, leaking.
Jan 25 SS “Miranda” left Halifax for St.John’s; was unable to reach that port in consequence of the ice and was forced to proceed to the Bay of Bulls.
Jan 25 (from St. John’s): SS “Caspian” on her way here from Halifax reached Cape Race 23rd and endeavoured to push through, but the ice was too heavy for her. She had to proceed to Liverpool with our mails and passengers. SS “Circassian” is still blockaded, waiting till the ice moves off.
Jan 25 SS “Darial” 4717’N 4756’W ran into a field of broken ice, very dense at times, extending northwards indefinitely and stretching 20m to southward; general drift SSW; steered southerly, passing several bergs from 20′-30′ high, the last in 4510’N 4814’W.
Jan 26 45N 51W, 4 bergs and field ice.
Jan 26 4554’N 48W a quantity of field ice.
Jan 26? SS “Gothia” 46N 45W to 44N 50W passed several bergs and field ice.
Jan 27 4519’N 4721’W a large berg, later several extensive ice floes.
Jan 27 43N 4935’W a berg ~450′ long and 200′ high.
Jan 27 SS “Kansas” 4613[?]’N 4111′[!]W a field of ice which extended 100m to westward and as far as the eye could see.
Jan 27 SS “Buffalo” from Hull to New York 4814’N 4630’W passed a quantity of loose field ice; 28th, passed through heavy field ice; for 4 hours 48N 4820’W passed 5 large and several small bergs in fields of ice from 5 to 15m long; 29th, fell in with ice again but cleared it in 4522’N 4914’W; passed through in all ~130m [or 180m] of ice.
Jan 28 SS “Washington City” was in ice at intervals from 4745’N 4826’W to 4445’N 5142’W and damaged bow plates. (#93).
Jan 28 SS “Amnio?” from Hamburg to New York 4630’N 47W passed through a large ice field extending to 4250’N 48W during which sighted ~20 bergs, one very large ~200′ high.
Jan 28? 4624’N 4729’W, 2 large bergs and field ice in large quantities.
Jan 29 SS “Gillet” between 4650’N 4645’W and 4532’N 4815’W collided with ice and got holed. (#93). Jan 29 SS “Trave” from Bremen to New York 43N 4910’W passed a large berg ~150′ high, 600′ long and 300′ broad.
Jan~29 Telegram to Bowring and Archibald from St. John’s states that the whole eastern coast of Newfoundland is blockaded with ice.
Jan 30 SS “Gellert” 4749’N 4630’W to 4530’W passed much field ice and saws several bergs.
Jan 30 45N 47W, 3 large bergs and great quantities of field ice.
Jan 31 Bark “Carpasian” from North Sydney to St. John’s jammed in-shore by ice.
Jan 31 4314’N 4845’W a large berg.
Jan 31 4616’N 4330’W a large number of bergs and a field of ice 150m in length.

Feb — SS “Wild Flower” met ice 300m E of Cape Race,stove bow etc. (#93).
Feb — SS “India” from Baltimore to Hamburg was damaged by ice. (#93).
Feb — SS “Silvia” 4430’N 4810’W was 6 days in the ice, damaged. (#93).
Feb — SS “La Normandie” 4430’N 4859’W field ice, had to run 40m S to clear it.
Feb — 4744’N 4448’W a heavy field of ice.
Feb — 4309’N 494’W to 4255’N 4946’W one field of ice.
Feb 1 4324’N 4835’W, 1 very large and 2 small bergs and several small pieces of ice; 4605’N 47W to 4418’N 4840’W [see SS “Devonia” Feb 5] heavy field ice with bergs of enormous size; 4750’N 485’W a berg; 4452’N 4947’W a berg; 4642’N 4654’W to 4347’N 4852’W dense field ice [extending in a NNE and SSW direction] and several large bergs; steamed along the edge of field ice for 190m; 4456’N 455’W, 2 bergs and several small pieces of ice to the westward [large quantities of field ice]; [SS “Aller”] 4314’N 4840’W a large berg; [4252’N 4844’W a large berg; 43N 50W passed fields of light snow ice]; 49N 4919’W a large berg and field ice. (MWR).
Feb 1-3 4744’N 4703’W to 4414’N 4848’W large ice field containing several large bergs. (MWR).
Feb 1-4 SS “Marecca” 49N 4910’W and 4317’N 5036’W plates bent. (#93).
Feb 1-4 SS “Mareca” 49N 49 encountered immense fields of ice and passed a berg ~100′ high; 2nd, 4510’N 4811’W passed 20 bergs ranging from 20′-200′ high and later saw a schooner fast in the ice with all sails set, she had no signals flying; 4th, 4317’N 5035’W got clear of the ice.
Feb 2 4450’N 485’W to 4448’N 4810’W heavy field ice and 1 berg [250′ high]; 4457’N 4724’W a berg 50′ high and 200′ long, and another 150′ high; also small bergs and heavy field ice; [SS “Samaria”] 4255’N 4808’W field of ice ~5m in extent [not dangerous to shipping]; 4325’N 4858’W to 4322’N 495’W large field of floe ice 5m in extent; 4345’N 4835’W a very large berg 245′ high; 4410’N 4845’W a large berg ~150′ high; 4349’N 4928’W a high berg. (MWR).
Feb 3 44N 48-49W, 18 small bergs in dense field of ice; 4452’N 4645’W, 8 large bergs; [SS “State of Nevada”] 45N 47W to 43N 49W, 3 large bergs and sailed southward along the edge of field ice for 12 hours; 4317’N 4935’W berg with large round base; 4516’N 4717’W large double berg; 4330’N 5020’W densely packed field of ice for 20m; later berg 1/4m long and 300′ high. (MWR).
Feb 3 Schooner “Centennial” from Fortune Bay, NF, at Gloucester reports meeting in the Gulf, 30m east of Scatary, heavy field ice extending beyond view.
Feb 3 SS “Gellert” at New York from Hamburg 46N 48W a large ice field and ~15 bergs were passed.
Feb 3 SS “Thingvalla” at New York from Copenhagen met field ice from 4655’N 4710’W to 4512’N 4850’W.
Feb 3 4403’N 4827’W from 2.30 to 4 pm, 18 bergs were passed; 4.20 pm a field of ice 2m wide and extending north and south out of sight.
Feb 3 4752’N 4645’W, 8 large bergs were passed.
Feb 4 4259’N 4933’W a berg [~200′ high and 1,000′ long]; 4517’N 4928’W a large berg; 4655’N 4645’W a field of ice; 4552’N 4840’W a medium sized berg; 4429’N 4749’W a field of ice for 12 hours; 4353’N 4813’W bergs and vast fields of drift ice; 4255’N 4810’W field of ice several miles in extent; 45N 46W a berg 400′ long and 40′ high, also a great quantity of smaller bergs and field ice; 44N 4923’W large quantities of field ice; 4540’N 4718’W a berg 180′ high; 4520’N 4813’W field ice, skirted ice for 174m, southern edge in 4326’N 494’W, there were several small bergs in the ice field and a large one 150′ high in 448’N 4813’W; 4318’N 4944’W to 4315’N 4926’W large quantities of drift ice. (MWR).
Feb 4 4413’N 4845’W a small berg and large quantities of field ice.
Feb 4 45N 46W to 4350’N 49W several small bergs and thick field ice.
Feb 4 SS “Pennsylvania” 4315’N 4920’W from Antwerp to New York encountered field ice; ran south along the eastern edge for 3m and found an open space; it being dark could not tell extent, but could see the glare of heavy pack or berg further south; later passed quantities of field ice. [5th, passed through large quantities of loose field ice and large fields of pack ice; also ~50 bergs – same vessel ?].
Feb 5 Bark “Oliver Emery” 4515’N 4814’W unnamed in MWR. (#93).
Feb 5 SS “Miranda” at Halifax for St. John’s encountered heavy ice and damaged rudder and plates.
Feb 5 SS “Dania” 45(6)36’N 4745’W passed plenty fields of ice. Feb 5 43N 4955’W large berg; 4435’N 4840’W to 4350’N 4856’W, 3 very large bergs and ice field; 4659’N 4349’W to 4530’N 4820’W large berg and field ice for 65m; 445’N 4830’W, 9 bergs [from 100′-300′ high and 300′-400′ long] and field ice; 4352’N 4833’W, 2 bergs; 4322’N 4925’W field ice; 4326’N 49W [see SS “City of Berlin”] packed field ice; 4625’N 4633’W to 4450’N 4852’W fields of ice and 50 bergs; 4253’N 502’W large berg and numerous patches of field ice for a distance of 20m; 4515’N 4814’W in ice pack for 30 hours, damage to vessel; 466’N 4646’W to 4345’N 4939’W heavy packed ice and 6 very large bergs. (MWR).
Feb 5 SS “Devonia” 4605’N 47W at 10 am made heavy packed field ice, bore off and skirted pack till midnight when cleared SE edge in 4415’N 4840’W after running SSW 140m; numerous bergs were passed, some of great size.
Feb 5 SS “City of Berlin” from 4326’N 49W to 435’N 40[!]26’W passed south of field ice and in 43N 4955’W passed a berg 230′ high and 600′ long.
Feb 5 4325’N 4857’W an ice field ~25m long with several hills on it 10′-12′ high [SS “City of Berlin” ?].
Feb 5-6 4550’N 4740’W to 45N 4850’W immense patches of field ice. (MWR).
Feb 6 439’N 494’W to 4255’N 4938’W for many miles pieces of ice not more than 10′ or 12′ square and 1′ or 2′ above the water; 4412’N 5030’W a berg; 445’N 51W ice fields; 4540’N 4744’W to 4424’N 4852’W field ice; 3 bergs within 2m of each other at 4454’N 4829’W and shortly after several bergs; 4250’N 49W to 4250’N 4820’W heavy pack of field ice; 4412’N 4810’W to 445’N 4840’W a large berg. (MWR).
Feb 7 SS “Switzerland” from Antwerp to Philadelphia 4329’N 4850’W saw an ice field compact on its southern edge and stretching from NE from SW for 15m; 4805’N [4305’N – cf below] 4850’W saw a berg 120′ high and 540′ long and close to it 2 smaller ones, probably part of the large one, almost submerged and therefore exceedingly dangerous; 4256’N 50W saw another berg, apparently aground, 400′ long with a slender peak 200′ high.
Feb 7 432’N 4931’W to 43N 504’W field ice; 437’N 4942’W a large berg; 4510’N 4826’W to 4355’N 49W field ice; 4329’N 4850’W field ice; 435’N 4919’W a berg; 4256’N 50W a berg; 44N 4848’W a berg [and several pieces of ice]. (MWR).
Feb 7-8 SS “Minnesota” from Swansea to Philadelphia passed a field of ice extending 35m, in which were 10 bergs [no positions].
Feb 8 SS “Silvia” (as in #93 report).
Feb 8 Bark “Meteor” already battered by storms encountered vast field of ice southward of Cape Race and had bows stove and rudder taken away during 9 days in ice. Crew picked up on 17th, 4307’N 4854’W.
Feb 8 4430’N 4840’W to 4425’N 4843’W, 2 medium and 2 small bergs; 4421’N 4844’W, 2 medium and 2 small bergs; 4355’N 4840’W, 2 bergs, 1 very large, visible 10m; 4309’N 4847’W small pieces of ice; [SS “Lord Clive”] 43N 4915’W a large berg and several small pieces and 4255’N 5011’W a very large berg [~400′ high]; 4325’N 4839’W to 4324’N 4919’W a small berg and field ice; 4255’N 4915’W a very large berg; [SS “Cremon”] 47N 47W field ice north and south, was in the ice for 36 hours during which time saw 100 bergs; 4440’N 4739’W to 4442’N 4850’W a large berg and field ice; 4330’N 49W bergs and field ice. (MWR).
Feb 8 4418’N 4846’W a large field of ice; 2 bergs in the pack.
Feb 9 SS “Domira” at Halifax from London with one propeller blade broken by ice.
Feb 9 4248’N 5018’W large berg and quantity of field ice; 4630’N 47W to 4250’N 48W field ice and 20 bergs; 4448’N 4951’W large quantities of field ice and 3 large bergs; 442’N 4817’W a berg; 4358’N 4835’W a large conical berg. (MWR).
Feb 9-11 Bark “Levuka” 4543’N 4629’W passed close to a large berg 100′ high; 10th, 4439’N 4832’W passed numerous bergs; 11th, 4230’N 51W another large berg.
Feb 10 [SS “Bostonian”] 4441’N 4606’W a very large berg and 4431’N 4829W a large berg; [SS “Lepanto”] 4258’N 4848’W an enormous berg [apparently 1/8m long and 500′ high]; 4439’N 4832’W numerous bergs. (MWR).
Feb 10 SS “Exeter City” at New York 4540’N 4718’W sighted a berg ~180′ high; 4520’N 4813’W struck field ice, stood to the S and SSE and skirted the ice for 174m, when in 4326’N 4904’W came to the southern edge; saw several small bergs in the field; 4408’N 4813’W passed another large berg ~150′ high.
Feb 11 4439’N 4542’W a large berg; 4348’N 4817’W a large berg; 4225’N 511’W a large berg; 4254’N 4858’W a very large berg; 4739’N 4747’W a small quantity of broken field ice and 2 small bergs. (MWR).
Feb 11-12 45N 48W to 43N 49W an immense field of ice and 20 bergs. (MWR).
Feb 12 4314’N 4840’W a high berg; 4252’N 4844’W a large berg; 462’N 4540’W a small berg; 4430’N 4836’W a very large berg and field ice; 44N 4925’W field ice; 4350’N 4930’W field ice; 4436’N 4652’W, 3 bergs; 4426’N 4730’W, 17 bergs; 4419’N 482’W to 4410’N 4919’W, 6 bergs and ice field; 437’N 4155’W, 2 bergs. (MWR).
Feb 12 SS “Hermann” from Antwerp to Boston 4426’N 47W passed 15 bergs ranging from 50′ to 150′ high; and 6 hours later for 4 hours passed through several patches of field ice [same report as 17 bergs above ?]. Feb 12-14 Brig “Caroline” from Fortune Bay to Boston encountered and imprisoned in heavy field ice and damaged.
Feb 12-14 Brig “Caroline” 4355’N 6010’W in field ice and damaged. (#93).
Feb 13 454’N 4532’W, 35 bergs for 6½ hours; [SS “Cephalonia”] 4349’N 4750’W a berg ~180′ high and 1,000′ long and 4333’N 4817’W to 4321’N 4839’W fields of thin broken ice; [SS “State of Alabama”] 4511’N 4658’W to 4443’N 4854’W, 35 bergs and small pieces; 45N 45W, 2 large bergs; [SS “Bohemia” 13th-14th] 4610’N 4520’W to 4440’N 49W many large and small bergs, heavy pack and field ice; 4320’N 4846’W a berg. (MWR).
Feb 13 SS “State of Nebraska” at New York from Glasgow 4437’N 4834’W passed 3 large and 1 small berg; passed also through several large ice fields.
Feb 13 SS “La Gascogne” 4506’N 4812’W passed 3 bergs, one of which was ~120 meters in length and 30 in height, later passed 31 pieces of ice and several bergs on which in 4444’N 5009’W was 1,000 meters in length and 50 in height and passed through much field ice for 3 hours.
Feb 13-14 4345’N 4826’W to 4322’N 4912’W, 3 large bergs and field ice to the north. (MWR).
Feb 14 4529’N 4439’W, 2 bergs; 457’N 4512’W a small berg; [SS “Willkommen”] 4430’N 35[!]30’W, 20 bergs [some very large – NYMR gives same lon.]; 4338’N 46W a large berg; 4410’N 4820’W, 2 bergs. (MWR).
Feb 14-15 [SS “Circassia”] 4520’N 4450’W to 438’N 4912’W several bergs and on extreme southern edge of the Grand Banks passed field ice for 3½ [8½] hours. (MWR).
Feb 15 43N 49W, 2 large bergs 3m apart; 4258’N 4930’W several patches of ice covering a large area, but not very dangerous to vessels.
Feb 15 4311’N 4918’W a berg and small floe of ice; [SS “Venetian”] 4736’N 4153’W a small berg; [SS “Willkommen”] 4112’N 5012’W, 2 large bergs and a large quantity of field ice; 43N 4830’W, 2 bergs.(MWR).
Feb 15-16 SS “Palestine” from Liverpool to Boston between 4517’N 4447’W and 4335’N 4912’W passed 6 bergs, one of which was enormous; also sighted a quantity of soft field ice.
Feb 16 46N 4550’W, 4 bergs and patches of field ice [NYMR reports SS “Venetian” 46N 4550’W encountered a large quantity of field ice and was obliged to steam in a southerly direction for 14 hours in order to clear it; during this time passed 12 large bergs. The field ice was cleared on the 17th 4435’N 4854’W]; 4540’N 467’W to 454’N 48W large and small bergs and for 2½ hours several large ice fields; 4446’N 4349’W a large berg. (MWR).
Feb 17 Bark “Meteor” spent 9 days in an immense field of ice south of Cape Race, ice smashing in bows, rudder & seams. Crew rescued by “Marengo” in 437’N 4854’W. (#93).
Feb 17 4308’N 4827’W passed a berg from 60′ to 70′ high.
Feb 17 438’N 4843’W to 4254’N 4918’W, 2 bergs; 4224’N 4245’W, 2 [large] bergs; 47N 44W a berg. (MWR).
Feb 19 457’N 4155’W, 2 bergs 30′ high; 43N 4130’W, 4 large bergs; 4456’N 4213’W small bergs. (MWR).
Feb 19 SS “Taormina” at New York from Hamburg, from 4532’N -W to 4335’N 4958’W passed numerous bergs from 20′ to 250′ high; also large ice fields; had to steer SSW 250m to get clear of the ice.
Feb 19-21 SS “Cassius” 3 pm 4720’N 4430’W a small berg and at 11pm a large one; next morning ran into a large ice field ~18″ thick; stopped engine till 7 am then proceeded slowly, going south and cleared the ice; at 11 am saw 2 large and 13 small bergs; 21st passed another berg ~50′ high.
Feb 20 4540’N 48W several large bergs. (MWR).
Feb 22 SS “Conscript” from St. John’s to Halifax stripped sheathing from her bows in heavy field ice [passed through 200m of field ice]. (#93).
Feb 22 SS “Tynedale” 4652’N 47W was imprisoned in the ice for 3 days starting her bow plates. (#93).
Feb 22 SS “Minister Maybach” unnamed in MWR at 4630’N 4644’W steamed through field ice for 18 hours starting bow plates [sighted 30 bergs, some gigantic]. (#93).
Feb 22 SS “Minister Mayback” encountered a vast ice floe 4630’N 4644’W; steamed through it for 18 hrs and sighted 30 icebergs, some of which were very large; started rivets.
Feb 22 SS “Tynedale” 4652’N 47W encountered heavy field ice extending whole length of the Grand Banks for a distance of 400m. Was imprisoned in the ice for 3 days, rivets started; from Hamburg to Boston.
Feb 22 SS “Lake Huron” from Liverpool to New York 4440’N 4830’W encountered a field of ice with several large bergs on its eastern edge, extending north and south as far as could be seen; steamed 11m along the edge and then entered and steamed through it for 40m to clear water in 4415’N 4920’W.
Feb 22 4440’N 4820’W large and small bergs; and in 4437’N 4820’W to 4418’N 4922’W field ice; [SS “Hindoo” at 9.30 pm] 4424’N 445’W a berg with 2 peaks ~60′ high [and at 4 pm next day passed a quantity of field ice to the northward]; 4630’N 4644’W vast ice floe, steamed through it for 18 hours during which sighted 30 bergs, several very large. (MWR).
Feb 23 4320’N 4840’W field ice for 50m; 4315’N 525’W field ice; 4411’N 4813’W to 4451’N 506’W a medium sized berg and field ice; 4252’N 491’W, 2 bergs; 4245’N 50W [large] ice field and large berg. Feb 24 SS “Conscript” in dry dock after damage to plates by ice from St. John’s to Halifax.
Feb 24 4[!]37’N 4831’W a large berg; 4333’N 491’W, 3 bergs and patches of field ice; 4247’N 4923’W a small berg [also heavy field ice]; 4423’N 4845’W quantity of ice; 4516’N 4510’W, 2 bergs [100′ and 130′ high].(MWR).
Feb 25 4235’N 4940’W broken field ice and 2 bergs; [SS “Nepigon”] 4220’N 5035’W a large ice floe [steamed 50m before clearing it] and large bergs. (MWR).
Feb 27 SS “Wild Flower” at Philadelphia from Sunderland reports 300m E of Cape Race had several plates stove in by ice.
Feb 27 4319’N 4812’W a small berg and field ice; 4233’N 50W, 2 moderate sized bergs; 4345’N 4817’W to 4242’N 4930’W detached ice, 1 small berg and 2 large ones; 4319’N 4812’W to 4232’N 5018’W field ice, 1 small and 2 moderate sized bergs; 435’N 4840’W to 435’N 4850’W small bergs and large quantities of field ice; 4516’N 4510’W to 45N 4550’W a berg ~130′ high and a small berg; 43N 4910’W to 42N 50W several bergs and field ice. (MWR).
Feb 27 SS “Bavarian” from Liverpool to Boston 4345’N 4817 [cf above] passed a small berg and a small quantity of loose field ice; 4330’N 49W passed patches of detached ice about 3/4m long; 4324’N 4910’W passed a berg apparently 50′ high and 250′ long; 4315’N 4933’W passed another large berg 260′ high and 600′ long.
Feb 28 [SS “Aurania”] 4317’N 4812’W to 4332’N 5018’W large quantities of detached field ice and 2 bergs [in 4317’N 4812’W and 4332’N 5018’W]; 439’N 498’W to 4240’N 5020’W field ice and 2 bergs 400′ long and 60′ high; 4236’N 5020’W field ice; 4550’N 4740’W heavy pack ice; 4514’N 4722’W a berg 100′ high and 200′ [2,000 ?] long; 4435’N 4830’W packed field ice. (MWR).
Feb 28-Mar 2 Light slab [sic] ice from Halifax to 4440’N 60W; 4445’N 5910’W to 458’N 5743’W heavy Gulf ice; 4535’N 5515’W rotten field ice. (MWR).

March

Mar — Schooner “Kestrel” from St. John’s to Bristol damaged in field ice. (#93).
Mar — SS “Esquimaux” jammed in heavy ice and damaged NE of Fogo. (#93).
(arrived back Dundee Apr 16 for repairs). (BL).
Mar — From 4234’N 5007’W to 4222’N 5112’W quantities of field ice passed.
Mar — 4330’N 51W, 2 large bergs, one of which was ~1,000′ long and 200′ high.
Mar 1 SS “Fulda” 4145’N 5029’W a berg.
Mar 1 4149’N 5009’W large berg; 4346’N 4913’W field ice and bergs; 4154’N 4958’W large berg; [SS Bulgarian”] 4248’N 4945′[15′]W to 4246’N 5115’W loose field ice; 4233’N 5008’W to 4219’N 5116’W field ice; 4242’N 5017’W [5117’W] large pieces [bodies] of field ice and 2 bergs; 4217’N 5105’W berg; 4216’N 5030’W small bergs and field ice; 4258’N 50W drift ice and bergs; 4208’N 5004’W to 4207’N 5028’W, 2 small bergs; 4430’N 4911’W to 4404’N 4940’W heavy pack ice; 4356’N 5050’W, 12 large and some small bergs; 4344’N 5210’W, 7 large bergs; 4511’N 4731’W, 2 large bergs; 4226’N 5107’W, 3 small bergs and field ice. (MWR).
Mar 1 SS “Mentmore” to Boston from London 4238’N 40W passed several pieces of drift ice and number of bergs apparently 40′-100′ high.
Mar 1-2 4248’N 4945’W to 4240’N 5115’W heavy field ice. (MWR).
Mar 1-2 SS “Othello” met field ice 4445’N 4913’W and cleared 4230’N 5025’W.
Mar 1-3 SS “North Cambria” unnamed in MYR 4511’N 4731’W to 4316’N 4930’W collided with ice and damaged.(#93).
Mar 2 4316’N 4930’W large berg and field ice; 4357’N 4942’W to 4252’N 5057’W heavy field ice; [SS “Yexford”] 4453’N 4720’W large berg; 4220’N 5059’W small berg and field ice; 42N 5020’W large berg; 42N 4948’W, 1 large and 2 small bergs; 4206’N 5048’W large berg and pieces of ice. (MWR).
Mar 2 4217’N 5105’W a berg.
Mar 2 42N 49W several bergs.
Mar 3 4209’N 5118’W, 10 large bergs; 43N 4830’W field ice, 1 large and several small bergs; 4233’N 5008’W to 4219’N 5116’W patches of drift ice; 4135’N 5053’W large berg and small pieces of ice; [SS “Yexford”] 4334’N 49W to 4255’N 50W field ice [very closely packed at times] with [several] berg[s]; 4134’N 5134’W small berg; 4203’N 5114’W small berg; 42N 50W berg; 4202’N 5158’W pieces of ice. (MWR).
Mar 3 4209’N 5115’W, 2 bergs, one 50′ to 60′ high.
Mar 3 4135’N 5053’W a large berg and lots of small pieces of ice.
Mar 3 SS “Crystal” from Newcastle to New York came through 68?m of field ice extending from 4312’N 4912’W to 4230’N 5025’W and 4216’N 5115’W passed a large berg.
Mar 4 4239’N 51W to 4246’N 5217’W field ice and large berg; 4314’N 4948’W to 43N 5002’W, 3 large bergs and large pieces of field ice; the harbour of St. John’s is full of ice but it does not obstruct navigation; the Gulf of St. Lawrence is blocked and this season is the heaviest one for ice since 1882; 4115’N 5120’W, 2 small bergs; 4144’N 5110’W, 2 large bergs; 4144’N 5032’W, 4 small bergs; 4144’N 5010’W large berg; 4210’N 5140’W small berg. (MWR). Mar 5 Issue of NYMR contains an interesting article by Ensign Hugh Rodman, U.S.N. on Icebergs and Field Ice in the North Atlantic taken from the Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean March 1890. Included in the article is the following list of delays and damage to vessels: SS “Nessmore” damage to bows; SS “Miranda” injury to rudder and bow plates; Bark “Oliver Emery” 30 hours in the ice causing leaks and the loss of part of the stern; SS “Cremon” 36 hours in the ice field; SS “Washington City” hemmed in for 2 days, bow plates bent, forward compartment filled; SS “Mareca” nearly 4 days in ice-pack, bow plates bent; Brig “Silvia” delayed 6 days in the vicinity of the Grand Banks, copper and planking badly chafed; Bark “Meter” surrounded by immense ice field and held prisoner for 9 days, bows smashed, rudder carried away, seams opened, crew rescued by SS “Marengo” and the vessel abandoned.
Mar 5 4212’N 5035’W large berg; 4234’N 64W small ridge of field ice. (MWR).
Mar 5 SS “Rialto” at Boston from Antwerp 4330’N 4830’W fell in with field ice and steered in a southerly direction for 20m in order to clear it; also sighted a number of small bergs.
Mar 6 4330’N 5140’W several large bergs; [“La Bretagne”] 4310’N 5137’W, 4 flat bergs; 4245’N 5450’W small berg; 4215’N 5055’W very large berg; 4240’N 5130’W, 2 large bergs and field ice. (MWR).
Mar 7 4109’N 5109’W large berg; 4430’N 4911’W to 4443’N 4940’W heavy pack ice; 4356’N 5050’W, 12 large and small bergs; 4344’N 5210’W, 7 large bergs; 4101’N 5054’W large berg; 4109’N 5109’W large berg and small hummocks of ice. (MWR).
Mar 7 SS “Werkendam” at New York from Rotterdam between 4210’N 5006’W and 4202’N 5120’W passed 4 large bergs, one ~50′ long and 200′ high and small ones.
Mar 8 4256’N 4934’W large berg; 4237’N 54W small berg; 4218’N 5140’W large berg ½m long, 150′ high; 4218’N 5310’W small berg; 4220’N 5515’W large berg. (MWR).
Mar 8 SS “Bayswater” at New York from Hamburg near 4519’N 4826’W found 7 large bergs and a large one of drifting ice in close proximity; after steaming 5m through it, took a southerly course and found ourselves on the western edge of the ice in 4220’N 4940’W where we saw 3 large bergs and several large pieces.
Mar 9 4222’N 5136’W large flat topped berg; 4221’N 5441’W very large pointed berg; 4350’N 4850’W, 5 bergs. (MWR).
Mar 9 4240’N 5139’W a large berg.
Mar 9 SS “Prussian” from Glasgow to Boston looks like 3814’N 3140’W which doesn’t make sense so maybe 4814’N 4140’W – cf 10th.
Mar 9-10 [SS “Volunteer”] heavy field ice from ~40m outside of St. John’s to Banquerau. Was blocked in the ice until the night of the 10th; had to steer 120 ? m to southward. (MWR).
Mar 10 SS “North Cambria” at Baltimore from Troon with bow plates stove by ice on passage.
Mar 10 [SS “Iowa”] 4224’N 5516’W large berg [150′ high and 800 ?’ long]; 4230’N 5535’W small berg with peak; [SS “Iowa”] 4229’N 5546’W large berg [200′ high and 2 others of smaller proportions]; 4240’N 5601’W small berg; 4218’N 5140’W large berg; 4218’N 5310’W small berg; [SS “Prussian”] 4220’N 5515’W large berg [~100′ high and 300′ long and a small berg]. (MWR).
Mar 11 [SS “Denmark”] 4228’N 5545’W large berg with 2 pinnacles [~120′ and 150′ high]; the harbour of Placentia is blocked with ice; 4114’N 5058’W large berg. (MWR).
Mar 12 4318’N 4935’W to 4255’N 5109’W, 4 large and 4 small bergs; 4251’N 5119’W to 4238’N 5349’W a large and several small bergs. (MWR).
Mar 13 SS “Volunteer” left Channel and 40m out for Halifax encountered heavy ice and got blocked until night of 10th., then steered 125m to the southward to get clear, arriving 13th, slightly damaged.
Mar 13 4355’N 5010’W large berg and pieces of ice. (MWR).
Mar 13-14 4220’N 50W large berg 80′ high and 300′ long; 14th, 4350’N 5340’W passed another 150′ high and 1,500′ long.
Mar 14 4208’N 5120’W small berg; 4345’N 5348’W large berg; 4110’N 5022’W small pieces of ice; 5016’N 5249’W heavy field ice. (MWR).
Mar 14 SS “Virginian” from Liverpool 4648’N 3943’W passed a small berg.
Mar 16 Schooner “Kestrel” at Bristol reports encounter with field ice damaging her sheathing.
Mar 16 4214’N 5344’W small berg; 4213’N 5418’W large berg; 4213’N 5426’W large berg; 4304’N 5020’W small berg; 4440’N 4530’W large ice field; 4305’N 4929’W large berg; 45N 4820’W large floes and broken field ice. (MWR).
Mar 16 4125’N 4854’W several small pieces of ice were passed.
Mar 16 SS “Catalonia” from Liverpool to Boston 4203’N 54W passed a small berg; 4203’N 5448’W a berg ~600′ long and 150′ high; 4203’N 5456’W another berg ~1,000′ long and 350′ high.
Mar 17 4241’N 5141’N small berg; 4223’N 5436’W large berg; 4501’N 5025’W, 2 small bergs; 4250’N 5610’W, 2 bergs. (MWR).
Mar 18 4340’N 4918’W, 3 bergs; 4347’N 4814’W berg; 4256’N 4950’W several large bergs. (MWR).
Mar 19 4224’N 5401’W large berg; 4232’N 5418’W berg; 4249’N 4947’W very large berg; [SS “Stockholm”] 4330’N 4802’W [large] berg; 5040’N 5311’W heavy field ice. (MWR). Mar 19 4245’N 5244’W, 9 bergs were passed.
Mar 20 4241’N 5807’W, 2 small bergs; [SS “Stockholm”] 4326’N 4840’W flat [small] berg; 4556’N 5910’W heavy ice floes; 4528’N 4650’W large berg; 4445’N 4850’W, 12 medium bergs in field ice, ice to the northward as far as could be seen, sailed 30m S before clearing field. (MWR).
Mar 20-21 SS “Kehrweider” from St. John, NB to Boston 4528’N 74[!]02’N passed several bergs; 21st, 4445’N 4902’N passed around the edge of a heavy field of ice which extended as far north as could be seen; sighted numerous large and small bergs; steamed in a southerly direction nearly 3 hours to avoid ice; could discern field ice and small pieces until reaching 4332’N.
Mar 21 [SS “Stockholm] 4249′[29′]N 5220’W large berg; 4252’N 5336’W small bergs; 43N 50W several bergs.(MWR).
Mar 21 SS “Runic?” at New York from Liverpool 4305’N 4929’W passed a large berg; also a small one in 4241’N 5141’W and another large one in 24[!]25’N 5436’W.
Mar 22 4252’N 4942’W pieces of ice; 4334’N 4741’W, 2 [large] bergs; 4323’N 4801’W small berg; 4320’N 4820’W large round berg. (MWR).
Mar 24 4423’N 4527’W moderate [large] sized berg. (MWR).
Mar 25 4640’N 3950’W berg; 4416’N 4507’W, 5 bergs; 4328’N 5104’W large berg. (MWR).
Mar 25-27 SS “Thingvalla” from Copenhagen to New York from 4650’N 3955’W to 4315’N 5120’W saw a number of bergs, some 150′ high and 1,000′ to 2,500′ long.
Mar 26 4221’N 4855’W large mound of ice; 4229’N 4854’W large berg. (MWR).
Mar 27 4415’N 4530’W large berg; 4405’N 46W a long, low and very dangerous berg estimated length several miles. (MWR).
Mar 28 [SS “Norseman”] 4248’N 4922’W to 4253’N 4952’W, 4 bergs [one apparently 1,000′ long and 100′ high and another 350′ long]; 4140’N 4850’W medium berg; 4507’N 44W to 4335’N 4735’W, 5 large and 2 small bergs. (MWR0.
Mar 28 SS “Manhattan” at New York from Queenstown 4240’N 4915’W a large berg was in sight for some hours, fully 700′ long and 100′ out of water.
Mar 28 4451’N 45N passed several large bergs.
Mar 28-29 SS “Anchoria” from Glasgow to New York from 4517’N 4224’W to 4511’N 4435’W passed 9 bergs; 29th, 4434’N 4536’W sighted field ice to the northwest.
Mar 29 4524’N 4429’W several long, low and high bergs; 4030’N 4545’W small bergs and field ice; 4641’N 4014’W berg; 4420’N 46W large berg; 4335’N 4735’W small berg. (MWR).
Mar 30 4306’N 4936’W large flat piece of ice; 4253’N 4950’W large, thick, solid berg; 4320’N 4950’W large berg; 4640’W 4230’W to 4620’N 43W, 8 large bergs; 4327’N 5031’W large berg; 4326’N 5056’W very large berg ~200′ high and fully 1,000′ long; [SS “Bombay”] 4440′[20′]N 4340’W, 3 large bergs [and several small ones and] 43N 50W, 3 large and 2 small bergs. (MWR).
Mar 31 4448’N 4510’W, 4 very large flat bergs; 43N 4812’W, 2 bergs and [much] broken ice. (MWR).
Mar 31 SS “California” at New York from Hamburg 4229’N 4854’W passed a berg ~100′ high and 100′ long.
Mar 31 Schooner “A.F. Gifford” at Gloucester from Grand Banks 4347’N 5206’W a great many very large bergs which are dangerous to fishing vessels in that locality.

April

Apr — SS “Strait of Gibraltar” from London to New York put in at Louisburg badly damaged by ice. (#93).
Apr — SS “Circe” at London from Baltimore passed a berg 455’N 4211’W and was never out of sight of ice until in 4635’N 3858’W, a distance of 185m.
Apr 1 4517’N 4344’W to 4454’N 4426’W, 22 bergs ranging from 40′-60′ high and 100′-250′ long; 4204’N 5028’W berg, passed field ice 1 hour later; 4448’N 4510’W, 4 large flat bergs; 4242’N 5024’W a medium sized and 3 small bergs; 4435’N 4050’W, 3 large bergs, many small bergs and pieces of ice; 4257’N 4951’W moderate sized berg; 4240’N 5036’W berg; 4040’N 4940’W large berg. (MWR).
Apr 1-3 SS “Exeter City” from Bristol to New York 4517’N 4330’W to 4503’N 4418’W, 49 bergs of various shapes and sizes; 4451’N 4515’W large berg; 2nd, 4355’N 4902’W large berg; 3rd, 4347’N 4926’W, 3 large bergs; 4328’N 5104’W large berg.
Apr 2 This issue of NYMR contains another interesting article on Icebergs and Field Ice in the North Atlantic.
Apr 2 4514’N 4150’W, 3 small bergs and floating [large quantities of field] ice; 4425’N 4050’W, 4 bergs; 4720’N 3830’W flat berg 30′ high and 1/4m long, also a very large berg; 4726’N 3838’W, 2 peaked bergs; 4456’N 4425’W to 4517’N 4348’W, 59 bergs, 3 of them being nearly 1m long and flat on top, the others smaller; 4458’N 4231’W, 5 bergs and small pieces. (MWR).
Apr 3 4218’N 5048’W large berg, also 3 pieces of ice; 45N 41W, 17 bergs; 4512’N 4158’W to 4502’N 4220’W, 2 bergs; 48N 36W, 9 bergs; a little to the southward and westward 5 smaller ones and 3 very large bergs standing very high out of the water; 4513’N 4254’W large berg with 3 pinnacles; 45N 41W, 17 bergs within 20m; 4310’N 4807’W small flat berg; 4351’N 4722’W large berg with pinnacles at ends. (MWR).
Apr 3 Between 47N 40W and 46N 41W a large number of bergs. Apr 3-4 SS “La Bretagne” from Havre to New York between 4512’N 4435’W and 4453’N 4546’W met 5 flat bergs 400 meters long and 12-15 meters high; 5th, 4250’N 5105’W passed 3 small bergs.
Apr 3-4 SS “Minnesota” from London to Philadelphia between 45N and 4151’N and 41W and 4251’W passed 21 bergs.
Apr 4 SS “Fulda” at New York from Bremen 4425’N 4141’W passed a large berg ~30′ high and 1,000′ long.
Apr 4 4455’N 4237’W to 4451’N 4245’W, 2 bergs; 4225’N 5040’W small low berg; [SS “Ethiopia”] 4523’N 4050’W large berg and several pieces of ice [and 4445’N 4152’W passed 2 large and 2 small bergs]; 4449’N 4216’W, 2 large and 2 small bergs; [SS “Mineola”] 4347’N 4710’W large berg [~200′ high] and to the westward a large berg 1/4m long [and 600′ high], also 4 smaller bergs and floes; 47N 3950’W to 4620’N 4010’W, 25 large and moderate sized bergs and pieces of ice; 42N 49W berg; [SS “Scandinavian”] 4601’N 4009’W, 7 medium sized bergs and detached pieces; [6m westward and between this position and 45N 4218’W passed several large bergs]; 4634’N 40W large flat-topped bergs; 4706’N 42W, 23 bergs; 4520’N 4410’W to 4730’N 3958’W, 43 bergs. (MWR).
Apr 4 5 fields of ice and at noon same day 4533’N 5828’W a berg.
Apr 4-6 SS “Wyoming” from Liverpool to New York 4712’N 3612’W, 4 large and 2 small bergs; 5th, 4523’N 4136’W to 4503’N 4234’W, 24 bergs and pieces of ice; 6th, 4240’N 4948’W low berg; 4235’N 5055’W large berg.
Apr 5 4226’N 5105’W medium berg; 4220’N 5137’W berg and field ice; 45N 4150’W, 2 large bergs, one of them 1m long and 2 smaller ones; 4730’N 3846’W, 1 large and 1 small berg and pieces of ice, and sailing on a S50W course passed ~40 bergs in 86m; 4418’N 3830’W, 3 small bergs; 4726’N 3542’W, 2 bergs; 4718’N 3602’W large berg; 4310’N 3750’W large berg; 4620’N 5402’W, 3 large bergs. (MWR).
Apr 5 SS “Mineola” 4325’N 4940’W passed several large pieces of ice.
Apr 5 SS “Ethiopia” 4226’N 5210’W passed a large berg.
Apr 5-8 SS “Barrowmore” from Liverpool to Baltimore 4726’N 3542’W, 2 bergs; 4718’N 36W another; 6th, 4546’N 4035’W passed between 2 small ones; 4535’N 4115’W passed another; 8th[!], 4248’N 50W a pyramid of ice 150′ long and 60′ high.
Apr 6 SS “Adriatic” at New York from Liverpool from 4514’N 4319’W to 4446’N 4434’W passed 21 bergs.
Apr 6 4322’N 4904’W several medium bergs and field ice; 4245’N 50W large berg; 4546’N 4143’W to 4530’N 4203’W, 6 large bergs; 4440’N 4410’W large berg; 4546’N 4035’W large berg and 2 smaller ones; 4535’N 4115’W very large berg; 4456’N 4141’W an enormous flat-topped berg over 2m long; 4535’N 4150’W to 4631’N 3822’W, 22 bergs and many pieces of ice; 4436’N 4403’W to 4608’N 3947’W, 1 small and 4 large bergs. (MWR).
Apr 7 SS “State of Georgia” at New York from Glasgow from 4744’N 4206’W to 4320’N 50W passed numerous large bergs.
Apr 8 4245’N 5005’W berg; 4244’N 5128’W berg; 4248’N 5002’W a large berg; 4520’N 4011’W large berg; 4532’N 4402’W large berg; 4650’N 3804’W large berg; 45N 4020’W berg. (MWR).
Apr 8 SS “Dania” from New York to Hamburg 45N 40W sighted a berg 100′ high and 1,000′ long.
Apr 9 SS “Southgate” at Halifax from Placentia ran ashore shortly after leaving; headed for New York, sailed through many bergs for 2 days then encountered heavy field ice and broke propeller shaft.
Apr 9 SS “Straits of Gibralter” from London to New York put into Louisburg badly damaged by ice.
Apr 9 4734’N 3936’W large berg, also a small one; 4503’N 40W large berg. (MWR).
Apr 9 44N 50W, 2 large bergs.
Apr 10 4452’N 4347’W a large flat-topped berg; 4450’N 4410’W berg; 45N 3942’W, 3 bergs; 4457’N 3950’W very large berg and 2 small ones; 47N 38W large berg; 4410’N 4830’W, 3 large bergs; 4340’N 55W small berg; 4634’N 5609’W ice fields and small bergs in sight for several hours; 4550’N 42W medium sized berg; 4715’N 3625’W, 2 large bergs and several pieces. (MWR).
Apr 10-12 4723’N 3830’W a large berg; 4510’N 4320’W large berg. (MWR).
Apr 11 4703’N 3802’W, 2 small bergs; 4705’N 3816’W small berg and several pieces of ice; 4626’N 4255’W berg. (MWR).
Apr 12 4213’N 5502’W berg; 4705’N 4535’W very large berg; 4612’N 4424’W small berg; 4429’N 4010’W large berg; 4604’N 3735’W berg; 4727’N 3727’W, 2 bergs. (MWR).
Apr 12 SS “Darial” at New York from North Shields 4245’N 5010’W sighted 140 bergs of various sizes and large quantities of field ice.
Apr 12 SS “Gothenburg City” from London to Boston 46N 3726’W passed several bergs and small pieces of ice; 14th, 4325’N 4622’W passed several small bergs.
Apr 13 4417’N 4035’W large berg; 4527’N 4456’W large berg. (MWR).
Apr 13 44N 41W several large bergs.
Apr 13 4240’N 5025’W a berg with 4 peaks 120’high.
Apr 14 4339’N 45W, 3 large bergs; 44N 4019’W large berg; 4639’N 3848’W, 4 bergs and pieces. (MWR). Apr 15 4636’N 4124’W a very large flat-topped berg and several pieces; 4343’N 3932’W large berg; 42N 3825’W bergs; 4520’N 3730’W bergs; 5110’N 4005’W bergs; 4610’N 43W bergs; 4550’N 48W bergs. (MWR).
Apr 15-16 SS “Columbia” from Hamburg to New York 4848’N 4217′[51′]W to 4830’N 4417’W, 2 large and 2 medium bergs and pieces of [some field] ice; 16th, 4502’N 5205’W [5155′] pieces of ice.
Apr 15-17 SS “Iowa” from Liverpool to Boston 4636’N 4124’W passed a berg `150′ long and 40′ high [cf above]; 17th, 4316’N 4901’W passed a small berg; 4312’N 5056’W passed another berg ~400′ long and 150′ high.
Apr 16 Bark “Magdalena” 4440’N 39W collided with a berg and was abandoned. (#93).
Apr 16 4341’N 3930’W, 2 small bergs; 4657’N 4120’W, 6 bergs within 30m. (MWR).
Apr 16-19 SS “Croma” from Dundee to New York 4703’N 41?W within a radius of 30m passed 6 medium sized bergs; 19th, 4310’N 4920’W a berg ~150′ high.
Apr 17 4320’N 4901’W small berg and pieces; 4308’N 5059’W large berg with 2 very high peaks; 47N 4135’W large berg; 4530’N 52W bergs. (MWR).
Apr 17-19 SS “Palestine” from Liverpool to Boston 42N 4135’W passed a berg ~60′ high and 150′ long; 4620’N 4353’W a berg 300′ long and 100′ high; 19th, 43N 48W, 2 small bergs.
Apr 17-18 5020’N 3705’W to 4906’N 4414’W, 7 large bergs; [SS “Ethiopia”] 4730’N 40W large berg and 47N 43W large berg and small pieces [ones]. (MWR).
Apr 18 4316’N 4916’W small berg and a piece of ice; 4631’N 4135’W large berg with small peaks; 4240’N 5025’W berg with 4 high peaks; 4430’N 5330’W bergs; 5205’N 4105’W bergs. (MWR).,
Apr 19 43N 5010’W bergs; 4320’N 48W, 2 small bergs; 4827’N 4535’W to 4754’N 4745’W field ice and numerous bergs. (MWR).
Apr 19 SS “Marsala” from Hamburg to New York 4415’N 65[!]10’W passed a berg 30′ high and 100′ long and 4305’N 4941’W passed another large berg and several pieces of detached ice.
Apr 20 4428’N 4333’W small berg; 4520’N 5910’W field ice; 4635’N 4308’W, 2 bergs; 4720’N 3955’W berg.(MWR).
Apr 21 4334’N 4906’W to 4322’N 5036’W small bergs; 4320’N 5102’W large flat-topped berg and a very large berg with 2 peaks and some lumps of ice; 4415’N 4510’W large berg; 5122’N 4332′[12′]W berg [~200′ high]; 4550’N 4526’W large berg; 4702’N 5843’W large field of broken ice; Cape Ray bearing east, 6m, another very large field of ice; after the first 15m, ice grew much thicker and more closely packed and rafted; communicated with a steam sealer which reported ice as far as could be seen from aloft; 24th, failed to make further progress and returned to open water; while cruising off Cape Ray, found the ice breaking up fast and drifting southeasterly; 27th, steered west from Cape Ray through broken and loose ice; entered clear water, St. Paul’s bearing southwest by south, 18m. (MWR).
Apr 21-22 4528’N 4231’W to 4559’N 4125’W bergs and detached pieces of ice. (MWR).
Apr 22 4305’N 4941’W block of ice 20′ high and 60′ long and several pieces of ice; 4437’N 4945’W small pieces of ice; [SS “Augusta Victoria”] 4928’N 3937’W large berg [40′ high and 200′ long – see below and 23rd]; 4912’N 4029’W large and small bergs; 4610’N 4120’W to 4635’N 4032’W, 30 bergs and quantity of pieces; 4515’N 3955’W bergs; 43N 5045’W bergs. (MWR0.
Apr 22-23 SS “Augusta Victoria” 4928’N 3937’W to 4800’N 4800’W passed large bergs and drift ice.
Apr 23 4933’N 3852’W berg; 4910’N 4015’W berg; [SS “Augusta Victoria”] 4744’N 4731’W drift ice and small bergs; 45N 40W, 5 bergs; 4626’N 4050’W large and small bergs. The ice at Cape Rouge is moving out of the St. Lawrence River. A telegram from Quebec stated that the steamer “Lake Nepigon” was fast in the ice off Cape Ray; [SS “Catania”] 4515’N 4025’W [berg ~ 50′ high] to 4508’N 4047’W, 4 bergs [5 small bergs and 3 very large ones, one of which was ~80′ high and 3,500′ long]; 4503’N 4014’W several bergs; 4514’N 4019’W to 4456’N 4109’W, 10 large and several small bergs; 4832’N 4910’W field ice; 4626’N 4050’W, 1 large and several small bergs. (MWR).
Apr 24 [SS “Aurania”] 4520’N 3952’W field ice and 1 large and several small bergs and 4450’N 4042’W, 2 large bergs 1,500′ long, 50′ high, flat on top; 4522’N 4021’W, 4 bergs; 4516’N 4030’W, 3 large bergs; 4514’N 4019’W to 4456’N 4109’W, 10 large and several small bergs; 4809’N 4242’W berg; 4733’N 4436’W, 3 bergs; 47N 4516’W berg; 4720’N 3955’W berg. (MWR).
Apr 24-25 SS “La Normandie” from Havre to New York 4507’N 4006’W to 4438’N 4102’W, 27 bergs; 25th, 4248’N 4804’W small berg and 5 hours later saw several small pieces of ice alongside of the steamer.
Apr 25 4525’N 58W field ice; 4748’N 3957’W large berg; [SS “Wisconsin from Liverpool to New York] 4519’N 4017’W, 3 large bergs, one nearly 1m long; 4230’N 4920’W several pieces of ice; 4744’N 3913’W to 4731’N 3943’W, 12 large bergs and pieces of ice; 4652’N 4050’W large berg; 4301’N 5049’W, 2 very large bergs; The Bark “Maitland” from Buenos Ayres for Sydney, CBI, was prevented from getting within 50m of Sydney by ice and had to put in at Halifax; 4615’N 4242’W large berg; 4430’N 52W bergs. MWR Apr 25-27 SS “State of Pennsylvania” from Glasgow to New York 4730’N 3916’W to 4718’N 3945’W passed 11 bergs, 4 of them very large; 4652’N 4046’W passed another large berg; 27th, 4247’N 5132’W passed a large berg and another in 4246’N 5203’W.
Apr 26 4213’N 5037’W, 2 bergs; 4510’N 3927’W berg; 4516’N 3952’W berg; 4521’N 3937’W berg; [SS “R.F. Matthews”] 4530’N 3930’W, 4 bergs; [and 27th] 4420’N 41W berg; 4616’N 4115’W very large berg; 4222’N 5006’W berg; 4217’N 4958’W, 2 small bergs. (MWR).
Apr 26-27 SS “Missouri” from London to Philadelphia 4521’N 3937’W to 27th, 4402’N 41W passed a berg ~2m long and ~90′ high; passed another ~200′ high and ~1m long; a 3rd one, which was very large when first sighted, previous to getting up to it the upper part fell in the sea, making 2 small ones.
Apr 27 4247’N 5130’W to 4247’N 5157’W, 2 large bergs; 4436’N 4038’W berg; 4707’N 60W field ice; 4333’N 4935’W large berg; 4319’N 4948’W large berg; 4402’N 41W very large berg; 4420’N 41W berg; 46N 4456’W large quantity of field ice; 4519’N 3904’W berg; 4522’N 3850’W, 3 bergs; 4430’N 61W field ice. (MWR).
Apr 27 SS “Amsterdam” from Amsterdam to New York 4439’N 4014’W passed 6 bergs and several small pieces of ice.
Apr 27 4213’N 5035’W passed a very large berg.
Apr 27 4326’N 4950’W a berg.
Apr 27 4510’N 3927’W a berg of moderate size.
Apr 28 4518’N 3816’W to 45N 3910’W, 30 bergs; off Cape George, loose field ice extending ~4m SW; 4706’N 5840’W to Cape Ray, field ice; [SS “City of Berlin”] from New York to Liverpool] 44N 40W to 45N 39W, 35 bergs [one of the bergs was 1,000′ long and 150′ high and another was 1m long]. (MWR).
Apr 29 [SS “Lahn” 28th,] 4451’N 3842’W small and [a] large bergs; [SS “City of Chester” from Liverpool to New York] 4514’N 39W berg [~200′ long and 70′ high]; at entrance of the Gulf of S. ,Lawrence from 58W to 6020’W very large field of ice; 4528’N 3835’W low berg. (MWR).
Apr 30 4652’N 3655’W large berg; [SS “Fulda”] 4213’N 5238’W large berg [30′ high and 800′ long]. (MWR).
Apr 30 SS “Fulda” 4213’N 5238’W a berg.

May 1 4517’N 3816’W passed a small berg.