Charts 1899

Above normal +1. (M).
SS “Concordia” hit a berg and survived. (WCW).
MG488 Log of the SS “Greenland”: Mar 10, Left St. John’s in sight of ships “Neptune” and “Greenland”; 11th, 10pm (first mention of ice) about 30m NNE of Funks ice in sight; 12-13th, ice tight and heavy; 15th, 4927’N ship jammed; 17th, Cape Bonavista SW; 21st, Sealing, ship jammed, Funk Is. E ~5m; 26th, very heavy sea ice, lat. of Cabot Island Bank; 28th, Cape Bonavista in sight; 31st, ice very slack Baccalieu bearing W by S ~ 30m; Apr 2, ~3m S Cape Bonavista bearing W; 9th, anchor at Harbour Grace with 12,00 seals.
NYMR (except as noted):

January/February

Jan 29 SS “Westhall” 4748’N 4602’W a large berg ~60′ high and 400′ long; 4735’N 4626’W, 2 other small bergs.
Feb 8 SS “Oranje Prince” 4845’N 4840’W numerous large bergs and steamed through field ice for a distance of nearly 200 miles.
Feb 11 SS “Elbruz” at St. John’s reports Atlantic covered with ice floes.
Feb 15 Issue: The British steamers “Regulus” from Louisburg and “Grand Lake” from Boston arrived at St. John’s
Feb 9th. They report the sighting south of Cape Race of immense ice floes, which are drifting into the track of trans-atlantic shipping, forming a serious menace to navigation. The floes are said to be heavier than for years past.
Feb 17 SS “Ullapool” from Antwerp to Boston 4614’N 47W passed through a large quantity of field ice with ~20 large bergs in sight; cleared ice in 45N 4836’W.
Feb 18 SS “Etalia” at Boston 45N 45W a large berg.
Feb 19 SS “Borneo” from Shields to Philadelphia off Flemish Cap passed a large berg ~10m distant.
Feb 20 SS “Bruce” at North Sydney while entering St. John’s had to force her way through ice ranging from 10″ to 18″ in thickness.
Feb 20-21 SS “Wineland” from Stettin to New York 4616’N 4745’W passed numerous bergs and large quantities of field ice; was obliged to steer to the southward for 24 hours before reaching clear water.
Feb 22 Issue mentions much ice in the Gulf and in the New England waterways.
Feb 22 At Provincetown, Mass., harbour icebound for the first time since 1875.
Feb 23 SS “Potomac” at New York from Swansea between 4644’N 4634’W and 4506’N 4818’W encountered heavy field ice and saw 12 large bergs between 150′ and 200′ high and several smaller ones.
Feb 24 SS “Damara” at St. John’s from Liverpool encountered immense ice floes off the eastern coast of Newfoundland extending 300m seaward and south over the southern edge of the Grand Banks, right in the track of ocean shipping.
Feb 24 SS “Albano” from Hamburg to New York from 4640’N 4655’W to 4557’N 4830’W steamed through field ice for 12 hours, varying from 3′ to 10″ in thickness; passed 15 bergs, 1 ~500′ high and the others varying from 350′ to 50′ in height.
Feb 25 SS “Mantinea” from London to New York 4415’N 4938’W sighted 2 large bergs to the northward.
Feb 28 SS “Chicago” at Boston from Hull crossed 50W in 4433’N where field ice was sighted with 20 bergs interspersed, ice extending a distance of 80m.
Feb 28 SS “Damara” at Halifax from Liverpool [via St. John’s] heavy field ice extending from 45W 4430’N to 4324’N; bergs were reported in same locality.
Feb 28 SS “Lumen” from Shields to New York 4619’N 4516’W passed a 2 peaked berg ~200′ high; 4449’N 4728’W bergs of various sizes and large quantities of field and drift ice; also a 3 peaked berg ~150′ high and 1/4m long.

March

Mar — Between 4440’N 4230’N and 4625’W and 5120’W, 11 bergs.
Mar — 4236’N 4916’W to 5154’W, 18 bergs.
Mar — 4630’N 45W to 4220’N 49W, ~20 bergs.
Mar 2 Prior to; Schooner “George Kendall” left Halifax for Burgeo a month ago, in company with the schooner “Sylph”, has been sunk by ice floes. Stuck in an immense ice field for 2 weeks off St. Pierre.
Mar 4 46N 4317’W, 2 bergs.
Mar 5 4625’N 4655’W to 4434’N 4838’W numerous bergs and large quantities of field ice.
Mar 5 SS “St Cuthbert” 4340’N 48W passed a berg 150′ high and 400′ long, also several small pieces of ice.
Mar 6 4240’N 50W, 2 small bergs.
Mar 6 SS “Michigan” at Boston from Liverpool in 4530’N between 43W and 46W sighted 9 large bergs and several small scattered pieces of ice.
Mar 12 4310’N 4902’W to 4245’N 5025’W numerous large and small icebergs.
Mar 13 SS “Kastalia” struck a large piece of flat ice in 49N 43W denting bow plates and starting rivets.
Mar 13 SS “Lahn” ~ 4217’N 4816’W large berg 80′ to 100′ high and several small ones. (cf Mar 14th)
Mar 14 42N 50W berg ~100′ high.
Mar 14 4810’N 50W large berg 80′ to 100′ high & several small bergs
Mar 14-18 “Neptune” almost wrecked on the Funks. (BL).
Mar 16 4234’N to 4220’N and 4820’W to 4930’W, 12 bergs of various sizes. Mar 17 44N 46W to 49W, 25 large bergs.
Mar 17 4147’N 4845’W a berg.
Mar 17-22 41N and from 46W to 50W a great number of bergs.
Mar 18 4220’N 48W to 4240’N 4930’W, 10 bergs.
Mar 18 4222’N 4847’W and 4229’N 5032’W, 6 bergs.
Mar 18 4145’N 4954’W a large berg and a number of smaller pieces.
Mar 19 4202’N 4725’W a large berg ~600′ long and 150′ high.
Mar 19 4223’N 4859’W several bergs.
Mar 19 4150’N 4919’W a large berg.
Mar 19 4208’N 4759’W, 3 bergs.
Mar 19 4201’N 4946’W, 2 large bergs.
Mar 20 4435’N 4615’W numerous large bergs.
Mar 20 4224’N 5050’W a field of loose drift ice.
Mar 21 4130’N 4748’W, 3 large and several small bergs.
Mar 21 4212’N 4717’W a small berg.
Mar 21 4215’N 4716’W a berg 50 high.
Mar 22 Issue: 4350’N extending from 40W to 50W numerous bergs.
Mar 22 Issue: 4217’N 4903’W and 4219’N 4916’W several bergs of various sizes.
Mar 22 Issue: 41N 49W to 42N 5030’W several very large bergs.
Mar 22 Between 4238’N 4616’W and 4224’N 4806’W several bergs.
Mar 22 4152’N 4918’W a berg ~100′ long and 20′ high.
Mar 22 42N 50W a number of large bergs.
Mar 23 4430’N 45W many bergs and much field ice.
Mar 24 42N 5411’W a berg.
Mar 24 4210’N 4815’W to 4220’N 4835’W, 8 large bergs.
Mar 24 4203’N 5043’W a large berg.
Mar 24 4202’N 4640’W a large berg.
Mar 24 4240’N 4813’W, 7 bergs.
Mar 25-26 4325’N 4530’W to 4221’N 5032’W several medium sized bergs.
Mar 26 4157’N 5114’W a berg.
Mar 27 4327’N 4749’W, 10 bergs of various sizes, 1 very large.
Mar 29 4144’N 5133’W, 2 bergs and several small pieces of ice.
Mar 30 4224’N 4549’W a large berg.
Mar 30 4149’N 4837’W a small berg and several small pieces.
Mar 30 4223’N 4614’W, 2 large bergs.
Mar 30-31 4231’N 4551’W to 4146’W[N] 5117’W, 3 bergs.
Mar 30-31 4230’N 4550’W to 4130’N 5050’W, 3 bergs.
Mar 31 Schooner “Arthur D Story” carried ashore by ice at Codroy near Cape Ray.
Mar 31 4207’N 5203’W several small bergs.

April

Apr — 4234’N 5130’W a berg 800′ high.
Apr — 43N 4945’W, 6 bergs.
Apr 1 4131’N 5314’W a small berg.
Apr 1 4152’N 4944’W a large berg.
Apr 2 42N 5007’W a large berg.
Apr 2 4210’N 5240’W a large berg ~100′ high.
Apr 2 4240’N 4924’W, 2 very large bergs.
Apr 2 4422’N 4152’W a large berg.
Apr 3 42N 53W ice was seen.
Apr 3 4226’N 62W[!] to 4203’N 5218’W many bergs [~?] 150′ high surrounded by smaller pieces.
Apr 3 4231’N 4801’W a large berg.
Apr 3 4328’M 47W to 42N 5230’W, 13 large bergs, 1 berg being 600′ high and 1½m long.
Apr 4 4150’N 4910’W a large berg ~500′ long and 150′ high.
Apr 4 4206’N 4305’W, 1 large berg.
Apr 4 4224’N 5245’W, 1 large and 2 small bergs.
Apr 8 4230’N 4430’W berg ~ 600′ long and 250′ high; also several smaller bergs.
Apr 11 46N & 47N, 48W & 49W, 6 bergs of various sizes and some field ice.
Apr 13 4432’N 4653’W several bergs and field ice.
Apr 18 4228’N 4950’W a large berg.
Apr 19 44N 4930’W a large berg. Apr 19 Issue: SS “Portia” from St. John’s for New York via Halifax was ice bound at Cape Proile (Broyle !) Apr 17th; She put in there 14th. on account of the heavy ice crowding about the shoe. There was a tremendous amount of ice on the Newfoundland and Cape Breton coasts [ a dispatch from St. John’s states that the “Portia” was reported to have forced her way from the ice].
Apr 22 Between 42N 5040’W & 4241’N 5048’W considerable detached ice.
Apr 24 4115’N 4957’N a small berg.
Apr 24 4215’N 5144’W, 1 small berg and several lumps.
Apr 24 40N 49W, 2 bergs.
Apr 27 4459’N 4935’W, 3 large and 1 small bergs.

May 1 4240’N 5130’W a berg.
May 4 4130’N to 4140’N, 5020’W several bergs.
May 4 42N 5034’W a large berg.
May 5 4135’N 5010’W a very large berg.
May 5 4152’N 4948’W a large berg and several small lumps.

Aug 31 SS “City of Rome” 4830’N 4844’W struck a berg, no damage.