Brigham Young Jr.'s survival of the City of Paris storm

During his return voyage from England in 1866, Elder Brigham Young Jr. was a passenger on the steamer City of Paris when it encountered a violent storm at sea. The hurricane was so severe that the vessel suffered significant structural damage and was dismantled to such an extent that the crew feared the ship would be lost. During the peak of the gale, one man was tragically washed overboard. Amid the chaos of the storm, a burly Irish seaman became convinced that the presence of the Mormon leader, Elder Young, made him a 'Jonah' who was responsible for the tempest. The seaman aggressively threatened to throw Elder Young into the sea to appease the storm, a hostile act that was only prevented by the timely intervention of the ship's captain, who protected the apostle.