Preservation of Emigrant Saints on the ship Manhattan during a hurricane

“On board steamship Manhattan, July 3, 1867. Dear brother Roberts,—Here we are all well under a brilliant sun, and sailing on as quiet a sea as could be possibly got and enjoying themselves. We expect to get into New York somewhere about 8 o’clock, to-morrow morning. We have had as fine a passage thus far, as could be wished for, excepting on Wednesday. Wednesday night and part of Thursday, especially the night, it blew a hurricane for a while, and tins, boxes, bundles, and everything moveable, thrashed about the decks in a most fearful manner, but not a murmur nor an expression of fear was heard among the Saints ; but among the other emigrants, in the forward part of the ship, there were screams, sobbing, and oaths that were said to be appalling. There were five of the ship’s largest sails split in pieces, and a yard unshipped before they could be got in. — Millennial Star 29:31”