This proved to be the case; for the vessel with which he would have sailed, meeting with contrary winds and dark weather, ran aground, and was obliged to put back, and when J.Y. left the elbe she was lying in Cuxhaven harbor.
"Memoir and Diary of John Yeardley, Minister of the Gospel"
John Yeardley
Similarly, on the seas, the disasters to the Ville du Havre, to the Oregon, and, only three years ago, to the elbe, show the terrific results of collision, to which every ship crossing the ocean is liable.
"Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles"
Alfred T. Mahan
At least, our aneroid showed that we were going upwards faster than any bird could rise, and the west wind was blowing straight for the mouth of the elbe when we last felt it-for, of course, in a free balloon one ceases to feel wind altogether.
"The Man From the Clouds"
J. Storer Clouston