On 13 February 1899, while being coaled at the White Star's New York City pier, a blizzard blanketed her decks with a heavy layer of snow.
22.
The ships passed Singapore on 6 December and entered the Indian Ocean; they coaled in Colombo before proceeding to the Suez Canal and coaling again at Port Said, Egypt.
23.
Receiving provisions and stores from the supply ship off Progreso on 26 27 June, the armored cruiser sailed for Guant�namo where she coaled and took on water on 30 June.
24.
The provision of the new coaling plant that could see an engine coaled in seconds, was the solution to congestion in the area caused by the long wait for coal.
25.
From Malta, " Wadena " re-coaled at La Valette, and then proceeded through the Suez Canal and on eastward to meet the family at Yokohama.
26.
Sailing for Plymouth, England, on 10 May, " Brandenburg " arrived at her destination on the morning of the 11th, where she provisioned and coaled.
27.
Her place had been taken by . " Washington " coaled ship and took on stores at Guant�namo Bay from 7 10 June before she sailed for Veracruz, Mexico.
28.
Arriving at Cherbourg, France on 28 February, she discharged passengers and coaled the protected cruiser before sailing soon thereafter for Malta to deliver coal to the armored cruiser on 21 March.
29.
On 15 June 1918, she stood out of New York, bound southward to Norfolk where she coaled ship on 15 June 1918 before her departure on 16 June 1918 for England.
30.
The colliers lived in crude huts placed near the group of hearths being " coaled . " Because of these rough living conditions, charcoaling took place during the milder seasons of the year.
