The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-17
THIRD EDITION
FROM FORTRESS MONROE.
The Late Gale-AddItiOnal ShipwrecIxs
and Loss of Life, Etc.

/ tORTRESS mONHOE, OCVODef lb.-Ine nerCp
north winds, as If anxious to her aid the ap-
proach of stormy winter, and unsata'ed bv
the disastrous tidings of shipwrecks, the loss OF
valuable lives and vessels during the recent
equinoctial gales, have been mastering for
another heavy storm, which 1t is feared will
prove even more fearful than the one amidst
which the Euentng star and the Queen Victoria
went down.
For the past three days it has been blowing
a. fearful rate from the northeast, occasionally
veering around more to the westward, with a
cloudy sky and frequent showers OF ram. The
storm has been prevailing for longer period
outside on the coast, and vessels arriving in the
harbor last evening reported it as raging
almost like q hurricane. The pilot boat
Maryland, of Baltimore, arrived here last o ven
ing, and reported the storm as prevailing with
great vloleuce, the wind blowing tiercelv from
the northwest, and the sea breaking on the
middle ground inside Of Cape Henry, AMI in
seven fathoms OF water. All the plot boas
were anchored in the harbOr this morning,
unable to take their station at the Capes. The
first intelligence of the disastrous effects of the
storm was received here this morning, aud ac-
counts OF still further snipwrecks and other
disasters are hourly expected. The schooner
George L. Green, G. w. h che, master, arrived
at Norfolk this morning, leaking at he rlte OF
five thousand strokes per hour. She is from
Georgetown, ID. O., bound TO New London, Con-
necticut, and sailed from Hampton Roads one
week ago IOr Oer ueStlnatlOu, having Oeen au-
chored here for several days on account OF the
weather.
She encountered the storm on the 9th instant,
while wellup the coast OF New jersey. The
wind blew from the east-northeast, aud often
shlied around as lar as east-southeast. The
schooner labored heavily with her cargo OF
| coal, which loaded her down TO within u few
| feet OF the sea. The sea broke over her fore
| and ait, but she managed 10 weather the storm
| nnely, until she began leasing. All the crew
| were sent TO the pumps, bat even their unitel
| efforts failed 10 Keep her free of water II con.
| tinued TO gam steadily hour by hour, and find
| ing IL impossible TO keep on tnetr course, the
| captain headed his vessel towards Hampton
| ROADS, and reached here Just In time to save her
| from sinking. The George Z. Green went to
Norfolk, and viii prob ably be obliged to have the
| cargo discharged, in order to ascertain The
| whereabouts OF the leakage.
| The schooner 81. James, from Corpus Christi.
| Texas, bound to New York, put in here this
morning on account OF the storm. She had
suffered little or no damage, with the exception
| of split sails, etc. She reported having spoken,
| yesterday morning at O'Clock, the schooner
| Sarah LUGns from Tampa Bay, Florida, bound
| to New York, about fifteen miles east-southeast
| Of Cape Henry, ip disabled con lition, both
mass gone and otherwise damaged. The
| Sarah hUdBs had been dismastet ABOUT week,
| and was endeavoring to make Hamp on Roads
| with jury mast and sails rugged. These facts
| were reported 10 Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas G.
| WhAtal, the Assistant Quartermaster at this
post, but as he had no steamer here that could
go TO the assistance of the disabled schooner IN
such heavy weather, application vas made to
tue Navy Department.
AT noon 10 ;day, Admiral Rowan, of the Cos
port Navy Yard, sent out the United States
double-ender gunooat Lendpee, Commander
Thomas s. Phelps, which has just completed
| repairs and a thorough overhaullng. In the
event OF the schooner not being able to make
this harbor she would probably endeayor to
make for some Southern port, in which to exc
cute the necessary repairs.
The steamer Norfolk, from philadelphia,
which passed by here to day on her way to Nor
folk, reported having seen yesterday at II
o'clock NJ. a brig ashore on Winterquarter
Beach, near Concatiauo. Her sails we're lying,
as ii she had just gone ashore, and the sea was
breaking over her TO great height. Her name
was not ascertalned. This is the last vessel on
the list Tor The present, but there are sad lore
bodines among the ola sailors hereabouis o!
another serit Of ship wrecked vessels, and atten
dant loss of life,
The U. S. gunboat Leadpep, Commander
Thomas s. PhelOs, above spoken of a. having
been sent in search OF the schooner SIrdh
| LUdns has Just been repaired a the Gosport Navy
| Yard. She Was formerly stationed at Port
Royal, but until within recent pero1 wa,
| stationed in Hampton Roads, having been re-
/ leVed by the u. 8. gunboat Hdntic. She sails
ia a few days for Port Royal, s. c., again, ani
| will proceed as far south as smyrna, FLORIDA
| touching on the way at Fernandna and Sa-
| Vannah.
The lowing is list Of her officers:-Com-
mander, Thomas G. Phelps; Lieutenant Com
mander and Executive officer f. j, Male:
Navigator, George NJ. Smith; Surgeon, W. K
| Van Reypen; A. A. Paymaster, W. e. Rice; (;
Chief Engineer, George Gillespie; Acting En-.
signs, John W. Thompson, f. c. Warner, NJ. NJ
! Garman; Midshipmen, Joel NJ. Wheeler and
| Georee W. Russell.
The steamers Washington, Captain Chichester
! and Eagle No. 3, bound TO New York. arrived
| mere nom Norfolk to-day, and are detained In
the harbor on account of the ST rm. Also she
! steamer James A. Curry from Baltimore, bound
| to Wilmington, N. c. The New York steamer
| SARATOGA, Captain A. l.. King, reached Norfolk
| last Saturday evening, after very stormy time
ard having discharged the cargo and passen gers
! ioI that point, started to Richmond. When of
| Craney Island light about midnight she ran
! upon an obstruction which was 8C lrsG sup posed
! TO be portion of the wreck of the MeyTinlac
| but was ascertained TO be a schooner long
suuken, but, operated upon by the wind aud
| tide had ioaUed down into the ship channel. The
| shock was quite severe, and the SurdtOqd com
menced TO leak badly. Her engines we're reversed
aud she returned to Norfolk. Her pumps were
kept gong, and the water in the hold pumped
out. Her cargo was discharged by daylight
yes eTday morning. Between thirty or fort
packages of Goods, consigned mostly to Rich.
| mond merchants, we're damaged bu5 the injury
to the cargo will not exceed $500. The damage
to the steamer is supposed to be sleht She
was sent to the dry dock at Gosport Navy Yard
where all the repairs can be very easily made in
two or three days. The detained passengers
were accommodated at the Atlantic and Ma
tional Hotels, and, together with the irelght or
the saratoga, went TO Richmond yesterday on
the Niagara, which arrived at Norfolk about
II NJ.
Arrived in Hampton Roads British brlgs HiO,
rom New York, for Baltimore, Eclipse, for New
York.
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