Delaware tribune, and the Delaware state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1877-18??, 1877-10-11
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kpsciai Dispatch to Evsry Evening and Commerc'nl.
LEwEs, DEL, Oct. 6.-The most terrific
and altogether destructive storm ever
known ut the Breakwater occurred night
before last. It is utterly impossible at
the present time to give anything like
complete detail of the damage, as many of
the vessels, the names and character of
which have not been learned, are supposed
to be dismantled and sunk.
All day Thursday the weather
looked gloomy and in the after
noon it presented an exceedingly
threatening aspect. Toward night
the wind increased from a mod crate breeze
to violent gale and about G o'clock the
scene was one to inspire terror in the
stoutest hearts, It cannot be adequately
described.
To say that it was territically fearful
would fall far short of giving n correct
idea of the reality. The winds changed
constantly and veered to all points of this
compass, until it ses med as though every
thing was encircled in one vast whirlwind,
from which there was no possible escape.
At 7 o'clock heavy rain set in and con-
tinued for an hour or moro and was fol-
lowed by settling of the wind to the
northwest. Then began the most formida-
BILE part of the storm. The wind came
direct from the point indicated and with
each moment increased in force, until it
seemed as though nothing could stand
before it.
The harbor in front of the Breakwater
contained probably two hundred and fifty
vessels, OF all sizes, classes and nation
alities, which had been sheltered there, or
coasting near for several days in accord
anca with the repeated warnings given by
the Signal Service Bureau.
The storm ragged without the least abate-
n,ent all night long. At about II o'clock
tho vessels began to break loose from their
moorings, and, drifting about, collided with
one another and foundered. The crashing
of timbers and cries of distress were
borne in mingled confusion to the shore,
as one after another of the VESSELS went
down. The sailors of one of the boats
climbed into the mast heads, and some of
them were after great exertions saved.
The brig Matilda, with pilot John Maull
on board, was one of the vessels that was
completely destroyed. She was loaded with
clustering laths for Philadelphia. About
| i o'clock her bow chains parted and she
came on the point of the cape md in less
than twenty minutes she was COM
pletely broken up and in as many minutes
more not vestige of her could be found.
Several sailors besides the pilot were on
board and all were saved.
The Italian barque, ftrensoc'
Cantain Paola Traverse, belonging
to Giuseppe Caferrena, OF Geneva,
and loaded with fifty thousand
bushels of wheat, from Philadelphia for
London, parted her chains and came on
Che cape shortly after the MattHh was
wrecked, She was driven so high up on
fine beach, that when the storm abates
she NAV probably be gotten off without
much damage. All on board were saved.
The following is u complete list of the
vessels sunk aud beached. It is thought
that some have gone to pieces unobserved,
and, like the Matilda, left no trace Of
their destruction;
Jessie wilson, Captain Bartizette
!, from Philadelphia to Washing
ton, three hundred tons burthen
, owned by Bartlett \ Shepherd
of Philadelphia; J. II. Young, Captain
Barrett. from Philadelphia to Elizabeth
3 nort two hundred and ninety tons; Mag
: Gie' liz Donald, from Philadelphia to itch
mond, Captain Steelman, three hundred
md fifty tons, owned by Steelman q Co.
Philadelphia; Babel II. irons, for Rock
: bort. four hundred tons, Captain
". Houek, owned by @. B.. Riley
d. y. Wheaton, from philadelphia
Roston. Captain Jarvis, four hundre
. tons owned by Philip Wheaton, ~. a
= Macao, Captain Coll two hundred tons
. owned in Wilmington, Delaware, boun
! from Philadelphia to Lockhayen. Hele
y Po,ausl Captain Nicholson, four hundre
,o,,s. from Philadelphia to New Haven
owned by parties at Cape May, n. !
Mary b.. Smith, Captain Comp, fro
+ pbi,sdelphia TO Boston, two hundred M
70 sftv1ona tons. Wisliam q. Dsarbor'
- Captaiu Scull, from PhilsdelpLia. 70 "
10 Harbor. two hundred and eighty-nine ton
n Yesste Norris, Captain Carson; owned
= John Allen, three hundred tons. =,
q 30 far as known 81, the crews of all IL
- vessels above named were saved exec
- Ava nsysons whose names are as fol.9wt
From schooner Wheaton, two, Emf
Carson, J. p. Cloud. From schoon
irons. John Miller, John Tlsmners, Ga
it Carlson and II. Page.
,e Others are probably lost but their nam
y are not yet known;
IL The schooner Il. O. Yates il ssho
d nesr the railroad pier. The mud machi
ne Baltic lies high on the beach. Il
OF schooner Jeremiah, from Philadelphia,
en- disma.tea and disabled. Tho schoon
ly Anne Draper, from lebanon, Delawa'
OF with cargo of canned fruit, is ln1ure
on but safe.
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