The Morning herald., 1878-10-24
DISASTERS ON THE UPPER BAY.


FEARFUL WRECK ABOVE FORT DELAwAhI,
-rIvB PERSONS LOST, IEGLUDINa VII
nINaroN CAPTAIH AND TWO SONS
TEE pIsAsTxR OFF or xDaENcoR sY
WHICH TWO LOSE THHIR LIVES.
For such storm as yesterdays to visit .
river so frequented by shipping as Is the
Delaware without causing loss OF life
would be almost miraculous, and although
At present only seven lives are reported lost
there must certainly be more to be heard
from I'm . day or two. The schsouer Buck
eye which left Wilmington Tuesday night
| for Bombay Hook for sand, was foundered
In the storm just above Fort Delaware.
She was commanded by Samuel Applin, and
he in company with his two some and one OF
the hands and his wife, are reported
drowned. The sole survivor is George W..
Kelley, who clung to the yawl boat till It
came ashore in the cove just below New
Castle. He was rescued and taken to New
Castle where his wants were relieved. Cap
tain Applin lives at 804 Pine street, and is 50
years OF age, and is spoken of as very fine
man. His two SONS are about Is and 20
years of age. Captain Applin owns only q
share in the boat the other owner Is Cap
tain Carr, who will start to New Castle this
morning in order to investigate. He says
he does not credit the story of the drowning
of the whole party,
Kelley left New Castle yesterday after
noon, and walked over to Wilmington, ar
irving here about z O'Clock.
THE SOLE SURVIVORS, STORY.
He is young man about "a years of age,
has q good countenance, is light complex.
ioned, wears Q moustechc, and Is stoutly
built he said: "there were five on the boat,
and it was some two or three miles below
New Castle. About or 4 O'Clock, as near
a. / can judge, the storm struck us and the
boat careened away over. l was never In q
fix like that before and pray God / may
never be again. The night was dark ss pitch.
l never knew the wind to blow harder and
the waves rolled oyer the scow in noun
tains of water. We did pretty well till
about daybreak when saw that the boat
was going to swamp, and told the captain
80 and he knew 1t at the time. Somehow
we got the yawl boat launched; / don't
know how 1t was done for was nearly ex-
hausted and the rest we're as bad As I. How
ever, we got of at length, With the captain
! at one oar and James, the captains son, at
the other, while I had a piece OF board
steering. The yswl did not rido the waves
long, and in spite of =, CDR Efforts she cap
sized and sill six Of Us w+nt into the water
| The other hand tried 10 save his wife and
both went down together. Four Of us held
on to the boat, and in little while Captain
Applin and James the -''er son we're swept
away by q wave. Il /. RENE Der much
after this except that l Enow tnat Norris
| held on to the boat for some time loBger,-
how long cannot say. was nearly gone
when the yawl got into the cove and then
the men pnlled me out, and that's all can
tell you about It,"
SECOND DISASTER.
Yesterday morning the schooner j. Dever
was struck by the cyclone, In the Delaware
] Just below Edgemoor, and while endeavor-
| ing to make the Christiana barbor was cap
sized. The crew, consisting of five men in
cluding the captain, endeavered to reach
shore by the yawl, which was soon capsized.
A struggle then ensued between R. L, Rob-
bins, the captain, and VIM. Candy, a sea-
man, and finally the captain sunk. Peter
Williams was also lost and the others
| reached the shore after much difficulty.
The party came to the city and were given
enough money for their immediate wants
and passes to Philadelphia. The j. Dever
was from Dividing Creek, Md.