New-York tribune., 1878-10-25
THE GALE ALONG THE COAST.

Wednesdays gale drONe Ili'y Va III,
sels ashore in the Chesapeake Bay anu SUN
the steamer Express in deep water uio"n
ing twenty people. A great uo"' ~,
sbinping was also driven asnor0
other parts of the coast. Inc snip ~ ~ of
Davis was completely wrecked anu az Iost
those on board, with one exception W'Io ,,.oro
u pIUodolnhia several hundred buildings "eIo
domaoed and unroofed, the loss in tile 'i'9 e
eo 600 ooo The wind attained a speed oI
si,+v miles an hour on the coast anu
700 niles m hour at Mt. Washington
,,,,, o1,Ps.pFAKE LINED WITH WRECKS.
THE STEAMER EXPRESS FOUNDERS IN THE STORM
wrrH TWENTY PEoPLE-FOUR OTHER STEAMERS
,suoRE AND A LARGE NUMBER OF SAILING
VESSELS.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 24.-The storm which swept the
Chesapeake Tuesday night and Yesterday with such
extraordinary fury is now known to have streWh
the shores of the bay with wrecks of shipping.
One vessel foundered in the open bay and was
lost with all on board. This was the steamer EN-
press which left Baltimore at O'Clock Iuesday
with freight and passengers for Washington ana
other points on the Potomac River. The STORM
struck the vessel about midnight, increasing III
violence every hour. The steamer abored very
heavily In the gale, the waves being so hlgh as 10
break clear over her upper deck About $50 a. H.
her ionerwork began to give way, and efforts were
made to head the boat for the shore. The storm
was 80 furious, however, that it was impossible to
stand against it, and the rolling of the boat pre-
vented the engine from working fast enough to
preserye steerage way. 1t soon became evident
that the upper deck was fast giving way, and 1t
was deemed advisable to let go the anchors to
hiring the head Of the vessel to the wind, IN the
hone that she would then ride out the gale. The
effort was futile because the cables parted rs soon
os tho boat broached-to. The steamer at once went
sdrift. being no longer manageable. Everything
possible was done to bring her under control, but
all to no purpose. The Express was now OIL
Hooper's Straits A driving rain helped to beat
down the sea. which was now running at great
height every wave washing the boat from stem to
stern Shortly after a. m. there came terrific
crash. The homework had started from the
stanchiOns The passengers and crew had hardly
time to realize what bad occurred, before a wave
tore the saloon-deck like so much paper, and the
following blllow swept it off to sea- and with it all
on board.
Everybody had provided himself with a life-pre-
server at the earliest period Of the gale. Some of
the officers tried to secure the boats, but they had
beenwashed away and broken up. moment after
the upper deck was carried away, the hull Of the
boat rolled over and sank bottom upward. Those
of the passengers and crew that could reach por-
tons of the wreck clung to them. but the heavy
sea washed them off again. and In the gray light of
the dawn, which was then breaking, only about
eight persons could be seen, Captain Barker, James
A. Douglass, a Quartermaster and a cOlOred pas
senger whose name could not be learned, being
among them. These three were elingiDg to part
of the salOOndeck. Some distance of, on another
portion of the wreck, were F. j. Stone, purser,
William Cant
ored cook, George Green, bagGage-master, and
Hiram A. Dekhar. These latter drifted toward
Barren Island, and were picked up by boat from
the steamer Shirley. The captain and his cOmpan-
ions were picked up at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
by an oyster brig.
The Express had a crew Of twenty-Ono men all
told and as far as known, eight passengers. 1t is
supposed that fully twenty lives were lost An
extra bulletin gives the following list of the crew
and passengers:
The officers and cYelr-Captain Barker first officer,
L. J. Howard; second officer James Haney; chief
engineer Charles w. Bailey; second engineer
Edward A. Pryor; clerk, +. j. Stone; quarter
masters, John Douglass, James Douglass; lookout
nan, Fillmore Rice steward, Thomas CaITinctOn
walters, Nathaniel Darlington and George Walker;
,hambermaid, Matilda coloredE Willie Barker and
Eve deck hands firemen, Robert Hawins and David
Wyett.
The pdssepgaS-Mrs. Bacon, of Bacon's Wharf,
81. Mary's County; Mrs. Jones, st. MaTy's County
DR.. d. c. Burcb, of Bacons Wharf, ST. Marys
County; II. Ulman, of Baltimore and three or four
:oloTed passengers.
James Douglass, the wheelsman, who was rescued
badly hurt by being struck by timbers from the
The steamer Theo. Stearns, after terrible ex-
peFience was rescued by the TangieT and tOwed to
l'TiSiield HatbOr, where she now lies. No one hurt
10 stp Massachusetts, 4 ashore. at
Drum Point. All on board well.
The steamer Louisa is ashore ON Middle Ground.
The steamer lde and twenty-three schOOners are
ashore near the Massachusetts.
The steamer Shirley, of the York River Line is
ashore at Barren Island.
At Baltimore many of the wharves were flooded
10 the depth Of several feet few vessels IN the
larbor were slightly, but none very seriously, dam
aged. The British bark Southern Belle at Canton
and the Norwegian bark Argonaut were badly
listed by the gale, but they afterwards righted
The British bark EaTlshall lost her head-gear by
e0lidng with another vessel, and the Italian bark
Maria Louisa and Austrian bark Mercurius broke
from the wharves and iOuled, but sustained slight
damage.
terday afternoon, and returned this morning, re-
ports having been badly stove by a heavy sea off
Point Lookout. and was unable TO proceed.
The schooner Mary T. ErvIng lost her jlb-bOom
Dr. Thomas Reeds yacht Is ashore the mainland
meadow The yacht lice is sunk. Several other
yachts were blown on the meadows and capsized.
Ine soOp Foster. from Sing Sing, n. Y, loaded
with apples, Is ashore on the meadows.
A large three masted schooner loaded, struck on
Uncle EpRs Shoal. but heavy sea washed her
across.
Along the line of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
and Baltimore the telegraph lines badly dam
aged. The beach-drive along the Ocean-front is
damaged To serious extent The damage in this
city amounts 10 about $4,000. The roofs of the
Stockton and Sea Breeze Hotels are partially blown
OH Those Of the Columbia House and Congress
Hall damaged, and four large columns, two sup
porting the porch of the former, are blown down.
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4 LARGE SHIP LOST.
TIE A. s. DAVIS, OF MAINE, 1890 TONS, DASHED
40 PIECES NEAR CAPE HENRY.