The New York herald., 1878-10-25
TERRIFIC CYCLONE.
Great Loss Of Life in
Chesapeake Bay.
THE EXPRESS WRECKED.
Twenty of Her Passengers
and Grew Drowned.
ANOTHER DISASTER.
Eighteen Men Go Down with the
Ship A. s. Davis.
PHILADELPHIA'S DAMAGE.
Three Million Dollars Worth Of
Property Destroyed.
NUMEROUS MARINE DISASTERS.
PHILADELPHIA'S DAMAGE.
Three Million Dollars Worth OF
Property Destroyed.
NUMEROUS MARINE DISASTERS

sisted Of twenty-one She was first struck by
the gale between twelve and two O'Clock yesterday
morning. She soon became unmanageaols and
drilted toward Barren Island. large sea
swept her and IN all the joiner
work Her commander, Captain Barker, one wheels
man and one colored passenger were rescued by q
passing vessel and taken Crisaeld Six OF the
taken or by boat tron. the steamer Shirley, Of
shs same line, which lies ashore on Barren Island.
The Shirley unable to any OF the others and
10 unable, a. yet. TO get on. Her upper saloon
sarred away and she rapidly filled with water and
sank. The scenes Of the wreck described hav-
ing been horrible In the extreme The nine
Aksn 10 Crlshsld we're The only persons saved, 10
lhat the loss Of life must have been great
NAMES OF THE CREW.
C0ptGtn-Barksr
First OHcer-L. j. Howard
Second officer James Hsney.
CHEF Engineer Charles ". Bailey
Second En0i2eer--Edwaid Pryor.
Cterk-F. J. Stone.
Qu0rteTmdsters-J0hn Douglass, James DouglAsa
Lo0k0utsDdn -Fiilmoro Rice.
StescGrd-ihomas Darlington.
Waiters-Nat. Darlington aud George Walker.
Observation-Disclosures (celored,, Nellie Barker.
Nremen-Robert Hawins and David wyolls.
The passengers werc:- i. -F fsr.s +
Mrs. Bacon, Of Bacon,s Wharf, ST. Mary's county.
Ars Jones, OF st. Msry's county. -
Dr.. D. y. Burch, OF 81 Mary's county.
II. UIman OF BALTIMORE.
Three tour cOlored passengers
CAPTAIN RARKYR's srATxxRSr.
An extra issued by the Baltimore Ne,cs in regard 20
the loss OF the Express, says:-captain Barker gave
the following account OF tho disaster:-The Express
lss Baltimore four o'clock Tuesday ateFuoon with
freight and passengers for Washington and other
points on the Potomac River. About midnight the
wind freshsned and continued to increase 10 Violence
sAsl two o'clock. when It blew heavy gale, veering
nom east 70 southeast The steamer iabored heavily
and the waves broke clear her upper deck
About hal-past four o'clock her joinerwork
began 70 sIvo way and efforts wero made
70 head her for the shore. The storm was
now furious that was impossible TO
stand against IT, and the rolling OF tho boat
che engine from working fast enough to keep stosrage
way on her. IL was evident that the upper deck was
fast giving way, it deemed advisable TO let 20
ths anchors TO bring her head TO the wind In the
hope Of her riding out the gale, 1t loast until Il
should subsido The effort was futile, the cables
parted a. soon she broachsd to, and tho steamer
vent adrifs, being longer manageable Every
feasible means was employed 10 bring her under
troll bat all TO no purpose The Express was now or
Hooper's Strata driving rain helped 10 beat down
the sea, winch was now running at great height,
every wave washing the boa. from stem 10 stern.
SUDDENLY SWEPT ovERBoARD.
Shortly after ave O'Clock there . terrific
crash, and the joiner work had starsod iron the
time 10 realize what had occurred before wave tore
the saloon deck like paper work aud bo fol-
loving olow swept !. Oh 90 50. aud with si on board
period oi the gale. some Of the oncsrs tried 10
cure tho boats. but they were washed away and
broken up. moment after the upper decK had
carried away, the hull rolled over aud sunk bot
tom upward. Those Of the passengers and crow tnas
could reach portions OF tho wreck chung them,
the heavy washed them on again, and In the
breaking dawn only eight persons could be seen.
Barker Jamos A Douglass, quarermas.sr, and y col.
cred passenger whose naino could not be learned.
These three were ciinging 10 part Of the saloon
deck.
Some distance on, another portion OF the wrcck,
were r. ]. stone, purser; john Douglass, quarter.
master; William Cant lcoored), coox; George Green,
baggage master, and Hiram A. Dc Kahn. Tnesc
latter drifted toward Barren island, picked
Up by q boat from tho steamer shirley, whicn 10
ashore hign and dry. The captain and his CON-
panisns were picked up at o'clock In the alter.
Twenty LIVES LOST
IL 70 supposed IN tina. fully twenty ~ vos we're % lost.
Was badly hurt ny being struck by umbers from ths
WRECK or TIM SHIP A s. DAVIS
Tho signal corps station nj Cape henry reports TO
tne ehisi signal oficer at tweniy Ave minutes past
DAVIS, OF searsport, Me-, Captain Ira NJ. Ford,
loaded with guano. IRON Caiiao and bound Tor Hamp
.hs 23d inst eight miles south Of the station. The
vessel and cargo arc total loss. Tho crew,
eonsis.ins OF nineteen men. wore all lost with
Yho vessel OF 500 tons and tho cargo
signed 70 Hobson, Hur,ado q Co. Nine bodies were
washed ashore last night QUO and nall miles south
Of the station. Tho lie saving crew viii bury them.
Different articles and pieces OF wreck being
staniiv washed ashore Tho crew of Lite Saving Sta
sioo No ae on duty guarding tho d6Uris. Tho body
ei man supposed TO DO that OF one oi Tho late crew
OF the A. 5. DAVIS was washed ashore at two p. n.
ana vas turned over 70 the lilo saving crew.
law enacted Ny Congress NJ the last session au-
shorxss the General Superintendent Of The Lille Saving
service TO Investigate the circumstances oi all
wrecks attended with loss OF liio SupOrin ndsut
kimbail has accordingly ssIt L'eutcnAnt 5homakcr,
e the Revenue Marine Service, TO mako tuli investi
cation ol the Davis disaster and he started Tor the
scene oil the wreck via Baltimore.
COURSE OF rHK HuRRfcAxR
The storm came IRON tnc tropics. Al eleven
o'clock on the morning oi tho goth tie Sig
nal Service ordered up signals at KY
the morning of tho 2lst the storm TO the soutn-
east of Key West, and on ths morning OF The I'D 70
22d y was with arestly Increased velocity, central
over Cape Hatterns. ON the North Carolina coast Tho
maximum velocity OF tho wind reported was sixty
miles an hour. From midnight to noon to-day the
stcim rapidly increasing IN energy was centra, near
BALTIMORE Tue pressure ut The centre this inornins
below 20. ilches IL was a,tenJed with an unu-
sualy heavy ranislL Here tho fsl was s.64 inches;
II Baltimore, IA Inches; Norfolk, 2 SO inchcs;
Lynehburg, 20l inches, and ut slniihvo, N. T., 432
lnches
Tho schooner Magnol,s Captain George Murtic. from
Elizabstn tity, ~ u, Tor Kity Hawk, was wrecked
on ths I'D ius,. IN AiDemAre SQUAD She IL = total
loss Signal 0nicer Lieutonant j. A. Buchaoan, VINO
was passenger VINO was saved nrst by Iashi him
sell 70 tho gunwae oi the vessel then sw, m m nv
ashore Alter TOE vessel grounded the captain was
washed overheard aud drownoi
Tns steamer Everman, ~ the Clyde line, arrived
lnn afternoon IRON Pniiadeiphia with lier cargo
washed overheard uuring the storm aud lost.
SWELLING THk LIST or DISASTERS
The signal corps observer at BarnegaI N. H. rc.
ports to tne cnie signal officer follows schoonrr
william Coiier, OF Provluencc, X l., I4o tons. CAP.
saa 0eorgs W. fayier, In ballast from Peoviasncs 10