The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-25
OI IGLEAnnI lie
TO THE DAILY INTELLIGENoER.
THE CYCLONE.
The Disasters of Tuesday Night.
Yachts, sIoops and schoOners Ashore
at Baltimore.
Loss of the Steamer Express at the
Mouth Of the Potomac.
Steamers Wrecked and Lives Lost.
Disasters on the Coast of Maine.
Destruction of Wharves at New York.
The Disasters on the Bay Fearful
Destruction ofWharyes at New York.
The Disasters on the Bay Fearful.
Terrible Cyclone at Haytl.

NEW YORK, October A.-Dispatches from
all parts OF the country show that the
storm Of yesterday was one Of the most
violent experienced for years. The storm
came from the tropics, and from midnight
to noon, rapidly increasing in energy, was
central near Baltimore. It was attended
with an unusually heavy rain fall. AT
Cape May the wind was 81 miles an hour
and drove the tide upon the meadows be-
tween the city and the main land, cover
ing the railroad track three feet and pre-
venting trains from leaving New York.
Hotel and colleges were damaged; also
driving yachts, sloops and schooners
ashore at Baltimore. The property along
the wharves suffered much, and the dis
asters on the bay are fearful. r,.-~ ~
Along the line OF the Philadelphia,
Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad the loss
was serious. The storm was severn on
the sound and the New England coast, and
the lighter crafts were heavily hammered.
At Mount Washington at p. N. the
wind was blowing 100 miles an hour with
heavy rain.
ArorAL WRECK.
The ship A. s. Davis, from Callao, went
ashore near Cape HENRY and is total
wreck. There was only one person saved.
STEAMER wREcxED-ALL on BOARD SUP
POSED TO BE LOST.
BALTIMORE, October 24.-Capt Baxter,
of the steamer Express, which left here
Tuesday for Washington, reports that his
vessel foundered in the gale at the mouth
OF the Potomac, and the passengers and
crew were probably lost. The Captain
was rescued while drifting with fragments
Of the boat
Previous to this, efforts were made to
head her for the shore, the storm was so
furious that It was impossible to stand
against it; the rolling OF the boat prevent
ed the engines working fast enough to keep
the steeage way. It was deemed advisa-
BILE to let go the anchors to bring her head
to the wind in hope of riding out the gale,
or at least until 1t should subside. The
effort was futile one, as the cables parted
as soon as she broached to, and the steam
er went adrift, no longer manageable. All
on board had secured life preseryers at
the earliest period OF the gale. Some Off
GERS tried to secure the boats, but they
were washed away and broken up. A
moment after the upper deck had been
carried away
THE HULL ROLLED OVER AND SUNK, I
bottom upwards. Those OF the passengers
and crew that could reach portions ofthe
wreck clung to them, but the heavy sea
washed them off again, and in the breaking
dawn only about eight persons could be
seen. There were Capt. Barker, James A.
Douglass, Quartermaster, and colored
passenger clinging to part Of the saloon
deck some distance of. On another part
Of the wreck were F. ]. Stone, John Doug
lass, VIM. Grant (colored), George Green,
Baggage Master, and Hiram H. -Dokham.
These latter drifted towards Barren Island,
and were picked up by boat from the
steamer Charley, which is ashore high and
dry. The Captain and his, companions
were picked up at o'clock in the after
noon and taken to Crisfeld, The Express
had crew of twenty-one all, told, and so
far as known eight passengers. 1t is sup
posed that fully twenty lives were lost.
The following is list Of the, crew and
passengers: Captain Barker;-Fi First Officer,
L. ]. Howard; Second Officer, Jos. Haney;
Chief Engineer, C. W. Bailey; Second
Engineer, Edward A. Pryor; Clerk, Ed
ward A. Stone; Quartermasters, John
Douglass and James Douglass; Lookout
Man, Fillmore Rye; Steward, Thomas
Carrington; Walters, Nat. Darlington and
George Walker; Chambermaid, Matilda
l. (colored); Willie Barker and FIVE
deckhands; Firemen, Robert Harris and
David wyett. Passengers-Ars- Bacon,
OF Bacon's Wharf, 81. Mary's county Mrs,
Jones, st. Mary's county; DR.. G. Barch,
and DR.. II. Ullman, OF Baltimore, and three
or four colored passengers.
James Douglass, the wheelsman, who
was rescued, was badly hurt by being
struck by timbers from the wreck. ,i
STEAMERS AND scHooSERs ASHORE.
The steamer Theo. Wiens, after terri
Bile experience, was rescued by the Tangier
and towed to Crisfeld Harbor, where she
now lies. The steamer Massachusetts Is
! ashore disabled ut Down Point. All or
; board are well. The steamer Louisa-ii
> ashore on middle ground. The steamer
. Ida and % schooners are ashore near tht
Massachusetts. III. & AJtiJG
REPORTS IRON CAFE HENRY STATION.
WASHINGTON, October 24.-The sigma
: station at Cape Henry reports that tht
American ship A. S. Davis, Of Southport
!. Me-, Capt. Ira N. Ford, ran ashore at A
N. on the sd inst, miles south Of tha
station. The vessel and cargo were atota
!, loss. The crew, consisting Of 10 men, wer
all lost with one exception. Their dea'
bodies washed ashore last night one and
half miles south Of the station. OUC
!. DESTRUCTIVE CYCLONE AT HAYTI.
i PoRr Az PEScE, October 13.-Anothe
/ cyclone visited the south coast Of Hayt
! on the lst inst. An American brigantine
4 name unknown, was lost, aud all hand
perished. ~