New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-20

fused to leave his vessel. Lile-saving Crew NO q
ran line out to her and remained on duty all night
The vessel all right this mornings the sea is high.
At p. m the schooner Flora Curtis, of Perth Am
boy, N. j., was blown ashore. The life-savlng crew
hauled lfe-bOat to point opposite the wreck. put
could not get 10 the schooner, the surf was running
so high The crew remained in the rigging until .
a. m, when they were rescued by the hie-savlhg
crew. All yachts are damaged; four were SUNK
and one carried to sea.
SUNK BY AN OCEAN STEAMER
PHILADELPHIA Aug ia special from WI
mngton. Del, says; during the storm on Della
ware Bay yesterday. large three-masted schooner
was run into and sunk by an ocean steamer bound
for Philadelphia, while off Newcastle. The name OF
neither boat could be learned. 1t is feared that
some of the schoOner's crew were lost, as she went
down in four minutes, and the sea was running
high. The schooner Tracy, from PhiladeiPha'
bound north, coal-laden. went ashore near 4 ISM
ing Creek. eight miles north Ot cape May oho 10
full of water"
DISASTERS AT LONG BEACH, n. j.
MANAHAwKIN, n. j., Aug. 10.-During the fierce
storm along the coast yesterday, three vessels were
driven ashore on Long Beach, near Beach Haven
n j., all of which Will be total losses. The names
of two of them were the Emblem, Captain n. Baker,
from Beaufort, n. c., loaded with melons for New
York; the Emily d. Blew, Captain Moore, loaded
with melons. The name of the other vessel is I'M
known. The captain of the Emblem states that he
never experienced such severe stOrmi his Vcssei
has gone to pieces and neither he nor his men saved
landed. Captain William Crane and his boys saved
two men, the ife-saving crews not being on duty.
LOSSES ON THE NEW ENGLAND COAST,
-FOUR scHooNERs ASHORE AT HYANHIs-cRoPs
DAMAGED AROUND BOSTON.
BosroN, Aug. 19.-Considerable damage was done
by the storm last night along the New-England
coast. A Yachting feet at South Boston was badly
used most of the vessels being injured in some way,
many seriously. At Portland. Maine, several yachts
and schooners went ashore or were sunk. Other
towns along the coast report long list of disasters
70 local craft and property. The severest storm and
highest tide for years Is reported from hyannls.
The American schooner Hannah NiIlets Is ashore
on the west side Of the harbor with 200 tons OF
coal The American sloOp LOttie Is. iS also ashore.
She now lies high and dry, The American schooner
G.. W. Whistler Captain Burgess, Is likewise
stranded She struck at $3.50 p m. on the 1Sth INST,
i'm a southeast gale; she was bound from Boston TO
NeW-Iurk. She has no cargo. She Will probably
not come off. Considerable damage to farmers III
this vicinity is reported,
dispatch from Cottage City Marth9s Vine
yard) SAYS hurricane last night swept away oil
the boat piers and did considerable other damage in
that vicinity The narrow gauge railroad was
washed that several days Will be required 10 re-
pair it,
NEwBuRYPoRT Mass, Aug 19.-This vicinity has
not c1pcrienceda more severe storm for ten years
than the one early this morning. The wind, blow
ing a hurricane scattered twenty small boats, badly
wrenched steamer aud some schooners in the har-
Dor. and destroyed four yachts. One Of these be-
lonred to Haverhll, another TO Gloucester, the
other two were owned here. Fruit was stripped from
the trees, and fences, signs and awnings blown
down. Sad havoc was made among the tents az
the beach, several being blown into the sea.
GLOUCESTER, Mass, Aug. l9-Several vessels
dragged ashore in the heavy wind last night. The
schooner George b. Trigg struck on Black Rock, and
the schooner Lizzie and Pilot Boat No. 7 on the
Neck but were taken of by tug. The schOOne rs
George Clark, IT., and Triton are ashore OH Rocky
Neck, but will probably get off with slight damage.
Tie schooner Mary Lizzie Of WestpOrt, Me-, re-
mains ashore on the Neck.
MANY sAIL-BOATs SUNK.
PROVIDENCE, Aug. 19--The gale at midnight was
very severe on this bay. AT Newport twenty TO
thirty sail-boats are sunk or damaged The yacht
Wanderer, of the New-YOrk Yacht Squadron, parted
both chains at 1870 a. m, and dragged ashore in
the lower part of the harbor near Lime Rock. The
yacht Murel of the squadron, also went ashore
near the Wanderer, but both have been hauled off
by cutter. The steam yacht Experiment, of Bos-
ton. sank at her wharf. The yacht Pilot and
other Newport yacht also sank at the wharf. The
Yacht Junietta of Providence dragged afCul of
the Yacht Undine. Both were badly damaged.
The shade and fruit trees the island
suffered severely. The fishing schooneTs Native
American, Pathfinder and Jennie, of Newport, went
ashore last night at GOOsebeuy Island and have
become q total loss. ,
The steamers Newport and Bristol arrived from
New York at Newport nearly on time this morning;
The Old Colony and Providence remained there all
night starting out soon after daylight this morning.