The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-03-20

fathers of nearly one hundred children, ant
property which Cannot be replaced for les
than S75 GOO, were swallowed up by tn,
raging waters.
For the past week or ten days the excite
men. in the city has teen intense
At first not much alarm was felt, but, a:
vessel al er vessel thai westhered the storm
came in and brought no tidings of the miss
ing ones, the grsvest anxiety be- an TO pre-.
vail.
None Of those that are missing have been
reIorted since the gale.
OF the safety Of some of them there is
yet ray If hope, but it i. certain that the
most Of them will
NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.
The anxious waiting for their return has
nos given place in the minds of the owners
to the forced conviction that they and their
crews have Lerished.
Ii Is probable that no financial distress
VIII be occssioned, but a distressing infu-
ence will be felt directly or indirectly in
every portion Of the business interests Of the
city.
THE WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
will have to be cared for, and the insurance
on the ssels and outfits, which was all
placed IN the Gloucester Mutual Fishing
Insurance Company, will have to Be a.
sessed upon the firms. and will thus come
out Of the general business. The total in
surance is $50 2s9.
The merchants Of Gloucester, however,
as vel as her fishermen. are hardy. deter.
mined people, and quickly forget the
p hlal If .b. -.
ors and. future planning Without AIT ing
any Outside help. they will settle their own
Losses, add a rev li-t of names to the roll!
Of worthy poor whom they sssist, and stead
lily pursue the while their historic work Of
catching, buying ard selling fish.
GEORGES BA>K,
upon which the vessels snd ,he men went
down, ia situated about 40 miles cas-,
southeast from Gloucerter, and is the ia.
nous feeding ground. for c1dti n aud had
dock
The water shoals graduate from the deep
sea TO the centre of the bank, where il
ranges IN depth from six 20 twelve falhoms.
on THE NIGHT OF TIE STORM
fifty sail are supposed TO have been iuclosed
within circle OF two or three miles north
east Of the shosl.
About fifteen miles northeast frrm these
was group Of seven or eight sail and away
on Browns Bank, about sixty miles further
10 the northeast, We're several others,
BREEZE SPRUNG TIP ABOUT NOON
Of Thursday, and the signs foretold the
coming storm.
As The hours passed the wind increased
in violence, and at midnight was blowing a |
terrible gale from the northeast.
he air was filled with snow and frozen |
spr y so thickly that nothing could be seen. |
Every Vessel, exposed "a they all were to
the Wild force Of the gale and the waves, |
dragged Its anchors or parted its cables, and
ALL DRIFTED
more or less rapidly No canvas could re-
-ist Tor moment the fierce rush Of the
wind, and there wa, nothing for the sailors
to do rut TO wait and hope for the storm to
abate iis violence, or for the wind to shift
To difierent quarter. Unless one of these
two things happened, certain destruction
was behind them on the foaming shoals.
THE MEN WHOM FORTUNE FAVORED
have returned, and some of them saw that,
during long lives spent upon the ocean,
hey never before experienced such gale
with such sea
There was not one vessel in the whole |
lieet that did not sustain more or less dam.
age.
DURING FRIDAY MORNING
he wind backed around gradually toward
he north ard northwest, and at noon had |
moderated 80 that there was no further |
ianrer.
One or two Of the vessels that we're on |
Browns We're blown across the open sea
tx Y miles TO Georges.