The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-21

CAPE NAY, August ia report has
been received of the schooner Mary
Ann, OF Philadelpi il, lying in a dan-
geroui position in front of the station.
The crew deserted ter in a boat ~
P. NJ. yesterday. The boat capsiZsd and
the sea washed them ashore N an ex-
hausted condition. The captain re-
fused to leave the vessel. The life
saving crew, No 40, ran a line out to
her and remained on duty all night.
The schooner is all right th.s morning.
The sea is high and tie maximum We
locity of the wind is sixty-four miles
from the north. The total rail- fall Is
eight inches and fuIty-six hundredths. |
Atlantic City reports the velocity of
the wind, at tia place, at sixty miles
from the northeast a. 1 p. NJ.
The schooner Fora Curtis, of Perth
Amboy, New jersey, was blown
ashore. The life-Ssving crew hauled a
life boat to point opposite the wreck
but could MT get TO the schooner, the
surf running so high The crew re-
NAMED in the rigging until 8 p. NJ,
when they were rescued by the life saw
ing crew. The amount of rainfall is
dearly ten inches. All the yachts are
damaged; four sunk and one carried
out ID sea.
Al later hour Atlantic City reports
that the schooner, before reported
Ashore, was bound from Perthstink,
Virginia, with pine wood for New
York. The crew consisted of Capt.
A. Perez of Keypo!t, Maine, and four
men. The schooner will be stripped
At once. 1t IS feared she will Ue a
total loss.
New YORK August 10 The mem
bers of tee Cotton Exchange had q
meeting yesterday to discuss the adj
visibility of establishing minimum
rates IF commission on the following
basis: t. nonresident non-members,
35 1-2 cents per bale for buying and
selling; 10 city nUE-mt mbers, % cents
per bale; between members, 81 per
hundred bales TIE maximum COM
mission 10 be paid agents is to be 10
cents per bale. no member to employ
more thIn one in any city Ur town out
side of New York. and no agent to be
allowed in New York and no rebate to
be paid under any pretext on city BUSH
ness; the penalty for the first offense to
be $1,000 fine; fer the second offense a
fine of $4,000 and q suspension from
the privileges of the floor for twelve
months. 4 resolution requesting the
board Of managers To frame the pro-
posed regulations il II the bylaws was
carried by vote of Al to IS.
NORFOLK, Va, August 19.-Thls
vicinity has been visited by the
sevcrest rain storm and tornado ever
experienced. l. moved from south
west 20 northwestward, commencing at
80 a NJ. aud reaching It's utmost in
tensity at about II A NJ. Many build =
ings were unroolei and flooded, trees
uprooted and shipping damaged, many
vessels dragging ashore. A Boston
steamship cumpa:S's warehouse has
been seriously damage by the force of
the wind. The whyrves along the
river front have been submerged and
many of the warehouses flooded. The
tide was higher than ever before
known. The vicinity Of Water street
was only accessible by means of boats,
the sight being one uneXaTpled even
|
some spIre of the FrCemsson street
r Baptist Church Was blown down, for
! tunstsly without damage to the sur
r rounding property. he stating of the
Christ Episcopal Church was torn of
! and the cOrnice and steeple ornaments
e of St. Mary's Catholic Church suffered
! severely, while the beautiful grounds
= of the old st. Pau 3 are badly wrecked
D and the old trees torn and switched &C
f as to be barely recognizable. Great
e anxiety prevailed during its prcva
lence and Mayor Tucker ordered on
, The entire police force and fire depart
mert. Tie loss Is varinusly estimated
at from 5000 900 to $500. 900.
= NEW YORK, August 1.-THE storm
4 yesterday along the middle Atlanti,
: and New England coast was thl
& sevcrest experienced in many years
8 No great loss of life occurred, but re
d ports of disasters to the shipping COM
e In from all the seaboard States. A
II Newport twenty or thirty sail boat
:. were sunk or damaged snd the yacht
d Wanderer and Muriel Of the New Yorl
i yacht squadron were driven ashore
;. The team yacht Experiment of Boston
e and two Newport yachts were sunk a
l. their wharves. The yachts Brinita ant
= Undue c)llideG apd are badly dam
y aged. The following schooners ar
ashore near Gloucester, Massachusetts,
. George T. Trigg, Lizzie, pilot beat No
e z, George Clark, Jr., Triton and Mar
Il lizzie. The schooner Tracy is asher
and full OF water at Cape May. A three
= mssted schooner was run into duriD
.e the storm by an ocean steamer of New
% castle, Delaware, and sunk with all o
!. bos;d, going down in four minutes
~ Her name could not be ascertsined
le The schooner Hannah Willets is sshor
near hyannis, Massachusetts. Sewers
other vessels were wrecked.
J. WASHINGTON, August 10 The sig
le nal CORPS station At Norfolk reports
N the chief signal fficer ss follows: Th
he American brig Northern Star lies al
chored off Cape Henry since p y
Yesterday with her fore mast gone an
a apparently leakiu.. The British bar
North Carolina, from Smithvllle, Mort
Carolins,f T Baltimore, ran ashore ha
- - a mile north of lft- saving station NJ
~ 4, district of n nth Carolina, at 9:4
"a A NJ. Yesterday. The captain An
~ crew, numbering seventeen, lanie
y. safely. The bark is IN ballast and lii
~ near high water mark on shore in goo
y. position. The wrtckeTs at N0rfol
10 have been notified.
II NORFOLK, Va, Au3u.t 10 - tt
he ravages of the Storm which passe
re over this section yesterday, were grea
, er than at first supposed. In evel
RI direction ruins of buildings, vessel
"a trees, ETC., are 10 be seon, and the d
struction shipping along the Goa
lst must have been very grest. Tn
o' morning Vorkmen Of sll description
re were engaged IN every portion of Il
city Icp4iring the damsge. In ii
w cemeteries the effects Of the storm q
wv plsinIy Wis bic. II cedar grove abo
one hundred trees were upEoo,ed, MAJ
to of " hich had been planted in 1S3
Ie Z mwood, more recently estsblish'
u with trees OF YCu1gcr growth, did n
re suffer prApoItIGnately, and only thir
trees were blown down.
an The schooner A. n. Bailey, wi
u lum CT 10 Philadelphia, in Hamptt
er- Roads lost both anchors, boat, an
nj a portion of her deck load. She hi
n her b split and received o.her dar
&C. age. She arrived IN harbor yesterd
afternoon, having been driven up
ay the storm.
OF The gale at Cape May was terriG
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