New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-25
JANUARY STORMS.
DAMAGE ON LAND AND SEA.


The work Of repairing the telegraph wires and
poles damaged by the storm is proceeding rapidly,
but it will take some weeks to place the wires in as
good condition as they were before the storm. Over
100 miles of broken wires were replaced Sunday
night and yesterday The Western Union Company
yesterday had wires working to all points, but some
points cOuld only be reached by circuitous route.
The American Union was in little better condition.
The other companies working on limited
number of wires. 1t will be some days before the
Western Union has all it's wires working again. The
branch offices of the companies have not all been
connected with the main Offices. The Fire Depart
ment had rs men at work making repairs yester-
day. The lower districts have been connected with
the Central Office. The horse patrol will continue
in all districts not in actual communication. The
Police Department wires are not yet repaired in the
upper districts.
The first reports of any wrecks having occurred
during the storm OF Friday reached the office
of Merritt's Wreckng Organization. in this city,
Sunday night, by messenger. The bark Keraslnd
loaded with salt and empty oil barrels went ashore
at Watclpreague Va, and it is feared that she will
be a total loss. wrecking steamer, with pnmps
aud wreckng material, was at once sent 10 tne
vessel in the hope of saving her and the cargo 4
MESSENGER reached tie office. yesterday with
THAT the WfS
cargo of 125 tons of pig iron and $500 empty oil
barrels. was ashore on the Long Island coast,
WesthamptOn The wreclling steamer Cyclops,
with the wrecking schooner Meteor, wrecking ma
terial and men, were sent to the vessel yesterday
afternoon.
The captain Of the bark Souvenir, which was re-
ported to have returned because Of mutny on board
came to the city yesterday. He stated that aiter
the vessel had cleared the coast she encountered tue
storm, and the sailors became alarmed as to the
barks seawOrthiness. They demanded that the
vessel put back to port. The captain refused to
turn the vessel back, when the sailors took COM com
mand and forced the mate to leave the wheel Alter
the vessel was headed toward port the captain con-
sented to come TO New-YOrk and get new crew.
The steamship Beta, from Halifax for Jamaica, ar
rived az 81. Georges January 90 and reported that
on the night OF January IS, when about 800 miles
north of Bermuda, she was run INTO by an unknown
bark which shcered Off Immediately alter Ahe col
lisiOn. =, II
The bark William Gordon. of Chatham, n. b.,
from Rotterdam, January 4, which arrived yester-
day reports that January o, she fell In with wa
terlogged and abandoned ship. Ihe report
saws that "a spars were standing, with
aids across. except Observation-Disclosures also the
pper foretopsaI yard gone the fore and main yards
and main topsail yards, and lower fore topsa yard
adrift; fOresail. fore and mann lower topsall, JlD
and foretOpmast staysal blown away; mansal
gone from the yard entirely upper man
and mlzzen topsails and topGalIant sans
furlcd; after-hOuso gone entirely; part OF Dui-
varks gone, aud nothing but the frame OF tue
forward house standing; main deck ait OF the
mizZcn mast burst up large part OF the starooard.
quarter gone and the water washing IN ana out OF
tine hold; everything movable about the deck, ln-
Gliding boats gone" Ii is Thought that she was
the City OF Montreal, of Glasgow.