The daily gazette., 1883-09-13

NEW YORK, Sept. IA severe storm of
wind and rain has been raging here all day,
and the Weather Bureaus danger signals
have been hoisted on the Equitable Build
ing for the past "a hours. The upper and
lower bays are crowded with vessels of every
description waiting for the temptest to abate
before going to sea. All day long the surf
has been angrily pounding upon the New
Jersey and Long Island shores, and but few
sails have been sighted outside sandy Hook.
The life-saving service on the coast adjacent
to New York is searching day and night for
possible wrecks, and the greatest anxiety is
felt by owners of overdue sailing vessels.
The present storm has driven back to the
city nearly all the hotel boarders at Coney
Island and Long Branch. The Brighton
and Oriental hotels at Coney Island have
been closed. The Manhattan will remain
open until the 25th inst. At Long Branch
the waves are running high, but not equal
to the big August blow. Heavy, lowering
clouds have been hanging over the sea all
morning Many of the fishing boats have
been carried away and the fishermen have
lost their nets. Several fishing boats that
were drawn up on the shore have been
smashed by the encroaching waves.
DISASTER IN THE OCEAN LANES.
NEW YORK, Sept. 12-The bark Exile,
which arrived here to-day from Bordeaux,
reports: "August Is, Niles Theodore Chris
tensen fell from aloft in fit, receiving pro-
badly fatal injuries. August 80, had heavy
winds with high seas. September 1, lati-
tude Al deg. is min, longitude 40 deg. 40
| mln., passed the fishing schooner Edith
Mcintyre, of Princetown, which had lost
| dory and two men. During the day passed
several dories and parts Of dories and oars
adrift. None of them had any one in theme
cat 3p. m. saw two dories with two men
In each. We managed to reach them and
/ get them aboard in an exhausted condition,
they having pulled for four hours trying to
reach a schooner, but could not. They said
the schooner was the Julien Gabrielle, and
they had lost four men. We dipped our
flag to let the schooner know we
had got the men safe. We then
steered for another schooner. Made
her name out to be the Adrienne, of Fecamp.
Her captain beckoned US, and he had SO
many men aboard we judged he had more
than his crew. We tackled twice to get to
him, bbt the ship being In ballast we lost
ground, and night coming on and weather
looking dirty, we kept on our course, as we
could not fetch either OF the vessels. The
rescued men are Francewan Chorton and
West Jarmon, both Frenchman. They said
they would have been drowned had we not
rescued them"
ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST.
| WILMINGTON, N. c., Sept. 12.-The wires
are still down between here and Smithville,
and the steamers which run daily between
that point and this city did not leave their
| Wharves here Yesterday. They went down
to day and returned this evening, bringing
the first details of the ravages OF the storm.
At Smithville the storm reached the proper
tions of a hurricane, the wind reaching a
maximum velocity of SO miles per hour.
For seven hours consecuuvely it averaged
81 miles per hour. Many houses were un-
rooted, number of wharves were washed
away and the fisheries were seriously dam
aged. All the pilot boats were blown ashore,
| and one of them was sunk.
There were many vessels in the harbor,
only two of which held their anchorages
| throughout the gale. None of them how
ever, were wrecked. The Norwegian bark
Sulitjelma, bound for Liverpool, and the
schooner Cover, for Baltimore, after ollid-
ing went ashore on Big Rock and both will
return 10 this city for repairs. The Oldest
pilots say that, In duration and violence the
storm at Smithville exceeded any they ever
witnessed. The revenue cutter Schuyler
Colfax although in eminent danger rode
out the gale in safely.
THIRTY SIX HOURS IN HURRICANE.
HAVANA, Sept 12.-The steamer City of
Washington, from New York, arrived this
afternoon On Sunday night the steamer
| was struck by a hurricane, which continued
80 hours Two persons were injured.
THIRTEEN VESSELS ASHORE.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12-The Signal
Corps station at Smithvile, n. g, reports
to the Chief Signal Officer that the maxi
mum velocity of the wind there yesterday
was 93 miles, and that the average velocity
for the six hours was 70 miles. Thirteen
vessels and pilot boats are ashore and sunk.
Cannot learn particulars yet.
ALL HANDS PERISH.
ST. JOINS, N. F., Sept. 12.-Reports of
| additional disasters in the recent storms
have been received from Placentia. Captain
Stephens vessel, with five men, was
swamped near Point Lance reefs. Morrellis
| schooner of Mirasheen, was wrecked near
| Cape st. Mary's, and all hands persisted.
Dunphy's craft, of Red Island, sank with its
living freight near Bull and Cow Rocks, off
Cape St. Maryis. Two wrecked vessels
were recently passed, ore on her beam ends
and the other bottom up. There are no
tidings of the crew of either vessel.
Reports still continue to come In giving
details of the ravages by the storm. The
schooner Delta lett Cowbay on the 28th for
Yarmouth, with cargo of coal and has not
since been heard from. The friends of her
crew have given up all hope of their safety.
The schooner Edith R. left Caledonia,
Cape Breton, on the 9th with coal for Var
mouth. She, too, is probably lost. The
schooner Summerville left Cowbay on the
28th ult. for Halifay with coal, and has not
since been heard from. Two schooners, one
owned by John Mcguire of Steep Greek,
C4nso, and the other by Mrs. Crisps of Har-
Dor Bouche were out in the gale and have
not been heard from. They are given up
!, | by their owners. Each had crew of seven
men, most of whom were married and leave
:, families.
e MORE VESSELS GONE DOWN.
ST.. JOHNS, N. F., Sept. 12-The brigan-
tine Natalie, which has just arrived here, re-
ports fishing vessel wrecked five miles
; West of Saint Shotts. Her stern is out of
the water, head submerged and spars and
!; canvas over the side attached to the rigging.
: Her boats, stove to pieces, were seen half a
= mile distant. Captain Tanning believes the
!, crew were lost. The steamer Caspian re-
ports a wreck on Mizen Bank including the