Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-12-13
DROWNED IN A STORM.
THlRrY-rwo Llvss SAID TO BE LOST

LlvEs SAID no BE LOST
Tne Chesapeake and Rsppahanpocs vio.
lently ssirrsd- many lSesd Oystsrmen
ana Their Carsoss wssned Ashore
The latest reports of the storm on the
Chesapeake bay and tributaries on Tues
day last prove that 1t was more disastrous
than ut first supposed. Friday night 1t
10 reported that sixteen vessels were cap.
sized and the loss of life Is placed ut
thirty eight 1t is feared, however, that
the loss of life will far exceed the number
reported, as sections of the bay where the
storm was most severe have not been
heard from. The centre OF the storm was
along the western shore of the bay and
through the eastern section Of Virginia.
The officers Of the steamer Mason l..
Weems, from Virginia, report that the
gale was almost o hurricane In its force
on the Rappahannock and the effects have
been very disastrous. No less than thirty.
two lives are known to have been lost aud
several persons are reported missing. so
that there Is likelihood that this number
will be increased.
The storm approached from the north
west and its track up the Rappahannook
was marked by waves which rose as high
as twenty or twenty-f five feet. Volumes
of water were taken up and scattered in
mist far and wide. The velocity of the
| wind is estimated to have been fifty miles
an hour. II is said that the gale was an
| aggregation of small cyclones which
moved together. 1t was about 3 o'clock
in the afternoon when its approach up the
river was first discovered. The morning
had been bright, clear and calm, aud the
| tongmen who live on the banks and who
have beds Of oysters in the river resorted
to their daily routine Of work in gathering
the oysters with small skiffs, batteaux,
flat bottom scows and canoes. When the
hurricane arrived they were loaded with
cargoes Of oysters and therefore unman
sgeable.
| The oystermen attempted to scud before
the wind, which resulted in the boats be
ing filled and sunk. The width of the
river ranges fro m three and ahalf to fou
miles and the wind accordingly had full
sweep. Those OF the boats which were
not sunk were driven ashore aud many
marvellous escapes are reported. One maj
clung to the upturned bottom of batteaS
until it was driven ashore and was pickec
| up for dead by the crowds which hat
flocked to the river bank. The storm
continued up the river until it reached
Monaskin Wharf, Lancaster county, wher'
1t turned off into the country.
Eleven bodies floated ashore on tn,
following day. One oolored man wa
found drowned In his skiff. Four mel
were drowned In Curtman Branch, twenty
five near Monaskin wharf and three or
the Middlesex shore Of the river.
Mr.. John @. Towles, of Lancaste
county, described the storm as the mos
terrific which ever visited the locality. Ii,
says that the majority Of those drowned
were colored men. Joseph Scott, colored
was drowned in the same storm by tn
capsizing of a canoe near Polk's wharf
Cockrills creek, Va. Shree johnson ant
- Walker, both colored, were drowned
from canoe of Salomon's island
Johnson's body was found entangle,
in the lines of the boat. The sloop Au
gustus, of Annapolis, was also capsized OF
Salomon's island. The tug Ehrman
which was In the midst of the storm, res
cued Captain Zsigler aud his crew Of fiv
men from the sloop Augustus. As
neared the vessel it capsized and san
three minutes after the men were saved
Additional casualties are reported b
each incoming vessel and 1t is feared no
half of the lives lost have been reported
THREE GIRLS BURNED TO DEATH.
Shortly after O'Clock, Friday evening
the girls employed in the second story Q
Gray, Foynton & Fox's candy factory, q
the corner OF Bates and Woodbridg
oovery of fire brsalins o.s in the res
| room, where they worked. A rush VA
made for the front building for the fir,
escape. In descending the latter one gi
fell and was slightly hurt. Three wer
seen BY the window, but the flames burr
through and drove them back, and the
were not again seen until the flames wei
subdued, when their bodies were disco,
cred lying near the window. Their face
were burned black, but their bodies ha
not been touched by the flames.
OoudepsAtiou OF Tho Bsss slsanings irou
the Morning Mails.
Warren F. Price was hanged Friday q
Wrightsville, Ga, for the murder of R.
Perry, his son .in-law. in August, 1882.
George Cook WAS hanged at Larami
City, Wyoming territory, Friday for tn
murder Of his brother-inl law, Henr
Blount, one year ago.
David Myers, clothier, who failed thi
week at Dayton, O., committed suicide o
Wednesday night BY shooting himsel
through the head.
"Mother" Mandelbaum, the New Yorl
"fence" who was arrested at Hamilton
Ont, on Monday last, n0minally on tn
charge of vagrancy, was released fror
custody on Friday on that charge.
The recount of the votes In the fourt
aldermauic district of Boston changes th
result, giving Leighton, Democrat, thre
majority In Q total vote of 8,043. Th
first return gave Freeman, Republican,
majority of two.
Benjamin F. Butler, senior member Q
the firm OF Butler, Mcdonald s. Co., O
New York, died on Thursday evening, Il
the 55th year Of his age. He was tn
youngest son of B. F. Butler, who wa
Attorney General Of the United State
under Presidents jackson and Van Buren
The Egremont mystery was explode,
Friday night by the opening of Estell
Newman's grave and finding the body un
disturbed. A large number of person
were present, including the town officers
and much relief was expressed that tn
sensation about her having been resusci
tated on the disseoting table was ended.
A woman who attempted to commi
suicide by throwing herself from ferr
boat on the East River on Thursday AMI
subsequently tried to hang herself in he
cell at York street station, Brooklyn, ha
been claimed by her husband, William
Moulton, brother to the late Francis d
Moulton. She is deranged.
| Bishop Fowler presided at the Methods
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