Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-08
SIXTEEN VESSELS LOST.
Destruction OF Life and Property
BY
THE TERRIBLE GALE At COLON.
A List of the Vessels Lost, Some
of Them With All ca
Board.

CoLoN, December sixteen vessel:
were lost in the gale here on Wednesday
last, several with all on board, and serious
damage was done to docks and other prop
erty. The following is the list Of vessels
lost: --,e1
Avs, American schooner.
BLANCHE, Norwegian bark.
CATALINA, Colombian brig.
DOUGLAS CASTLE, British bark.
EMELINA, British bark.
FRANK Atwood, American schooner.
HOLDEN, Norwegian bark.
KARNAS, Norwegian bark.
LINTON, British bark, all on board supposed
lost except captains wife and baby.
MARX TINE, American sloop.
ORToLAN, American brig, oil hands lost
OCEAN, French bark.
Rio GRANDE, American schooner.
STELLA, Colombian brig.
TIGRE, Austrian bark.
VETERAN, American bark.
ANOTHER REPORT FROM AsPISwALL,
AsPIXwALI, December Con Wednes.
day morning heavy swell set in from the
Northwest, and at p. m a heavy squall
came from the same direction. The
weather looked threatening and prepara'
tons we're made for getting the Pacific
Mail steamer Acapulco from her wharf.
At Sd. m. an effort was made to move q
German steamer from pier No. l, but the
captain, in trying to save the anchor, ran
the vessel against No. 2, and the Royal
Mail Steamship Compsny's pier where the
steemer remained in very dangerous po-
sition until 4 p. M, when the captain sue
ceeded at sea. The French and Spanish
steamers left pier No. 2 as soon as the
German steamer got clear. At 4:3O p. m.
tho swell cecoming heavier. the wind in-
creasiug in velocity and the weather look
ing more threatening The Acapulco left
her wharf, over which the sea was breaking
in all directions. The storm ragged during
the night and EEK! day with undated
fury.
Piers and 2 remained safe and are, ap
psrently, little damaged. The Royal Mail
steamship Companys pier was damaged
by German steamer striking it and By
the heavy seas, the foundation of the shore
end being badly washed away. The COM
panys new Office was also washed away.
The railway track TO the coal berth was
washed away for a distance Of seventy FIVE
feet. The Pacific Mail collier Hooper was
towed from her berth to escape loss. The
Pacific Mail pier still stands, bat it was
badly shaken and ABOUT twenty feet at the
northwest end vas washed away. Many
of the flooring plsnks were broken and the
storeroom, with its contents, was swept
away. Two iron piers on the north side
vera carried of. One hundred cases Of
kerosne and number of barrels Of alcohol
were washed overheard. Five vessels are
within hundred yards Of the breakers at
Fox River.
This afternoon the weather is threaten
ing. The scud ia flying very fast from the
Nortbwest, indicating another "Norlher.
Bo'h Of the Royal Mail steamers have left
their wharf and gone out into the stream.
The Acapulco is still alongside Of her
wharf. The wind has veered from west
southwest to northwest and is blowing
fresh. The United States steamer Gslena
has arrived and anchored The number Of
lives lcst is still unknown. Passengers
from Panama for the Royal Mail Line get
as far as Bahia Soldado and then returned,
The mails were also brought back.