Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-27
OLD NEPTUNE'S CHRISTMAS.
HIGH WATER At NORFOLK.

wharvss and streets in Both cities sub
mergsd-Cut Hts Throat With Razor.
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NORFOLK, December 20, 1885.
The sloop David Crocker, Of Atlantic
City, near Norfolk, Captain Craggon,
went ashore yesterday morning, high
and dry, four miles from Cape Henry.
The crew was saved.
This morning the wind is blowing fifty
miles an hour at Cape Henry, and the
signal officer reports the sea the heaviest
he ever saw. In Norfolk harbor the tide
is the highest since August, 1879.
wharves and streets in both cities are
submerged, and considerable damage
has resulted from the wind and water.
A gale from the eastward has been
blowing for twelve hours.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
An inmate of the Soldiers Home at
Hampton, named Kelly, cut his throat
and arms with a razor yesterday morn
ing on board the Boston steamer Chat
ham when off Cape Charles. He was
attended by PASSED. AssistantSurgeon
Bymes, of the navy. and when the ship
reached Norfolk Kelly was removed to
st. Vincent's Hospital. lie is in a very
critical condition. The attempt at sui
eide is attributed to alteration o. mind.
Kelly was returning from visit to
Maine.
AQUIET DAY.
Christmas passed off very quietly
here. No violence is reported from any
quarter and less drunkenness was OBJ
served on the streets than usual at the
festive season.
CORONER : INQUEST.
IN inquest was held by Coroner Her
man Matthews yesterday at the county
Jail in Portsmouth on the body Of the
negro man James Bennett, found muir
dered on CaSsell's farm Thursday. The
verdict was that the deceased came to
his death from a gunshot-wound at the
hands of some one to the jury unknown.
No arrests have been made.
THE STEAMSHIPS.
Several British steamships from the
South for Europe are at Lambert's
Point for coal.
The British ship Inhexible, which
was injured by going aground at Cape
Hatteras, will go in the dry-dOck at
the navy-yard on Wednesday.
FIRES.
There were three fires in Norfolk
yesterday. resulting from Christmas
works-one on Bermuda street, one
on Proby's court, and one on Jame'
street. The damage was slight IL
each case.
A GALLANT RESCUE.
The schooner Tarry Not, from New
York to Richmond with kainit, came
into Hampton Roads to-day leaking
badly. She Immediately hoiSted sig
nails Of distress, but they were not seer
by any steamer.
The steamer John Romer. of tht
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad COmpa
nv. seeing the union down. ran near the
Farragut, and found her in sinking
condition and settling so fast that be
fore assistance could be rendered tn,
schooner went down, and the Captain
an five men were thrown overheard il
tho toughest kind of sea. All weru
galantly rescued, however, by Captain
Lindsay and the crew Of the steamer an
carried to NewpOrt's News. The carg'
of the schooner will prove total loss
but the schooner can be raised.
MEN DISCHARGED.
There was q large discharge in tn
maynard tonight, and among tn
number a foreman of the caulkers VIII
recently made the fight with Commo
dore Truxton about the employment O
negro caulkers instead Of whites.
ASHORE.
The schooner Fair Wind, which wen
ashore on White shOal, James river, ha
been brought into port by the wreckers
4 schooner went ashore to-day o.
Craney Island, and another was sunk i
Pudding creek, near the city. Durin
the gale the schooner Joseph Allen wa
driven on the Berkley flats. The It'd
reached the hotel at Virginia Beach.