Smyrna times., 1888-03-21

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Lewes After the Great Storm of
Sunday Night,
A cursory glance over the harbor |
with the marine glass of the Virden |
House shows that twenty nine vessels |
are beached, sunk, or otherwise dis |
abled. the Old Dominion pier shattered,
the iron government pier stripped
PARKWAY Of its timbers and the shore
literally lined with small boats, masts
and rigging. The storm of Sunday
night made a clean sweep. OF forty
eight vessels in the harbor only nine
teen escaped unscathed. The storm
was sudden as it was sweeping,
although it was not unexpected, bar
ring its extreme violence
The storm came as if shot out of a
cannon. Vessels that moment before
appeared as immovable as the granite
of the Breakwater, now rocked heed
less of either rudder, sail or anchor.
The night became pitchy dark. Men
could not see across the decks of their
vessels and the snow beat with force
that has not been equalled here in fifty
years. The experience ofall was alike.
No one expected to escape. Anchors
were dragged and anchor chains snap
ped until every craft almost was at the
mercy of the elements.
A list Of the wrecked vessels is as
follows: Tamesi, wrecking steamer
tug Lizzie Crawford, owned by Morris
Kane, of Camden, n. j., and command
ed by Captain Enos Kane. the owners
son; tug George J. Simpson, owned by
Captain Ben" Robinson and COM
manded by Captain Handy Holt; Del
aware pilotboat Ebe W. Tunnel, lying
opposite the Break water life station !;
Pennsylvania pilot Enoch Turley /;
barkentines Zephyr from Bahia and
Eva Lynch from PernambucO, both
laden with sugar; schOOners: Allie w.
Belden, ice; Index, ice, for Washing
ton, D. c., Captain Gabriel Garrison, of
MOrristown, n. j.; Providence, coal,
Lambert's Point to Fair Haven, Mass,
Captain Henry f. Smith; Flora A.
Newcombe, Captain Henry Newcombe
William G.. Bartlett, Captain Daniel G.
Malcom Earle p. Mason, Isabella
Alburto, George l.. Fessenden, A. P
Cranmer, Rebecca NJ. Smith, Captain
William Grace, sunk with fish scrap
Hester A. Seward, Captain B. F
Thomas, owned by Thomas J. Seward
of Dorchester, N. J.; John Proctor
Elliott L. Dow, Elizabeth S. Lee, Cap
tain James r. Lee, rescued after forty
eight hours; George w. Anderson
Captain Gale Paul Thompson, Captain
Matthies; Lizzie V. Hall coal barg
G. b. Hazeltre, on the Hen ant
Chickens Shoals; three nameless Oys
: ter slOops.
S. S. Brown & Company had lOadet
the Rebecca NJ Smith for E. COe, Bar
ren Island, L. l. The Dow sent a mai
to the Maritime Hospital who wa
. crazed from the exposure. The Lizzi
, V. Hall is owned by Ex-Governor JOhl
w. Hall, of Frederick, Del, and
valued at $4,000. She was built il
l Wilmington in 1873. She was not in
! sured, as, it is said, Governor Hall in
t sures none of his many coasters.
: The greatest honor is due to tn
prOmptness and herosm of the life saw
ing crews. The wrecks are in full vieN
of the Breakwater station, Captain
( John A. Clampitt, and on this Office
e rested the responsibility for the say
= ing of over $50 lives. But he was abl
' assisted by Captain Truxton and Sa
, mons of the RehobOth and Henlope
! stations. Each station has crew {
d seven men and with their captains the
J; made force oftwenty-four men. Th
! force was doubled by the pilots an
: other citizens of the town.
o The loss involved by the storm
: estimated anywhere from $150,O00
S S5OO,OOO, but one-half of the latte
IS amount will pay for it. The prOpert
> ieopardized on Sunday night is wort
It not less than 81 100000. Most of tt
It wrecked vessels are loaded with pir
- timber and soft coal. The two cargo,
g of sugar are the most valuable here.
q It looks as if the Old Dominion pie
is the pride of the town for many yea
n when the big carriers of that line stO
ped at it regularly to carry freight al
passengers, was on its last legs. It
lg ruined at this writing and Superinte
Sc dent Mills is quoted as saying that
70 would not be rebuilt. This will be
at grievOus disappointment to Lew'
ed The pier is l 500 feet long, but sectio
of 100 feet each were cut out by t
ral Tamesi and Crawford. The midd
an section standing is probably 200 feet
bv length. The Crawford carried away
ist big beam as she went through t
ms bridge, and she bears the trop
M squarely on her engine house as s
in lies beached near the shore.
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