Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-11-27
A FIERCE GALE.
GREAT DAMAGE AYLOsr AND ASHORE
AT s0RP0LK.
ships Drag Their Anchors Telegraph Linss
pown-Washed Overheard and
DroNned-Legs Broksa.
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tCorcspondonco Of tho Richmond Dispa,ch.l
NORFOLK. November %, 1888.
A fierce snow. and baihstorm has been
aelng here all dsY snd The weather u bitter
cod. Last night toe gale was fusious-the
worst yei-and more or less damage TesuIt.
ed ashore ~ well as afoat. Yesterday tbe
gale was almost A. bal. The schooner James
:. Pardee. Of New Haven. and smother coal
schooner broke from their moorings al Lam
bert's Point and drifted helples.ly through
the barbor, going ashore on the Bcrkley
fats. A number OF the large weathcr.bound
leet In Hampton Roads aud the lower bar
Dor dragged their anchors and crashed into
one smother, doing considerable damage 10
homework and rigging.
The wind AZ Cape Henry last night regis
tered seventy miles an hour. The Goyera-
meht telegraph lines on the cOsst arr al
PROSTATE beyond Cape Henry, and u there
are disasters NJ Kitty Hawk or istteras no.
thing can be beard of them.
The clyde Line steamer Ashland arrived
this morning, having had the rouZhest trip
down she ever experienced She struck the
gale soon after leaving the Delaware Break
water. Her decks were swept clear ot every
thing that would so oyerbOard aud her
homework was badly stove in. A heavy sea
struck her dinlng.saloon on the port side laS
night, stove u IN and sWept clear through.
carrying table. crOckcry. furniture, and a
mess boy overheard. The boy wa, lost Oi
course. With great difficulty the crew msa-
aged 10 get canvas over the openings of the
saloon and keep the sea out. Everything IN
the cabins wss flooded. The Ashland pre-
sentei a badly wrecked appearance IS she
came up the harbor this morning 10 her dock.
No steamers left The hNrbor last night, either
BAY or Ocesn.going. The New York steamer
put to sea thl- morning sitter twelve h0urs
detention. The GuyandOite came IN all right
last nieht. but reported a very rough passage
down the coast.
Rev. Il. y. Sledd. y. D.. preached his ini.
tial sermon at Centenary church yesterday 10
y large congregation.
Tue negro. Dick Jarvis. who made bis es-
cape from The guard while a, work near
Farmylilc. is the man who killed Gus Rob-
iuson in Portsmouth In January last was
sent TO the peniientiary for eight years.
As soon as the prevailing storm abates the
United states steamer KeBrsarge whl come up
10 the uavy-yard from Hampton Roads and
take on coal ana provisions and get the new
crew from the receiving ship Franklin,
which she y 20 carry 10 N0nteyideO for tho
United States steamer lalapoosi. She viii
then return 10 New York with The old crew
OF the Inlhpooa M February.
Henderson Hinton (cOlOred) had both legs
broken and was otherwise badly hurt on
saturday night Ia the bold ot the British
ship Senator by tNo bales oi cotton falling
on him.
lt Is probable special arrangements will
he made to take the Catholic societies Of
Norfolk and Portsmouth 10 Richmond ON
the occasion oi the dedication OF The Church
OF the Sacred Heart.
Dr. John H. Norman. ~ Roanoke, has
moved his family to Norfolk and located.
The Episcopal ministers OF Norfolk and
Portsmouth are supplying the church In SUI
fOlk until arector t. called.
The schooner ROx uul Frances. Captain
George +. white. arrived from Baltimore to-
day IN distress and leiking and noted pro-
test. having been In the gale in the bay since
Thursday.
Allen MAYO. of Richmond, was the name
ot the col0red boy washed overheard from
the Philadelphia steamer Ashland
The continued gale has bad a DISASTROUS
effect on a large class ~ the almost total stop
page Oi The Oy stor trade Is FAR as packing and
shipping Is concerned. There have been no
arrivals OF oysters for packing purposes since
Friday last, and but few that day. A num-
her Of boats are now loaded and Within
twent y-fOur miles 0f the city but arc unable
10 reach the city. The consequence - thai
packers and shippers are unable 30 liH their
orders. The number Of oyster vessels wind
bound in the harbor IS unprecedented.
The Retreat for the Sick. noble charity
Just started here by the ladies', will be
opened 10 the public next Friday. Tho
ministers OF the various denominations will
assist In the dedication. q.