Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-03-16

Del, March lb-Not until to day, four
days after ahe Was overtaken By swift
and terrible fate, was IL known that the
barge that went 10 pieces on the Hen
and Chicken Shoals in Mondays great
storm wss the O. b. Hazletine, Of Phil
AdelphiA. The Hszletine was q large
coal transport, owned by John sorader.
Che was commanded by Captain VII
liam VAuKirk. She left Philedelphia
on Saturday for Boston, and had q cargo
of nearly 100 tons Of coal. She was
towed dowa the river By the tug Juno.
and lay TO on Saturday night of Bonn
bsy Hook. On Sunday she was taken
down and anchored at point between
the Toe breaker and the BreakwAtef
propr. There she lay all Sunday
night, strAining nt her cables, which
must have parted Just before the snowy
dawn of Monday. She drifted right
out to sea between the two break
waters, and down along the coass
Liahthousekespe Josephs, out on Cape
Henlopen. saw the barge drives rap
idly 10 her tate.
No human power could have saved
her, even hAd aid been possible. and In
q short time the was among the terrible
breakers that were leaplng high into
INC hlI UNUE Nuat biu BAcbnbAt bho hAOob
fatal and dangerous shoals on the mid
die Atlantic coast. In less than i've
% IL uteA after the Hazletine got among
these breakers she had disappeared
from view, aud Captain Van Kirk and
bis crew had gone 20 swell the list oi
those who sleep In this ocean grave.
yard.
The tug Juno left Phi,adslphia Mt
O'Clock yesterday Afternoon, aud when
near Fort Delaware the wind inorels seu
to euoh violence rs 70 cause the little
party Of voyagers 10 look around fol
shelter The tug was run into Salem
Cove, " here the Italian bark 6isoomt
Mortino was aground, and she sou9h'
refuge under the Itzlian'a lee. The
Captain Of the tug Volunteer, whict
was engaged in trying to float the bark
told Mr. Sharswood that the Norwegian
bark Vapadis Was aground on Bombay
Hook bar on her beam ends and WAS II
great danger.
A new patient was admitted to th'
Marine Hospital to-day. H. Was Ed
ward Watson, q seAmsn, who Wal
taken of the Elliott L. Dow last Mon
lday. He 10 q TAving maniac. Th,
awful riRor of the storm had unfettlet
his rOAson. Another Of yesterdays ad
missions wAa that Of beamLn, who wa
ruptured while rowing ashore through
the storm. These two cases made III
total number OF storm patients seven
teen, that are now in ohsrge Of Dr.. w
lP. Orr, Jr,, and his assistant, DR.. Hal
' beAOn Hickman, Jr.
Nearly all OF them arc grievousl.
frOst. bitten, and whilo only few ma
die, hll will be In rome way mAime
: for life There are great seams an
cracks In the hands and feet Of neArl
all Of them, and the hands OF some ar
twisted and distorted out Of all nAtura
shape.
The Allie II. Belden grounded on th
!. bar and there remained, rolling like
log. probably q thousand feft froI
shore. The waves did not simply brea
lover the schooner; they leaped over ht
masthead at times. The crew took
the rieRinR, and there remained Il
twelve mortal hours, their clothln
frozen like mail and their joints sIitel
cd with cold. Captain Olampitt w
induced to make the attempt Th
: was at 10 O'Clock .. IN. From the
D. until 4 D, IN. the life savers brayel
battled for the lives OF the crew. III
rolling of the schooner caused one
The masts on which the men had take
reiuae to snap off, but the men hung
the ri9sina and climbed to the foret1
One man Wilson, the cock, finally ell
down n rope into the sta, and q 10
minutes later Jansen, the seaman, fe
from high up In the rigging into u
SEQ, He had been literally frozen
death in mid air. Soon after this ID
), survivors were rescued.
The tugs George W. Pride, Jr;, ~
tain williamson; Protector, OaptA
Mumford, and Luckenbacb, OApta
Anthony Keron, rendered inoAlculan
assistance, and but for their enoi
many persons must havo perished. II
LuokenbAch is the famous New 10
tug whose loss was feared. -
Not o thing has been done iowa
getting any of the vessels ON, anu
the wreokinR steamer Temesi was IL
!, In the storm, there 10 q deplorable
seuce Of wreoking appliances. sbou
the weather become worse the dana
10 the shipping would be double wi
II IA now. 1t Ia already, at . low es
mate, S2O0, 900. and In case OF 2 heA
blow vesseis that are now little dA
aged would 20 to pieces. II would
take much OF blow 70 make the 10
loss foot up half million.
The schooner Index hoateo mere
to day, and the RsbecoA M. Smith,
Philsdelphis, will easily come on:
will the PhiladelphiA schooner ia
- Proctor.
} Each train that has left Lewes dur
the week has taken away crowo
shipvrecked seAmen. Tnty are nea
all destitute, having lost all they
Through General Superintendent 1.
Mills, Of the Delaware Division oil
Pennsylvania Railroad, free transI
tation 10 furnished thess mon as Tar
they want to 90 toward ihsir homes
Is, the Penney vs mia Railroad system.
Mills 10 warmly commended for
oourse In this matter. III. B.