The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-11-27
The Atlantic Lashed With Fury.
High Winds and Heavy Seas Pro-
vail From Hatteres to Halifax.
The Shores In Many Places Strewn
With All Kinds of Wrecl<ago,
Twenty Sailors Known to Have
Lost Their Lives at Sea.
Terrible Experience Of Crat In New
York Harbor-Telographlc Com
munication Very Seri-
ously Impaired.

New YoRK, Nov. %. The Grst storm Of
winter is about over in this immediate
vicinity, but is still raging with unabOied
violence along the New England coast
Tolegpphic communication with that Soc
ton is entirely suspended, The Western
Union Telegraph Company has no wires
between this city and Philadelphia, thus
shutting of all southern points, The AS
sociated Prcss's w ashing,on circuit, which
usually runs from this city 10 Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington direct, is this
morning made up by way OF Buffalo,
Cleveland and Pittsburg,
The storm along tho coast, all tho way
from lIatteras, has been very violent and
IL is feared that many marine disasters
have occurred, although II will bc some
days before reports will begin to come in,
rs the storm would drive the vessels off
shore. The wires 10 Sandy Hook are all
down, but the last message received from
that place stated that tho highest wind
ever experienced by the Observer there
was raging.
One OF tho most disastrous accidents
which has ever occurred TO n tow Of bargcs
in the vicinity OF New York, happened
about o'clock Sunday morning in the
lower bay. Out Of fleet Of fifteen bargcs
only three were saved All the rest went
10 the bottom with their heavy cargoes,
which consisted Of coal. On nearly every
barge there were women and children,
aud although as yet IL is not known that
amy were lost, IL Is little short OF mirncu-
lous that anybody on board escaped alive.
Capt. Vedder. Of the A. G. Hannogan, told
the reporter thrilling story Of the dis
astcT which boicll them. 1--WE had not
been out twenty minutes he said, "bo-
fore wished we had not come. Several
OF the captains OF bargos did not want TO
90, hut Capt Fagn, Of tho tug Bordcn.
Town, insisted. The wind was from the
northwest, nearly north. | was ON the
front end Of my barge, which was in the
second tier aud right behind the Florence
Moore. | could see the big seas aw ceping
over the barges In front of mo every
minute. We seemed TO jump SIX
Oh eight feet out Of the water at
overy bound, and every loot We advanced
things got worse. A m the women aud the
children were down IN the cabins asleep.
aud not dreaming that We We're IN any
danger by about o'clock we all saw
that unlcB something VIA done every boat
would go down. Then We commenced
swinging lights, aud shouting ut the tops
OF our voices 10 the HOrlCntuwn 10 turn
about aud run back 10 Bergen Point After
a long time she responded, aud things be
came easier. II aho had continued her
course, aud not gone back 10 Bergen
Point. not q boat would have been lost
But, Just ~ We were beginning Ia think
we were all right again. the BOrlenlown
suddenly swung her head back tO the old
course, aud male straight for New York.
"In less than no time the 1illio Hughes,
In front OF us. had ton after ton oi water
dumped on her from the heavy seas.
Finally she plunged her nose right down
into the waves and dove straight 10
the bottom. | knew then that u was n
scramble for life. ! rushed down into my
cabin. Ny wife was sound asleep and 20
waeIny nine year old boy. | had them out
in moment aud hurried them on deck.
An my wife was able ~ put on over her
. night clothes was an old wrapper. The
; boy bad nothing on but his night cloihcs.
The first thing saw when got ON deck
. with them vas tho lights oi tue which
was heading straight for us. II was very
dark, aud the wind ripped and toro about
us ~ we had 10 cling with our eyc.lashcs
. 10 keep from being drowned. Every min
: ute or NJ We got a dousing from the Hcas,
, which were washing over M. The tug was
soon along side. How I got my wife aud
child on board her / hardly know. She
> was pitching and jumping eight or ten feet
ont OF the water, and the barge WIS not
much sicadier. stayed behind 10 Try b.
save the barge. I was afraid 0f the boats
ahead oi me diving under aud pulling me
down with them, NO ] got an ax aud was
scmmbling forward 90 cut the ltshings a.
the Florence Moore. AZ that moment her
: stern shot up In the air aud then dsap-
pcarcd beneath the waves. As she wont
down the lashings 20 my barge snapped,
or she would certainly have dmggcd me
down with her. The captain aud the people
on the tug, which was the first 10 ~ down,
had escaped 90 the Moore, and whom tho
, Moore was swampCd they and tho Moore
people got 10 tho Ocean Queen.
"Mhlle this was going Un the ,ug which
had rescued my wife and child had been
going from barge 10 barge taking the pco-
Z pie OF. The women aud children all over
the fleet were now awake and On deck, and
their shricks and cries seemed Ml around
YOU as though hundreds Of people were
struggling IN the water In every direction.
, The tug was soon crowded with half.
9 dressed women and children. This tag
@ proved 10 be the Willie, which had helped
!, 10 tow the ilcctirom South Amboy 10 Der.
]. gen Point llor people bad become I'M
|. easy at tho violence Of the gale after We
Il left the Point aud put out after u.s. About
). the time the first barge went down the
n Borlcnt0wn Whisilcd Tor assistance aud
n her signals wcro heard on board the Willie.
10 Had Il not been for her the lofB Of IN,
y would have been frightful."
y Tho Western Union Telegraph Company
4 succeeded at noon In opening oommunict
q ton with Boston, aud a few wires were Al
+. that time working with Philadelphia.
n The Associated Press man VI quarantine
o tolegraphed ~ follows at $50 o'clock this
Il morning Nothing 10 report this morn
!, ing. No arrival Wires all down. NJ
e vessels anchored OF hero except IN,
e cruiser Boston, which lies In the same po
n sition. Have not been able 10 get OF L
i her yet as Il still blows fresh gale from
a the northeast with high, confused sea
y The German ship George still remains ~
N the samo position. -Four tugs are nov
pulling on her aud will probably get bel