Evening journal., 1888-11-27
THE GALE AT LEWES.

began TO blow there on Sunday morning
The wind last night moderated some
what, but the sea is still sweeping over
the deck Of the new pier, and the hun.
dred vessels that stll remain in the
harbor are laboring heavily. The sea
since Sunday morning was higher even
than 1t was during the blizzard of last
March. That morning the wind blew Mt
the rate of sixty miles an hour. Though
its terrific velocity is now much de
creased, the tides are still the highest
that have been seen there for many
years, The marshes are submerged with
water and the creek looks as If the pro.
posed canal was already an accomplished
fact
Tho suffering Of tho crews Of the shin
wrecked vessels has been intense and the
men OF the life saving station have
worked like heroes in the face Of the
greatest peril and hardship.
The irst victim of the gales fury was
the small American bark Moro Castle
Captain Could from Philadelphia. laden
with coal for San Francisco. The Moro
Castle parted her cable at Q o'clock on
SUNDAY morning and came rushing I'M
toward the Break water. As she struck
her mests snapped of like pipe stems. car
rylng her spars and rigging in a tangled
mass down into the seethng waters. The
crew, realizing that their bark was
doomed, succeeded in reaching the stone
work of the Breakwater. but the captain
at first refused TO leave his vessel
Every wave buffeted the dismanteled
hulk against the stone pier and washed
her decks under tons Of salt water. leaving
her as they receded sheathed in an lev
mail. and her strained joints creaking
under the incessant buffeting. at last
the plucky captain. feeling that no
human power could now save his vessel
yielded TO the entrcaties Of his crew and
those of tho lighthouse keeper
and allowed himself to be hauled
upon the Breakwater in an
almost exhausted condition. Less than
i've mi2utes after he abandoned his
craft a colossal wave struck the wreck Of
the Moro Castle abean, and when it
surged backward nothing was left of the
bark, but mass OF shattered timhers
and whirling spars that we're soon seat.
tered mile or more along the storm
beaten shore Two men of the crew were
slightly injured in being taken ashore.
While the yigiant men Of the life-sav
ing station were patrolling the beach at
Q o'clock that night they discovered
another vessel rapidly driving in TO de-
struction. She was the Norwegian bark
Hannah, Captain Anderson, laden with
1900 barrels OF refined petroleum. She
came ashore directly over the old railroad
pier, which is destroyed The Hannah
was buffeted all night loHg upon the
pilinE OF the old pier. and yesterday
morning she was found TO be com
pletely broken in two and q total loss
captain Clampitt and the crew Of the
lifesaving station went TO work gal
lantly TO save the crew " the Hannah,
who had taken to the rigging to escape
the waves that were making a clean
| breach over the shattered hulk Ii was
not until 10 o'clock, however, that the
last of the Hannah S crew completely ex-
hausted and almost frozen were brought
safely ashore in the life car, which was
brought into use for the first time az the
Lewes station.
One Of those who was brought ashore
among the last was Pilot George II. Con
well, of Philadelphia, man well ad
vaneed in years. He had been clinging to
| the Recovered rigging since shutdown
/ Sunday night, and wheA rescued was al
most dead from exhaustion and cold. Dur.
their spray upon him. freezing as II fell.
until his face and clothing were a solid mass
Of ice. When he was brought ashore his
limbs were stiff and paralyzed with the
cold, aud the long sustained struggle
with the gale had made him nearly life
less He will stay at Lewes. where he is
being well cared for, until he is sufi-
GENTLY recovered to be sent home This
was the second terrible experience Of the
kind Pilot Conwell has had within year
4 During the blizzard OF last March he was
cast ashore in the pilot boat Turley and
was landed in the breeches buoy.
The schooner Ella, Captain Littleiohn
from Bangor for Philadelphia, laden with
/ lumber and laths, is the vessel pre-
viously reported ashore at Rehoboth, just
below the Delaware Capes She came
ashore on Sunday evening and her crew
were rescued by Captain Truxton aud the
men Of the Rehoboth life saving station
The vessel has since gone to pieces and
is total loss Her cargo is strewn along
the beach.
The schooner Helen Of Harrington.
| Me-, went ashore during that night
nenrly opposite the Marine Hospital She
is said to be in good condition. and may
be saved.
Captain O'Keere. OF the schooner w
/ ID Marvel parted one chain about 4
/ o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Finding
that his vessel was about To drag into
another schooner, he slipped his other
chain hoisted his iibs. and ran the Mar.
vel ashore between the two fish factory
piers, where She still lies in good coRdi
/ ton
The American bark Sarah A. Staples,
/ Captain Gray, bound from Philadelphia
/ for Rouen, is under the Breakwater in q
4 partly dismantled condition, and will
| have to return 70 Philadelphia. She lost
her foremost during Sunday night
dragged down the harbOr and is now on
a mud fiat near the Breakwater light
/ house.
The German bark Cuba, CAPITA in
/ Springer, from Philadelphia for st
Loubes with oil, parted her chains and
was drifted ashore when rescued by the
tugs Argus and Hercules, who have her
\ in charge.
Pilots say that, although the weather
could not be compared with that Of the
blizzard, the wind blew just as hard and
/ from a far more dangerous quarter
They anticipate the loss to shipping will
be as much, if not greater than that Of
last March. Quite a number Of the coast
wise steamers due Sunday night are un-
heard from, but there is no anxiety for
them yet.
The U. S. S. Dispatch rides the gale
well.
The Walravens' Case.