St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-09
AN AWFUL GALE.
Hundreds of Vessels Wrecked and
Many Lives Lost.

Lives
BALTIMORE, April 9-A special from
Norfolk, Va, says: The terrible gale is
lat an end. The weather tonight Is
bright and crispy, but Virginia beach
is strewn with wrecks, and many lives
have been lost. The four-masted
schooner Bergman F. Poole, Of Provi-
dence, for Baltimore, is ashore near
Zataek station. The crew were rescued.
The schooner Emma F. Hart from
Nassau for Boston, is ashore five miles
south of Cape Henry. The crew were
rescued by the Zattack life saving sta
ton with the breeches buoy. An I'M
known schooner with both masts
gone is ashore three miles south of
Zataek. Of her crew of five there is
said to be only one survivor.
The steamship William Lawrence
reports that the schooner Andrew John
son, of Baltimore, for Rio, IS ashore at
York river. An unknown steamer is
ashore off Old Point. The steamer Chat
ham, from Boston, passed, two miles
northwest from Cape Henry lighthouse,
the boom of a schooner moored to
Wreckage. An unknown schooner is
on Willoughby Point with the sea
breaking over her. The schoon-
er Northampton in Cherry
stone creek with crew of four men,
was blown out into the bay Saturday
night and all on board lost. The
schooner w. P. Davis is beached on
Granny island, and the schooner Charles
H. Sinnichson is ashore at Ocean View.
The schooner Hester A. Waters is
ashore at NansemOnd river, and the
schooner George w. Covington has
gone to pieces at the mouth of
the Nansemond river. The schooners
carried away. The Western Branch
draw bridge is gone. Large portions Of
the trestle work of the SeabOard & Ro-
anOke railroad, and Atlantic & DanYille
railroad bridges throughout the county
have been washed away. The Chris
tan church in Berkeley was blown to
pieces, and many houses were unroofed
and otherwise injured. SchoOners An.
ME T. Clark, Robert Healy and Mary A.
ashore at Pig Point. The schooners
Emily n. Burton and the Rising Sun
were thrown up high and dry near
West Norfolk. The schooner Godfrey
is broken up in NanSemond river, and
the Carrie May is ashore at Western
Branch. An unknown schooner
with masts only visible is sunk.
Two unknown vessels are ashore
on South Smithfield creek. The
long wharf at Seawells Point is entirely
swept away. An unknown schooner is
ashore between Pigs Point and Crany
Island. The Old dominion steamer
Guyandotte reports that when twenty
miles off the Virginia capes she at
tempted to secure the crew of four men,
lashed to the rigging of an unknown
schooner, but were unsuccessful. The
men were so exhausted that they could
not help themselves, and must have soon
persisted. The schOoners James Bayce
and Charles II. Briggs were badly dam
aged at Lamber's point. The schooner
Fairwood Suffolk, of Salisbury, Md, is
ashore in Nansemond river, and the
schoonerS John W. Covington and Hes
Hampton Road. The crews fioated
ashore on wreckage. Two I'M
known schooners are ashore
in York river. The schooner Petrol is
sunk off Hampton. Many buildings at
Ocean View were blown down, and the
roof of the Princess Ann hotel blown
off. The steam tug Ida is ashore az
Portsmouth and the schooner Watchful
ashore at Pillner's Point. The front Of
the naval hospital grounds were
seriously washed and damaged. Sew
eral local bridges in Portsmouth were
Irving are ashore above Berkeley flats.
nno oCiiooLVl Auhd 10 ouHh oH lIe HATS.
The total damage in this city and VEIN
ity will aggregate S2,O00,OO0. All the
wharves along the Nansemond river
have been washed away The store
of w. Williamson at Sleepy Hail
was demolished and Clerk Woodward
drowned. Capt. E. j. Berche and two
sons, Portsmouth, are reported drowned
from their vessel. The steamer Georgia,
which left Norfolk Friday night, put
into the Rappanhanock for safety, but
returned here late tonight with her
joiner work badly strained, and the
vessel is otherwise injured. There was
a panic among her passengers Saturday
night.