Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1889-04-12
ECHOES OF THE STORM
Tic Atlantic Coast Strewn with
Wrcckage and MANY Lives
Lost,
Vessel After Vessel Reported Ashore
or Sunk-Great Damage to
Wharves.
The Loss Of Property in the Vicinity Of
Norfolk VIII Amount to More
Than ~, ,OOO, 900.

BALTIMORE, April 9.-Ths Americans
special from Norfolk, Va, says: The
terrible gale is at an end. The weather
tonight is bright and crispy, but vir-
ginia Beach is strewn with wrecks, end
uany lives have been lost. The four
mastsd schooner Bergman F. Poole. Of
Providence, for Baltimore, is ashore near
Zatack station. The crew were rescued.
The schooner Emma F. Hart, from
Nassau for Boston, Is ashore fve miles
south Of Cape Henry. ;rhe crew were
rescued by the Zatack life-saving station
with the breeches buoy. An unknown
schooner with both masts gone is ashore
three miles south Of Zatack. OF her
crew Of five there is said to be only one
survivor. The steamship William Law
renee reports that the schooner Andrew
johnson, Of Baltimore, for Rio, Is ashore
at York River. An unknown steamer 10
ashore off Old Point. The steamer Chat
ham, from Boston, passed two miles
northwest from Cape Henry lighthouse
the boom Of schooner moored to wreck
age. An unknown schooner is on Viii
loughby Point with the sea breaking
over her. The schooner Northampton,
in Cherrystone creek with crew Of four
men, was blown out.into the bay Satur.
day night and all on board lost.
Schooner w. z. Davis il beached on
Crany Island. and the schooner Charles
II, SinnicksOn 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 Eva Osborne and James
S. Watson are ashore at Big Point. The
schooners Emily n. Burton and Rising
Sun were thrown us high and dry near
West Norfolk. The schooner Godfrey is
breaking up in Nansehond river, and
the Carrie May is ashore at Western
Branch.
The Old Dominion steamer Guysndotte
reports that when miles of the Virginia
capes she attempted to secure the crew
Of four men lashed to the rigging Of an
unknown schooner, but was unsuccess-
full The men were SO exhausted that
they could not help themselves, and
must have soon persisted afterwards
The schooner Petrol is sunk of Hamp-
WI. odAAhhko ~ SS~sAA AZ"
were blown down, and the roof Of the
Princess Ann hotel blown of. The
steam tug Ida is ashore at Portsmouth.
and the schooner Watchful ashore st
pillner's Point. The front Of the naval
hospital grounds was seriously washed
and damaged. Several local bridges in
Portsmouth, were washed away. The
Western branch draw bridge ia gone.
Large portions Of the Seaboard and
Roanoke railroad and the Atlantic and
Danville railroad bridges throughout the
county have been washed away. The
Christian church in Berkeley was blown
to pieces, and many houses were un-
rooted and otherwise injured.
The total damage in this city and vi
cinity will aggregate - 900, 900. All
the wharves along the Nansemond river
have been washed away. The storeof
w. Williamson at Sl.spy Hall was de-
molished and Clerk Woodward drowned.
Capt. Elijah Berche and two sons, Of
Portsmouth, are reported drowned from
their vessel. Many other vessels are also
reported to have been wrecked along the
coast,