The Springdale news., 1889-04-12
OLD STORM KING. The Atlantic Coast Strewn with Wrecks and Wroekage. The Fearful Results If the Recent storm A Large S0aher of Human Lives Sacrificed to the Fury of
 the Elements.

BALTIMORE, Md, April 9.-The Ameri- cans special from Norfolk Va. says: The terrible gale is al an end. The weather tonight is bright and crisp, bat Virginia Beach is s;rewn with wrecks, and many lives have been lost. The four masted schooner Berryman F. Poole of Providence, for Baltimore, fs ashore near Zataek station. Fhe crew were rescued. The schooner Emma r. Hart from Nas- sau for Boston, is ashore five mics south Of Cape Henry The crew were rescued by the Zatack Life-eaviuz station with the breeeAe= buoy. Al unknown schooner with both masts gone is ashore three miles sa8th of Zataeh O her crew ef five there k said t9 be only one sur- vivor. The steamship William Lawrence reports that the schooner Andrew John son. of Baltimore, for Bo, is ashore at York river. An unknown steamer is ashore off old Point. The steamer Chatham from Boston, passed two miles northwest from Cape Henry Eight- house the boom of a schooner muored to wreckage. An unknown schooner Is on WilleHghby Point. with the sea breaking over her. The schooner Northampton. ln Cherry creek with crew of four men. was blown eHt into the bay Saturday night and all on board lost. Schooner N. r. Davis is beached on Grany Island, aud the schooner Charles H. SaHnieks3a is ashore al Ocean View. The sebaauars Era 9sb8cHe and James \. Watson are ashore at Peg Point. The acdodaefs Emily Y. Barton and the Ris- ing sun We're tbr9v4 8P high and dry near Nest Norfolk. TH= schooner God frey is breaking BF in N3Isemonl rizer. and the Carrie May i5 ashore atWestera Branch. Aa unknown schooner. with masts only visible, i5 sunk on Ocean View Two unknown vessels are ashore south of smithfeId creek, The long wharf at SeaWeI's Point k entirely swept away. An unknown schooner is ashore between Piss' Point and Crauv Island.
 The Oi1 Dominion steamer Gdyaadette reports that when twenty miles off the Virginia capes she attempted to secure the crew Of foar men lashel t3 the rig giug of all unknown schooner, bat was unsuccessful. The men were SD exhaust cd thaf they could not hefP themselves, and must have He ished soon afterwards.
 The schooner 58He- BaEea aud Charles E. .Brigss waHa IFd8m4 ge1 at E9mber,s PoiHt. TLe schooner Fairwopd Saff5lk, et Salisbury, Nil, is ashore iu N3nsemoaa river, and the sea98n4f5 John ". GoEiug- taa aal Hester \. Waters f8Ha1eHe5 n Hampton Roads. The crews fa8tel ashore on wreekaze. Two unknown seHooners are ashore ia York river. The schooner Rerel < zgak aff Hampton.
 Many buildings aa Dean View were blown down aa#l t#a rdaf of the Princess Anne Hotel wa blown of The steam tug Ida is as13ere al Portsmouth, and the schooner Watahful ashore at Pillner's Paiuf
 The front Of the Naval Hospital grounds are seriously washed and damaged.
 Several local bridges in Portsmouth were carried away. The Western Branch bridge is gone Large portions of the trestle work of the Seaboard < Roanoke railroad and Atlantic & Dansi1e raiI- road bridges throughout the county have been wasael away.
 The Christian Church in Berkeley was blown to pieces and many houses were uRroefed aud otherwise injured.
 The schoouers Annie F. Clark, Robert Healy and Mary X. Irving are ashore above Berkeley FIats. The schooner Anna is sunk of ti Hats. The total dam age in this city and vicinity will aggre- gate tSo million dollars. All the wharves along the NansemoHd river have been washed away.
 The store of ". Williamson. at Sleepy Hill, was demolished and Clerk Wood ward drowned. Captain EiHah ]. Berehe and two sons, of Portsmouth are report ed drowned from their vessel The steam CT Georgia. which left Norfolk on Friday night put into the Rap2ahaunock for safety, but returned hero lats last night with her i3iaer work badly strained and the vessel is otherwise injured. There was a panic among her passengers on Saturday uight.