Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-04-10
ECHOES OF THE STORM
The Atlantic Coast StPeWn with
Wreckage and Many Lives
Lost.
Vessel After Vessel Reported Ashore
or sunk-Great Damage to
Wharves.
The Loss Of Property in the Vicinity OF
Norfolk Will Amount to More
Than So, 100000.

BALTIMORE, April 9.-The 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, and
many lives have been lost. The four
masted 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 five miles
south of Cape Henry. The 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 is
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. P. Davis is beached on
Crany Island, and the schooner Charles
FL. 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 Nansemond river, and
the Carrie May is ashore at Western
Branch.
The Old Dominion steamer Guyandotte
reports that when miles off the Virginia
capes she attempted to secure the crew
of four men dashed 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 off Hamp-
ton. Many buildings at Ocean View
were blown down, and the roof of the
Princess Ann hotel blown off. The
steam tug Ida is ashore at Portsmouth,
and the schooner Watchful ashore at
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 is 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 I'M
rooted and otherwise injured.
The total damage in this city and vi
cinity will aggregate $2,000,O00. All
the wharves along the Nansemond river
have been washed away. The store of
w. Williamson at Sleepy 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,