Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-09-18
THE STOEAI-SWEIrT REGION.

craft had begun to break up and sink. The
barge Wallace, OF Philadelphia, and the
barge St Cloud, OF Bath, have gone to
pieces, and great anxiety is fe concern
ing the fate Of their crews. They carried
five men each and it is feared they are lost
At raylight the lifc-saving crew rescued
the steward of the Mira 4 Reed and his
wife from the rigging. The two had lashed
themselves in the rigging on Tuesday
evening. They had only been married
three weeks, and the voyage was
their wedding trip The night was full
of terror for the sailors, for they
persisted almost Within cali Of hundreds Of
willing 1nen who were unable to help them
The vessels were tossed about at the mercy
of the elements, and when they went
ashore and the crews attempted to escape
the angry waves caught them in their en-
bruce and hurried the poor fellows to
waCelS graves
The schooner n. L. Snow. of Taunton,
Mas, probably from Philadelphia, was dis
covered this afternoon between the Brown
shoals and the Brandywine by a tug The
schooner was in fair condition, though
she had been abandoned. The tug passed
ny and down repeatedly and whistled, but
there was no response OF any kind from
the schooner: She probably carried a crew
o. Ilnc. NO Truce Oh LOS Gre" mas DcG0 CHS.
covered
The water lies in u basin five feet deep
the whole length of the meadows Broad
Hill creek has broadencd into an arm of
the bay. Hughenville, u settlement of
pilots and fishermen on the beach, is sur
rounded by water. Most OF the families
left the frame houses OF the settlement
Wednesday night, but few stick to their
homes in the very teeth Of the sea and gale
W1La2INc;t ION, Del Sept l3.-Advices re-
ceived here state that the three-masted
schooner ashore at Slaughter's Beach, Del,
is the Ocrie and Brisk, from Cunbes Falls,
Mex, New York to Philadelphia, to load
with Gil, commanded by john Richardson
All hands were saved, but the vessel is
total loss. The schooner Belle, OF Dover, Is
also ashore, loaded with sugar Tor Milford.
Del The schooner Ella Il. mpson went
ashore near Hog Island Wednesday night,
and will be u total loss Specials state
that three schooners and four barges
went down near Brandywine shoals
They were close to the schooner
+. and L. Bryan, and all on board
were lost The barges we're loaded
with coal from Philadelphia. The estimate
OF loss on the above vessel is thirty-nino
lives. The pilot boat L. W. Tunnel, Of
I.ewes, left last Sunday. and has not been
heard OF since. She had four pilots on
board and 4 crow OF eight men, The New
Jersey pilot boat Ednlunds was blown
across the bay and grounded on the Jersey
coast.
Advices by wiro from Breakwater say
that the storm is slowly abating, but the
waves are dashing so high that the stranded
vessels are going to pieces. Tho bark Dor
ris Eckntf Went ashore loaded with rail-
| g. HoltinGswortl Company, Of Wilmington.
| The cargo is valued ut so, 900, and the YES
! sci was bound for Rio Janeiro Fifty ves-
sells arc now safe in Broakwatar. Reports
! OF damage all along the coast arc con-
| firE.ed.
! NEW York, SPIT, Is. All tho transat.
lantto and coast steamers arriving here
havo the same story to toll OF terrific seas
met in the progress The Ward line steam
or Columbia, from Havana, is now three
| days overd due, and considerable anxiety is
felt i'll shipping ci,ces here for
the vessels safety. Tho Steamer
City Of Rome which arrived from
liverpool met che steamer Ar zona, hence
for liverpool, on Tuesday afternoon, and
took OFT Pilo6 Jacob Locknlann. who
brought the City of Rome into port The
National limo steamer England, from Liver
| poOl, iepoI0A tllat Sne WIS Sbillch " etIo
storm Tuesday evening The wind and sea
were terrible, One al hor tiremen was
washed overheard. The steamer was al
most turned over by tho combined force Of
the wind and sea- She carcened over until
the tips Of her yards dipped into the water
CAPE MAY CoUHr- lousE, N. j., eept Ii =
Eleven houses and payilons have been
DESTROYED here and the storm continues
The Wildwood Hotel at Wildwood - .
total loss and part OF the sea wall Is gone
i cut off from communication. IL is be-
i Aeved that Townsend's Inlet drawbrilge