New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-10
HAVOC CAUSED BY STORM.
DEVASTATION WROUGHT ON SATURDAY
ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE.
MORE THAN FIFTY VESSELS WRECKED AND A
SCORE OF LIVES LosT-mUcH DAMAGE
DONE ON THE LAND ALSO.
'TBr TELEGRAPH TO TIE rEuUNE1

DONE ON THE LAND ALSO.
'(Br TELEGRAPH TO THE TRmUNEl
Baltimore, April o-The latest dispatches from
Norfolk, Fortress Monroe, Cape Henry and other
points along Chesapeake Bay indicate that more
than fifty vessels were wrecked and nearly q
score of lives lost in the recent storm. The Vir.
ginia beach s strewn with wrecks and the shores
Of the Lower Bay are lined with debris from the
craft that foundered No definite information
could be obtained from Cape Henry and along
the coast until last night because Of the prostra-
ton of the wires. To-day, however, details of
the disasters are being received, showing that the
storm did more havoc to shipping than any
previous gale in fifteen years. Many of the small
craft wrecked, however. have not yet been identi-
fed, and che fate Of their crews is unknown. A
schooner was wrecked near Cape Henry and six
or seven men on her were seen from the life-sav.
Ing station TO fal1 exhausted into the sea. The
Bay Line steamer Georgia, which left Baltimore
Saturday night did not reach Norfolk until late
last night and the passengers on board had the
most trying experience Of their lives About
midnight Saturday It was feared that the steamer
would founder. The passengers were paniostrick
en- and the women gathered In the main saloon
and prayed, while the captain and his crew, after
a hard struggle with the elements, finally sue
ceeded in making hafbor in the Rappahannock
River until the worst of the gale was over.
The storm at Old Point was terrific. The wind
blew the water In great sheets against the Hygeia
Hotel unroofed the smaller houses and played
havoc generally. The entire place was flooded.
Saturday night violent gusts Of wind threw great
bodies Of water clear over the dancing pavilion,
and nearly al the windows were burst in. The
gas went out about midnight and the guests were
cropping about until morning with candles, afraid
to remain In bed. About six feet Of water was
In the cellar The waves dashed over the mcat
at Fortress Monroe and broke away great masses
OF solid masonry. The water rose thirteen feet
higher than ever before known, and the place, as
fnr as one could see around, was strewp with
debris. The house Of an army officer, some dis
tanco below the fort which was unroofed on
Saturday night, was surrounded by water six feet
deep, and the family remained all night ex.
peoting every moment to be swept away.
, The steam pilot boat Pilot ran into Old Point
sunday afternoon and reported q number OF YES
seB capSZed In the channel leading ~ Norfolk
All the fish traps were destroyed in the lower
part OF the Potomac. Thore will also be q
severe loss to property-holdors along the river
places there have been sores Of land washed away.
Captain Gourley Of tho steamer Wcstmoreland,
that dES,1 the SS sr, Carolina csBSn
bar and went To pieces. The schooner W. p. Snow
started out nof Of the Pstuxent on Sat;
sSoy. Sy aGF Sn s8ndag near He Msons n essf
a body which is supposed to be one Of
the Shows crew was found on the beach near by.
s sshUOn With S Sr oew
OF four men, was blown out into the
bay Saturday night, and al on board weFs lost:
Island, and the schooner Charles II. Sinickson is
ashore Mt Ocean View. The schooner Hester A.
Waters IS ashore a. Eansenond River, and the
&C the mouth of Nensemond River; the schooner
Evn Osborne at Peg Point, and the schooner
James s. Watson at Western Branch. The
H. Did, Cas-
ssro%S no XIX and dry near West s Noro The
schooner Godfrey is ashore and breaking up IN
Nansemond River. The schooner Carrie May Is
ashore at Western Branch. An unknown schooner
with masts only visible, Is sunk on Ocean View.
Two unknown vessels are ashore south Of smith
field Creek. The long wharf at SewelPs Point is
is ashore between Peg Point and Craney Island
. The Old Dominion steamship Guyandotte re-
ports that when twenty miles of the Virginia
Capes she attempted 20 secure the crew Of four
men lashed 70 the rigging Of an unknown schooner,
but was unsuccessful The mon were so exhausted
that they could not help themselves and perished.
Tho schooner Fairwood, OF Salisbury. is ashore in
Nansemond River, and the schooners J. ". Coving-
ton and Hester A. Waters foundered In Hampton
Roads; the crews Aoated ashore on wreckage
Two unknown schooners arc ashore in York River.
Tho schooner Petrel sunk on Hampton Bar Club
House. The schooners Anrie F. Clark Robert
eay aRS May nS are ashore 1 9bSye 10Y bs BsFssy EatS
All the whArves along the Nnnsemcnd River have
been washed away. The store OF ". Williamson
Woodward, was drowned, Captain u. j. Berche
and two sons, OF Portsmouth, ore reported
drowned IN james River from their vessel.
Many buildings at Ocean View were flown
down The steam tug Ida Is ashore at Ports
mouth. Large portions Of the trestle-work on
the Seaboard and RoanoIro and Atlantic and Dan
Vile Railroads have been washed away. The
Christian Church in Berkeley was blown to
pieces and many houses were Inroofed ana other-
wise injured.
Miles Of the lowlands in Accomac, Nansemond
and Princess Anne counties, Va" were sub
mergdd by the high tides produced by the storms
A number Of colored farmers had their little
frame houses swept away, and several colored
children are reported drowned. AS the wntsrS
rose about their homes the poor creatures oawled
up on the roofs Of their hints wnded In the cold
water MP 10 their waists to the higher hnd;
Hundreds OF cattle, horses and sheep were drowned
and great damage was done TO trucking FARMS