Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-11
DOWN BY THE SEA.
MORE REPORTS or DAMAGE BY sAruR-
DAYS GREAT STORM.
The Pensacola Pumped cut--Repairing
Bridgss--canocs and Their Crews MISS
ing-Many Wrecks.
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Tbs wary NJ humping cut the sunken war
ship Pensacola was completed to-day ~ ,no
wreckng- steamer Victoria Peed- Iho snip VIZ M
be taken out OF the dry-dock to-day nv sn
dock pumped out, after which she wiz p,,srs
piaced and her repairs proceeded WITH. DL ,i
examined every part OF the bottom OF VIC H nv
Yesterday and cay that abe Is not hurt muyn. NO
shoe not being broken as reported. ExReIonsJ,a
ship builders say tho sinking OF tne sii ,he
will bsnent tho SHIP really As 1t exposes aIa VIZ
weak places OF her hull and enables zoe nV ~
men TO greatly strengthen her. IL WIZ 20 az ~
possible, however, 70 get her 70 sea uA'N WIG
summer. =, ,-orb
to-day ompfying the simpson dry-dock, ana W
expected 10 clear the dock OF WAFER W lIIu ',S
night The stoam frH-engines OF forSmou.n
arc at work clearing the simpson dock PUMP
house. The naval ordnance depot at ~ heieha
poInG AVID tho naval magazines at Craney lsIshu
we're damaged by the storm. IL VIII coy W.
5000 10 repair the damages AZ the reNal ho e,kt
Fort Woods PARK cannot be replaced IN gene
ration.
The costly drswbridge over the western brsncn
20 Churchlsnd caanOt be replaced IN tnioo
months, and the bridges higher up WIZ % sey,
eral weeks repairing. Boats are now used ana
teams are idle. Largo gangs are AZ Work re-
placing the tollbridges Of this section sai 70.
pairine the damages along the railroads ana az
The Giimerton locks Of the Dismal swamp canal a..
The c0ual was paNiiS "oSA0N -
A big crew OF wreckers and vessel-ownerS
hands ccnunue at work getting anoat mo sSy ,
Of vessels STRANDED on the shores Oh Tue nai 80,
ana creeks and repairing damages. WINE tne
ship-ysrd and mill and Iumber-men nave .neII
gafgs busy amongst the wreckage OF the SHORES
identifying and recovering their property
CANOES MISSING.
Five canoes left Crttenden's creek, IN Isle OF
Wight county, on Saturday afternoon. ana NO
thing has been heard OF any Of the crews slnce;
One Of the GAUGES that started cut with crew OF
three men has been found bottom up, Dut mere
was no trace OF the men. The canoes are tnougnt
10 have been about the middle OF james river. az
Cruisers Roc, when the storm broke. and theIe
can be but liliie doubt but that they we're losL
On the Virginia coast the wrecks OF the schOon-
ors Emma +. Hart and Northampton are ge.ns
20 pieces. The schooner Is. +. Poole Is Wen ao"n
in the sand, but eau DO dug out and launcned'
The achooner John s. Wood, Captain }. Il: NOR
ris, loaded with lumber from Pensacoia 70 fIl'n,
delphia, ia ashore A. Wash Woods, eun Nessel
aud cargo n total loss. Tho crew saved. Inc
shin Alice NJ Mtnett is anchored on Pea isisnl
IN distress with masts and eaiis blown away.
schooner loaded with lumber is ashore AZ rag
Head, Crew saved and vessel and cargo q to'si
loss. An unknown schooner II ashore near oufrl-
tucs inlet As the Government wires coounuo
down slong the coast no particulars can De Cd
timed beyond Cape Henry station.
NARROw ESCAPE.
Tho schooner Wave OF Wye. Captain Carter
OF this city, Is ashore on Pagan Greek Point
james river, and tho weasel Is totAl wreck;
There were seventeen men on board. ana all
narrowly escaped drowning in getlng ashore.
Captain Carter reports thirteen houses on inc
Uoini 20 totally destroyed In the blow, ana that
a large amount of live stock persisted.
In Automatic sound the schooner Maggie
Eta. Captain Pierson, loaded with corn, and
bound 70 Murfreosboro'. sunk during the storm.
and vessel and cargo Is lost Tho crew reached
the shore after being swsmpod IN her SKID. n
large saw-mill on NoTbfgum creek belonging
TO Mrs Sample was blown down by tho storm
and wrecked. The blow on the sound was very
disastrous 10 the fishermen.
FINAECIAILY HUMID.
Severe IA we're the losses in the two cities, the
damage was comparaoly less man IN thecoun-
ties contiguous to crops, property, ana SUCK.
Most of tho growing crops we're reseoa up OF
blown down. Farmers coming In from N9nso-
mCnd report themselves financially ruined late
Implanted crops a total loss, fields covered win
sand aud mud, damage 10 barns aud houses
dreadful, bridges and fences gone, and roans
block aded and impossible In every direcuon,
Atnoon to-day tie United States training-ship
jamestown went into commission at the navy
yard aud Commander Benjamin Z. Lamperton
took command. The crew and naYal-appren-
tices on board the Constellation were transferred
to the Jamestown which ship is now taxing on
stores and awaiting orders from Washington.
The Constellation came up from Hampton Roads
yesterday afternoon and will ne out here Tor tho
summer cruise OF tue iuluhhlHuItus
Lieutenant Commander A. j. lverson reported
at the yard to-day TO command the dispatch
steamer Fortune.
Rov. A. z. owen, D. d., pastor OF Court-Sreet
Baptist church. Portsmouth, has gone 10 Powha-
tan county. Rev. j. Calvin stewart Of the
Fourth Presbyterian church, Richmond, IL as
sisting in a series Of ceilings at Colley-Memorlal
church at Atlantic city.
Bishop White coBnrmed sixteen persons at
the churches in Portsmouth last night and yes
terday morning.
Every vestige OF the old Confederate batteries
at Craney Island were washed away by the storm.
BODY FOUND-CATTLE DROwsED-oTHEB STORM
NOTES.
Especial telegram 10 the Dispstch.l
NORFOLK, VA, April l0-The crew Of Little
Island Life-SRying Station. No. 4, found the body
Of Elijah j. Lawson on the beach this morning.
Two hundred and six dollars we're found on his
person. lie was from CheTystone, Va, and
captain Of the fshing-schoonsr Northampton.
lost last Sunday. Nate John Parks and Seaman
William Brown, OF the schooner, were the other
men drowned, and John Moody. colorod sea-
man. escaped 10 the shore. Mr.. Isaac Lawson,
the father Of Captain Lawson, arrived here To-
day and will carry the body Of his son home To-
Reports from Pocosin state that heavy dam
ages are 70 be recorded in that vicinity, not loss
that $50 head Of cattle besides hogs sheep. pouI'
try, &C., were lost. and many acres OF land have
been covered with sand. At Buckroe beach tue
men who were Just recovering from tho effect oil
the previous gale lost everything. The bugeye
Fobel. Captain Eaton, is ashore on Craney
Island. The schooner r. G. Terry, which went
ashore at false Cape station in tho latter part Of
March. was driven about eighty feet further up
by the late storm.
The oyster schocners allud 81 10 as having
sailed from YORK river for New York previous TO
the storm we're the Annie s. Carl Sophia Bate
man, Amelia and Grace Bailey. News from them
Is looked for with anxiety.
At Ocean View there il not baih-houso or q
boat-house left anywhere on the beach.
The Princess Apne peach crop-the earlier
varieties which have already bloomed-will
prove nearly total loss in Consequence Of the
blooms having been whipped of by the gale.
The SeAmen's Friend Society sent 70 Bait-
more by tho Bay Line steamer three Austrian
eGilors from a schooner wrecked near Craney
Island; nve men Of the crow OF the schooner
Emma 4. Hart, wrecked al Virginia Beach, were
sent oil TO Boston by the Merchants and Miners
Line by the same society.