Evening journal., 1889-04-09
the DISASTROUS STORM.
Terrible storyofHavoc Along
the Coast.
THE BEAcHsrREwNwITH WRECKS

many Lives Lost and Large Number Of
vessels Driven Ashore or Dashed to
Pieces-rhe Damage at Norfolk Esti-
2 mated at Se,ooo,ooo.
BAMrmoRE. April 9.--The Americans spe-
gale is at an end The weather last night
was bright and crispy, but Virginia beach is
strewn with wrecks and many lives have
been lest The four mas.ei schooner Berry
man T. Poole, Of Providencs, for Baltimore,
is ashore near Sea Tack Station. The crew
were rescued The schooner Emma It. Hart,
from Nassau fer Boston, is ashore five miles
south Of Cape Henry. The crew were rescued
by the Sea Tack Life Saving Station crew
with the breeches buoy. An unknown
schooner with both masts gone is ashore
three miles south Of Sea Tack. or her crew
OF five there is said to be only one survivor.
The steamship William Lawrence reports
that the schooner Andrew johnson, OF Balti-
more, for Rio, is ashore at York river An
unknown schooner is ashore off Old Point.
The steamer Chatham, from Boston, passed
house the boom Of a schooner moored to
sreckage. An unknown schooner is on viii
oughby Point, with the seas breaking over
her. The schooner Northampton, in Cherry
stone creek, with crew Of four men. wns
blown out into the bay Saturday night and
all on board lost. The schooner w r. Davis
is beached on Crany Island and the schooner
Charles IL Sinnickson is ashore at Ocean
View The schooner Hester A. Waters is
ashore at Nansemond river ana the schooner
George W. Coyington has gone TO pieces at
the mouth Of the Nansemond river The
schooners Eva Osborne and James S. Watson
are ashore at Peg Point The schooners
Emily n Burton and the Rising sun were
shrown up high ahd dry near West Norfolk
The eschooner Godfrey is breaking up lin Nanse-
mond river and tho Carrie May is ashore at
Western Branch. An unknown schooner with
masts only visible is sunk of Ocean View
Two unknown vessels are ashore south of
Smithiield Creek The long wharf at Sawells
Point is entirely swept away. An unknown
schooner is ashore Letween Pigs Point and
Crany Island The old Dominion steamer
Gnyandotte reports that when twenty miles
off the Virginia capes she attempted to secure
the crew OF four men lashed TO the rigging
OF an unknown schooner but was unsuccess-
ful The men were so exhausted that they
could not help themselves and must have
soon perished
The schooners James Boyce and Charles II.
Briggs were badly damaged at Lambers'
Point The schooner Fairwood Suffolk, Of
Salisbury, Md, is ashore in Nansemont river,
and the schooners John w. Covington and
Hester A. Waters foundered in Hampton
Roads. The crews foated ashore on wreck
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York river. The schooner Petrol is sunk on
Hampton Many buildings at Ocean View
were blown down, and the roof Of the
Princess Ann hotel blew Off The steam tug
Ida is ashore at Portsmouth and the schooner
Natchful ashore at Pillner's Point.
The front Of the naval hospital grounds
was seriously washed and damaged. Several
local bridges in Portsmouth were. carried
away. The Western branch drawbridce is
gone Large portions of the trestle wurlrof
the Seaboard and Roapoke railroad and At
lantic and Danville railroad bridges through
out the county have been washed away The
Christian church in Berkeley was blown to
pieces, and many houses were uuroofed and
otherwise injured. The schooners Annie II.
Clark Robert Healy and Mary A. Irving are
ashore above Berkeley Flats The schooner
Anna is sunk Off the flats
The total damage in this city and vicinity
viii aggregate S2,OO0,O0O. All the wharves
along the Nansemond river have been wash
ed away The store OF w. Williamson at
Sleepy Hall was demolished and Clerk
Woodward drowned.
Capt Elijah J. Berche and two sons arere-
ported drowned from their vessel
The teamer Georgia which left Norfolk
on Friday night put into the Rappahannock
for safety, but returned here late tonight
with her joiner work badly strained and the
vessel is otherwise injured There was
panic among her pa.sengers on Saturday
night
PORT ROYAL, S. c., April 9-The steamer
State Of Texas, from New York, which has
arrived here picked up Off Frying Pan
shoals the captain and crew Of the bark Al
batross which was cut adrift in storm by
the tug Alexander James, from New York
for Wilmington