Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-04-09
THE TERRIBLE GALE
Virginia's Beach StreWn With
 Wreckage.
D MANY LIVES LOST.
Dozens of Schooners Totally Wrecked and
 Many More In Distress.

Houses and Churches Bio wn to Pieces and Railroad Bridges and Tracks Washed Away-Four Men Lashed to Rigging Sighted at Sea But Help Uu- availing-The Damage to Norfolk and Surrounding Country Fully S2, 900, 900. NORFOLK, Va, April 9-The terrible 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 lost.
 The four-masted schooner Bergman F. Poole, of Providence. for Baltimore, is ashore near Sea Tack Station. The crew were rescued.
 The schooner Emma F. Hart, from Mas sau for Boston, is ashore five miles south of Cape Henry. The crew were rescued.
 An unknown schooner with both masts gone is ashore three miles south of Sea Tack.
 Ot her crew of five there is said to be only one survivor
 The steamship William Lawrence reports that the schooner Andrew Johnson, of Bal timore for Rio, Is ashore at York river,
 An unknown schooner is ashore off Old Point.
 The steamer Chatham, from Boston, passed, two miles northwest from Cape Henry Lighth ouse, the boom of a schoon- or moored to wreckage.
 An unkown schooner is on Willoughby Point, with the sea breaking over her.
 The schooner Northampton in Cherry stone Creek with crew of four men was blown out into the bay Saturday night and all on board lost
 Schooner w. P. Davis Is beached on Crany Island and the schooner Charles H. Slnnickson 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 Peg Point. The schooners Emily N. Burton and the Rising Sun were thrown up high and and dry near West Norfolk.
 The schooner Godfrey Is breaking up in Nansemond river and the Carrie May is ashore at Western Branch. An unknown schooner with masts only visible is sunk off Ocean View. Two un- known vessels are ashore south of Smith field creek The long wharf at Lawells Point is en- tirely swept away. The Old Dominion steamer Guyandotte reports that when twenty miles off the Vir-
 
 crew of four men lashed to the rigging of an unknown schooner but were unsuccess- full. The men were so exhausted that they | could not help themselves and must have | soon perished. | Many building at Ocean View were blown | down, and the roof of the Princess Anne hotel was blown off. Several local bridges in Portsmouth were carried away The Western Branch draw | bridge is gone. Large portions of the trestle 1 work of the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, l and Atlantic and Danville bridges through out the country have been washed con- pletely y'away. The Christian church in Berkelay was blown to pieces, and many houses were roofed.
 The total damage in this city and vicinity will aggregate g, 100000.
 All the wharves along the Nansemond river have bee washed away. 1 The store of w. Williamson at Sleepy | Hall was demolished and clerk Woodward drowned.
 Captain Elijah J. Berche and two sons, of Portsmouth, are reported drowned from l their vessel.