The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-13
WRECK AND RUIN.
Additional Particulars eff
the Damage Done.
#ogsr sroEx OF sasr rnsas
hse Coast ssrewu With Wrecks
sass"er Resorts Annihsias~a-
Masy live. Lost

-kNtst ete' l--No aza-zlase can x.{s.-
Ire The ferri5le seon.s slssss sss essss,.
The wind Is blowing almost a hurrEesos.
driving the rain vita q force tast euss ike
hall The halt miie beach Of sand l.ssu.se.,
the town snd the cosss IL q tossing .oces,,.
tearing sreek.ss on every wsve. Through
a 70 Isl of spray storm sa.fer~f ssif< nra
nsksd masss oI = scsarc of sseeertssi, Ills.
maniaea vessels sre aiwls seen
AohiAy aSgat TIE storm PACED withoaf
aDsss azstat- Yesterdays dAsm shazxa .
hanorec vessels which had sought refuge
Inside OF the oreskwaser. Tee refuge VAS
insufficient Fly II o'eloek tue SEA broke
over the hfesk sfsr, wrecaesi hsa Tel. rrs,Tsh
stsisssn aud carried sssy the big ts.s h<.sl
l. rushed saeFswari, sweeping swAy ihe
The piers Of Brown 4 Co. and Lace
bTotns r. gave way. snd were sweet 10 sea
Ee United afss MRTiae hospital pss
dssrei from It's mssoriass aud sent spiu.
ming sosu ras bsara
fae Jones lie-sasiRg station, forty feet
atoye ni2n water marx, was aaade.i and
ihe foeucsilon unde mined
ifsrec selooners were lost outside the
cspSs> eoi01ed naan aud ssermsn have
coh1e ashore ~ survivors from these
srs4 ks. They were on Fafr from 5 u. M.
Monday Til a. N. yestessisv. The othe,
nftsen who composed the crews ~ tnese
=
LIVES, Del. sept. l2.--The crew OF the
tug A. L. Tuckeabsek, which han las,
sfoT gside the schooner Kate L. Morse all
night, sacces-sci taiS morning In taking
he crew OF the latter vessel. nine ia uu =
oer, on board snd Afterwards brought them
10 This place
Tae SC soorer was blown oa to Hawks
Nest shore about p, m. Monday. tn.
csew took IN the rigging, where they re-
maiaed esinglng Ia the ropes for nearly
forty hours. The men were nearly ex
naasted when rcscaed and could nst have
lasted much longer. Ii was i'm possible Tor
TIE tug To approach T. { stranded schooner
@ithin several yards and the anen In the
rigging were directed Ia jump overheard
As u man struck the watel Il rope would ae
thrown over 10 him aud be would he lifted
sbsard The tug. After ge,ti gall oa bsarsi
me Iaskeahaeh brought them 10 this
elty
SSortly after the Morse went on shore a
schooner, supposed TO be tie NaltsrF
Parker, sis0 grounded within th.rty sari.
tse Morse. -ne soon broke mp. Those
~ the Morse saw her crew arosa oIe by
que. Tbs Morse Is tsssl wreck
l.ss -, Dest, sept =. II is known def
aitely 'tis event z that HI "a the pgeseas
'aege sre twelve deaths as tht. result OF tet
devastating storm The ms4e III the un-
fortunate J. l.. Bryan told YESTERDAY OF the
oiag dawn II the Kate 4. Morse, Of uaih,
II :, ana tsse " alts +. fakef, OF pkiiatei-
pbis.
This afternoon the intelligence comes
thst Captain Tracy aud crew nf six men
had fouad their last resting = ace in the
otssn Ills story OF two Uights on the Morse
snd Parker Is one Of suffering and despsir
The storm increased ia yiolen aud
II seefned as If the beats woald
stay on deck were abandoned and the
men on both boats strapped themselves IN
the rigging and resigned themselves to
their tate. All "Wednesday afternoon and
highs. aud until noon today, th.y re
mained bound to the rigging. Wednesday
night the storm howlcd and beat against
them
Those on the Parker took 10 the rigging
several hours before those on the Morse.
and late last night, by their cries, it was
evident they were suffering terribly
EsTly this morning every man on both
-hips wac almost dumb from exposure, and
almost stiff from suffering. Finally those
on ths Parker could stand il no logger,
and the crew of the Morse saw one of the
meu tear away the cords that houud him,
and with yeil coasign himself 10 a wa.
tery grave. Ia few minuses al other
another and anoth'r. Until the
sst man was seen Ia throw himself
overheard and Gissppear in the angry
b,ifoxs
Those OF the NJ orse were horror r-stFicken
al tue signt they were compelled 10 Vie IS.
The impression VAS forced Gu the
observers that unless help soon
came they wou!d have 10 put an
I nd 10 their suserings In the same WAY as
the other eoal's crew. The captain of the
Morse kept up his courage. and frequently
urzed the men 10 keep up heart. as he
still hsd confidence aid wonid soon come |
The first gieam of hope occurred this
morning when t'aD.sin Wifffamsof,iS tno
saw The flag OF distrtss fifiag, and nj
once began making desperate efforts 70
reach The Morse, but it was soon evident
he was unable to do IL. The sailors were
almost exhausted. aud just before be had
hove In sight several of the men had
made ready 10 throw themselves over
hosr1 Just rs they were sboat 10 do so. !
some one threw a line with a buoy
10 the schsoner aud Que by one they
jumped into he sCa aud were pulled |
aboard the tug. When the last man was
on beard sll were taken ta the engine
room Of The tue. As soon ~ they left the
Morse she broke up and in q short time
nothing of her remained
lEwEs, Sept II The rain has erased
ard there is . moderate eRstesly wind with
a cloudy sky tonight. Liicsayfng crews
have scaed 10 Eorsons ia all from
twenty-f0ur vessels.
Iafer-ID addition to these previously
lost there Is news tonight 81 the Wraek ui
the schooner V. o. snow, If Taunton.
Mss. ireE phiisdeiphis, eoal laNea. with
tne lnss of eli on boarf. vine persons