The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-09-19


:raft had begun to break up and sink The
large Wallace, OF Ph4ad slphia. and the
la sc St Cloud, OF Bath, have gone to
pieces, and great anxiety is fe concern
ng the fate of their crews. They carried
i've men each, and 1t IL feared they are lost
Ataaylight the life-saving crew rescued
she steward OF the Mira A. Reed and his
wife from the rigging. The two had lashed
themselves in the rigging on Tuesday
evening They had only been married
.hree weeks, and the voyage was
,heir wedding trip The night was full
ot terror for the sailors. for they
perished Utmost within call OF hundreds of
| willing men who were unable to help them.
The vessels We're tossed about at the mercy
of the elements, and when they went
ashore and the crews attempted to escape
he angry waves caught them in their em-
brace ana hurried the poor fellows to
wateiy graves
The schooner A. l. Snow Of Taunton,
Mass, probably from Philadelphia was dis
covered this afternoon between the Brown
shoals and the Brandywine by tug Tie
schooner was in u fair condition II, though
she had been abandoned The tug pas ell
ap and down repeatedly and " histied. but
there was no response OF any kind from
u
,f nine. 20 truce OF the crew has been dis
covered
The water lies in q basin five feet deep
;he whoe length of the meadows. Broad
Hill creek has bro.dened into an arm OF
he bay. HIghcnyille. settlement of
pilots ana fishermen on the beach, 10 sur
rounded by water. Most of the families
! left the tra:ne houses OF the settlement
Wedncs,i ~ night. but a few stick 10 their
homes in the very teeth OF the sea and gale.
WILMI> g ON. Del Sept l5.-Adyices re-
seived here state that the three -mas.ed
schooner ashore a, Slaughter Beach. Del !,
Is the Orlie and Brisk. from CumLes Falls
Mex, New York to Philadelphia. to load
with il, comm: nded by john Richardson
All hand were saved, but the vessel is n
total loss. The schooner Belle. OF Dover, is
:, also ashore. loaded with sugar for Milford
! Del The schooner Ella i mpson went
ashore near Hog Island Wcdnes lay night,
and will be n total loss Specials state
that three echooners and four bargss
went down near Brandywine shoals
They were close to tho schooner
E. and I. Bryan. and all Oh board
were LOST. The Laiges were loaded
with coal from Philadelphia. The estimate
Of loss On tn, abo,c vessel is thirty nine
lives The pilot boat L. ". Tunnell, of
Lewes left last SUNDAY. and has not been
heard of since. she had four pilots on
board and a crew Of eigh: men. The New
Jersey pilot boa Edmunds was blown
acrcs, the bay and grounded on the Jersey
coast.
Adviccs by wire from Breakwater say
that the storm is slowly abating. but the
waves arr dashing 20 high that the stranded
vessels AZ going to pieces. The bark Dor
tis Ecko.s went ashore loaded with rail
road cars amt machinery iron the Harlan
Holing swnrth Company, of Wilmington.
The carg, is valued ut sa,.,0o, and the ycs-
sci was bound for Rio Janeiro Fifty YES
sels are now safe in Breahwater. Reports
Of damages all along the coast are con-
hrmeu
! NEW YoEK, $ pit. Il All the t:ansat-
tantic and coast steamers arriving here
have the san story to tell OF terrific seas
met in iha p, ,ogress The Ward line steam.
sr Columbia, from Havana is pow three
lays owe, ..ue. and considerable anxiety is
felt In shipping etc es here for
tie vessel safety. The Steamer
t'ity of Lame. which arrived from
Liverpool, III It the steamer Ar .ona hence
for I.iverl ce!. on Tuesday af .ernoa,i, AM!
took off Pilot jacob lockmann, who
brought IL e ity OF Rame into port. The
National line steamer England, from Liver
pool. reports that she was struck by the
storm Tne',d evening. The wind and sea
were terrbl, Oac OF her tircmen was
| washed o,rl boad. The steamer was al
most turned over by the combined force o.
| the wind anc sch. She careened over until
the tips of her yards dipped into the water.
CAPE MAJ COURTHOUSE. n! j.. >cnL l3 =
Eleven HOUSES and raviiions have been
destroyed here and the storm continues
| The Wildwood Hotel at Wildwood is a
total loss and part OF tho sea wall is gone.
| sea Isle City, Ocean CITY and Avalon are
cut OF fiosr communication. 1t is be-
| tieved that lownsend's Inlet drawbri:lge
| and several cottages ut Sea Isle were de-
| stroyed. -:
sMisBrLY, Nd, Sept l3-Rerorts. gre
| Just comiAg in from Wiconieo CQ1nty.
| They show o rreat deal of damage. THE
fruit crop is ruined All the apples ard
pears have bcen blawn oil the trees, and hi
many cases the orchards are tern up. The
farmers suffer heavily through Frustrated
| fencing, aud tho blowing away OF stacks OF
hay and fodder.
! ATLANTIC CRY. N. j.. Sept. Is This city
Is still isolated, with six miles of raging sea
cutting of ull communication with the out
side world 1ha water has spread itself IN
every direction through the city and l.
| pouring tsirsug:. ,yery avenue. The drink
Ing water s,rp. bs failed and the rest