Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-14
DOING HEROIC WORK.
The Life-Saving Crews Along
the Atlantic Have Their
Hands Full.
A Hospital Dashed From Its
Moorings-Sent Spinning
Down Stream.

ton OF the storm ON the Atlantic coast
The storm center is at Norfolk where it has
been since Tuesday morning. High north
easterly winds still prevail on the New Eng
land coast with q maximum velocity o.
~thirty.four miles per hour at Boston and
ffty.two miles at Block Island. On the
Virginia and North Carolina coast the
winds are blowing. twenty-six to thirty
miles Der hour from the northwest. High
winds on the coast win continue during
the day.
New YoRK, September IA weather
prophet here is out with the statement
that by 6 o'clock this evening New Workers
will lave seen the last Of the big storm.
LEwEs, September 12.-Three schooners
were lost ontside the capes. A colored
man and a German have come ashore as
the survivors from these wrecks. They
we're on q raft from s pm. Monday to 9 q.
N. yesterday. The other fifteen who com
posed the crews OF the schooners are given
up for lost.
ATLANTIC Cry, N. j., September 12.-It
will take months for this city to recover
from the loss the storm caused. The wind
still blows 81 to 40 miles per hour and is
still raging. The beach tides have not been
80 large to-day and consequently are unac.
companied by further damage. The mead
ows are still under three or four feet OF
water.
LEwEs, September 12.-No language can
picture the terrible scene along the coast.
The wind is blowing almost a hurricane,
driving the rain with q force that cuts like
hail. Half q mile of the beach between
town and the coast is q tossing ocean,
with wrecks in every wave. Through q
mist OF spray the tattered sails and naked
masts of q score of dismantled vessels are
dimly seen. Monday night the storm ragged
without abatement. Yesterdays la wn
showed q hundred vessels which had sought
the refuge of the breakwater. The sea
broke over the breakwater with unchecked
force. The station was carried away. A
big fog bell was rushed shoreward sweeping
away the steamboat pier. The piers OF
Brown & Co., and Lace Brothers gave
away and were swept to sea. The United
States marine hospital was dashed from
it's moorings and sent spinning down the
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feet above high water mark, was flooded
and the foundations undermined.
HUGHEYvLLE, September 12.-The sub
urb between the town and the beach is sub.
merged and it's 200 inhabitants fed for life,
leaving all their possessions behind. The
first BOAT came ashore at 8 a. m. Then
came another and another. The l~ife-saving
crew was reinforced by that OF Henlopen
and Echo crews. Both crews went to work
- I--- ,-xnnns~rIv avaN
since. The crews on every vessel that
struck was taken of by these daring men
and not q life was lost.
In all twenty-seven vessels came ashore
here. A vessel sunk of Brown shoals and
all her crew was drowned but two who got
ashore on q ralt. Another vessel sunk on
Shears shoals. It Ia not known whether
the crew escaped. The total number OF
lives lost will probably exceed forty. Fiveo OF
the eight men who composed the crew OF the
e. and L. Bryan persisted where the vessel
struck on Brandywine shoals. The mate
and two seamen caught to q spar and
drifted all night. At daybreak the others
discovered one Of the sailors dead body
still dashed to q SPAR. The two survivors
were picked up by a tug and brought
ashore. There is great concern over the
crew Of the pilot boat Ebe Tunnel. She
put out to sea Monday, and has not been
heard from. Pilots John Barnes. Lewis
Bertrand and James Rowland, Berry
Hickman and a crew Of eight men were on
board. The New Jersey pilot boat Ed.
mund was blown across the bay and lies
on the Jersey coast with it's sails in tat.
tiers. An unknown schooner is ashore at
Elchobots and the coast for miles down is
reported strewn with wrecks.
New YORK, September 12.-It is rumored
that q large sound steamer is on the rocks
near Fort Schuyler. Nothing definite can
be learned as yet.
LEwEs, September 12.-There has been
no communication with Long Point and
great anxiety is felt for the safety OF the
residents.
NEW YORK. September 12.-The steamer
Columbia from Havana Is three days over.
due and the owners are anxious.
10 shipping circles all sorts OF rumors are
flying around OF marine disaster. Many
belated vessels came in this morning with
tales OF high seas and terrible weather. A
report from quarantine shows that many
vessels are anchored of there. The man
of-war Atlantic, which left Brooklyn navy
yard the fore part OF this week and was
given up as lost by the newspapers, passed
out this morning.
ATLANTIC CRY, September 12.-There
were exciting scenes during the storm Tues
day morning. Summer visitors became
panic stricken, rushed hall clad from the
hotels to the railroad Gepots and tumbled
pell NELL into the cars and forced the train /
men to make up the trains. Fully four
train loads were made up with locomotives
and started for the mainland. They went
slowly, for the water was several feet deep |
over the tracks and the waves dashed
against the car windows smashing them in
and ~drenching the occupants. Finally it
was evident that the mainland could not |
be reached and the trains started back. |
They had only gone a shsrt distance when
the fires in the locomotives were extin-
guished and the trains brought to a stand
still in the midst of the raging waters.
the scene was indescribable till the relief
engines finally arrived and succeeded after
much difficulty in dragging the trains to a
place OF safety. Late Tuesday night, the
whistle OF q steamer was heard and she
went aground. but the waves were 30 great
the life saving crew could do nothing to.
ward rescue. It is supposed that she has
gone to pieces and all drowned. Wreckage
came ashore yesterday bearing the name
"Philadoux."
ATLANTA Cry, September IL. - Five
coaches OF q train loaded with people left
for the main land this morning. The water
10 still SO high it almost reached the fires
IN hhe engines. rlfCeen JnOu6an0 people L
will leave here to day and tomorrow.
AsBURY PARK, N. j.. September 12.-The
storm is still raging heavily along the
coast. At 10 o'clock the rain was falling
in torrents. /,
New YORK, N. Y, September lathe
storm is still raging with Increased vio-
lence along the lower Hudson. Corn and
crops have been laid low and
ruined. Fruit trees are suffering great
damage. \
CAPE MAY Court HOUSE, N. j., Septem.
Der lathe storm in this vicinity is the
worst known since the blizzard. No lives
have been lost, but the following proper :
were destroyed: Meech's house and ;.
Duboise cottage, Rodgers house /, !,
and pavilion, Burke's two houses and the ! !
houses OF DR.. Hutchinson, Needham and !
Babcock. More may go il the storm :
continues. At Wildwood the Wild. 9
wood hotel is a total loss and 9
OF the sea wall is gone. c
It thsse points. Also Sea Isle City, Ocean u
and other places are cut off from CON-. !,
both by railroad and tele- !
raph, and the extent OF damage at the .
after place can only be surmised. Report 9
avs Townsend's inlet drawbridge and sew. 9,
ral coffa0oe Of Gao ToIo have hoan Ia 81