Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-17
ANOTHER COAST STORM,
The City of Norfolk Again Flooded
Steamers Detained by the Storm.
,ecial to Baltimore SIM. April 1s.

Norfolk Special to Baltimore Sun. April 16.
Last night the steamer Jane Moseley, for
Washington, did not attempt TO make her trip,
and the Bay Line steamer Carolina also re-
manned at her dock in this city, where ther
continue tied up. The northeaster banked the
water up in the harbor to-day and flooded tn @
wharyes and many of the streets near the river
| and creeks, doing much damage. Another Sc
we're northeast gale ragged here all last night
and to-day and continues tonight. the velocity
of the wind being 60 miles on the coast and IS
here. The government wires are down again
all along the coast. and nothing can be heard
from that section. The steamer Accomac. of
the Old Dominion Line. broke her shaft this
morning about two miles from Smithfield
while coming to Norfolk. and went
ashore IN the storm. The Old Dominion
steamship Roanoke. which was to have sailed
yesterday, did not get away from her dock and
is still there. She has large number of
passengers on board, among them a theatrical
company. The Magenta, from Newport News,
came in behind time. after a rough passage
across the roads, and remained in port this
morning. The Richmond steamer Ariel left
on time. and when last seen was heading across
the roads for the mouth of James river. The
Bay Line steamer Georgia. due here this morn
ing. has not arrived. and has probably made n
harbor on her way down. which it is also
Washington. There was no communication
with Cape Charles city this morning.
WRECKS.
Capt Keene. of the tug Luther C. Ward now
in port, reports that Thursday last. about noon.
mile southeast of Five Fathom Shoal, passed
the wreck of a schooner with her stern slightly
out OF water and one mast standing. There was
nothing to indicate what vessel it was. but he
Is of the opinion that it is the wreck of the
schooner Ruth Darling sunk by collision with
the Old Dominion steamship Wyanoke. March
%, a few miles from the spot where the wreck
was seen. The Ruth Darling was loaded with
molasses. and it is probable that she partially
Heated as soon as her cargo washed out The
tug Frank A. Low, Capt. Roper. came up this
morning from Hampton Roads, having on
board seven men, the crew and passengers of
the sloop Empire, which went ashore last night
at Pigs Point The sloop has since gone to
pieces. On her way up, off Lambert's Point
the ting picked up an abandoned sloop, name
obllterated, with one anchor out. The sloop
was towed to West Norfolk and made fast in
place of safety.
DAMAGE FROM THE HIGH TIDES.
The water in the neighborhood of Wallace
ton, on the DismalSwamp canal, is higher than
ever known. The Dover farm is entirely sub
merged and the potato crop on this farm will
probably be total loss. The farms on the
east side of the canal are not suffering quite so
much The canal bank is overlooking for
miles each way. The mail-carrier from South
Mills to Portsmouth was unable to proceed
further than Wallaceton. The road on the
canal bank is impossible, and probably will be
for some weeks In several parts of the city
the driving rain has beaten into stores. neces-
stating a removal of goods. The rain has also
played destruction i'll the Masonic temple and
Odd Fellows Hall, which were unroofed in the
gale of the 9Th. 1t is probable the truckers in
this vicinity viii sustain additional loss from
the floods of waters. II is feared that there
viii be considerable destruction to life and
property along the coast.