Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-04-12
ECHOES OF THE STORM
The Atlantic Coast StreEn with
Wreckase and Many Ltves
Lost.
n
Vessel After Vessel Reported Ashore:
or sunk-Gseat Damage to =
&Whaxves.
The Loss Of Property In the Vicinity Of
Norfolk Will Amount 10 More
Than 81; e0e, 900.

BARRYMORE, April V.-The Amesican'l
special from Norfolk. Va, says:> The
terrible gale il at an end. The weather
tonight is bright and crispy, but vir.
ginia Beach iss6fown with wrecks, and
many lives have been lost. The four
,nasted schooner Bertyman r. Poole, Of
Providence; for Baltimore, is ashore near
szsatank atation. The crew wezs rescued.
The schooner Emma r. Hart, from
Nassau for Boston, is ashore i've miles
south Of Cape Henry. The crew. were
rescued by the Zatack life-saving station
with the breeches buoy. An unknow. ii
schooner with both masts gone is ashore
three miles south Of. Zatack. OF her
crew ofifive Hlesetis seia 10 be only one
survivor. The stsa11shsp William Laws
renee reports that the schooner Andrew
johnson, Of Baltimore, for Rio, is ashore
ut York River. An unknown steamersis
ashore OF Old Point. The steamer Chat
ham, from Boston, passed two Kniles
northwest from Cape Henry lighthouse
the boom Of q schooner moored to wreck.
age. An unknown schooner is on Viii
over her. The schooner lNo6tl bto1,
in Cherrystone creeak with cie~ Of foiar
men, was blown out into the bay Satrr-
9ay night and all on board lost.
Schooner W. p. Davis is beached on
Crany Island, and the schooner Charles
81. Sinnickson is ashore at Ocean View.
The schooner Hester A. Waters is ashore
ct Nansemond river, and the schooner
George W. Covington has gone to pieces
at the mouth Of the Nansemond river.
The sehooners Eya Osborne and famed
8. Watson are ashore at Big Point. The
aohooners Emily N. Burton and Rising
Sun were thrown us high and dry near
West Norfolk. The schooner Godfrey Is
breaking up in Nansemcnd river, and
the Carrie May is ashore at Western
Branch.
reports that when miles off tho Virginia
capes she attempted to secure the crew
of -four men dashed to the rigging of an
unknown schooner, but was unsuccess-
ful. The men were SO exhausted that
they could not help themselves, and
must have soon persisted afterwards.
II c scIfV)AcT TcCES1 - SNuh ON x1AuE~
ton. Many buildings at Ocean View
were blown down, and the roof of the
Princess Ann hotel blown of. The
steam tug Ida is ashore at Portsmouth,
and the schooner Watchful ashore at
Pllner's Point. The front Of the naval
hospital grounds was seriously washed
and damaged. Several local bridges in
Portsmouth were washed away. The
Western branch draw bridge S:go1a.
Large, petitions Of tho Sea6oardr sad
'Roancke' railroad and the Atlanticsa1d
Danville railroad bridges throughout the
county have been washed away. The
Christian church in Berkeley was blown
to pieces, and many houses were I'M
roofed and otherwise injured.
The establishments I'M t4is city and vi
cinity will aggregate $a,0o0, 900. All
the s9harves along the Nansemond river
have Been washed away. Tho storspk
Y. Williamson at Sleepy Hah wsas d.
moiished and Clerk Woodward drowned.
Capt. Elijah Berche and two sons, Of
Portsmouth, are reported drowned from
theixsressel. Many othecyessels are also
reported to hareSbeen wrecked along the
Cnaat