The Dickinson press., 1889-04-13
ECHOES OF THE STORM
The Atlantic Coast StrcWn with
WrcckaSc and Many Lives
Lost.
Vessel After Vessel Reported Ashore
or Sunk-Great Damage to
Wharves.
The Loss Of Property in the Vicinity Of
Norfolk Will Amount to Moro
Than $2,OOO,OOO.

BALTIMORE, April 9.-The Americans
special from Norfolk, Va, says: The
terrible gale is at an end The weather
tonight is bright and crispy, but Nir-
ginia Beach is strewn with wrecks, and
many lives have been lost. The four
mastcd schooner Bergman f. Poole of
Providence, for Baltimore, is ashore near
Zatark station. The crew We're rescued.
The schooner Emma F. Hart, from
Nassau for Boston, is ashore five miles
south of Cape Henry. The crew were
rescued By the Zatack fesaving station
with the brceches buoy. An unknown
schooner with both masts gone is ashore
three miles south of Zatack. OF her
crew of five there is said to be only one
survivor. The steamship William Law
renee reports that the schooner Andrew
johnson. of Baltimore, for Rio, is ashore
at York River. An unknown steamer is
ashore off Old Point. The steamer Chat
ham. from Boston. passed two miles
northwest from Cape Henry lighthouse
the bnom of Il schooner moored to wreck
age. An unknown schooner is on Will
loughby Point with the sea breaking
over hir. The schooner Northampton,
in Chcrrystone creek with crew of four
men, was blown out into the bay Satur-
day night and all on board lost.
Schooner w. p. Davis is beached on
Crany Island, and the schooner Charles
II. Sinnickson is ashore at Ocean View.
The schooner Hester Il. Waters is ashore
at Nansenond river, and the schooner
George w. Covington has gone to pieces
at the mouth of the Nansenond river.
The schooncrs Eva Osborne and James
S. Watson are ashore at Big Point. The
schoone,s Emily N. Burton and Rising
Sun were thrown us high and dry near
West Norfolk. The schooner Godfrey is
breaking up in Nansemond river, and
the Carrie. May is ashore at Western
Branch.
The Old Dominion steamer Guyandotte
reports that when miles off the Virginia
capcs she attempted to secure the crew
of four men lashed to the rigging of an
unknown ST hooner, but was unsuccess-
full. The men were so exhausted that
they could not help themselves, and
The schooner Petrol is sunk off Hamp-
soAts A'itthS cummings hS >ySVdIl ' kCW
were blown down, and the roof of the
Princess Ann hotel blown Off. Tho
stcans tug Ida is ashore at Portsmouth,
and the schooner Watchful ashore 1T
''Pillner'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 is gone.
Large portions of the Seaboard and
Roanoke railroad and the Atlantic and
Danville railroad bridges throughout the
county have been washed away. The
Christian church in Berkeley was blown
to pieces. and many houses We're UNI
rooted and otherwise injured.
The total damage in this city and vi
cinity will aggregate $2,0OO,OOO. All
the wharves along the Nansemond river
have been washed away. The store of
w. Williamson at Sleepy Hall was de-
molshcd and Clerk Woodward drowned.
apt. Elijah Berche and two sons. of
ortsmouth, are reported drowned from
their vessel. Many other vessels are also
reported to have been wrecked along the
coast,