Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-19
ELEMENTS LOOSE IN EARNEST
The Hurricanes Awful Work Along
the Atlantic Coast.
Furniture and Pieces of Wreck Strewn
Along the Beach.

NEW YORK. Sept. ia Lewes special
to The World says: The lives of fifty sea-
men and over score of ships have already
succumbed to the fury of the most savage
and disastrous storm LeweS has ever known.
Last nights seas will most likely increase
the list. The names of the drowned men
aSe not known. Most of the lives We're lost
at Fourteen Foot bank and Brandywine
shoal, which are from fifteen to twenty
miles up Delaware bay. Two rescued
sailors from the schooner ]. and
L. Bryan say that just before
schooners their boat foundered three other
and four barges were In close proxi-
nifty. The big wave that swamped the
Bryan visited the same destruction on the
other vessels and the rescued men say that
when they found themselves adrift on the
wreckage not vestige of any other YES
sci could be seen. They believe that these
boats, with all on board, thirty-nine per-
sons, went down. Many vessels
are ashore at Lewes. All the crew
but two of an unknown vessel that sunk
off the Brown shoals were drowned.
LEwEs, Del, Sept 13.-In addition to
loss of life previous Y reported. news comes
of the wreck of the schooner w. O. Snow.
of Taunton, Mass, from Philadelphia. coal
laden, with the loss of all on board-nine
persons. This raises the total loss of life
to thirty-one. The wreck of the Snow was
found between the Brandywine and Brown
Shoals. In the time between the sighting
by Capt. Bernard, of the Angus, of the
men In the rigging of the Walter F. Bar
Der and his return, the men succumbed to
the fury of the elements and fell one by one
in the sea
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. Sept. 13.-The
Leuthe, from Stettin. July IA, for Phila-
deTphia, loaded with cement and empty
coal oil barrels, is ashore on Absecon
beach. The life saving crew went to the
rescue.
LEwEs, Del, Sept 13-The Waterloo
summer resort, on the Delaware bay is en-
tirely submerged and out of twenty cot
! tages in the place there is only one remain
ing.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.-Trains over
the Camden and Atlantic to and from At
lantic City are running on schedule time
today. The exodus from the sea shore is
great. The train which left at 1880 this
morning consisted of seven cars all heavily
| loaded, and following two early trains,
was one two sections which left at8:30a. m,
it consisted of 16 cars all heavily loaded.
The water has almost entirely subsidized
and the roadbed is clean Until this
morning no definite idea of the damage
to the West Jersey road could be gained,
but as the mist clears away and the spray
disappears it is seen that the roadbed is in
terrible shape. Possibly the Seading road
taking the entire stretch into considera-
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The West Jersey officials have dis
patched heavy repair trains to the scene
of disaster, and will push the necessary
repairs to speedy completion. The Read
ing road has also several hundred men ac-
lively at work on the meadows. The
mails along the New Jersey and Della
ware coast, which has been accommodating
since Monday last owing to trains being
detained, commenced arriving at the
postofice last evening, and were very
large Some Of the mail matter, particu-
larly that from Sea Isle city, was In very
moist condition on account of being car
ried some distance on boats through the
storm.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept. 10 The
heavy rain of the past two days In this val
ley caused additional damage to No.
nllIe Oh Ule DeIdWdTe G. IuuSOH COdI 70
at Plymouth, where the great cavern oc-
Cured. Today water is running in the
newly made cave holes and it is finding
It's way into the mine. 1t is reported this
evening that thee Bennett vein is flooded
and there is great danger that other open
ings adjoining will be considerably dam
aged.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13.-All incoming
vessels report terrific weather during the
past four or FIVE days. Life saving station
Mo. l, on Sandy Hook, reports two men'of
the pilot boat Lawrence drowned yester-
day outside the bar, by the capsizing OF
their yawl.