Daily Republican., 1889-09-14
THE PATH OF THE GALE
THE DISASTERS IN THE DELLA
WARE BAY.
TorribIe Experiences Of Crews-Eopair.
ing the Damage at Atlantic City
"A Delaware Bay Re-
sort submer.. ed.


LEwEs, DEL, Sept. 13.-Forty sailors
and hundreds Of thousands of dollars
worth OF property have succumbed to the
fury OF the most disastrous storm tina,
Loves has ever known The wind has
blown hurricane, and the. waves that
dnshed high on the beach have thrown
ashore mass OF wreckage that lines the
beach for miles. The great storm ol
1867 and the memorable blizzard oi
March, 1883, cannot 10 compared with II.
since Monday night the storm raged
Is abating and the water recedinp. a
hundred ships sought the shelter Of the
Breakwater when the indications Of dirty
weather appeared, Ald incoming and
outgoing vessels anchored for shelter be.
meath the costly stone pile built by the
| Government. et
Tuesday morning dawned with q sea
running mountains hieh. 1t dashed over
the breakwater, wrec. ] tho telegraph
station, and, tearing Gown the fog bell
tower, sent the bell ashore near the town
of Lewea Two wooden piers were
dashed to pieces, and the Italian bark.
ii Salvatore, broke from her moorinqs,
cut through the Iron pier built BY The
Federal Government, and dashed ashore
on the beach,. The Sea rose 40 feet above
high water mark, Washed away the
United States Marine Hospital and un-
dermined the Life Saving station SO that
IT, Will fall. The firstsessel came ashore
at9 O'Clock on Tuesday morning, and
one after the other theremainder follow
ed, until the beach 10 the vicinity OF
Lewes Is dotted with the wrecks thrown
high above high efmark. The dam.
age Is not conhn ed " vessels that at
tempted to ride out the storm ct the
Breakwater, but SlanRhtar Beach, Broad
kiln Greek and other Stretches OF sand
north and south have their wrecks,
When the vessels btRan to drag their
| anchors and go on tbs beach tie life
saving crews at Rebobbth and Henlopeu
were called to the assistance Of the
Lewes crews, and vaitntly they worked.
80 that not a life was spst at Lewes pro.
per. At Brandywine gals, Is miles up
tho bay, the schooner VI. Bryan was
wrecked and SIX Of hc2f ~ went down.
Three OF them laslIed lbsmselyes to a SOAR
and drifted all hight At daybreak one
was dead. His cor oanions cut him
loose and he sank. A passing tug
brought the other two men to Lewes YES
teiday Before their boat foundered
they noticed three other schooners and
four barges, aud 1t is supposed that all
went to the bottom. Ths American shin
William R Grace went ashora yesterday
afternoon and struck On the Cape. Her
masts were cut away, but her crew are
all saved. The Delaware plot boat Ebe
W. Tunnel, sailed on Sunday. On Mon
day she was spoken, but nothing was
heard from her since. She had four
pilots on board and crew OF eight men.
She is about given up.
The pilot boat Thomas +. Bayard is
ashore In safe place, and will be saved,
New York pilot bost 10. o was driven in
from sea, and Is sa.s anchored. The
wind rose again last rbpht, and, contrary
to expectation, but me vessel came
ashore. That was tho hark Doris
EclkoG. She left WiIL.as.vn last week
with n cargo Of railroad cars and machI-
merry from tho Harlap q Holllngsworth
Company. valued at S95, 900. Her desti-
nation was Rio, Brazil. She anchored off
the Breakwater for shelter, but slipped
her moorings aud won't ashore at the
Cape. She 10 not in a bad position, and
the cargo may be saved If the storm con-
tinues to abate.
A vessel sunk of the Brown shoals, all
the crew drowned but two, who got
ashore on raft. Another vessel also, In
regard to which there is dispute as to
her being bark or a three IN asted
schooner, as her topmasts only can be
discovered, as she is sunk on the Shears
Shoa's. 1t 10 not known whether her
crew escaped. At Slaughter's beach
schooner Belle of Dover, of Milford,
DEL, Orne Drinko, of Cumbis Fails
which will be a total loss, and
last night schooner Ella P. Simpson went |
ashore. An unknowr schooner is ashore |
at Rehoboth beach. The storm was
gradually abatiDg this afternoon.
The crew Of the hsrge Cosilda, from |
Philadelphia for Boson, loaded with |
roal, which was wreoisd on Brandywine |
,hoal, were taken of oy q schooner and |
anded here. These men were given up
rs lost. The rain has ceased, and there
Is a moderate easterly wind with cloudy
Ky. The life-saving crews have rescued
about 200 persons 10 al from "a vessels.
The schooner Henry Wilmington has
arrived here, with all sails gone and
hort of provisions. Her decks were
wept, and a mate was washed over
board, but line was thrown him and he
vas saved. The vessel was blown back
rom Block Island.
A Norwegian bark is sunk on Five
'htnom bAuk. lne crow were saved by
! Boston steamer.
Waterloo, summer resort on the
Delaware Bay, is entirely submerged,
nd, out of 20 cottages In She place, the
me belonging to DR.. liearn, of Philadel-
'hia, is the only one remaining.
AT ATLANTIC CITY.
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 13.-Shortly
fter breakfast, before which there was
light rain, the clouds broke, aud for the
rst time since last Sunday, we were ac-
orded the pleasure Of seeing the sun
blue.
If the weather co1tinues as 1t Is, sew
raj hotel proprietors are Of the opinion
hat 1t will be difficult to accommodate
be people who will undoubtedly come
own from the city tomorrow and Sun
ay to see the wreckage, and view the
uins of what were once pretty pavilions,
ottages and bathing establishments.
some time last night the full rigsed
hip Geestemunde, Of 0eestemunde, Ger '
lany, came ashore aud will be total
,ss, there being no chance of saving any
hing except the rigging, of which che
1ill be stripped after the marine under
'riters shall have finished their investi-
ations. Some of the calls are set, and
lc ehip, standing as sho does on an even 4