The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-10-18
STORIES OF WRECK AND RUIN.
Severe Storm Along the Whole At
lantlc Coast.
ExcltIne Time Of Tug With String
Of Rarges.

NEWPORT, r. l., October 17.-The gale
continued high all day, causing considerable
damage to shipping. The tug William K.
Chadwick arrived at about noon, having had
very heavy weather during last night. She
found 1t very difficult to care for her barges,
the Tulip, Massachusetts. Falcon, Cuba.
Daisy and Glover. Part Of the time the tow
carried the tug stern first About clock
this morning, the barge Clover was struck by
a sea, which sunk her in ten minutes. Two
men on board took to a small boat, but it
capsized. They clung to the keel till they
were rescued by the tug, which dropped the
other barges and put after them. The barges
Cuba and Falcon made sail, towing the other
three. The Massachusetts soon broke away
from the Falcon, when the tug took her, the
Tulip and the Daisy In tow. The Cuba and
the Falcon reached here safely under sail.
OF Green Hills. The Daisy parted her haw-
ser, and the tug LETT her behind and came on
with the Massachusetts and Tulip. They
nearly sank before reaching there. The
barge Daisy drlfted about with the two men
lab0ring at the pump until after 10 o'clock.
They finally hoisted the ensign union down,
and were observed from the Baltimore steam
er Berkshire. 1t was too rough to launch a
boat, so line was thrown to the barge and
the men fastening 1t to their waists were
drawn through the water to the steamer, in
thoroughly exhausted condition. They
were brought to this city and cared for. The
barge probably sank soon after the men were
taken off.
The wind subsided somewhat at sunset
A number of vessels in the harbor dragged
their anchors and fOuled each other. The
fishing schooner Centennial had her ern
carried away together with the mas.s and
bowsprit. She afterwards went ashore. The
fishing sl0op MiZpah also went ashore. A
number of trees were blown down.
WELLFLEET. Mass, October 17.-There
has been heavy gale since noon from the
northwest, diminishing at sunset. Several
fishing boats are ashore in the harbor. The
schooner Grey Eagle, with lot OF spars fer
the American oil factory, Is ashore on Mayo
Beach, completely demolished by the force Of
the wind and wages.
PRovINCETowN, Mass, October IA
stiff southeast gale set in at midnight here,
TO the northwest at noon, increasing in vic
lence Several small boats were sunk in the
harbor, and many trees were blown down on
shore. AT noon small schooner was seen
adrift in the harbor, and was soon after to-
tally dismasted. 1t was too rough to enable
anyone to board her. The life saving sta
tions at Nausett report by telephone that no
wrecks were in sight up to 2p. M.
BOSTON, October 15.-The severe gale of
last night and this morning has been general
along the coast and has seriously crippled
telegraph companies. The Western Union
has lost twenty wires to New York. and its
southern and western connections are badly
demOraliZed, while the Postal company has
only two wires working with the metropolis,
and they are in an unreliable condition. The
latter company has lost all its wires between
New York and Philadelphia, and both COM
panies are receiving business for these sec
tions subject to delay.