Telegram-herald., 1891-10-13
COMPLETELY WRECKED
A United States Steamship Wrecked
In Gale.
THRILLING EXPERIENCES At SEA
Vessels oa the Atlantic Tosssd By q
TsHp sst-Lisss Lost Aboard the
Gisossstsr Fi.hfax Rtsst-A
Roaring stoT1..


The United States steamer Despatch,
which ran aground Saturday morning,
Is . complete wreck Her back is
broken and abe is listed OF shore about
so degrees. and the life saving station
signals that no assistance can De
rendered when the Despatch
went ashore there Was north
wind with high sea and ebb
tide. She grounded = miles south OF
Sleeps Pen hill. striking ON the outer
shore. The life-saving crew boarded
the wreck at ,:s5 = m and began land
ing the crew in the station life-b boats At
s:se a IN In ten trips the life-savers
had taken every body on shore, finish
Ing their work at II o'clock.
BosroS. Oct IA violent north
east gale sprang uD on the New Eng
land Atlantic coast at o'clock Sunday
AFTERNOON, and is causing the seamen
who are unable 10 reach harbor consid-
cradle labor and their families
On shore much uneasiness- A fleet
of fifteen or twenty small lumber
laden sehooners were on Chatham
IT dark. having run across from
the main shore with the light northerly
winds of the past thirty-six hours
Many of them will doubtless lose their
deekloads. and il the weather gets
thick il is feared some of them will
meet disaster IN trying "a find their
way over the shoals A special from
Gloucester, Mass. the headquarters Of
the Massachusetts fishing feet. says:
"A large number Of fishing vessels have
turned ~ port blown back by adverse winds
and roaga ~eather. The senooners Gladiator
an Mable Leighton arrived fron the banks
with their flags ~ half nsst. They report an ex
eeedingly rough passage home and . narrow
escape from laundering The Gladiator
hal . remarkable escape while on the pass age.
On October 8 she encountered a terrific gale
from ,he southwest, the sea was running very
hish ard during the day enor-
nous coulber broke the craft
carrying a-ss the oo~sprit noboom
aaa Gories and splitting fathoms
OF canvas ard other articles All the
stable qualities Of ths craft necessary
IN order 20 recover from the shock Efforts
we're made 10 secure the cable. which was
fastened. but the crew were obliged TO
cut IL. Thomas Fczarty. who was standing
nfs OF the main rigging. Was taken OF MS feet
and washed some 20 feet astern of the YES
sci Under such circumstances attempt al
rescue was impossible and the unfortunate
man sank Two OF the crew James Norton and
Warren Nelson. were struck by the wave
and dashed against the rails. sus-
tanning severe injuries Several others
were washed Into the lee scuppers and mar
rowly escaped drownip =. The schooner Mabel
leighton reports the los OF Anthony Reynolds.
one Of sns crew. by be ng washed overheard
under similar circumstances - noted above
on the same data"
NEW YoRx, Oct 12.-The roaring
gale which shrieked about the city
Sunday. banging shutters and raising
clouds of dust. which blew apparently
from all directions, was not so erratic
as TO course out into the open sea- At
Sandy Hook the wind came from the
northwest. and with a force which sea-
men would describe as a living gale.
The storm had the effect of delaying
ell the inward bound steamships
Three overdue steamships-the Au-
gasta Victoria, the Umbria and La
Bretagne-reached dock during the
morning. All report tremendous
storms and gales during the pas
sage. -Four persons suffered from
broken limbs and eight others were
more or less seriously injured on the
Augusta Victoria The Umbria had
Eve injured. some of whom were unable
90 leave the ship on its arrival. There
were exciting experiences on all three
steamships The ssss were high
almost all the way over. sweeping
over the decks and hurting the passen-
gers about in the cabins La Bre-
tagne reports passing large fishing
schooner and two dories floating bot
tom upward II is probable that all on
board those vessels were lost Two
other overdue steamships-the Ia
ormina, from Ham burg, and the Cone
maugh. from Antwerp-arrived in the
lower bay during the afternoon.
The La Bretagne brought 81. 500. 600
In gold and the I'm bria 81, sec, 900. The
Elhe. which arrived Saturday night,
brought $500. 900 in gold.