New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-29
THE LOSS OF THE DICTATOR
NAMES OF THOSE WHO PERISHED.
HOW THE CAPTAINS WIFE AND CHILD MET
DE,Tu-A FURIOUS STORM ALONG THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY-sSow IN VIR-

| CHESAPEAKE BAY-SNow IN viz
GINA And MARYLAND.
Norfolk. Va. March 2s.Thc survivors OF the wreck
Of the Norwegian bark Dictator which went ashore d"
Virginia Beach yesterday morning spest the night NJ
Sea Tack Life station. Captain j. VI. JorSenseh
brought the ships book ashore with him ana was aoi'
to give the names Of the lost. They are: Cornelius
Nelson first mate: st. Clair (coloredl steward sea
men o. Olsen, Andrew Isaacsen, and Jean bapu''c'
and Captain Jorccn>en's wife and little SON.
Last night about O'Clock the bark began To so to
pleccs rapidlv 4 big wave struck the vessel ard
swept overheard the men who were on board ana MIS-
Jorgcn,cn. The captain, who had tied his three year
old his back. then jumped into the sea ana hadc
Tor the shore lie Il strong man and expert swimmer
and sccc dcd IN reaching the shore, but when picked
mn Wa unconscious. When half way 10 shore the
boy was washed away. JorgcnNen Is native ol
sweden. Nothing remains OF the wreck except 'i'
4 report ha- Just reached here that cotton laden
ship j. ashore At ocracoke Inlet Just north oil acFds'
80 particulars have been received
baltimore March - (Special- BOT since the BLIZZARD
Of 1858 has there been such storm on the CHESAPEAKE
BAY and throughout Maryland and Nirgna As mas
RACED for the Ia, days. There were no arrivals or
drp,rturcs Of vessel, today, excepting Bay liners
which we're hours behind time. The pilot boats have
been unable get outside the Cape' for twehtyiour
hour, owing to the tremendous seas. The storm began
about , O'Clock Friday morning. ana cOhtihucd WIN
ont nterms,ion until 3 O'Clock thi, afternoon After
"A
.lcct then a furious windstorm and downpour Of ram
fling eight hours snow again began falling early
th, morning and Is several inches deep thi' d4u1r
noon.
Ias, night the wind blew forty miles an hour al
cane Henry and the BAY. Towns along the Day
shore suffered severely Frame houses were oIo"n
down and other buildings uuroofcd. At number OF
steamboat landing, the freight sheds we're destroyed
steamboats, had put ont IN the stream 70 avon pcne
damned against the piers. The Norfolk steamer 'aro
lima had rough trip last night and the DIX BOAT roe
and pitched 50 that the passengers became. panic
stricken and there sleep on board SeNcrH
fishing and oyster boats are aground near farnaSen,
and large vessels in dangerous condition were Slgheu
from the shore The storm was worst along tl@ VIZ
snia shore and the Potomac and RappahanhocN hiNct'
In Western Maryland along the Blue Ndge' thc
snowfall was the Nayic,t Of the winter AT cum
bcrland the snow is fifteen Inches deep ana ur'S ''c
tremendous in the railroad passes In the mountains
An freight trains on the Baltimore ana ONO
tl,,t night were abandoned. Passenger trains W"'''
however were time. Trains on the Virginia N"'i'S
branch Of the baltimore and OHIO arc delayed oS S'A
teen to eighteen inches OF snow. Along TIC DUO
HId,e the storm was terrific. Mountain teams arc
suowbound and the drivers nearly persisted lclc-
r,-,ph wires were Frustrated and houses unroo'ed ana
. o.bcrvi.o damaged The mail train on the Western
M,rylald which LEFT baltimore carly tbs morning
wa, snow bound near sabileYille on the Bni RIDGE
, work train with 900 aborcrs dispatched from
Union Ride IN" bI kCd trains y HuHluti
Of itccm train, the Western Maryland arc In tlu'
drift. 49,, t,,..o., .horo
State ina; the high tides the river nave caused HCh
damage. and many sailing vessels are ashore rue
steamer Tired AVon OF the 'h"pduh LlHci Wa p"""
"A, Ioic in secretary Greek.
Winchester. Va March 2S-Tle snowStorm still con
tinnc, here snow la, been falling fast fr thirty
eight bour, and has reached n depth OF over two feet
and in some places nearly three feet Country To@is
are impossible 1t is the severest storm for thrty
years.
Harrisburg Penn. March 2S-Thc greatest snow
st,n Of the sea SON far this city Is concerned Is
oyer SNOW fell from o'clock Yesterday morning. untl
10 O'Clock this morning without intcrmls>on reaching
a dcpth Of about sixteen inches the level Country
road, arc almost impaSsabt, but passenger trails on
the lailtoads ar, arriving and departing on time
Freight traffic i, somewhat mpcdcd. but vii be all
right in a day two. passenger tam on inc Nlu
dlcown and Ilummelsiown Railroad plunged into
.uow,lrift near Ilummclsown last night. ana was ui
,lJc ~ proceed This morning several hundred men
dug il ont The storm seems to have been confined 70
:, belt between Altoona and Lancaster Tic sho" Is
rapidly melting
Lancastct Penn, March es.-Thc snowfall III TINS
county Is about over The on the level measures
about nineteen inches, and the tuInpke> anu country
rOads blocked with dlit, OF rom NY ~ 49,
The Reading and Columbia Railroad i badly blochcd a
number Of freight trains being abandoned ono Iaih
was unable to Ipucccd with three engines. inc
telephone service is also crippled; - .
V'ittsburg Penn, March 2--A heavy snowst rHl pre-
vailed here last night and this morning, but by noon
fl Lad cf sd In the outlying districts the all Titoe
a depth of five inches While the snow was wet ana
heavy, no damage to the wires was reported.