The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-26
THE DEATH LIST OVER SIXTY.
REPORTS OF FRESH DISASTERS IN
THE HURRICANE At SEA.

The Fishing smack hAchndn WOOD Lost
Five Men, but Got to Port-The Collie,
Snrraeausett Foundered and Only One OF
Her Crew Escaped-ItouEh Experience.
on Coastwiso Steamers "A Score OF
Pilot Bonts stm to He Heard From
The havoc wrought at sea by the swirllnR
West India hurricane that exerted its creates,
force in this latitude on Thursday. may OK
ceed that Of the memorable blizzard OF 1888
The list OF those who persisted in the tumultu-
aus seas will. It is thought. be not less than
100 and may be double that number. 1t ~
be week before anything like an exact esti-
mate OF the loss OF life can be obtained. Sail
ing craft limped in yesterday with more stories
OF disaster. swelling the list Of the lost to
oyer sixty. This estimate includes the disas-
ters reported the day before.
The experts OF tho Lilo Saving Bureau recall
that on Aug. %. 1873. Just twenty years ago.
more than one thousand vessels were lost on
the Atlantic coast in a cyclone similar to that
of Thursday. The fishing fleet Of the Jersey
coast. which was for seven hours. from 10
o'clock on Wednesday night to o'clock on
Thursday morning. dangerous leo shore.
suffered most Tho smack Melinda Wood.
ore OF the smallest OF the fleet, which
Was reported lost weathered tho blast
and came up to her berth at Fulton Market
Yesterday with her masts and bowsprit gone
Five OF her crow had been swept overheard
and drowned. They were all Soandinavians.
and they were: Mate John Vogan. and Sea-
men John Heneson. Hugo Henderson. Arthur
Johnson. and Oscar Gustoson. The three men
saved are: Capt Petersen. Seaman Charles
Hastred. and Cook Crisper.
Tho Melinda Wood was fishing on Ridge
shoal. about twelve miles of Barnegat. When
the blast struck her two anchors were let 60
and she rode head to the combers. which
roared In from east-northeast A recurring
sea from the southeast toppled over the star
board quarter and drove the little craft on her
beam ends. Her masts were torn out OF her.
and. as they snapped close to the deck. she
righted. All hands managed to get back
on her deck by clinging to tho tangled
shrouds and ropes: but before the crew had
recovered from the shock Of the invasion Of
water another sea swept over her bow and
carried away five men. Capt Petersen was
lifted on the big wave and hurled down into
the forecaste. He lost consciousness. When
he recovered he got UP and went on deck. The
anchors held. the smack now having less sur
face for the gale to work on. Capt Petersen
shouted for his crew and got no answer. He
went aft and found the cook and Seaman Has
tred lying in the cabin.
Inc COOh . tulsh WaS uiohou auu tHo beA-
man was badly bruised. The Captains arm
wac broken. but he did not know it until yes-
terday morning. The plight OF the schooner
was observed by the pilot boat Eben D. Jor-
don. which gave her a line and towed her to
Sandy Hook. A tug brought her into port.
The fishing schooners ]. r. Hinokley and
Eva R. were much battered. but managed to
reach port under sail.
The three masted. coal.laden schooner Mar
ragansett foundered of Woodlands n. j..
while on her way from Philadelphia to Ware
ham. Mass. and five Of her crow were lost
Tho only survivor OF the wreck is Seaman
Henry 6ouza. Portuguese Of New Bedford.
He was rescued from the maintopmast Of the
sunksn schooner by the pilot boat E. D. Har-
rson.
After losing nearly all her sails the Nara.
gansett was overwhelmed by sea which
smashed all her boats. She sank almost In an
instant souza, Capt. Wilson Chase. and the
steward climbed into the rigging and ran up
to the masthead as tho schooner went down.
The rest OF the crew were swept away. The
Captain and steward dropped from their perch
into the sea through exhaustion. Souza had
when he, was saved by the pilot boat. Capt.
Chase belonged in New Bedford. He leaves q
xaow saf a aae
The tug McCaldin Br9thers brought in the
American Anne schooner Elbridge sopther. which
caught the fury Of the storm at 4 O'clock on
Thursday night tall. green sea toppled over
esp Is HE q
G the the after
broke the sheet traveller and steering gear.
Nearly every bone In Capt. Seavey's body was
broken, He was buried at sea. He wes So
III. OLD, and ieavesa widow and four children
The Portuguese bark Propheta. from Dem
hs hs Se
mainmast twenty feet from the deck. with all
ettached. foretopgallant mast and mizzen-
thing movable washed OF her decks. At Il
t Ghei9ek on Thursday morning she fell 10 with
eMSa Sas
She took of Capt. Petersen and crow, twelve
men al told. and arrived in this port yesterday
victim OF Wednesdays storm. The bark was
pds SGny I'm miles sodthsass Of the High
her sSas snd haa sS
water IN her hold. She was laden with sugar.
a.. The Norwegian bark Autocrat. bound from
distress. she reports that on Sunday. with
! siah.l sea running and the wind blowing
bowsprIt port buiwar ks v and staScRions.
lprsRs leak and stoye In the forward house,
es heaDy list e D9SF tv
,,sryMice and Ave OF the New Jersey service. out
\, IN TIhuEsSdday's storm. had not been reported
ne .tuprOSe HnOW. which
arrived last night. spoke the Richard X. Fox. |
s'9seflng west wi tn her bowsprit gone.
inc big liners bound in may miss the worst |
81 me storm, which. Judging from the reports |
VI the North German Lloyd steamship Trave |
and the Hamburg American liner Columbia, |
RoDaUiy passed north OF the steamship lanes.
me columbia and the Trave did not meet the |
s.Ythl. but passed through long high south
W 1rW swell sucked up by It, Stories OF disaster |
the east, N 'A'i' S'"" i'oin
Inc three .masted schooner James Baird, |
st oai sullivan, Me-, with a cargo OF paving |
r r,iDnes Tor Philadelphia. lost her main and |
s t,nEEeh inasts Off Barnegat. She was towed to
anchorage otf Red Hook Point yesterday Her
SSihhipper, Capt. Mullen. had his leg and several
~ top y broken ny falling spars. He was brought
On ~ ms citJ on a tug and taken to hospital. |
'Tn ba ana drowned. His name Is not known.
nm. me steamship saginaw 81 the Clyde line
c cesei through the cyclone that came up the
Tp hst on sunday and the record breaker Of
n nmui quay Tho first blow was modest COM
s,arel with the second, which struck the
TS Satnshlp IN the Gull Stream Off HatteruR
az ote barometer took an unusually low tumble
~ eSY'n2 away down to 2S3O and the seas we're
w NJ me variety that shippers delight TO coll
aMIonllalnouF. Wave after wave tumLled
sooall the ship, throwing the passengers into
o. nahlc' Hood rushed down tho saloon
ssVo'Tnpphll,n way. smashing in the saloon doors
81 ~ lOollng the saloon. Everything movable
s "Hs washed from the decks. the sk ylights were
'"tiiI SN",l ana the engine room flooded