The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-02
ARE DROWNED At SEA
FIFTY LIVES LOST IN A TERRI
BILE STORM.
The Furious Hurricane That Sweeps
Along the Atlantic Coast Wrecks
Many Vessels, Causing Great Destruc-
tion OF Life and Property.

SOUTHAMPTON, l.. l., Aug. ~. -
About @ o'clock yesterday morning
during the terrible gale, two YES els, a
schooner and barge, were wrecked
Just outside the hartor. six men hav.
been washed ashore. Of these three
are dead. Nothing has been heard of
the other fifteen men on the two YES
sells aud il is believed that all were
drowned
/ AsnBuRY PARK, n. j. Aug. &c The
two-masted fishing schooner Mary +.
Kelly of New York was wrecked here
at : o'clock yesterday morning Four
mer persisted and seven were only res
cued by simmer guests after most
thrilling experiences. The men lost
were:
Christopher Bratton of Brooklyn,
captain.
Charles Brown of Green Point. first
mate.
Walter - the steward.
Harry Broden, n Norwegian fisher
man.
The schooner left New York on
| Tuesday TO secure load OF fish, and
was off Asbury Park Wednesday morn
| ing. When the storm came up in the
afternoon the anchors were cast, but
at about o'clock Thursday morning
the cables parted and the schooner
was driven toward the shore. The
men worked with desperation to set
canvas enough 10 keep the boat away
| from the shore, but the hurricane
which was blowing tore every bit of
the sales away and she was wrecked.
The boat ran ashore at the foot of
| Seventh avenue, and, although within
| twenty feet of the board work, the
waves were SO high that il was impos-
sible for the men to reach the shore.
| The waves knocked the schooner on
its beam ends and the men chung to
the rigging and bulwarks. The cap
tain tried to make his wav from one
place of safety to another, when he
was struck in the head with a log and
washed overheard. Two of the ether
men were unable to keep their hold on
the ropes, and they were washed to
sea. The steward was drowned in his
galley, and his BODY was recovered
When the tide receded sufficiently to
allow the people to board the boat he
was found.
New YORK, Aug. .. The West In
dian cyclone which swept over this
part of the Atlantic coast Wednesday
night and yesterday on its way 10 the
New England coast has left its mari
over the whole re gion around New
York with a sweep of fully 1000
miles. The rainfall. measuring 3sa
inches during the last twelve hours,
is the heaviest that has ever been re-
corded by the local signal service
Premonitions of the coming storm
were felt in the afternoon at Long
Branch. where the surf broke over the
piers and board walks The wind,
which was already strong at in the
afternoon, steadily increased in
velocity. reaching a maximum of
forty miles an hour at 3 in the morn
ing The heavy rainfall began at 9.
AT that hour New York bay was still
full of steamships and other large
vessels riding at, anchor. Almost all
those which were in an exposed con-
dition sought safety outside. so that
he bay looked almost deserted.
Many of these ships, as well as steam
ships due here, cruised outside, wait
ing for the wind to subside. Through
the dragging of anchors of the escap-
ing ships in the bay and North river
more than fifty cables Of the Western
Union Telegraph company were torn
and are now lying useless on the bot
tom of the river.
The steamer Eggleston Abbey, in
ballast from Cardiff to Delaware
breakwater, was forced to put in here
for repairs she ran into the hurricane
thirty miles east of the Delaware
The wind blew with cvclonic fury
for six hours, during which time
the vessel laoored in seas noun
tain high. Tons of water descended
upon her forward steel decks. break
ing them like shells. Eighteen plates
forward and amidships were stove in,
and the decks were generally damaged.
Her captain reports that on Aug. %
he discovered some wreckage floating
in the water. and on bearing down
toward il made out man clinging to
part of a broken boat and an empty
barrel. He stopped the steamer and
sent boat to pick him up. lie was
quite exhausted when taken on board.
He proved to be one of the crew of the
fishing schooner Mary Lizzie of Port
land, Maine, which foundered at i a.
IN or Aug. II, having been in the
water thirty-three hours.
George IL Upton was the man
picked up He reported that the rest
of the. crew, six in number, one of
whom was his brother, had persisted,
he having seen them go down after
the schooner sank. The Mary Lizzie
was struck by heavy squall, which
hove her down on her beam ends,
when the wind shifted and heavy
sea striking her, she sank in FIVE min
utes.
The fishing schooner John Feeney,
Capt Scott, arrived yesterday after
noon ind reports while anchored off
Manasquan, N. j., at midnight she
was struck by a hurricane from the
northeast, veering very rapidly south
east during which she lost both an
chors They attempted to make sail,
but the gale was SO violent that the
sails were blown to ribbons. They
managed, however, to keep the
schooner off the beach.
At p. m. they observed a man
clinging to a small hatch some dis
lance off, but, being without sails,
were unable to render him any assist
apce. One of the crew was badly in
jured and was sent to hospital upon
arrival in port