The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-13
rHr GREAT STORM.


WasHssGTos CITY. Oct 1.-THE record
made ny the ife-saving service during the
recent storm is splendid, there not having
been single loss Of life where the wrecks
took place Within the range of lsfe-saving
stations Following is list OF the wrecks
rs far as reported:
Norwegian bark ogir. wrecked near
Cape Fear. y. G., crew Of eleven saved;
schooner Lo.ena. wrecked near Ocean
City. y. j.. crew Of eight saved; schooner
Maria Louisa, wrecked az Highlands, y.
j., crew of ten saved: schooner Lsonesss.
wrecked near Narragansest pier, crew of
five saved; two scoss wrecked near Nara
gansest pier. crew of i've saved; schooner
Laura Cox, wrecked near Elizabeth,
Maine, crew of six saved: schooners Rosa
and Ada, wrecked near Cape Elizabeth.
crew OF six saved; steamer Columbia.
wrecked near Fairport, crew of seven taken
of At 10 O'Clock at night; schooner John
Wesley, wateriogged Of Saginaw bay,
crew Of seven saved: three schooners,
names unknown. of Bersey point. crews
of eighteen saved. Total wrecks. -; lives
saved. rs; lives lost. none Nearly ali the
rescues were effected at night.
Bosros, Oct Five OF the crew of
the wrecked schooner Laura v Rose. of
Philadelphia, arrived here this afternoon.
They were wrecked "Wednesday in Vine
yard sound. and Capt. Litch aud the
steward were drowned after being dashed
for fifteen hours to the rigging.
GLOUCESTER Mass, Oct. l2-The fishing
schooner Gen. Cogswell, which arrived
from the tanks this morning, reports hav-
ing passed a wrecked vessel about nine
miles of the Isle of Shoals yesterday. Ii
was the hull OF vessel of about eighty
tons, and was bottom up. The spars and
sails were dragging alongside. There was
no one visible
BALTIMORE, Oct. i2-The schooner WILL
lam Powell. from Onacocock, arrived at
Baltimore with Capt. Smith Shaw, John
Shaw and Louis Stockwell, of the schooner
Henry q. Ely, which sank on the shoals
known as The Sisters, below Thomas
point. The Ely was bound from Lam
bertsie point for Melville. n. j., with io5
tons OF pig iron. Last Monday the vessel
struck on The Sisters. and during the gale
OF Tuesday night she sprang leak and
filled. The crew made rush for the
rigging. While doing so Joseph Shep-
ards, colored, was washed overheard and
drowned. Capt. Shaw and Louis Stock
well reached secure place in the rigging.
but John Shaw was caught in The cabin
and renamed there until the rescue was
effected. When the Powell took of the
three men two of them had been twelve
hours without food and shelter.
PoISr Aux BARRUEs, Mich, Oct l2-At
the mouth OF Saginaw bay the schooner
John Wesley. of Port Huron, with cargo
of lumber, became waterlogged ten miles
from the life saving station. The crew OF
seven men were saved in the lifeboat.
JACKSONVILLE. Fla. Oct. 12.-Communi-
cation has been re-established with all
points on the west coast that were visited
by the storm which ragged Monday night
and Tuesday morning. Cedar Keys ex-
perienced the most disastrous storm that
has visited there for twenty-five years.
The main business street is filed from
one end TO the other with debris, consist
ing of wreckage from the boats, wharves,
fish houses and logs of every description.
The storm began at 8 O'Clock Monday
morning with heavy wind, increasing in
violence and continuing until daylight
Tuesday morning. The damage and loss
of property is very great The Florida
Central & Peninsula railroad is a heavy
sufferer. Almost the entire track to the
mainland is either destroyed or badly
damaged. From the mainland TO Sum-
ner there are 100 washouts. The mail
train got in Monday night, but is now
caught between two washouts and cannot
move either way. The Town Improve
ment Company is also heavy loser, as a
number OF business and dwelling houses
were washed away. The r. 4. Abner Com
pany lose the steamer Media and $4,000
logs of cedar which were swept away, while
the cedar mill lost Il. 600 logs. The city
jail cannot be found The five bridges on
the shell road, leading TO the mainland,
are washed away. A great many small
boats were wrecked and fish camps de-
molished. Ii is reported that five vessels
went ashore during the storm and were
driven seven miles into the woods.
APaLAcHIcoLA, Fla, Oct. i2-Never be-
fore in the history OF this town was such
havoc and destruction played by storm
and tide as on Monday night. Water.
Commerce and Market streets are a mass
of logs boats, lumber and deoris. So far
two lives are reported lost Two resi-
dences were carried nearly q mile and
placed in a marsh. All the docks were
totally destroyed. houses were unroofed
and fences scattered everywhere Fami-
lies sought safety on the hills only 10 be-
routed out by the terrific gale Five barges
loaded with lumber were blown from East
passage and lodged IN the marsh two
miles north OF here.
PENSACOLA, Fla, Oct Fifteen fish,
ing smacks. belonging TO this port, we're
in the gulf during the storm. Nothing
has been heard of them and much anxiety
is felt.
OSwEeo. y. Y. Oct IA vessel SIM
posed TO be the Hartford went upon the
rocks near WoodvilIe. thirty-five miles
west of here, last night Capt O'Toole. OF
CLAYTON, and six men we're on board. and
il Is reported that all were drowned.
ERIE, Pa, Oct. i2--It IS feared that the
gale which swept Lake Erie Wednesday
night caused great loss OF life and destruc-
ton of property. The kingslow, the
steamer Leland and consort. the Hiawatha,
have not been heard from. A big three
masted schooner wss sighted of Erie to-
day. living signals of distress The scnoon-
ers Gsnges and Alzoria we're rescued of
the peninsula by the liie-saving cres and
atug
Raj PoxrAsE, Oct. 1.-THE steamer
Highland Maid has been wrecked at Long
sauli rapids, Rainy lake. The passengers
and crew we're saved William Woods,
purser, was badly injured. The boat and
cargo are total loss, wsta no insurance.
The cause of the accident was low water
and the dangerous rapids. fall Of rocks.
which the Cansdian aud United states
governments have neglected 70 improve
CHATHAM. Mass, oel 1.-The four
rnassea schooner GOWN B. Orcum, from
Phiaaelphia for Portland with a cargo Of