The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-10-12
STORM Ar SnIP ISLAND.
Three Sehooners AshOre-The Beach
Covered With Timber Terrific
NtOrm,

Covered With Timber Terrific
storm.
Editor Democrat-Star.
On the afternoon Of Sunday the It'll
the Barometer commenced TO fall
rapidly, and the wind to freshen from
the Northeast 4; the sky to have a
very threatening appearance. The
crews OF the ships at anchor in Ship
Island harbor looked we'll after their
RATS Of timber and made them secure;
they also looked after their ground
tackle. At midnight the wind in
creased to IA fresh gale, causing Il
high turbulent SEA, smashing up the
RATS OF timber and drifting them
onto Ship Island. The first accident
was the schooner Culla, OF Pearling-
ton, with a cargo Of lumber for the
steamer County OF York, loading for
L'Orient, pairing u new six-inch
hawser and drifting among the RATS
difficulty the master and crew OF the
schooner was able to bring the vessel
up again, with both anchors, when
she rode to the anchors until shortly
after ten o'clock, when the seas nearly
covered the little schooner, 0ccaSional-
ly. She then parted her cables and
at once got into the breakers. They
then ran up the jib and succeeded IN
running her on the beach. when the
crew took to the boat, under the lee
Of the schooner and landed on Ship
Island.
At . a. M. another schooner, Leo
nora, Of Mobile, at anchor near the
Lighthouse, dragged her anchors. or
slipped the cables, and was soon on
the beach to the Westward Of the
Sergeant House, the crew having
managed to reach the beach in their
boat. The Barometer still falling
until it got down to 20:40. The wind
continued to increase until it blew il
most terrific gale, causing Il very high
sea.
ALL o'clock, a Schooner Fish loaded
WITH lumber for the Barque Drumfor-
land, parted her cables; when the
crew hauled up the jib and ran her
ashore, just under the Lighthouse. At
this time Ship Island was almost
awaSh, the terrific seas from the out
side meeting at different points the
high seas Of the inside of the Island,
making surf that nearly covered the
Island. In the ncighborhood Of the
Fort the Island was completely sub
merged.
The master of the County of York
give the second anchor at eleven
o'clock as the Barometer was still
falling and the sea still increasing.
1t is estimated that at least one
Thousand pieces OF timber are scat
tered about the beach.
The storm continued till I p. M,
when the wind slightly hauled more
to the Northward, and the Barometer
started up. The first RISE after Low
%foretell a stronger blow, and the gale
increased with terrific force for a
short time. One large square Lighter,
LUPUS" the property Of l.. n.
Dantzler Lumber Company with
lumber, and moored under the bows
of the Barquc Comet" parted her
moOrings and drifted rapidly ashore
to the East and off the wharf, the
breakers completely covering her. At
6p. M, the Barometer showed 29:35, a
rise of 5 inches in four hours. As the
night approached and the sun set, the
sky had Il leaden and threatening as
pect, the scud dying across with ter
rifle force, although the seas were not
SO heavy as earlier in the day. At 8
o'clock, p. m, the Barometer was
steady rising and the weather much
better.
Tuesday 9th. The beach is COM
plctcly covered with timber and lum-
Der, Capt. Mccall, Lighthouse keeper,
it is stated, had sixteen men, being
s~hipwrecked crews of the schooners,
with him at the Lighthouse dwelling.
He estimated the wind at 80 miles
per hour. Some force of the wind
may be gathered from the facts that
The gallery Of the Lighthouse, Is feet
above the levelof the sea was covered
four inches deep with sand. lie also
stated that 1t has been the hardest
blow from the Northeast that he
eve experienced, since he became
Lighthouse keeper, twenty years ago.
OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT.
Ship Island, Miss. Oct. 9, 1894.