The San Francisco call., 1896-10-12
FIERCE ATLANTIC GAlES
Considerable Damage Done Along
the Coast, at Sea and
Ashore.
Vessels Blown Ashore, and There Are
Evidences Of Other Disasters
Among Shipping.

LEWES, DEL, oct. 1.-The schooner
Luther A. Roby, from Schiverio. N. S.,
consigned to Souder & Co. OF Philadel-
phia, with plaster, came ashore at day
break this morning, in the heavy northeast
gale. below the point of Cape Henlopen,
and almost Immediately went to pieces.
Three of the crew were lost and five saved.
Since yesterday fierce northeast gale
has been blowing along the coast. The life
saving crews have been on the alert and
all last night patrolled the beach on the
lookout for vessels in distress. In the
early dawn the schooner was seen driving
toward the beach. The life-savers hast
ened toward the spot she was heading for,
but she struck before they came opposite
to her.
The wind is blowing fearful gale from
the ortheast tonight and the tide is
piling up on the shore. 1t is feared that
at high water tonight the life-savlng
stations on the shore may be swept away.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct. 1.-THE
northeast storm that has been travelin G
along the Atlantic coast struck this city
this morning, and in connection with an
extraordinary high tide has done consid ider-
BILE damage. Two of the three piers along
the ocean front have sustained the greatest
damage so far. About 200 feet of the iron
pier at the loot of Massachusetts avenue
have been battered away.
A section of the wrecked schooner Met
calfe. which was lying near tne pier, was
broken by the surf and for an hour or SO
| it rounded with terrific force against the
piling of the pier. The piling withstood
the battering at first but at last the mid
die section went down with crash. The
mass of wood from the wreck is still float
Ing along the beach front and more dam
age may be done by it.
The center of the pier at the foot Of
Texas avenue has partially given away. 1t
is expected that the weakened part will go
out to sea before morning. The bulkhead
at Chelsea has been destroyed. Railroad
travel on the Camden and Atlantic Rail-
road has been suspended, owing to the
high water on the meadows submerging
the tracks.
The entire force of the iife-saving station
is out tonight on the beach watching for
any ship in distress.
The cottages on ihe meadow side of the
city have been surrounded by water all day
and the occupants have been compelled to
use boats to get to and from their
homes. The wind reached velocity of
fifty miles an hour to-day. Many railroad
ties are floating in on the beach tonight
and it is believed they indicate the wash
ing away of the trolley railroad on Brig
antiHe Beach.
whey ARD HAVEN, MASS, Oct. IL
A northeast gale mas prevailed here to-
day and it is increasing in force tonight.
The tug Mercury arrived from Boston.
No shipping disasters are reported in this
vicinity. The tugs Plymouth and N. and
w. No. 1, with barges and q small feet of
coasters. are harbored here.
NANTUCKET, MASS. Oct. u.-Informa-
tion of what may have been another ocean
tragedy was obtained yesterday, when
James @. McCleave picked up on the south
shore bottle containing the following
hastily scriDbled note on a leaf of a book !:
September 16.
We are off Nantucket twenty miles, and are
about to sink. Please notify my wife, Mrs.
Mary Frazer OF Gloucester. JOHN G. FRAZER.
We will never reacn shore alive. Good-by.
The gale increased steadily for the past
twenty-four hours, and is blowing hurri-
cane tonight. Small boats are being sunk
at their moorings, but shipping was so
thoroughly warned in advance that no
other wrecks are anticipated. A small
feet OF vessels anchored off Sankety
Head last night, and made for this harbor
this morning. One three-masted schooner
is anchored in the sound near Great
Point, and is in dangerous position.
GLOUCESTER, MASS, oct. H. The
schooner Alsatian, sixty-nine tons, from
Bath, mber-laden for Boston, capsizsd
off Baker Island this afternoon and is a
total loss. The crew was saved.
SEA ISLE CITY. N. j., Oct. 1.-THE
gale has ragged with great fury here to-day
and tonight. The meadows in the rear
of the city are flooded for miles and as far
as the eye can reach there is only foam-
ing sea.
The avenues and streets are inundated
by heavy breakers that are washing in all
the upper end of the city.
A ship's yawl- boat, bottom up. was seen
at sea this afternoon, which leads to the
fear that some vessel has foundered.
| Many small yachts have been badly dam
| aged.
LONDON, ENG. Oct. 11.-A northeast
gale is prevailing. The Danish steamer
| Scotia has gone ashore at ST. Abba Head,
on the east coast of Scotland. The crew
| was rescued.
| The schooner Caramel has foundered in
| the Mersey. Six OF her crew were drowned.
In many places the gale IS accompanied
by snow.
| A sailing vessel engaged in the coast
wise trade was wrecked to-day in Colwin
Bay, Denbyshiro. Two OF her crew were
| drowned.