Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-10-16
WRECKED IN THE OCEAN
SCHOONER RoBY. LOST OFF THE
COAST OF DELAWARE.
Ing Damage 10 Shipping ON
the Atlantic Coast.

Lewes, Del, Oct. n.-At daybreak this
morning the American schooner Luther
a. Roby, from Shiverie. Nova scoria,
fot Philadelphia with a cargo of plaster.
struck near the point of Cape Aenlopen
While a terrible nurlheast gale was pre-
valIlng. The force OF the sea was %
great that the vessel pounded to pieces
on the sands before the u1e saving men
couid get line out To her. Five OF tiie
ciew were rescued after an awful ex
perience with the elements.
The dead are: Thomas Sims anu
Thomas MalIDy and an unknown Nor
wegian sailor.
The bodies of those lost have not ye,
been recovered.
Captain Maioney and the members Of
his crew that were rescued with him.
we're taken out of the sea after tney
had given up all hope. When the schoon
er went to pieces, the five men manag CO
u get hold OF The deck house. On this
frail raft they were buffeted about y.
the mercy of the enormously high seas
until they We're seen by the life savers.
A rope was thrown TO them, and the nve
men, now nearly exhausted, were hauleu
through the roaring surf to Il place OF
safety.
A.aging All Along the Coast.
LeWes, Del, Oct. ia severe north
easterly gale is raging along the Atlantl,
coast tonight, accompanied by rain.
About Az vessels are anchored inside
the Delaware breakwater. Some OF them
are dragging dangerously near the bar.
and there is every prospect that unless
The storm abates there viii be otnel
disasters to shipping in addition to tn,
loss of the schooner Roby. The Out
ward bound bark Alice lost anchor anu
was dragging in helpless condition
when the tugs Pioneers went to her res
cue.
Saved Three Sailors.
Gloucester, Mass. Oct. 1.-THE Bath
schooner Alsatian, with a cargo of lum
Der, after a hard sail with the tremen-
deus seas, kicked up by the northeast
gale, lies tonight a total wreck on this
bre akers of Bakers island, while hel
captain, James Oliver. and his crew OIL
| two men, are indebted to Captain Young
| Of the lobster smack Helen Nj. Butler
| OF this port, for their lives. The Butler
rescued them just as the craft was being
| submerged.
please Notify My Wife,"
| Nantucket, Mass, Oct. ia bottl,
was picked up on the south side of tn,
island by James McCleave, which con
tanned the following message on a piec,
| OF paper:
September 1--we are off Nantucke
| 20 miles; about to sink. Please notify nay
| wife, Mrs. Mary Frazer, of Gloucester
| We will never reach shore alive. Good
| bye"
| 1t was signed by John c. Frazer, anc
| there was nothing which indicated the
| name of the vessel.
| Damage at Atlantic City.
Atlantic City, N. j., Oct. ia severe
northwest storm began to rage along
the coast about o'clock this morning
and has continued with unabated fury.
| The wind blew steady about 50 miles an
hour. The government life crew reports
no shipping disasters along the coast.
In this city the storm did considerable
damage
Hurricane OF Cape Cod.
Barnstable, Mass, Oct. 1.-THE wind
from the northeast is blowing a hurri-
cane over Cape Cod tonight. Cape Cod
bay is clear of vessels. and many of The
smaller craft have been brought to safe
anchorage. The sea is running very
high and the tides as well.