The sun., 1896-10-15
STORM LASHED AT SEA.
INCOMING SHIPS BRING tales OF
DISAsTER AND DEATH

Mono OF the Coastwise Fleet OF Overdue
Fore-and-Att-rs Arrives - tShipwrrcLe cd
Crews or some BrouSht in by Stenm-
ships, Together with TtdinEs OF Others.
None Of tho coastwise feet of fore-and afters,
due and overdue at this port, appeared in
the offinR yesterday. News of several now
mere battered derelicts along tho southern
coast, was brought here by storm dashed stcam-
ships from places below Hatteras. 1t may 10
two weeks before the full record OF the havoc
caused by the storm will be known. 1t probn-
by will exceed, because of its persistency. that
of any other October cyclone. Not less than
eight coasters had been reported as succumbing
to tho seas piled MP by the northeaster that
blew with hurricane force for three days Off the
coast below the Delaware capes.
Capt w. w. Gheen and the crew of tho three
masted schooner Luther NJ Reynolds of Fred
erica, Del, were brought here yesterday by tho
Morgan liner FL Mar. from New Orleans. Tho
Reynolds left Brunswick. Ga, on Sept 80, with
cargo Of railroad ties. for Elijah Import, n. j.
She took the gale on Saturday and beat up to
Winter Quarter liehtship. of the lower Vir-
Rlnia coast There she hove to In tho
blast under close-reefed main and mizzen.
until Sunday. The pounding OF tho
seas opened the schooner's seams forward and
she leaked 90 badly that her pumps couldn't
relieve her. The water burst of her matches,
and, on Sunday morning, several tall combers
broke aboard and started her deck load. Other
waves Knocked her over on her beam ends, and
all hands scrambled to the weather bulwarks
and held on until the masts and deCkhouses
gave way under tho pressure of the deck load
and the schooner righted. The crew found
AT IL o'clock on Monday morning FL Mar
hove In sight, and lowered q lifeboat in charge
p nna
son and John Frederick son. volunteers. manned
her. The seas were still high and the work OF
rescue was dangerous. The crew of the Rey-
nods had to jump from the derelIct tn the life-
boat.
The steamship Hudson. in from Now Orleans,
waterlngKed schooner Frank o. Darne bound
from Brunswick for PHILADELPHIA. The British
steamship Teviotdale was standing by the Darne
taking of her crew, who were landed yesterday
The Atlas line steamship Athos. from West
Indian ports. passed on saturday near Carys-
foot Light, Off the Florida coast. u burning
coaster on her beam ends. Her tnasts and rig;
bmoudering forward.
The steamship Earndaie, which passed in at
she had aboard the crew of the schooner
William L. Cloves, from Brunswick for this
All tho incoming steamships from the south
ward had tussles with tho great blow. Tho
Cotehele. from iQuique, bad her .wheelhouse
the Eastern Prince from Mediterranean ports.
lost a port lifehoat aud had her wheelhonse
smashed by an invading sea. The Oxus. from
West Indian ports, lost seaman, Adolph An
dcrsen. a Norwegian, who was swept overheard
by a comher.
The British steamship St. Hubert, which
sailed from Philadelphia on Friday. put into
this port to reht: She ran into tho turbulence
lao miles east OF the Delaware capes. In the
worst OF IT the steering gear parted, striking
Seaman Hardsand and breaking his leg. The
steamship fell into the trough, and the seas
poured athwart her smashing tho cattle pens
and deck fittings, and sweeping ia steers into
the sea. The steering gear was repaired tenn
porarly, and the vessel bore UP for New YORK.