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the wind and overlapping waves, the rud-
der chain was repaired aud the boat
rugged, the hopeless passengers took some
new courage, but au hour later, when it
broke again, every one, If the truth be
told, gave up completely.
CRAZED BY FRIGHT.
"One passenger tried to borrow a re-
volver with which to shoot himself and
another offered all his property 10 any
one who would guarantee him safely in
port. No one took his offer, however,
and he still has his property"
Mr.. Lathrop said Capt. Brakeman de-
clarcd 1t was his worst experience in
twenty ty-seyeu years on the sea, and no
one found IT hard to believe that he was
not eXaggeratiug.
Norfolk, Va. Oct. 13,-The Old Dominion
iron steamship jamestown, which left here
for New York at $50 O'Clock Saturday
night, met the hurricane OF that night and
Sunday and had TO put back to tins port
when off Atlantic City owing to a shortag ge
of coal. She arrived here about 2 o'clock
this morning
Her officers report a terrific gale, saying
thar at times the vessel almost laid on her
sides, so rough was the sea. For many
hours she was only able to make four
knots an hour, and when off Atlantic City.
N. j., the supply OF coal grew so low that
the captain determined to run before the
| wind back to this port
Some OF her perishable cargo suffered,
but all in the hold OF the vessel was un-
| injured. She carried n good many passen-
gers, all OF whom We're extremely sick
1t was noticeable that many of these left
for New York by rail this morning and
did not wait for tie jamestown, which
sailed this afternoon. The vessel was in
no way hurt.
SH1P'S OFFICERS COMPLIMENTEp
Charleston, 8, c., Oct. 13.-The steam
ship Comanche, Captain T.sW. Pennington,
which left New York Saturday afternoon,
arrived here this morning. She ran into
| the hurricane Saturday at midnight, off
Cape Delaware. The gale steadily In
creased, changing east northeast to north
east, and op Sunday at $50 a. M, tre-
| mendous seas were encountered rolling east.
The steamer hove to off Cape uenry bear
| ing west, forty-seven miles distant, the
wind blowing terrible gale, and lay to
until 4 a. III. Monday, seventy miles from
Cape Henry, when the gale shifted to
north, northwest, and the steamer then
| resumed her voyage to Charleston.
The passengers behaved admirably. Reso-
lutions We're adopted complimenting Cap
tain Pennington and the ships officers.
| The captain reports The highest seas ex-
ludH Years
| sea service.
On the 9th inst, thirty-four miles north
! of Bodies Island. he passed n wrecked
| schooner, with steamship, apparently one
| of the Morgan Line, rescuing the crew.
Lewes, Del, Oct 3.-The steamer Baron
Innerdaie tBritish), from Pekalongan, which
sailed from the Breakwater for Philadel-
phia today reports n terrible experience
| in the hurricane of Sunday last. Her decks
lie
and two small boats lost. Seaman John
Gibbons was washed overheard and
| droyned.
Savannah, Ga, Oct. i 3.-The steamship
Chattahoocbee reports passing on October
| 10, at p. NJ, about thirty miles off Cape
Lookout, a lot OF wreckase, consisting Of
the top of q vessels house and two doors
| painted white and a chair; also passed a
| large quantity of dressed lumber.
FISHERMEN IN DANGER.
Norfolk, Va, Oct. 13.-Lieut Camp
| bell, superintendent of this life saving
| district, went to Virginia Rcach today to
| inspect the life saving station south of Cape
Henry. He could get no further than Sea
Tack station. just north of the cottages
| at Sea Eeaoh. Not even Dam Neck sta
tion, two and a half miles south of the
| Princess Anne Hotel, could be reached,
Rudy Inlet lying between being a raging
torrent.
The keeper of the station has succeeded
in reaching the beach, lie states that the
| boat house at Dam Neck is submerged
and that the fishermen living thereaboufs
| had to fly with their families to the woods
| from the surf which was making inroads
on the beach, washing 1t clear of SAND
and exposing the clay underneath.
| The storm was the heaviest since 1S47
The wires to Hatteras have not yet beer
| repaired