The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-09-23
News Of Disasters to Shipping Already
Beginning to Arrive.
SCHOONER WALKER ARLINGTON LOST
Big Fo~ur-sIanted Vessel Goes Down
In the Lower Chesnpeako-Graphic
story OF tho Wreck Danger to
CoHstwiso shipping-Tho weather
Burenu Warns Ship Masters.

storm experienced here since the cyclone
| Of last fall. @
No damage has been done in the city.
but along the coast the FULL severity of
the gale Is felt. Already news of ship
ping disasters Is coming in. Hampton
Roads is crowded with sailing craft of
all kind, seeking a safe haven from the
blast. and many steamships are also
storm bound. The big French bark
Caroline. from Jamaica to Havre, put
m the Capes to-day leaking badly and
In distress. Her captain came up to the
city in the afternoon to consult with the
French Consul.
LOSS OF TIT ARLINGTON.
The most serious disaster thus far Is
the loss of the large four-masted steam
schooner Walker Arlington, from Balti-
more to Providence, laden with 1,414
tons of coal. She sunk off Middle
Ground on ThimIble Light Shoals at 1890
oclock yesterday morning. The AIRING
ton left Baltimore Tuesday evening and
had an u~neventful voyage down until
she passed Back River light, when 1t
was discovered that she was leaking Sc
riously. She was even thea half full of
water. and although the crew manned
The pumps and worked with the energy
OF despair, the water In the hold grew
steadily deeper.
ABANDONED THE SHIP.
Finally Captain Cumming decided
That in order to n v the lives OF his
crew of nine men he would have to
abandon the schooner. They took to
the yhwl boat and rode on the end OF q
long line attached TO the ship until she
sank In 5R fathoms. They then n,,llad
for land, but were taken aboard a
passing schooner and brought to this
port.
The Arlington will probably prove n
.oVal wreck. She lies on the edge Of
the channel and If not promptly re-
moved Is a serious n to all. Bay
shipping. The same vessel was ashore
Ior several weeks last winter off the
virginia coast.
DANGER TO SHIPPING.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning 4ho
lofth-east storm flags which had been
hylng from the signal :, pole of. [ h
Wcather Observation-Disclosures hours pre-
Vlously, were changed to hurricane Sig
nails In response to the. following teIe-
gram from the chief of the bureau at
Washington:
J.J. Gray, Observer, Norfolk:
Change to hurricane signals 10 a. m.
Miorehead, Washington, NEWPORT News.
rort Monroe, West Point and Baltimore.
west India hurricane central on South
carolina coast, moving northeast near
the coast line, will cause dangerous
northeast gales tonight and Thursday
on Middle Atlantic and New England
coast. Use Office force to warn all ship
ping that it is dangerous 10 leave mort.
(Slgned) MOORE.
Chief OF Weather Bureau.
All water transportation lines were
Immediately notified OF the hurricanes
proximity and four hours later the OBJ
server at Cape Henry. reported the We
locity of the wind at that point to he
forty miles per hour. The storm was
accompanied with rain, which was drlv-
en- along in great white, Sheets before the
rushing wind, and off the coast this
Formed an almost impenetrable veil, rem
dering the danger to shipping all The
greater.
NO STEAMERS DELAYED.
Despite the warnings of the weather
bureau scarcely a vessel scheduled to
leave port:I ut night faiIed2!to do so.
The Bay Line Sent the Georgia 10 Bal
timore. and the Southern line cleared
the Atlanta for the same port. The
washington steamer also sailed ~ hcr
appointed hour. These steamers navi-
gate the comparatively smooth witers
OF the Chesapeake and the Potomac, and
will make port without difficulty.
The ocean teamers left port on time
with one exception. The Old Dominion
cleared the jamestown from Nor:olk,
and their new Princess Anne Is now
headed for this port from New York.
The Merchants and Miners line sent
the 1tasca south INTO the very teeth of
the storm. She Is expected to reach Sa-
vanrah without accident. They also
cleared the Fairfax for Boston. The
Clyde line held the Winyah, for Phila-
delphia, at her slip until the worst of
the storm WIS over.
The schooner Loud sailed for Savan-
nah with coal. and the barge Forest
Belle, for New Bedford with coal. Both
these sailing vessels probably anchored
down the Roads.
IN THE CITY.
The gale did no damage Of any con-
sequence in the city. y fcS signs and
fences were blown down. but nobody
was hurt.
About S o'clock a trolley wire On the
Bank street line broke near the, corner
OF Main and Bank. 1t fell into the street
and came In contact with a dog which
was instantly killed.
;, About 9 o'clock last night a live cleo
tric light wire fell on Roanoke avenue.
Much excitement followed, n Il large
crowd quickly gathered in the vicinity of
the deadly wire, and the services OF
two policemen were required 20 keep
the people from c~ndangering their lives.
The damage vas repaired without acct
dent.
The storm reached its height before
midnight. at which hour the rainfall had
increased. giving hope Of u substantial