Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-01
HAVOC 70 SSE|I|PIPI|i:;;.
Damage. ]. lama by the Storm to IS
sels from This Port. 4
LOOKING |! o. .|5l''. G G FOR IHE sOI}s
iaks H1nassa, OF Norfolk. searehips#
8 The s "1iiss.aE barge. ls-,,ev..i
81 Have ,ssn. h.rrsl tbs, a.,c. XII o
sinis and Nscke,,eesss U
:a"r'fs.

80 q Gs---- got
sss The darHnse done to Newport News
IS shipping the great New England
storm. while known to be considerable
is not SO gSsat, it is believed. as was
+ a al frs first supposed.
The Atlantic Trs.4lsport Company is
by far the larsest loser, but even that
= corpora tion feelsSncouraged by the la
s ter reports received as to it's vessels
Captain Smith has succeeded in reach
ing Boston with the staunch steamer
and perilous trip in his'extensive exper-
Hence. 49,
The Orion was towing the barges
Ocean Belle and Enos Soule, laden
With coal and bound for Boston. The
storm struck her off Delaware Break
E water and all three vessels We're COM
PEELED to anchor. The Orion lost both
of her anchors and the Ocean Belle be-
! ganstos leak badly The crew becoming
alarmed for their safety, signaled the
3s Orion take them off, which was ac-
& cordinGlS gone. The Enos Soule had.
in the; meantime. snapped her hawser,
i lost her anchors, and was adrift.
S Captain Smith put into the Break
water and reported The wrecking tug
3 North America put out at once on g
search for the barges and the Orion.
after looking in vain for the Soule.
proceeded to Boston.
N found the Ocean Belle, which had been
reported sunk. She was still anchored
4 and was 3toWed to harbor in compare
vs. lively goods condition. 80 m
No sign of the Enos SouIe could be
i found, and the vessel With Captain Po-
land, and crew of five men. is either
still drifting garound,t or at the BOTTOM
N of the sea The tug Arthur Hudson of
Norfolk was. sent aout late Tuesday
night in search of her. but up to last
ght no advces had been received.
s5f The officials OF the company here are
confident that the Soule has 5wea thered5
u the gale, and the opinion has been ex-s
pressed that she. may now be drifting
4: about somewhere in the neighborhood
s of the Bahamas rs It is alsn:Said that
there is a possibility that Captain Po-
lsssl land is bringing her back to5tfis port
m ulld e,sF Ter own SAIL. A anNSJ,ate,y if
s. slesis still atloat. as the Off cias.
R9 company believe. she is some WSaSs In;
th etra Ok. of the Goa twise steanaef d
be picked up. 2
z e Soule g sili VIM.
~. she stands we'll out of the va
yer, ana is considered one Of t1Is
'. s,,5lest barges in the service
s,fa ne ctonpanys tug Underwater is
s,ile- .ohee is now in Boston harbor h,t
the TWO barges that she was tovin q
are adrlft Those barges are the viz,
Slhiil ana NiclSells. which parted their
haWsers off the New England coast ana
Nothing has been heard here FROM,
me me tug Mars since the storm. When
MS, , seen. she was near Lynnhaye,,
Mass The company is not. however
nj arprehehsiNe on her account
me tug Roeblng, with the borres
s Sen1ucky and Ringleader. left here
sunday night for Newport They arn
supposed to be all right though moth
n ss mas pesn heara from them. They
day. 'ii'tloh 10
me tug Taurus is safe in Boston. but
nef three barges. the Hawgood Eos
Yer ana IRON City. are ashore on Com
however. and are reported 10 be in 800
c9nditlon. Little difficulty IS anticipat
ca IN saving them. These. vessels ,ver.
bound for Philadelphia for certain re-
PINS ms before coming here for coal
me tug storm King. which arrived
here several days ago with tba h,ro,a |
Forest BELLE and Chalmette. left ves
lefday for Newport, towing the Vast
nlrslnia and the Mystic Belle CAPTAIN !
a. tl"Mers. or TINS tug. described the storm
ne experienced coming down as being y |
remarkably severe one but he Vac
aoie 10 save his tow by keepine we'll
UNDER the lee of the land Canaan
1lo"eFs rs one OF the best known mas
tefs m the service and one of the n,ns+
capa BILE 'ie ''"e'
The steamer Evcrards laf,
light. Dos ION
The steamer santuit is en- route to
this port from New York toyiro ~
Western Belle 9 ''S
Another barge whose safety is
feared for is The Daniel 7
-, : s..'iey' winch was in this
port some days ago and started fos
Boston with coal - 10 't {
captain Cox was sent here from Rns !
ron 10 take command of the Tennev |
her hrst master Captain Walker hayjna t
ne. stl.eo by an academia! fall though
With Captain Cox on the Tennev was
ms WIRE, as well as the crew of four
men. ana 1t is feared that those on !
BOARD have been lost. as the Tennev (
mas not been heard from at all o
Inc monster barge Independent is sill, a
aground off Long Island from last re-.
ports and it may be impossible to save o
Gaptain Dimes and crew are safe.
ole OF the luckiest escape from the
.ury OF the storm and what wo,ld e
rave been certain destruction had tho Il
5esssl put out. was that of Captain c:
a The M o. me ne barge Moonbeam: N
Ia, e iDeain left here last Wednes- nj
.ay and dropped anchor in Hamntnn NJ
soads until Friday morning, when Can la
am IN! fano got under way for Boston 70
Mhen near the Thimble Light, the
y se., nolicea that his vessel was leak
hs. some and seeing that a storm vas
reWing5 he decided to put bacix Az rr
lviHg in port Friday night. hs
!, IN monday the Moonbeam went to
ne shlpyard to have some caulkine 81.
one, and she is still there. cunning vi W.
= liao not Captain Panno turned hack
men ne did ne would surely have heer We
~ II, IN the storm when at it's high So
49, ana ne and his men are now con flu
ratalating themselves on being alive Of
VII. VT, no sand in their ears eAfNe "
ms IS tile third time that CAPTAIN
ammo ann mas turned back in the face Of a n
. orm ana M saved his ship when other tbi
"a, "a were lost in the storm. '''ueo cor
III, Inc ,l oarge City of Atlanta arrived in ~
= iuesaay afternoon from Boston IA
IN mp, noth anchors gone. having passed ra.
ry. - i''tout olher IN era
i1,sa barge b was compelled to 60 to the ~,