The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-01

reached here this morning. after an event
full passage from Newport News, during
| which she lost the barges Ocean Belle.
| for Providence, and the Enos Sou2e. for
| this port. The crew Of the Ocean Belle.
| four men, were saved. The fate of those
| on the Souie is not known. The Orion
with her tow ran into the heavy blizzard
| on Sunday morning about twelve miles
| south-Southeast from Winter Quarter
| Shoal and being buffeted about for some
time the Ocean Belle 4 ened in the seams
and began to fill rapidly. The stea mer
succeeded with difficulty in taking of the
four men. In the meantime the Soule
| had drifted away and although the steam
er searched in the vicinity for some time
! she was unable 10 locate her.
CAUGHT OFF HATTERAS.
| The freight steamer Brookline arrived
at her wharf today. As hours late on her
passage from Port Antonio, Jamaica On
the evening of the 9TH. while off Cape
| Hatteras, the Brooinine ran into the gale.
which pounded the vessel so that it was
| necessary TO heave to for thirty-six hours
| First officer Hoiville was seriously in
jured by being thrown down by a heavy
sea.
STORM STARTS UP AGAIN.
Another heavy northeast snow storm
started in here just before Z o'clock this
morning and an hour later had settled
down in a way that promised several
inches Of snow at the least. a brisk wind
of twenty miles an hour was blowing
from north-northeast. These conditions
greatly interfered with the work being
done at points where vessels were wreck
ed, as the sea was running high and the
snow was thick on the water.
Passengers in the north and south shore
trains report that the wind is blowing
gale along the shore AT Cohasset and
other points further down the south shore
it rained in torrents about O'Clock and
the streets were flooded with water and
melting snow. The storm promises to
complete the wreck among the shipping
along the shore.
IN A JOINT OF BAMBOO.
Plymouth, Mass, Nov. 30.-A piece Of
bamboo picked up in the surf here today
brought stor yof death and the loss OF
the schooner White Wings. of Gloucester.
in the recent storm. Il contained the fol-
lowing message:
1--WE will be lost, thirteen of US. in the
fishing schooner White Wings. from
Gloucester. Have no bottle TO put 1t in;
everything is gone. We are about to go
on a raft. Henry WiIier and Frank
Haskins are dead. If / could only see
my wife and darling child again.
ALBERT SIMMONS
A body found yesterday morning on
the outside beach near Powder Point
bridge by the Gurnet life-saving crew.
clad in oil-skins marked Haley" is
thought to be that of one of the four Nor
well men reported missing from their
shooting box near the mouth of North
river.
A 6-foot steering wheel, a spar 70 feet
long, with rigging attached, and what ap-
peared to be the front of quarter deck
house or the side OF steamers state
room, are reported floating in the water
off shore near Brant rock. They are
thought to have come from some deep-sea
ship, wrecked further up the coast.
KING PHILIP A TOTAL WRECK.
Provincetown, Mass, Nov. 3o-The
schooner King Philip. of Fall River. has
been totally wrecked on the Cape. The
crew, probably numbering ten men, have
been lost The schooner was of 1,22i tons
gross register.
THE EDGAR HANSON ASHORE.
Swampscott, Mass, Nov. 30.-The three
masted schooner Edgar Hanson, coal la
den, bound for Portsmouth, n. H, went
ashore on Ores Ledge off Nahant, this
afternoon. A volunteer rife-saving crew
rescued the crew.
BLOWING HORNS FOR HELP
Lynn Mass, Nov. S0-An unknown
81 lod in
distress in Nahant Bay, off Fisherman's
Beach. She has been blowing horns for
help and the life-saving crew has gone
to her assistance.
NEW YORK'S SNOW BLOCKADE.
New York. Nov 30.-The storm which
began last night with rain followed by hail
and snow. blocked traffic in the suburbs
today and delayed it in the city While
the storm had none of the severity of the
blow of Saturday and Sunday coming
so soon on the heels of that storm il
increased the difficulties of the situation.
Even the elevated lines suffered today
and many persons were obliged TO walk
long distances in order TO get down town.
In Brooklyn. in the Bronx and in the
borough of Queens there was a REPETITION
Of the annoyance and discomfort of Sun
day. The main line of the Long Island
railroad is again blockaded and on a num-
Der of its local branches also traffic IS
suspended. train is buried in a snow
bank at Mineola- The trouble was ag-
gravated by a high wind. which re-filled
the cuts made through the drifts that
resulted from Sundays storm.
NEW YORK'S SHIPPING REPORT.
The steamer Leonard, from Port An
tonic reports having passed the wreck
of a schooner yesterday in latitude 37.E;
longitude 74A. The schooner was with
out masts and her hull was well down
in the water. Her name was not ascer-
tanned
The steamer Stratheska, from Philadel-
phia for Kings Lynn, which came into
port today for survey and repairs reports
having had a hard experience in the
storm for IS hours Seas swept the yes
sci fore and aft. smashing the bridge.
boats. rail and deck house. One seaman
was lost overheard and three others of
the crew were badly injured The steamer
had a bad list TO port as she came up
the bav.
The storm OF Saturday night and sun
day has literally s;rewn the Long Island
coast with wrecksse. Altogether about -
vessels. not counting small yachts and
sCoWs were wrecked or rendered useless
and the numerous haroors welere vessels I
sought shlter from the fury 0f the storm
are filed with wrecksge Of ali kinds.
The damage in Green Point hsrbor and +
vicinity was estimated 70 be over $500 7
The small steamer Niantis - reported 10 /
be ashore near Montauk-
II was reported today that there IS a
schooner ashore near Wadlng river. a I
miles east OF Port Jefferson. u is i'm
possible 70 learn anything about her.
commun ication with Wading river has 4
been cut Of
4 Geographic despatch has been r.
ceived in this city from g. Johns y F., !
that the British steamer Scottish King 4
~ 9 10 tons frou1 AnfNerp Nor. u for +.