The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-08-23
LOST LITTLE OF ITS FURY
Damage By Hurricane
On Atlantic Coast.
Eleven Vessels Ashore Near Cape
Batteras.
It Is Said Thirty Lives
Were Lost.
Crews of Vessels Rescued by
Life Savers.

Norfolk. Va. August ss.-The recent
hurricane which dealt death and des-
tuction on Porto Rico apparently lost but
little Of its fury when 1t struck the At
lantic coast. No such damaging result
has attended storm in ths past quarter
Of century In this section. High winds
and seas, which blew INCREASINGLY day
and night at IS mi lie an hour velocity
were the cause Of many disasters and that
not more lives were lost is considerei by
many survivors q miracle. Thirty-five
shipwreohei seamen, arrived here today
from Hatteras. 1t is from them that the
story was learned. They report no less
than eleven vessels ashore on the coaet
between Hatteras and New River Inlet
and estimated that thirty lives were
lost. Among those who arrived there are
ella, Captain SprIngstein of Baltimore,
which vessel lies broken in three pieces
on Gull shoals, IS miles north OF Cape
Hattsras. There were four fatalities
shortly after the Priscilla went ashore,
the captains wife being washed over
board and drowned. The others who
lost their lives were the captains two
sons, aged "a and 1a ysars respectively
and Goldenborough, connected with the
Lee family and relative of one of the
vessels owners The older of the Spring
stein boys was first mate Of the Priscilla.
Captain Springstein escaped from the
wreck with the remainder of his crew,
but ia still at Hntteras suffering from
wound in the breast. All Of the vessels
crew were injured more or less.
The schooner Robert w. Dazey, Cap
tain Olsen, Phiadelphia for Jacksonville,
Fla, with coal, ssfncE Che beach Thurs
DAY and was partially washed away.
The crew of six were saved by the life
saving orsw. The schooner Flor ence Ran
dali, Captain Cavalier, bound from Long
Island to Charleston, s. g., struck Wednes-
day and soon went 10 pieses. The crew
of ten and the captains wife we've res
cued.
The schooner Minnie Bergen, CaptaIn
Bowman, which sailed Wednesday from
Philadelphia for Neuvltas, Cuba, with
iron, coal and coal oil. anchored ON
Thursday and shipped her cattle Friday
morning. She lost several sails and
struck at 8 a. M, Friday, at Chioamiool-
leo. Her crew of ten men were rescued
by life savers. All of the men who came
here were taken in charge by local seafar-
Ing men and sent to Baltimore.
HITsTHE CYCLONE.
Baltimore. August 23.-Captain Bode
Of the steamer Catania, which arrived to-
day from Cuoa, reports:
August 20, In latitude 31.43. longitude
75 3S, rescued from q raft, Arthur
Necaiasas of Gothenburg, one of the crew
of the Norwegian bark Drot, from Pas
cagouln, August 3, for Buenos Ayres
Necalasas says that on August IL. when
of the Florida straits, the Drot got into
the centre of q hurricane. The vessel
was wrecked. The crew, consisted of
fifteen men, eight of whom got into o
raft. formed by part Of the deck of the
disabled bark.
After being tossed about for short
time the raft parted, six of the men re-
naming on one portion, while Necalasas
and the first mate olung to the other.
They lost sight of the other portion of
the raft almost Immediately. After
drifting about i've days without food or
water, the fest mate jumped over board
and was drowned. Neolasas says that
three steamers passed within mile of
the raft but did not answer tho signals
OF theiunfortunate men. The Catania
picked up Neclasas more dead than alive
on the goth inst. Nothing is known of
the fate of the other members of the
Drot.