The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-24
MANY MORE ARE
PROBABLY LOST
List Of Vessels Wrecked in the Hur-
ricane is Incomplete.
LOSS OF LIFE BELIEVED HEAVY.
News Received OF Probable Drowning
OF Sixty in Pamlieo Sound-Thrcc
Vessels Wrecked and No lid
ings of Their Crews.

NORFOLK. VA. August 23.-speclal.-
Captain Cavilelr, Of the schooner Florence
Randall. which was wrecked near Cape
Hatteras on August 18th, left for New
York tonight to report in person to the
owners the loss Of their vessel. In an In
terview to-day he gave the following
additional particulars Of the wrecklng Of
the Randall and the loss Of many other
vessels I'm the fearful storm which forced
them ashore on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
ships
He said when he left tho shore three
schOOners. whose names have not been
printed since they are to all unkn1wn,
were in the outer breakers of the cape.
All are total wrecks, he said and we're
going 10 pieces when he last saw them.
lie said that as his vessel was being
blown ashore ne saw near her another
schooner. whose name he does not know
and which he cannot accurately describe,
sink before his eyes No man Of her crew,
or none Of the crew of the three other
vessels which he reports are in the outer
breakers. so far as known living or
dead has yet come ashore.
HOW THE WIRES BROKE.
why communication between Cape Henry
and Cape Hatteras IS Interrupted, and at
the same time made apparent the vio-
lence OF the storm off the coast lie
said that when his vessel came ashore
the shock lifted one OF her life-boats
from the davts and the wind carried
the boat overland and knocked down
telephone pole. breaking the wire. This
break was followed by others until a
large portion Of the line was down.
II IS feared here that the schooner NJ.
B. Mailer. Captain Cavileir, which put IN
for harbor here and sailed on August
1lth for Darien. Ga; the schOOners Frank
W. Mccullough. Captain Dunn. from
Norfolk for Savannah. and unknown
schooner which sailed I'm their company
may be among the lost. Captain Ran
some. Of the tug Reliance, saw them sail
out OF Chesapeake Bay and so FAR as
known neither has been heard Of since.
They arc overdue.
THE HALF NOT TOLD.
IL is believed here that the extent or the
disaster caused by the storm is not yet
half known and that many vessels not
now known 10 be lost VIII never come
into port.
Persistent rumors 20 the effect that n
BRUSH steamer Ia trNN. ~ 'tt N'.' ''""r
cannot be verified and is believed 10 be
erroneous. II IS believed probable. how
ever that one has thrown her deck load
overheard Wreckage which came ashore
would indicate this 20 De true
From North Carolina news has come
~ the loss IN PamlIco Sound 90 the
schooners Goodwin. Aurora. l.. r. Hil
and Berwick and the probable drowning
OF as many as sixty persons.
BY Associated Prcss)
NORFOLK, VA, August 2-Furiher
particular NJ the storm at Ocracoke
island. y. g.. arc coming in. The old
Dominion Steamship Company sent the
steamer Ocracake from Washington ~
c.. 20 the island. and Captain David Hin,
the commander states that his family
who reside there barely escan'd I'm 20
small beat to higher ground Mr.. Geo.
l.. Ruckman and son. of Washington who
were stonning on the island. We're drowned
and a colored man died Of freight The
forty room residence Of a AR Tuttle was
badly damaged. and Hotel Ponder
wrecked Many smaller houses. n 'aree
church. and Norfolk and Southern
barge were broken into pieces and nearly
all the stock on the island killed The
Ocracoke removed an the summer Nisi-
tors from the island to Washington.