The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-07

During yesterday news was received
here Of severe damage sustained at sea
and along the coast by several vessels,
notably the schooners Addie Lawrence
and Roger Moore. There were also i'm
portant developments regarding the
fate Of a number of fishing boats and
crews about whose safety fear was
entertained.
1t is gratifying to note that thus
far no casualties by reason Of the
storm have yet been reported as posi-
lively known on his immediate coast.
However, as will appear further on III
his article, three of the crew OF the
derelict schooner Carrie Lane were
rowne between Beaufort and Nor
folk.
The reports made by fishermen and
others who visited Wilmington yester-
day from various points all along the
coast and on various streams as far as
New river, tend to verify the state
ment previously made in The Messen-
ger that a great majority of the fish
ing boats, nets, etc, all along the
coast are destroyed and the fish bust
ness, both for shipping and local con-
sumption, seriously interrupted. In
shipping circles the following are some
of the most notable developments:
THE SCHOONER ROGER MOORE
WRECKED.
The schooner Roger Moore, owned by
Mr.. j. T. Riley, of this city, went
ashore and was wrecked during the
storm, near K~inneaket life saving sta
ton, below Kitty Hawk. The captain
photographed that the schooner was a
q total loss. He has been instructed to
save everything possible.
There was no insurance on the vessel.
Messrs. j. S. Emery e. Co. have wired
Mr.. Riley that they will go to he
wreck. The schooner was bound for
Brunswick Ga, from Boston, and had
no cargo
THE ADDIE LAWRENCE IN A
SINKING CONDITION.
The British steamship Emma arriv-
ed at the bar yesterday afternoon with
the American schooner Addie Lawrence
in tow, having fOund her in a sinking
condition about 121 miles out from
Southport in latitude 31-53 and longi-
tude 1920. The tug Marion, which was
at Southport, went out and tOWed the
Addie Lawrence over the bar to South
port and will today pump the water
out of her hold. When found by the
Emma she had eight feet of water in
her hold and would have very soon
gone down. This was about 1870 o'clock
Wednesday morning. The steamship
Emma is from Cardiff and has proceed
ed on her voyage, having filed with Mr..
James Sprunt, who is English vice
consul at this port, a detailed report of
the finding of the derelict Emma Law
renee and a statement of her condition.
Mr.. Sprunt will have in charge the
matter of the adjustment of the sal
wage claims.
THE STEAMSHIP MOUNTBY IN
TROUBLE.
The steamship Nountby, Captain
Jones, put in at Southport yesterday in
serious distress, having been caught in
the storm and run short of coal about
the same time. She finally made South
port and te~legraphed to Messrs. Alex
ander Sprunt & Son, who are agents
for the owners, r. r.. ROpner 81 Co.,
of West H~artlepool, England, of his
a plight. Messrs. Sprunt sent them
sixty-five tons of coal last night n
the vessel will at once proceed to Nor
folk. She is from Galveston to Ham
burg with a miscellaneous cargo.
THE CARRIE LANES TROUBLE.
The Messenger announce yesterday
that the derelict Carrie Lane was be-
lieved to be in trouble again. The fol-
lowing telegram from Norfolk receiv-
ed last night verifies the report:
THE derelict schooner Carrie A.
Lane, of Bath, Me-, from Beaufort, N.
c., to Noank, Conn, in tow of the tug
Edgar f. L~uckenbach, left Beaufort
with the schooner last unday On
Monday the tug stormy
weather, which developed into a hurri-
cane that night, which washed the
d~erelict, putting out the fire in the
donkey boiler, which ran the pumps.
The seas which washed the decks of
the schooner, WI three of her
creW-Harry KaytOn, of Pictou, Nova
Scotia; Frank McCover. of Brunswick,
Ga, and Christopher -, a relative of
the owners of the tug Luckenbach.
The remaining two of the crew surviv-
ed the night. Owing to the gale the tug
could render the crew of the Lane no
assistance, but on Tuesday morning the
survivors were taken off and arrived
here today. Kayton became Wedged on
the deck of the schooner and was
mashed. He vas drowned like a rat in
a trap. His body was buried here this
afternoon.
Just a month ago the three masted
schooner Carrie A. Lane. which sailed
from A~palachicola for Noank, Conn, on
September 18th with a load of lumber,
met with a severe hurricane in the gulf
stream, off the Carolina coast and was
wrecked, her crew, consisting OF Cap
tain J. Frank Skofield, whose wife was
with him, and eight men, being picked
up by the British steamship ode
and brought to Norfolk. The Lane, af-
ter drifting about in the ocean for
some time, a dangerous dereEct to
navigation, was picked Up n saved
by wrecking crews, who received lib
eral remuneration from the vessefS
owner, Mr.. Arthur Sewall, of Maine.
W. SnDyn11 ryA-4 10 pnn IIfnrt asst week
and arrangements were made with the
Luckenbachs to tow the schooner to
Noank, for the discharge of the lum-
Der now in her hold. 1t was while this
contract was being carried out that the
Lane, for the second time, in, a month
became waterlogged at sea.
After being temporarily repaired,
the ane will go to Bath, Me-, for a
complete overhauling."
ZEKE'S ISLAND PARTY SAFE.
Yesterday j. w. Brock, Rowan Green
o11 r II Canady. the Marty IF fShar-