Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-08-23
WRECK OF PRISCILLA
Survivors OF the Lost Barkentine
Tell Of the Disaster.
The SEA SWALLOWED FOUR
Captains Wife WAS Washed Overheard
Toy Was Drowned In Cabin. Schoonars
Robert D. Dasey and Florence Ran
dali Felt the Storms Fury.

Robert D. Dasey and Florence Ran
dali Felt the Storms Fury.
CBy Telegraph.) \. Stss,';
NORFOLK. VA, Aug. 22.--Anotl1er
chapter in the history of the horrors
of tleGseaS Was added by the recent ltur-
ricanc which 9deaItFdeath and destrllc-
sion in Porto Rico and apparentlyslost
none Of its fury by reason of its visit
to the Atlantic coast.
such damaging result has attended
no storm in the past quarter of a CEN
fury and the stretch Of beach from
kinnikcet to Hatteras. N. c., a distance
OF about Is miles, bears evidence of the
fury OF the gale in the shape Of spaI.s,
masts and general wreckage of i've
washes ashore to lend soemnity to the
scene. 81 III :.
The story was long in reaching Ncr-
folk. but it lost none OF its dramatic in
| tersst by reason Of the delay.
SEAS MOUNTAIN HIGH.
Waves mountain high, seas which, by
reason of their power, carried every
thlng before them winds. which blew
DAY and night INCREASINGLY Were The
| causes of the disasters, and that no
more lives were lost is considered by
many survivors nothing less than a
miracle. 49,. n :.
| Thirty-tive shipwrecked seanen Who
mad nothing in thetworld but the lew
tattered and torn clothes on their backs,
| some Injured. all miserable. arrived here
today from Hatteras.@N. c., by way of
the Norfolk and Southern, Railroad
from Elizabeth City It is from them
that the fearful story was learned. ,rhev
report no less than eleven vessels
ashore on the coast between Hatteras
and New Riyer#fn1et and estimate ,lat
no less than thirty lives were lost.
81 iPWRECKED CREW ARRIVES. .
among those who arrived today are
/ ten OF the crew of the barkentine Pris
ella, Csaptain Benjamin r. Springstein.
|: Of Ealtim ore. Which vessel lies broken
IN three pieces on Gull shoals, aeignt teen
1i,iles north Of ca " f teras There
We're four fatalities shortly after the
PRISCILLA went ashore, the captain g
Wife being washed overheard and
drowned within ten minutes from the
time the bark struck. The others who
lost their lives We're the captains two
sons. aged, "a and II years respectively
Goldenboroagh. connected in the Lee
family and relative of one Of the
VESSELS owners. c. Morton Stcwars &
Co. The older of the Springstcin bays
was first mate of the Priscilla. He and
the Goldenborougk lad were both wash
ed overheard
DROWNED IN THE CABIN.
Ills brother was drowned in the cabin.
Alex. Won Restorff. one of the crew,
was caught in the cabin and While hold
ing on to window to prevent being
drowned i heavy sea came. which re-
suited in the laceration of his :trn.
Seeing that death was certain if he re-
manned longer in the cabin, Van Res
dorff leaped through the window ard
day at the office of the Marine Hospital
Service. Captain Springstein escaped
from the wreck with the remainder of
his crew, but he is still at Hatteras.
suffering from a wound in his breast,
which is said to be three inches in
0epth. The captain is "a years of age.
The Priscilla left Baltimore for Rio
De Janeiro. Brazil. on Saturday, the
18th instant. with I, general cargo. She
passed out the capcs on Monday, the
1ith and it was p. NJ. Thursday when
She struck. All OF the vessels crew
! Larsen is suffering from internal in
juries and VIM. L. Henderson. the col
! ored steward, has a mashed knee
SCHOONEI2'S CREW ESCAPED.
The schooner Robert w. Dasey, Cap
tain Olsen, left Philadelphia August
a. for Jacksonville, Fla, With coal! She
was partially washed away as soon as
she struck the beach, which was about
! 6 2. NJ. The crew of six were all saved
! by the 'breeches buoy.
The schooner FLORENCE Randall Cap
| tain Cavalier was bound from Long Is
land to Charleston, S. c., with fertiliz-
err She struck at 5:15 p. Nj, on Vel
nesday and was soon washed to pieces.
| The crew of ten men as we'll as the cap
tain's wife, We're rescued by the breech-
es buoy.
THE MINNIE BERGEN.
The schooner Minnie Bergen, Captain
Harold, sailed Wednesday from Phil
| adelphia bound for Nuevitas, Cuba,
with iron, coal and coal oil. She an
| chored on Thursday and shipped her
cable Friday morning. She lost sew
eral sails and struck at S a. NJ. on Fri
day at Chicamcomico. Her crew Of ten
men were rescued by life savers with
the breaches buoy.
All of the men who came here We're
taken in charge by local seafaring men
and sent to Baltimore in the afternoon.
rntWurBn :ScI1di T7bvffa- 4 Rim
ART,I WE'D IN DISTRES
| The schooner Percy and Lille, Cap
tain Miller, Of New York. which struck
the storm last week While bound from
New York to Charleston. S. c., with a
cargo Of fertilizer. arrived here This
morning leaking and otherwise in dis
tress. While tossing helpessly about
on the ocean the life boats of the
schooner were smashed and the vessels
main gait was broken.
II This schooner I4ottie E. White, Cap
tain Mann, of Tappahannock, Va.
bound from Baltimore to 'Ncwberne N.
G., with a cargo of corn, arrived here
this evening in distress, she having en-
countcrcd the storm last week The
schooner will be repaired and proceed