The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-22
POUNDED
TO PIECES.
Little Schooner Mystery a
Total Y. reCk and Her
Entire Crew Lost.

rlcnnc comes tne uSuai long llst VI uioao-
tors and loss of life which marked Its fury
ON the seas. For the past ten days the sit
,uation has been one of doubt and terrible
anxiety on the part of vessel owners and
tho families of the crews Of tho imperiled
craft. he situation was little batter yes
terday, savo that partial revelationSof
damage became apparent
Wires from the majority Of the coast
wise reporting stations have boon down
for almost week. Yesterday, however,
the service was in better working order
and from he incomplete kilograms receiy-
ed by the Maritime Exchange enough can
be gathered to show that Philadelphia
shipping has not escaped tho fury of tho
gale.
An enormous fleet of vessels struggled
into port yesterday. There we're thirteen
steamers and several schooners and barge.
Every ship including those in from trans
atlantic voyages, had some story to tell OF
an encounter with tho tail end Of the great
blow,
ers underwent the most dangerous expeir-
encos. Both the British steamer Barn
stable, from Port Antonio, and the Dera-
more from Dalqulri. ran into the teeth OF
the gale and their salvation eau only be
attributed to good seamanship displayed
by their officers. Topographic reports in
dicate a coast from Norfolk to Jackson
vile strewn with wrcckage. The saddest
story comes from Bean fort. North Caro-
lima, and implies the loss of another Phila
delphia vessel.
Tho littlo schooner Mystery bound to
Moorhead with cargo of salt, Is total
drowned.
Like the Aaron Reppard she encounter.
od the full cyclonic fury of the hurricane.
Tho little that Is known OF hor voyage
indicates that she must of boon In the very
centre when it burst upon her. Driven re
lentlcssly like chip before Its Irresistible
power, the doomed craft crashed heavily
upon the shlniny sand of that treacherous
coast.
During Friday night wind and wave
worked thoir will upon the doomed vessel.
One by ono the weak grasp of hor devoted
crew was broken from her shattered hull.
Her destruction was utter and complete.
Only u few broken tin,bers andlhe bloated
corpsos which the sea cast upon the lone
ly beach remain as tho mute and gruesone
evidences of II great disaster
The lost schooner was only an OCCASION
al trader here. The names CT her crow
were not OBJ ainabe yesterday. She was
small craft of but twenty-five tons and
ill-fated,
Private advices from Port Tampa 10 the
consignees OF the schooner Monhegau,
whence she was bound with a cargo of
pho sphate re OK, tell graphic story of her
combat with the force, Of wind and wave.
While going through tho BrunswicE
Straits on August IS tho Monhegan, un-
able to resist longer tho fierce pounding to
which she had bpen subjected for hours,
began to leak Whilo the storm ragged tho
crew was unable to work tho pump.
Thoro seemed no other fate than death on
their vessel soon to founder in that boiling
cauld.on through which ,hey drfted SO
htlplessy.
Night came on wind increased iu fury.
Several of tho sails wero blown from the
bolt ropos with report Ikea rifle shot
and Disappeared like great white birds
across the storm tossed sea. Lower and
lower the vessal sank in the wntor and
soon tho waves in their fury raced unham
perod across her decks
When death seemed inevitable tho
hurricane showed signs OF abatng in vlo-
lcnce tho sea continued high, but fcW
st,rs appeared and the varied sailors
again took heart. Tho donkey pumps
were arled and the leak was controlled
although they could not rid the vessels
hold of wafer Tho following day, under
Jury rig, Captain Strong laborlousy work
el his almost shattered vessel into safe
harbor ut Brunswick.
Captain .Johnnsen, Of the Deramorc,
tells thrilling tale of the experience OF
his steamer In tho great blow. She is
heavily laden with ovor 5000 tons OF iron
orc from lhcCuborn mines. the unyiolding
nature of which made the ship labor
much more than in tho case of tho first
beats.
On Augu,t 10, when the Deramore had
completed over half her voyage and was
then off tho North Carolina coast, sho on.
countorcd heavy Seas, which broS1 over
the yes el. Their advent was rs sudden
and unexpcc cd to the crew of tho steamer
n, would have bcon u thunderbo!t from u
clear sky.
Inan nsnnt the hoavy stnrbonrd llte-
boat was torn from It's fnstonings ana
smashed to pocos, A mighty delugo Of
water broke over the Deramore'5 high stem
and tbundered in cataracts over her slop-
ing decks to her stern, demolidhing bull
works and sweeping all small articles into
tho sea. Cap: ain Johanson thinks tina. his
vessel must hayo shipped eleven seas In
ten minutes. The port life boat was also
broken loose from its bods and damaged.
Thcro was not nan aboard the stcr.ne er
who did not think she would founder I'M
medin,ely.
Luckily, however, they managed 10
swing the vessel 5 head 10 the sea. And
s, she rode out the fearful squall. which
was of short durai ion. The waves ran
biob almost until The Brcakwater WAS
reached.
Tho experience OF the BNnsable was
unlike that of the Deramare She is II
lighter vessel however, md rode tho son
much better, Still, for all that, Captain
Higgins prononnros his experience au un-
enyInble one, utout tho wort In his many
years on the sea
,Advlccs from Charleston report that tho
Norwegian steamer Nicaragua has arrived
there, leaking badly. The Nicaragua. un-
der command of Captain Peterson. sailed
from Philadelphia for Tampa on August
II. cho fact that she was obligod to dis
continue her voyage Is interpreted by her
agents to imply that she is badly danay-
cd.
They have received no deflhate infor-
nation.
Neither have full particulars as yet been
obtained of the number Of Philadelphia
tr ], pf In