The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25
1REEREROJS HANERAS.
Chastity Page in Her
Death Record.
THE HURRICANES WORK

The Coast Strewn with Wreekaxe OF
Many vessels-The Body OF q Drown.
ed Sailor Occasion.ilyWa shed Ashore
Add 60 the Horror-Many Exhausted
n Wounded Sailors Rescued By the
Life saving ~CreWs-some OF the YES.
sells Wrecked
Norfolk, Va-s August 22.-Another
chapter in the history of the horrors
OF the sea was added by the recent hur-
rlcane which dealt death and destruc-
ton in Porto Rico and apparently lost
a OF its fury by reason of its visit
to the Atlantic coast. No such damag-
ing results has attended a storm in the
past quarter OF a century and the
stretch OF beach from Kinnakeet to
Hatteras, n. c., a distance of about
eighteen miles, bears evidence of the
fury OF the gale in the shape OF spars,
masts and general wreckage of five
schooners while now and again a body
washes ashore to lend ghastliness to
the scene. The story was long in reach
ing Norfolk, but it lost none of its dra-
matte interest by reason OF the delay.
Waves mountain high; seas, which,
by reason of their power, carried every
thing before them; winds which blew
increasingly day and night at a rs mile
velocity, were the causes of the disas-
tiers, and that not more lives were lost
is considered by many survivors less
than a miracle.
Thirty-ive shipwrecked seamen who
had nobhing in the world but the few
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 rail-
road from Elizabeth City. It is from
them that the fearful story was learn
ed. They reported no less than eleven
vessels ashore on the coast between
Hatteras and New River Inlet, and es-
timated that DC less than thirty lives
were lost.
Among those who arrived today arc
ten of the crew of the barkentine
Priscilla, Captain Benjamin r. Spring
stein, of Baltimore, which vessel lies
broken i'm three pieces ON Gull shoals,
eighteen miles north of Cape Hatteras.
There were four fatalities shortly after
the Priscilla went ashore, the captains
wife being washed overheard and
drowned within ten minutes from the
time the bark struck. The others who
lost their lives were the captains two
sons, aged "a and II years respectively,
and - Goldenborough, connected
in the Lee family and a relative of one
of the vessels owners, G. Morton Stew
art & Co.
The older of the Springstein boys
was first mate of the Priscilla. He and
the Goldenborough lad were both
washed overheard. His brother was
drowned in the cabin.
Alex Won Restoriff, one of the crew,
was caught in the cabin, and while
holding on to a window to prevent be-
ing drowned, a heavy sea came, which
resulted in the dislocatiOn of his arm.
Seeing that death was certain if he re-
manned longer in the cabin, Won Res
dorf leaped through the cabin window
and landed on deck. He was ATTENDED
today at the Office of the marine hos
pital surgeon, i'm Norfolk custom house.
SdpidlLl OplVuSSlClp 0SCdpco 4AOl1l AC
wreck with the remainder of his crew,
but he is still at Hatteras, suffering
from a wounds in his breast, which is
, ! said to be three inches in depth. The
| captain is 54 years-of-age.
The Priscilla left Baltimore for Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, On Saturday, the
18th instant, with a general cargo. She
passed out the capes on Monday, the
4 1ItL o-J - q 0to1ooly ~ ~ Th1YrC-
day when she struck. All of the YES
sells crew were injured more or less
Andrew Larsen is suffering from inter
, nal injuries and William 1. Henderson,
: the colored steward, has a mashed
t knee
The schooner Robert w. Darcy, Cap
tain Olsen, left Philadelphia August
18th for Jacksonville, Fla, with coal
She was partially washed away as
: SOON as she struck the beach which
, vas about 6 o'clock p. m. Thursday
!. The crew of six were all saved by the
breeches buoy.
The schooner Florence Randall, Cap.
tain Cavalier, was bound from Long
Island to Charleston, S.. c., with ferti.
, lizer. She struck at 5:15 O'Clock Or
: Wednesday and was soon washed tt
I pieces. lQe crew OI Vcu, DIS well d. LII
= captains wife, were rescued by tbs
D breeches buoy.
: The schooner Minnie Bergen, Cap
? tain Bowman, sailed Wednesday from
Philadelphia, bound for Neuvitas, Gu
ba, with iron, coal and coal oil. Sh'
anchored on Thursday and shipped
/, cable Friday morning. She lost severa
= sails and struck at 8 o'clock a. m, OF
e Friday at Chicamico. Her crew Of te!
r men were rescued by life savers will
i the breeches buoy.
ALI of the men who came here wer'
taken in charge by local s~eafaring mel
and sent t Baltimore in the afternoon
The schooner Percy and Lille, Cap
D tain Miller, of New York, which strucl
the storm last week while bound from
d New York to Charleston, S. c., witt
a cargo of fertilizer, arrived here thi
: morning, leaking and otherwise n dis
, tress. While tossing helplessly abou
the life boats of the schooner wer