New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-23
WRECKED on NORTH CAROLINA COASI.
ELEVEN VESSELS WENT ASHORE IN THE GALE
AND AT LEAST THIRTY LIVES WE'RE LOST.


AND AT LEAST THIRTY LIVES WERE LOST.
Norfolk Va. Aug. 1.-THE recent hurricane
which dealt death and destruction in Porto Rico.
apparenty lost little of its fury when II struck the
Atlantic Coast No such damaging result has at
tended a storm In the last quarter OF a century IN
this region and the stretch OF beach from kinnaKet
10 Hatteras y. c.. distance OF about eighteen
miles bears evidence OF the force OF the gaze
snars mast and general wreckage OF Ave schoon-
ers are strewn about while now and then n oooy
washes ashore The story was long IN reacnihs
Norfo,L but II lost none Of its dramatic interest
nv reason of the delay High seas and WINGS
which blew increasingly day and night al seventy
Eve miles an hour were the causes OF the dis
asters and that more lives were iost Is CONSUL
.red nv many survivors almost miracle.
Thrty-hve shpwrecked seamen' VINO mao no'n-
,ro IN tho world but the tatered and torn clothes
on their backs some sick and all miserable arrived
here to-day from Hatteras. by way OF the NoriolN
and Southern Railway from Elizabeth city. IL II
from them that the story was learned lhey re-
nor, m less than eleven vessels ashore on the
coast between Hatteras and New-River lnlet' ana
estimate that thirty lives were lost
Among those who arrived to-day are ten OF the
orou ~ the barkentlne Priscilla. Captain Benjamin
Springstein OF Baltimore which Vessei hes
broken in three pieces on Gull Shoals eighteen
miles north of Cape Hatteras. There were four
fatalities shortly after the Priscilla went ashore
drowned within ten minutes from the time the
bark struck The others who lost their lives were
tho cantain's two sons. aged twenty-four ana
twelve and Young Godenborough. connected win
the Lee family and relative of one of the vesse.s
ou,rers The older OF the Springstein boys was
first mate OF the Priscilla He and the Goldenoor-
oush lad were both washed overheard HIS orother
yss drowned in the cabin Captain Springstein es-
caned from the wreck with the remainder OF ms
crew. but Is still at Hatteras' suiei"'s ''" "
wound in the breast H.. pto rororo
The Priscilla left Baltimore for RIO Janero
Rrazil on Saturday August u. with genera
cargo She passed out the Capes on MohHd9; M ,h
vessels crew were injured more or less o,
The schooner Robert ". Darcy, taptaln ISL.
which left Philadelphia on August IA Tor JACKSON
willie Fla with coal struck the beacn Al p; IN
on Thursday and was partially washed away. Inc
crew, ~ six were saved by the life saving crew
The schooner Florence Randell, Captain Cavaner
hound from Long Island to Charleston, D -. VIII
Fertilizer struck at 5:l5 p m. on Wednesday, ana
soon went TO pieces. The crew OF ten, as wei ss
the captains wife. were rescued by the oreeches
buoy. c...,. ro,,,,o,
which sailed on Wednesday from Philadelphia TOT
Nuevitas Cuba with iron, coal and coal oil,
anchored on Thursday and slipped her cable on
Friday morning She lost several sails. ana struck
at s a. m. on Friday at Chcamicomico Her crew
OF ten men were rescued by fe savers with the
breeches buoy. ,, c., ,,r,or -,
The schooner Percy and Lille, Captain Miller, OF
New-York which ran into the storm while bound
from New-York TO Charleston with a cargo OF
Fertilizer arrived here this morning, leaking ana
Otherwise in distress While tossing helplessy
about on the ocean the lifeboats were smashed
and the vessels main gaff broken.