The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-29

brought from Ocracoke Island. where they
rad been storn-bound- Most OF the houses
we're swept away. and the ffty-seyen re-
naming are damaged. There were sew
eral thousand ponies on what are known
as the "Banks.' along the coast. and
most OF them have teen drowned.
No one vet knows the rumber OF per
sens drowned SalboatE are looking for
bodies For brothers named Fulcher
were found dashed toE ether in their boat.
over many 81 the banks The water stood
AZ depth Of FIVE 20 eleven feet There
Is great suffering FOR lack Of fresh water
All cisterns having teen flooded by the
unprecedented tide. The lines OF coast
IN many places are greatly changed, and
new inlets have teen formed Many
DIV ellings at Portsmouth. Hatteras, Big
Kinnekect. and Little Kinnekeet are
swept away. Eleven vessels are ashore
north Of Hatterss. Great quantities OF
cotton are coming ashore al Hstteras-
shores strswa with Wreck.
Norfolk. Va, Aug. 24-Accounts, in
many respects conflicting, continue e
come In from the Albemarle and Psmlico
Sound region. and the coast from Halter
as 10 Body's Island. in which section the
greater number OF casualties occurred as
a result OF the great storm Of August -
20 IS, inclusive
AS this section Of broad waters is the
artery for small craft from the region
tributary TO Chesapeake Bay and as Tar
north as Philadelphia 10 the North
Georgia coast, the number Of vessels ira
versing these inland seas IS always great,
and Il Is even yet almost impossible 10
state how many were caught in the storm
and anything near the number that Will
fail to answer roll call, but masters OF
craft in from that region state that small
schOoners. punEles. sloOps. and fishing
craft wrecked. ashore, broken up, sunk,
or turned over are TO be seen almo y
hourly IT, a trip through the sounds. and
Il Is now thought that the total drowned
viii run close 20 100, II II does not over
reach il. while at least on Swan, Hog, and
other islands in the vicinity, at Ports
mouth, Big and Little Kinrekeet, OCra-
coke and smaller points, fully sixty TO sew
enty houses four or five churches. and nu-
merous stores, barns, and warehouses
were either washed away or damage
beyond repair, and as z result numbers
are homeless and destitute, and many
others have lost crops and focks. Stock
and implements and the fishing interests
have suffered greatly. In a few days
fairly complete report can be MADE, but
at present rumors outweigh true state
ments and an accurate footing OF the
damage cannot be reached.
Official confirmation is had to-day or the
laundering OF an unknown steamer Tar
off HatteraS. Two bodies OF those lost
aboard her have come ashore. a piece Of
wreckage washed upon he beach at the
same time bore the name agnes, ana
II Is believed that the two and odd nun
dred bales Of cotton that came ashore
were from this wreck. IL is not believed
that the lost s'eaner's name was Agnes.
since no steamer of that name was due
in the vicinity Of HatteraS At the time OF
the storm. The Portuguese bark Agnes,
from New Orleans to ODorto. August 3,
however may have come 10 grief a. she
WAS previously reported distressed. Lieut..
Johnson, Of the Revenue Marine Service.
who has made an investigation Of the
wrecks off Hatteras, left for Washington
tonight 10 report.
Norfolk. Va. Aug z3-Further partlcu-
lars of the storm a OcTacrke Island.
y. c., are coming in. The Ola Dominion
Steamship Company sent the steamer
OCracOke from Washington. n g.. TO the
island, and Capt. David Hi.l, the com
man1er. states that his family, who re-
side there, barely escaped in q small
boat 10 higher ground. Nj. George L.
Buchanan and son, Of Washington, who
were stopping on the island, we're drown
ed, and a colored man died "f fright. The
fOrty-ToOm residence Of a Mr.. Tuttle was
badly damaged, and Hotel Ponder was
wrecked. Many smaller houses, q church,
and a Norfolk and Southern barge were
broken into pieces and nearly all the
stock on the island killed. The Ocra coke
removed all the summer visitors from the
island TO Washington.
From the wording Of the dispatch It
might seem that Mr.. Buckma1 was from
Washington. ID. c., and not from the
town OF the same name in North Caro-
lima. There is q Mr.. George ". Buck
man living a Fifth and T streets north
west, but he knew of no one in tie city
whose name correspondent 20 hat Of the
drowned man. Those VINO lost their lives
were evidently from Washington. \. c.