The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-23
THE STORMS TERRIBLE WORK.
STRUCK HATTERAs
WITH DEADLY FORCE.

"details of Its Fury Late, But Its De- |
struction AwfuI-Beach Strewn
with WrecIage of Five Vessels. |
Now and Then Body Is StiIf
Cost Up by the Sea-Thirty
Are supposed LOst-TerribIe Ex-
uerience of the Crew of the Pris-
ella.
Norfolk. Va, Aug. 22.-Another chapter
in the history of the horrors of the sea was
i added 10y the recent hurricane which dealt
4 fsath and destruction in Porto Rico and
i louarenty lost none of its fury by reason
/ 5f its visit TO the Atlantic coast. No such
fn1aeing results have attended a storm
] in the past quarter of a century, and the
/ stretch of beach from Kinnakeet TO Hat
/ tsras n. c., distance of about eighteen
mile. bears evidence of the fury of the
eaIe in the shape of spars, masts and gen.
/ fral ureCkage of five schooners, while now
/ and again a body washes ashore TO lend
solrmuity to the scene.
The story was long in reaching Norfolk,
/ but it lost none of its dramatic interest by
/ reason of the delay. Waves mountain high.
/ -s which, by reason of their power. car
| rri everything before them, winds which
/ b,-W increasingly day and night at a sew
/ lntv-fye-mile velocity were the causes of
the disasters and that more lives were not
LOST is considered by many survivors noth-
| ing less than a miracle.
Thirty-dve shpwrecked seamen, who had
/ nothing in the world but the few tattered
and torn clothes on their backs, some in
1lred all miserable. arrived here to day
/ from Uaucras, n. c., by way of the Nor
/ loK ana Southern Railroad, from Eliza
beth city. 1t is from them that the fear
fui story was learned. They report no
less than eleven vessels ashore between
Haueras and New River Inlet, and esti-
4 maze hat no less than thirty lives are
lst.
Among those who arrived Today are ten
4 Of the crew of the barkentine Priscilla,
Capt Benjamin r. Springtein, of Balti-
more. which vessel lies broken in three
/ pieces in Gull Shoals eighteen miles north
Of Cape Hateras. There were four fatali-
ties shortly after the Prisci Ia went
ashore The captains wife being washed
overheard and drowned within ten min
utls from the time the bark struck. The
oilers who lost Their lives were the cap
tain two sons, aged "A and II years re-
spgcGyely. Goldenborough, connected with
de Lee family, and a relative of one of
NE ressels owners, c. Morton Stewart
Co.
The older of the Springstein boys was
first mate of the Priscilla. He and the
GolenbOrough lad were both washed over
board, His brother was drowned in the
cabin Alex Won RestoTff, one of the crew,
was caught in the cabin and. while hold
inc on to window TO prevent being
drowned, was struck by d heavy sea,
which resulted in the dislocaton of his
ann. Seeing that death was certain if
he remained longer in the cabin Won
ReSi1Iff leaped through the cabin window
and was landed on deck. He was attended
today at the office of the marine hospital
# surgeon. in Norfolk custom house. Capt
FL Stnhgsten escaped from the wreck with
81 the remainder of his crew, but he is stil
81 al Hateras suffering from a wound in
MS breast, which proves to be three inches
ID deplh. The captain is "a years of age
The Priscilla left Baltimore for Rio ia
81 nero, Brazil, on Saturday, the 18th inst.
win general cargo She passed
out the capes on Monday, the 14th,
ana t was p. m, Thursday when she
Suuek. All of the vessels crew We're in
!lled more or less. Andrew Larsen is
suffering from internal injuries, and Will
lam L. Henderson, the coiored steward,
The schooner Robert W. Dazey. Capt.
Olsen, left Philadelphia Aug. IA for Jack
S9nVtle Fla, with coal. She was par
u1iy washed away as soon as she struck
lne beach, which was about p. m. Thurs
o8y The crew of six was saved by the
boechos buoy
The schooner Florence Randall, Capt.
cavalier, was bound from Long Island 10
'Aarleston S. c., with fertilizer. She
NiIck at j15 p m. on Wednesday, and
Vas soon washed TO pieces. The crew of
'.I as well ac the captains wife, were
I,.eued by the breeches buoy
I0e schooner Minnie Bergen, Capt Bow
han, sailed Wednesday from Philadelphia
1ound for Nuevitas, Cuba, with iron, coal
thl coal oil. She anchored on Thursday
Sn1 slipped her cable Friday morning. She
81 several sails and struck at S a. m. on
Iday at Chickamiccmico. Her crew of
'u was rescued by life savers with the
9reeehes buoy. All of the men who came
Lefe were taken in charge by local seafar-
NS men and sent to Baltimore in the aft
ernoon.
The schooner Percy and Lille Capt. Mil
'r of New York, which struck The storm
nSl week, while bound from New York to
N-'reston, S. c.. with a cargo of fertiu-
zeIs arrived here this morning leaking and
TAerWse in distress. While tossing help
Nssiy about in the ocean the lifebcats of
me schooner were smashed and her main
Glf broken
The schooner Lotue E. White, Capt.
M3nn, of Rappahannock, Va, bound from
baltimore to Newberne, ". c., with a car
So Of corn, arrived here this evening in
4 U'frss having encountered the storm
'Sl week. The schooner will be repaired
aAd proceed 10 Newbernc