Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-18
THE STORM
THURSDAY NIGHT.
Unpleasant Experience Of Two
Men in Sloop.
THEIR BOAT WAS CAPSIZED
After This Experience They Managed to
Reach Another Boat That Was in Tow,
But That, Too, Capsizcsi. Again Placing
Them at the Mercy of the storm Their
Terrible Struggles in tho Water Other
Men Sustained Similar had Luck.

|
Men Sustained Similar Had Luck
| During the storm Thursday night
| Messrs. Joe Reed, Charles and Heath
hume. and Maurice Hudgins were
caught i'll u sloop between Craney ISL
and and Lamberts Point, and before
they knew 1T their boat had capsized
and all of the men were in the water
Ihey managed to get to the small boat
mat was in tow at the rear of the
siuop. They started for shore, but be-
lofe tney reached ii this boat Was al
! SO capsized. and the men were again
at the mercy of the storm. They were
! all expert swimmers. and managed TO
keep their heads above the water. See
| lnS that unless they managed to get
! tnelr clothing off they would be drown
ca, they, by some means, succeeded in
divesting themselves OF their outer
clothing, and by that means they sue
ceeded in reaching the shore. They
called loudly for help, but no one re-
| sponded. They Were in the water for
NJ least three-quarters of an hour be-
| lore they reached the shore. They all
lost their outer clothing. One OF the
party lost his clothes and his watch.
the other all the money he had; but
| they were thankful to even get Off at
that. After reaching the shore they
met colored man, who told them that
they could go to drug store near by,
and perhaps they would receive assist
ance, which they did. and the gctie-
men there loaned them clothes. They
| 'phoned TO Portsmouth for clothing
but before the parties with them ar
| rived they had reached the ferry.
| Through the kindness of gentleman
they got money enough to ride 10 the
ferry and pay their way across the
| river
While these gentlemen were having
such time some parties on MIR.
Moneys launch had gone down the
river in search of them, but failed TO
see them.
The gentlemen all owe their lives to
the fact that they We're good swimmers
ana never lost hope of reaching shore.
They received the congratulations Of
their friends yesterday on their mar
row escape.
About the same time that these gen.
tlcmen We're struggling in the water
for life. Mr.. Mike Dennis Jr., OF the
county, and Mr. Frank Adams. were
also trying to save themselves from II
watery grave. they having been cap
sized in Western Branch. and were
saved by means of ropes thrown to
them by Magistrate G. G. Mathews.
Mr.. VIM. Miller and the bridge keeper
succeeded in pulling the two men on
| the bridge. but not until the men We're
badly fatisued FROM such task and
| their hands badly bfirncd by the rope.
Soon afterwards MIR. Frank Wonny-
cult. Mr.. James Nicholson and Mr..
I.atchneld were capsized near the same
| place. and. like the others. were unable
to help themselves until n rope was
thrown them by the same gentlemen.
! who. with the assistance of the other
two men who had been saved succeed
ed in pulling them on the bridge. The
storm was terrible one, and the gen.
tlcmcn are not hankering to he in an
other.
About the same hour two colored
men left Tarkers dock in this city. in
n cat-boat. They had scarcely reached
the channel before their boat was upset
and the men We're dumped overheard.
They We're seen. when fash of light
ming came. hanging on the boats bot
tom but when another flash came they
had disappeared and We're seen no
more. 1t is supposed that they were
drowned.
Mr.. T.. w. Fauth and another man.
who had been out in the bay fishing,
We're cauSt in Hampton Roads and
their boat lost her mast and sails. but
! they managed To Keep her anoat until
assistance came. They had about 800
fish in the boat. and all of them were
lost. The boat was towcd 10 the shore
ard was righted up. and after the
storm they were towed to tho city.
4 horse belonging TO II coiored woman
named Martha Harris. who lives at
Smokey Town. was instantly killed in
the barn. The woman nal n close call
herself
\ small one story house near Smokey
Town. was struck and burned 10 the
ground.
a sloop lying in the harbor had her
mast torn off and sails carried away.
| Two negro women. who We're at work
| I'm house near Hodges ferry. were
badly stunned. the lightning coming