Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-02-13
A TERRIFIC GALE.
Death and Ruin Follow i'll Its
Wake on the Atlantic Coast.
Ships Were Wrecked--GalIantE Efforts
of Life savers 10 Rescue Crews--
Several COrpses Are Washed
AshOre--FNO Barges and
l3 People Missing.


with abated force, brought death and
destruction to sailors and their
craft. Reports of loss of life are
confined to the eastern end of Long
Island, whence comes news that sew
eral bodies have been washed ashore.
1t was not known up to 10 o'clock
last night what vessels the men who
lost their lives came from. They
might have been on either of the
barges towed by the tug Richmond,
reported as passing, without tow,
Block island bound from New York
for Newport, II. l., or the tug Cuba
which passed Block island two hours
later-which left New London, Conn,
on Sunday for Newport News.
Wreckage strews the shore in the
vicinity of Bell Port, L. l., life saw
ing station, and one body came
ashore east of this station. One
barge was threshing about Monday
afternoon near Forge River station.
The crew of the American mer-
chairman Scheppp, full rugged ship
which went ashore on Long Beach,
l.. l., shoals early Monday, were in
peril all day.
A westerly gale was blowing at the
rate of 20 miles an hour when the
Scheppp struck at $3.50 in the morn
ing. 1t was bright moonlight at the
time and from Capt. Rhoades' life
saving station, a mile to the east,
the life savers had no difficulty in To-
eating the vessel.
They reached the Schepp about
4 l..
ing over her bow and stern. She was
about / 900 feet from shore and toss
ing heavily with every thrust of the
powerful breakers. Her main top
gallant and royal mizZen topsail with
the fore tOpgallant studding sail had
been carried away and nearly every
spar in her was twisted or broken.
The life savers of Capt. Rhoades'
station and those of the Long Beach
station under Capt. Van Wycklcn
made several attempts to shoot the
life lines over the Schepp, but the
efforts were not successful
The crews of the tugs John L. Ber-
wynd and +. S. Atwood had a mar
row escape from going to the bot
tom with their craft Sunday after
noon.
Philadelphia, Feb. 4-The wind
storm, which reached a velocity of
80 miles along the southern New .Jer--
sey coast and in the vicinity of the
Delaware brealiwater. has diminished
Reports indicate that vessels that
were exposed to the gale weathered
the storm fairly we'll Two vessels
are ashore ON Brigantine shoal,
short distance north of Atlantic
City, n. j., and two steamers are
aground in Delaware bay, about so
miles below this city.
Fall River, Mass, Feb. 4.-The tug
Cuba, of Taunton, arrived here last
night and reported the loss of her
two barges, MatanZas and Cardenas.
off Block island sunday night during
the gale.
New York, Feb. 5.-Ihere is every
reason to believe that three bargcs,
coal laden, from Newport News for
Boston, have been lost as result
of the storm on Sunday night and
that 13 people comprising the crews
have persisted.
The barges were the Antelope,
Belle of Oregon and Mystic Belle,
They were in tow of the tug Rich
mond and the finding of piece Of
wreckage bearing the letters 20. p.
T." lends confirmation to other in
formation at hand.
The Antelope loaded coal at New
port News for Boston. She was towed
to New York by the tug Clavcrton
and was there transferred to the
Richmond, which was to have towed
her to Newport.
The tug Richmond belongs to the
Chesapeake g. Ohio Railroad Co.
Agent Willette, of that company, says
that Sunday afternoon the Richmond,
in command of Capt. Mcconnell, left
Liberty island, in New York bay,
with three barges in tow, coal laden.
Each barge had on board three men.
Besides these there were Capt. Mil
Ter and his wife, who acted as cook
on the barge Antelope; Capt. Hard
ing on the Belle of Oregon and Capt.
Rogers on the Mystic Belle, a total
of 13 passengers.
Agent Willette was in cOmmunica-
tion with Capt. Mcconnell, who had
reached Newport, X. I. The barges,
he said, We're well out to sea at &
O'Clock on Sunday night off the Long
Island coast. The rope from the for
ward barge parted and the barges
were blown away from the tug.
Capt. Mcconnell said he did not
give up the hope of rescuing the
men on the barges until it became
too dark for him to distinguish them.
New York, Feb. G.-The barge Mys-
e ! Il.