Gilpin observer., 1902-02-06
SHIPPING SUFFERS.
Bad Effects Of the Terrific Gale on
Atlantic Coast.

New York, Feb. 4.-The gale which
has been sweeping the coasts of Long
Island and New Jersey for more than
twentyfour hours. has brought death
and disaster to sailors and their craft
Reports of loss of life are confined to
the eastern end of Long Island. whence
comes news that several 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 may
have been either in barges towed by
the tug Richmond. reported as passing
Block Island without tow. bound from
New York to Newport. Rhode Island,
or the tug Cuba. which passed Block
Island two hours later and which left
New London. Connecticut. Sunday for
Newport News, and was returning
without tow. When leaving port the
Richmond had three barges and the
Cuba had two.
Wreckage strews the shore in the
vicinity of the Bellport, Rhode Island,
life-saving station, and one body came
ashore east of this station. One barge
was thrashing about yesterday after
noon near Forge River station. The
finding of two other bodies was report
eu liter ITOIn tne SdIue pOlut-
The captain and crew Of twenty-four
men of the American merchantmen
Schepp, Il full-rigged ship which went
ashore on Long Beach, Long Island.
shoals early yesterday. We're in peril
all day. Late reports last night say
they are still on the stranded vessel,
though the danger of death has been
lessened, owing to the slight abate-
ment of the storm.
A westerly gale was blowing at the
rate of seventy miles an hour when
the Schepp struck at $3.50 o'clock in the
morning. The men from Captain An
drew Rhoades' life-saving station, a
mile to the east dragged their mortar
to the scene of the wreck, reaching the
Schepp about daybreak. and found the
seas breaking over her bow and stern.
She was about 1000 feet from shore
and tossing heavily with every thrust
of the powerful breakers. Nearly every
spar in her was twisted or broken. Sew
eral of the crew could be seen ON deck,
running to and fro In apparent efforts
to keep from freezing to death.
The life savers of Captain Rhoades'
station and those OF the Long Beach
station under Captain Van Wycklen
made several attempts to shoot the life
lines over the Schepp, but the after
Moons efforts We're not successful. They
then tried to launch the lifeboat, but
this. too proved impossible.
Many other ships were reported in
distress.
The weather bureau at Washington
yesterday gave out the following re-
garding the weather conditions and in
dications:
"4'he severe storm of Sunday in the
middle Atlantic and New England
states has moved northeastward to the
Canadian maritime provinces. High
northwesterly winds and gales contin.
ued last night Off the New England
coast and along the lower lakes, as well
as throughout the interior of the middle
Atlantic states.
"Snow or rain fell Sunday from Vir-
ginia northward to the lower lake reg
lon and thence eastward to New Eng
land. Snow continued this morning In
western New York.
"The temperature has fallen from
twenty to thirty degrees I'm the Ohio
valley, In the east gulf. south Atlantic
and middle states. In the Ohio val
ley zero temperatures prevail while
In the east gulf states they range from
freezing Mt Jacksonville and New Or
leans to ten above I'm Tennessee and
about eighteen above In the eastern
poStion OF the middle Atlantic states
West Of the Mississippi there has been
marked rise In temperature In the
last twenty-four hours. although It II
still somewhat below the seasonable
average"