Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-05
OF THIRTEEN MISSING
Entire Number Believed to Be Lest in the
Storm.
THREE BARs[s ARE sTTlL UNDISCOVERED
During Heieht OF the GaIe TOWNS
Hawser of Rescuing Tag snaps
and Vessels Are tent
AAdrfft.

NEW YORK, Feb. A.-There is every rea-
son to believe that three barges. coai-laden,
Newport News for. Boston, have been lost
at sea as a result Of the storm on Sunday
night. and that thirteen persons, compris-
ing the crews, have persisted. The barges
were Antelope, Belle Of Oregon and Mystic
Belle. They were in tow Of the tug Rich
mond and the finding Of a piece Of wreckage
bearing the letters 20 p. E." lends o
irmation to other information at hand.
During the height Of the blow Richmond's
towing hawser snapped and the barges
went adrift of Fire Island. Each barge
had on board three sailors. Besides these
were Captain Miller and his wife, who acted
as cook on the Antelope; Captain Harding
on Belle Of Oregon. and Captain Rogers, on
Mystic Belle, a total Of thirteen persons.
Richmond Reaches Newport.
The tug Richmond, Captain Mcconnell.
reached Newport, r. l., today. Captain
Mcconnell states that he was we'll out to
sea with his tow at 6 p. m. Sunday, on the
Long Island coast, when the rope from the
forward barge parted and the barges were
blown away from the tug. Captain McCon-
nell said he did not give up hope of rescu-
ing the men on the barges until 1t became
too dark for him to distinguish them. Tho
tug then made for Newport. Captaia Nc
Connell thinks the barges and those G-oard
Of them have been lost.
Tho Oak Island life saving station reports
that two of the crew of the ship l.. Schepp
have come ashore and that the rest OF the
crew have been taken on board a wrecking
tug. which Is standing by.
The steamer ,Oavour, aground OF Long
naoch "a Ranortad fo he Wasting eaaV. and
to have withstood the storm well Another
effort to get It OF will be made today.
From Forge river 1t Is reported that Eve
masts have come ashore. two with white
mastheads and three with black. These
indicate that two barges have gone to pieces
In that vicinity. No more bodies had been
found up to 10 a. m.
The barge John C~rittenden, which broke
way from its tug, /. G. Merritt, In
Sundays storm, has been found at Fire
Island. No person aboard was lost or In
jured.
BUFFALO, Feb. ABOUT two inches OF
snow fell during the night and a light snow
is falling this morning. Superintendent
Fischel of the mailing department Of the
postofice said at 1890 this morning that
mails were arriving from one to 1--WE hours
late.
Tugs Are mt WORK.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Feb. 4.-The
Brigantine beach life-saving station reports
that the steamship Claverdale is unchanged
today. Wrecking tugs are at work on It,
but 1t is not believed they will be able TO
float It until mort Of 1000 tons of the cargo
has been removed. So far no damage has
been inflicted on the Claverdale and, being
a new boat. It may be able to stand the
strain until its cargo is lightered.
The schooner Edith L. Allen of Bath,
Me-, which came ashore yesterday morning
about 400 feet from where the Claverdale IL
stranded, Is leaking one foot an hour and
Il, is feared viii become a total wreck. The
theory is advanced by the l~ife-savers that
the crew Of the schooner was deceived by
the lights on the stranded Claverdale, pre-
Stunning the latter to be at anchor. and thus
beached their own vessel.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. A-The British
steamship European, from London for
Philadelphia. and the Erin line steamer
Drummond, : from Philadelphia for st.
Thomas, both OF which grounded In the
Delaware river during yesterdays gale,
were hoated early this morning. They were
found today unchanged and both proceeded.