Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-16
GALE WORKS AWFUL HAVOC
WITH SHIPPING AND SUM-
MER RESORTS.
FATE Of MANY IS UNKNOWN
FEAR EXPRESSED THAT THE
LOSS OF LIFE WILL BE
VERY HEAVY.


gale that has ragged over this region
since Thursday has now practically
spent it's power. but fo: miles and
miles along the Virginia coast the
beach Is Uttered with wreckage. and
throughout this entire section of the
country devastation lies in the wake
of the storm. Thousands of people
crowded the trains to the coast yes
terday and saw the wrecks of the
big barges Ocean Belle and Georgia
which were wrecked Saturday near
Virginia beach. There is nothing left
but an indiscriminate tangle of debris
along the shore at Dam Neck to mark
the end of the three-masted schooner
Nellie w. Hewlett. The body of
Capt. George Evans of the Georgia
washed ashore late Saturday night
two miles south of Sea Tack life saw
ing station. and is now at that that
station. The body of George Peters.
the colored seaman of the same ves-
sci, has been recovered. The rescue
of the remaining three negroes of the
crew by Surfman William Capps Of
Sea Tack station was one OF the
Most Heroic Acts
in the history of the surfmen on the
Virginia coast. While nothing new is
reported in the way of wrecks on the
coast there is absolutely no method
of securing information from points
more than six miles south of Vir-
ginia Beach. The entire coast tele-
craps system is prostrated and it will
be some days before communication
can be restored.
The passenger steamer Hamilton
reached Norfolk at 4 o'clock yesterday
morning after a terrible experience
in the gale. The steamer was not
damaged to any great extent and will
continue her schedule, but the suf-
fering of the passengers, particularly
those in the steerage, was heartrend-
ing.
Locked in the bowels of the plung-
ing and lurching ship, these foreign
ers, men, women and children, be-
came panic-stricken, and their shrieks
of terror could be heard above the
gale. Many of them were bruised by
the tossing of the boat and three re-
ceived fractured limbs, aside from
other hurts.
Their Fate Unknown.
Anchored off Virginia Beach with
no sign of life aboard are two large
seagoing barges. Both are slowly but
surely dragging toward the beach,
and unless there is a further break in
the force CT the gale both may be
wrecks in few hours. What fate
has befallen their crew is yet to de.
velop
At Ocean View the immense pleas
ure pier is a total wreck and the
damage to the club houses, cottages
and extensive bulkheads will run far
into the thousands.
At Cape Henry the bay and ocean
beach is covered with the wreckage
from small craft and the mammoth
double deck pavilion is badly dam
aged. The loss at Virginia Beach ex-
ceeds that of any other place here
abouts. .
From the inland points of tidewater
the reports of great damage are con-
stantly being received.
Severe g. Shipping.
New York, Oct. l3.--The northeast
gale which has been raging for the
past twenty-four hours has seriously
interfered with shipping, and yester-
day four ocean steamers which have
been delayed succeeded in making
'port. The steamers which have ar
rived all report hurrios eahd noun
famous seas. The Monterey. Of the
Ward line, and the Jefferson of the
Old Dominion line came in from the
South. The latter craft was terribly
battered by the storm.