The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-09-17
a GOOD SHIPS STRUGGLE
Cargo Listed and Ten Hours Beh'nd. J.
Her Time. @ g

Cargo Listed and I en- Hours Behind.
AZ, Her Time. 8.
NORFOLK. VA. September 10-The
Old Dominion liner Princess Anne, cap
tam Tapley, from New York to Norfolk.
with n passenger list Of one hundred,
steamed slowly into harbor tonight with
her cargo badly listed, ten hours behind
on a run that should have consumed
eighteen hours. The Princess Anne left
New York without the slightest intllna-
ton of the fierce wind blowing mp the
coast to meet her.
To the Associated Press correspondent
tonight Chief Osterhaut made the state
ment that when the steamer left Tor
the South the storm warnings had neen
hauled down and the indications given out
weer to tho effect that the hurricane haa
broken. si5s 6a st sis
STRUCK THE GALE.
Consequently, when at o'clock this
morning, off Fenwick Island, tho full
strength OF the gale struck the ship and
sent a mountain of sea rushing over her
decks, the captain and crew were taken
completely unaWares
The shock of tho first sea awakened
all the passengers. Il who rushed half
clothed, weeping, praying and screaming
from their state-rooms in an effort 70
reach the deck and boats. Every door
and window was closely fastened, the
matches battened down and orders Issued
that no soul save the crew be allowed
upon the decks, already waist-deep In a
seething mass Of water.
The ship plunged head-on through the
blow and MS sho mounted each success
sive wave her screws would leave the
wator and race with terrific speed. the
horrible grind and Jar resulting adding
terror to the pnnlc-stricken passengers
fears,
A BATTLE WITH THE STORM,
FOR hours the wind continued without
abatement, and through the night the
battle against the storm was fought with
varying chances OF success, nlha'.y uaw'
broke, the wind lost some of Its force. and
the Princess Anne began to make head
way, t8s,
The tales told by many passengers on
their arrival tonight were pltlful. and
one woman threw herself upon her knees
on the dock and thanked God for letting
her reach land again.
GUYANDOTTE NOT REPORTED.
The steamer Guyandotte, Of tho on.
Dominion line, freight laden, which sailed
from New York three hours after tho
Princess Anne, has not yet been reported
from Cape Henry at II o'clock
The Princess Anne passed the Cape at
6 r. M.
AT PISTOLS POINT,
During tho course or the storm, hccoItn-
Ing to passengers, several members Or me
crew refused to obey orders issued Dy
Cnptain Tapley and wanted to go below;
CAPTAIN Tapley drew n revolver ana
nointing It at tho crowd ordered them
Oft further demonstratlon and no charges
have been preferred against the men,
That there was trouble cannot be con-
frmed from the ships officers.
MUTINY IN STOKE HOLE,
yerificaton of the mutlny report has
been secured from passengers. 1t was the
force OF stokers that quit work and they
were forced to resume by the captain at
revover's point At the time o. the
inutiny the ship was In only sixteen faith
oms and drawing near the shore,
II is reported that sixteen messengers
we're more or less seriously Injured, One
woman was thrown from an upper berth
and one OF her eyes was knocked out OF
ia socket. Several others were badly
bruised and cut by the rolling Of the
ship. ~. . ..... I, ..,,,
no one on board the ship and no nforma-
ton more than general denial Will be
e1ven out