The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-17
The Captain and Four of the
Crew Drowned.
UNKNOWN VESSEL LOST
The Schooner Sea Bird Sunk in CoIlision---A
Two-Masted Barge Gone Down at
The Mouth of Delaware
(By the Associated Press.)

Delaware Breakwater, Sept. 16.-Th'
southern storm which had been coming
up the Atlantic coast for several days
strufk the Delaware Capes early this
morning with almost cyclonic force, and
as a result at least five lives were lost.
The storm lasted from a. m. until {
a. m. The wind reached "a maximum
velocity of eighty miles aH hour and the
rain fell in torrents. The most serious
accident reported was thai when befcll
the schooner Hattie A. Marsh, whose
captain. j. B. Mehaffey, and four mem
bers of the crew were drowned. The Marsh
hailed from New London, Conn, and was
bound from Painters Point, Me, for
Philadelphia with a cargo of paving stone.
She was caught in the terrific wind storm
outside of the new stone breakwdt er.
The captain tried to reach The harbor OF
refuge but before he could do so the
vessel had to anchor and try to ride the
storm Her anchors, however, did not
hold and the schooner with her dead
weight of stone, was dashed on the rocks
of the harbor refuge The steam pilot
boat Philadelphia went TO the rescue but
only succeeded in saving Mate Norman
Campbell and one seaman.
In the old harbor, southwest of the
maritime reporting static
ers dragged their anchors and collidcd.
They were the Emily F. North I'M, Adehne
Townsend and Seabird. The Seabird,
which was a two-mastcd vessel, sank
and her crew was rescued and landed on
the point of Cape fIenloDen. Tine en-
were cared for at the life SAVING station.
The Northam had her iib-boom carried
away and her yawl stove. The Towr-
send lost her headgcar and iib-boom.
The barges ElmWood, Gilberton arc
Kalmia, laden with coal from Fhlladel-
phid for eastern points were sunk III
Delaware Bay westward of The Brown
Shoal. Their crews were rescued by the
tug Tamaqua which was towing the
barges. The aug Spartan which was tow
ing coal barges, IS reported to have sunk.
There are no tidiugs of the Spartan $
crew.
1t is reported that three coal barges
were sunk on the ocean off the capes and
that their crews are probably lost.
An unknown bark is anchored off Ocean
City, Md. with distress signals in her
L
gone to her assistance.
Considerable damage was done to the
breakwatcr. The harbor OF refuge, east
end light, and the day mark on the break
water were carried away
The fury of the storm was also felt
at Lewcs, near here. Many trees were
blown down and chimneys damaged. The
smoke stack of the city power house
fell and considerably damaged the build
rg.
Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. 16.-Reports to
the maritime exchange say that during
the storm of today an unknown three
masted schooner was wrecked near the
breakwaters. The crew was taken off by
the pilot boat Philadelphia; a two masted
barge is sunk at the mouth of the Della
ware Bay, and the schooner Sea Bird is
sunk as the result of a collision between
the schooners Adeline Townsend, Emily
F. Northan and Sea Bird.
Norfolk. Va, Sept. 16-The Old Domln-
ion Liner Princess Anne, from New York
for Norfolk, passed in the Virginia Capes
at o'clock, nine hours late. The Prin-
cess Anne encountered the gale off the
Jersey coasy, but reports all well after
rough experience.