The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-17
Great Damage Is Done on Sea and on Land, Though
Not as Severe as First Reported.
BY FURY OF WIND LINERS TRYING TRIPAT ATLANTIC CITY
LINERS TRYING TRIP
PRINCESS ANNE RODE THROUGH
THICK OF THE STORM.
MUTINY ABOARD THE SHIP
WAS SUPPRESSED BY THE CAPTAIN
WITH DRAWN PISTOL.

Norfolk, Va, Sept. 16.-The Old Do
minion liner Princess Anne, Capt Tap
ley, from New York to Norfolk, with a
passenger list of 100, steamed slowly
into harbor tonight, with her cargo
badly listed, ten hours behind a run
that should have consumed nineteen
hours. The Princess Anne left New
York without the slightest intimation
of the fierce wind blowing up the coast
to meet her.
To the Associated Press correspond
ent tonight Chief Engineer Osterhaul
made the statement that when the
steamer left for the South the storm
warnings had been hauled down, and
the indications given out were to the
effect that the hurricane had broken
Consequently, when at 1 o'clock this
morning off Fenwick Island. the full
strength of the gale struck the snip
and sent a mountain of sea rushing
over her decks. the captain and crew
were taken completely unawares.
Passengers Panic-Stricken.
The shock of the first sea awakened
all the passengers. who rushed half
clothed, weeping. praying and scream
ing. from their state rooms in an effort
to reach the deck and boats.
Every door and window was closely
fastened, the matches battened and Or
ders were issued that no soul, save the
crew, be allowed upon the decks, al
! 1x or in
water.
The ship plunged head-on through the
blow, and as she mounted each success
sive wave her screws raced with ter
rife speed For hours the wind con-
tinued without abatement, and through
the night the battle against the storm
was fought with varying chances Of
success. Finally dawn broke, the wind
lost some of it's force and the Princess
Anne began to make Roadway.
The tales told by many passengers on
their arrival tonight were pitiful. and
knees on the dock and thanked God
for letting her reach land again.
The steamer Guyandotte of the Old
Dominion line, freight laden. which
sailed from New York three hours aft
er the Princess Anne, had not been re-
ported from Cape Henry at IL O'Clock.
The Princess Anne passed the cape at
| 6 o'clock this afternoon.
Suckers the Mutineers.
A verifica ton of the mutiny 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 a revolvers point. At
the time of the mutiny the ship was
in only sixteen fathoms and drawing
near the shore. 1t is reported that
sixteen passengers were more or less
seriously injured. One woman was
thrown from an upper berth and one
of her eyes was knocked out of it's
socket. Several others were badly
bruised and cut by the rolling of the
ship.
The officials of the company will al
low no one on board the ship, and no
information more than a general de-
NAL will be given out.
During the course of the storm, ac-
cording to passengers, several mem
bers of the crew refused to obey or
ders issued by Capt. Tapley and
wanted to 90 below. Capt. Tapey
drew a revolver and pointing it at the
crowd, ordered them again to go to
work. They obeyed without further
demonstration. and no charges have
been preferred against the men.
That there was trouble cannot be
confirmed from the ships officers.