The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-11
WINDS VELOCITY 70 MILES
Cruiser olympia in Danger in
 Her Dry Dock.
Life-saving Crew Do Heroic Work and Scve Many from Death in the Sea-Vessels
 Are Missing.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 10.-The Virginia coast from Cape Henry to Dam Neck Mills, F miles south. Is strewn with the wreckage of several i'll fated craft to- night.
 All communication with the seaboard is cut off. but it is known that three ves- sells have been wrecked and several lives lost. Of the coal barges, Ocean Belle ana Georgia, nothing Is left except wreck age on the shore, and of the crews that manned them. the fate of only hVe IS known.
 Captain George H. Adams and Seaman Charles Peters are drowned. while Joseph Peters. Peter Lopez ana M. Payne owe their lives to the heroism of Surfman Charles Capps, of life saving station No 2. All these men were on the Ocean Belle and when this barge was dashed ashore the waves swept her decks clear or rig ging and crew. Capps plunged into the surf and after desperate struggles brought all three men to land.
 Crews Fate Unknown.
 The fate of the Georgia's crew is un- known, but little hope Is held for their safety. Both barges were in tow of the tug Richmond, and the tug Is missing.
 The three masted schooner Nellie w. Hewlett, Captain Gheem, lumber laden, from Pensacola. is a total wreck on the coast three miles from Dam Neck Mills. GAptaIn G0ecm ana HIS crew OI SlA AlCH are safe at fhe station. Four attempts were made tosaaunch the surf boat and to reach the &ip. without success. The surf guard finally succeeded In dropping a line over the vessel and one by one the crew was hauled ashore through the surf.
 The last train from the coast arrived at Norfolk tonight and brought many refu< gees. They reported large five-masted in lNaf Beach and Cape Henry, and near sher a big passenger steamer was fighting a battle with the northeast gale that was blowing her towards the breakers. The wind at the Cape is over seventy miles an hour. and the surf Is billing over the sand hills and hack Into the main land
 The Olympia in Danger.
 At the Norfolk navy yard Che cruiser Olympia is In dry dock with her bottom ing the water was six inches from the top of the caissou. The change of wind to the north will make the flood tide at midnight much higher and fears are felt for the cruisers safety.
 The terminal piers of the Norfolk and Western, Southern and Atlantic Coast Line railways in the outer harbor have been badly damaged by wind and tide and the big pleasure piers at Ocean View are destroyed.
 Hundreds of small craft have come ashore In tho harbor. Norfolk has expe- rienced a gale all day. and beside flooded streets, has suffered much for the greater part of the city was cut off from the outside world.
 Wrecks of Small Boats.
 All along the lower bay the beach is etrewn with the wrecks of small boats Since last night an inch and half of rain has fallen. The high winds backed up a tremendous tide into the inner har- bor. The down town section of the city Is navigated in boats. while high wagons are used all over town to connect the trolley lines where the water prevents the operation of cars The city hall is an island and can be circunnavigated in boats. At Ocean View the large pleasure pier has been almost completely swept away and great damage done to the sum mer hon-ss there. Virginia Beach, direct Iy on the ocean. has borne the brunt of the storm and reports of great dama gS come from that point.
 The coast wires are all down and the commercial lines are working under great difficulty. Both Maryland ana Virginia pilot boats have been compelled to come into the harhor from their stations. The wind has changed and Is now from the east-northeast. making matters worse on the coast. Continued high winds will in- crease the tide and preparations have heen made to remove stock from the wholesale district yet unfio0ded.