The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-13
lTGaCheTOuS Shoals Bear EVI- dence of Destruction Wrought
HOPE FOR BEST DISTILLED
Crews of Two schooners Were Saved, But the Vessels Went Down--All Hands on Board
 Barge Lost.

Norfolk Va, October 12-The first news l from the Carolina coast since the begin ming of the hurricane last night dispels the hope that the treacherous shoals near Currituck and Hatteras have not claimed their quota of the crafts.
 Two vessels are known to have been lost on that stretch of the coast, and fur ther reports are expected to bring news of more wrecks as at this time three schooners are missing with one barge. Two schooners and a barge, in addition to those wrecked between Cape Henry and Dam Neck, were lost during Thurs day and Friday.
 The crews of the schooners were saved, but the barge went down with all hands on board.
 The tug Buccaneer, Capt. Joseph Lane. reports that the barge Oracle foundered off Cape Henry with Capt. Cookson, her cook, and three seamen, all white. The tug sailed from Baltimore, towing the Oracle, which was coal laden. or Hog Island the storm struck her on Thurs day, and the barge with her crew went down. The tug could not approach the barge in heavy sea and was forced to come here for safety.
 Two More Schooners Lost.
 Observer A W. Drinkwater of the Currituck station reached Norfolk today by the inland route, and reports the loss of the schooners Mabel Rose and J. w Holden.
 The life savers had seen the Rose about D. m. Saturday with her crew in the rigging, but she was then two miles out at sea. and nothing could be done for her. At a. m. Sunday, the life savers succeeded in shooting a line across the wreck, and within eighteen minutes after the first man had been started ashore, the captain and crew of seven men were on the beach in safety. It is estimated that the cargo of lumber car ried by the schooner Rose was worth more than $50,0O0
 The three-masted schooner J. B. Holden of Suffolk, Is ashore near False Cape Va, and Is a total loss, her captain, w. o. Cramer of Suffolk and her crew, be- Ing taken off by the life savers and are safe.
 Laden With Lumber. [ The Holden was heavily laden with lumber and an attempt to save at least a portion of her cargo will be made. The ocedn-BolnB tugs, dccuStOneQ 10 stand Off Cape Henry awaiting the arrivals of Baltimore bound schooners. were unable to stand the storm outside and came in here. They report that the schooners Isabell Gill, Mary Lee Patton and Jennie Thomas bound from the south for Balti- more, are not accounted for. The wires to the coast are down, but there Is grave reason to fear for the safety of those vessels Captain Thomas commanding the schooner Henry S. Little which came in today in distress, is reported in the marine district as saying he saw three schooners in a very dangerous predica- ment, which seemed to be In danger of going on shore. He managed to keep clear of the coast and made this port. It Is re- garded as possible that the Gill. Thomas and Patton may have made some port and the fact not yet reported.
 Five Men Drowned.
 Norfolk, Va. October 1.-Two schoon- CTS and one barge, in addition to those reported up to Sunday. have been lost off the Virginia Carolina coast, and five men are known to have been drowned Three large schooners are missing.