The Yale expositor., 1903-09-25
uunnicA>E KILLED FIFTY.
shores az the Ocean for Mites Were
Strewn With Wrecks.

shore. ef the Ocean for Miles Were
Strs~n With wrecks.
Fifty lives are kuown To have been
lost Ia the storm which swept the At
lantic coast Wednesday aud IL Is he
lleved this numhcr will be- greatly ca
ccedcd when all report, are in.
The property Loss In aud about New
York h NOW estimated az more than
Si.OOOOOO
According tu captain Of police boat
patrol. fully i.u hOatS were wrecked
between Hell Gate and Bath Beach iu
East river aud ia New York harhor
one OF the most thrilling stories of
disaster j. that of the excursion AMI
freight steamer : r.. Spring which
was driven ashore near tile country
mansion OF l.. g. Bcnedict az Green
wich. Conn. capt Mcdonald. hi. crew
of u and ~ passengers. were rescued
largely through the aid 81 the Rene
dlrt servants.
The Spring WAS trying 10 put back 90
Stamford aud The gale hal reached q
velocity of ~ miles au hour when Tie
rudder failed and the steamer found
cred 81 the mercy of the huge sens
which swept over her The panic.
stricken passenger. ilrd Co the upper
deck. where they >ought refuge 100 20"
cabins. and the women became uystcr.
ica,
The steamer dr.ftcd along tho shore
an hour until she lair the rocks un The
pJiut al Bcuruicis Hud stove lu her
Dow, vs. Snuu a. she touched the col
orcd cook hcr1ically dropped H. feet 90
Tie rock. with q line about his body.
TIE water WAS over his head and hc
was Tossed until hc was badly bruised.
hut u" kept on swimming aud was
hhal! tossed on the beach. The ser
wants ashore grasped lines from the
ehip and 10 few minutes all hands
hal been safely landed.
During the storm the crew StnkcrS
on the old Dominion liner Princess
Anne mutinled of the coast ~ Virginia
aud the vessel. with 100 passengers on
board. was 40 the mercy OF the storm
uniil Capt Tatley with revolver in
each hand cowcd the men into return.
INK to their work. Meantime the YES
sci was crippled 10y The storm aud
reached Norfolk In a damaged cond.-
ton.
In Jamaica Ray Long Island. scores
were torn from their anchorag 20 and
pounded To- pieces on shore. The entire
rieet Of the Jamaica Ray Yacht club.
comprising more than 20 boats. each
valued ai sums up to $1,000. was de
Stroyed. The shores az New Rochelle.
on Long f,land Sound and city Island.
are sirewn with wrcckagc from yachts
aud u is estimated that not less than
S"OO.otO damage WAS done these YES
sells alone
The cup defender Reliance was dam.
aged through being rammcd 10y n pile
driver which broke loose from It's
noorings aud ran into the Rciancc's
stern
To prevent the old defender Column
lila from being rammcd 10y the schoon-
or yacht Hiidcgardc. which was drag.
cling her anchor. the llildegarde was
scutilcd when within few feet OF
Columbia. Her crew ~ seven men
jumped overheard aud were saved
The British steamship Rocky from
Port English. brought 10 port Domingo
HALO Reyarheray the sole survivor of
the crew 81 80 men ~ the British
steamship McNlcana. which fouuderrd
with all On board on the Florida coast
Tuesday night. Reyarberay caught
piece % wreckage aud managed TO
keep MP until he was seen "Wednesday
morning by the Rokby and rescued.
The schooner Sadie and Lille. Of
Prospect. Me-. aud the mackcrel selncr
George l.. Edwards. OF Gloucester
were wrecked OH remaquld Point dur
ing the night and IL lives were lost
Half u dozen deaths occurred In New
York ana coast cities from persons
stepping on broken electric wires.