The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18

| NOTlOlh, d., september 1o.-In he olu
| Dominion line, Pincess Anne, Captain
Tapley, 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 nine
teen 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 correspOn-
dent. Chief Engineer Osahaut made
the statement that when the steamer
left for the south. the storm warnings
had been hauled down and the indica-
tions given out were to the effect that
| the hurricane had broken. Conse-
Iquently when at 1 o'clock this morn
ing. off Fenwick Island, the full
strength of the gale struck the ship
| and sent a mountain of sea rushing
over her decks, the captain and crew
iwere taken completely unawareS. The
shock of the first sea awakened all the
passengers who rushed half clothed,
| weeping, praying and screaming from
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| the deck and boats.
| Every door and window was closely
! fastened. the matches sattened and Or
| ders issued that no soul. save the
crew be allowed upon the decks, al
| ready waist deep in seething mass
| of water.
| The ship plunged head on through
| the blow, and as she mounted each
successive wave, her crews would
| leave the water and race with terrific
sneed. the horrible grind and jar re-
| suiting adding terror to the panic
stricken passengers fears. For hours
the wind continued without abatement
| and through the night the battle
| against the storm was fought with
varying chances Of success. Finally
dawn broke. the wind Iost some of it's
| force and the Princess Anne began to
| make headwav
Tales told by many passengers on
| their arrival tonight were pitiful and
one woman threw herself upon her
| knees on the deck md thanked God
| for letting her reach land again.
The steamer Guyandotte of the Old
Dominion Line. freight ladened, which
sailed from New York three hours
after the Princess Anne has not yet
been reported from Cape Henry at II
o'clock. The Princess Anne passed
the cape at p. m.
cording to passengers, several members
| of the crew refused to obey orders is
sued by Captain Tapley and wanted to
go below, Captain Tapley drew a re-
volver and pointing it at the crowd or
dered 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 con-
firmed from the ships officers.
| \ verification 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
lcaptain at a revolvers point. At the
time of the mutiny the ship was in only
tsiXteen fathoms and drawing near the
lshore.
It is reported that sixteen passengers
We're more or less seriously injured.
One woman was thrown from an upper
berth and one of her eyes was knocked
out of its socket. Several others were
badly bruised and cut by the rolling of
the ship. The officials of the company
will allow no one on board the ship and
no information more than a general de-
nial will be given out.
SCHOONER MARSH DASHED TO
PIECES.
Delaware Breakwater.. September
| 16.-The Southern storm which had
been coming up the Atlantic coast for
several days, struck the Delaware
capes early this morning with almost
cyclOnic force and as a result at least
five lives were lost. The storm lasted
from 4. m. to : a. m. The wind
reached a maximum velocity OF eighty
miles an hour and the rain fell in tor
rents. The most serious accident re-
ported was that which befell the
schooner Hattie A Marsh. whose cap
tain. J. B. Mehaffey. and four mem
bers Of the crew were drowned. The
Marsh haileSAfrom 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 the new
stone breakwater. The captain tried
to reach the harbor of refuge, but be-
fore he could do So the vessel had to
anchor and try to ride the storm. Her