The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-18
Met the Gale
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anchors. however. did not hold and the
schooner with her dead weight OF
stone. was dashed on the rocks of the
Philadelphia went to the rescue, but
only succeeded IN saving Mate Nor
man Campbell and one
In the old harbor. southwest of the
maritime reporting station. three
~schooners dragged their anchors and
coiIlded. They We're the Emily F.
Northam, Adeline Townsend and Sea-
bird. The Seabird. which was a two
masted vessel. sank and her crew was
rescued and landed on the point OF
Cape Henlopen. The men were cared
for at the life saving station. The
Northam had her jibboom carried
away and her yawl stove. The Town
send lost her headgear and jibboom.
The barges Elmwood. Gilberton ana
Kalmia. laden with coal from Phila-
delphia for eastern points We're sunk
in Delaware bay westward Of the
Brown shoal. Their crews were res
cued by the tug Tamaqua which was
towing the barges. The tug Spartan,
which was towing coal bargeS. Is re-
ported to have sunk. There are no
tidings of the Spartan'S crew.
1t is reported that three coal barges
were sunk on the ocean, off the capes
and that their crews are probably lost
An unknown bark is anchored off
Ocean City. Md. with distress signals
in her rigging. The pilot boat Phila-
delDhia has gone TO her assistance
Considerable money damage was
done to the breakwater. The harbor
of refuge, east end light and day mark
on the BreakWater were carried away
The fury Of the storm was also felt
at Lewes. near here. Many trees were
blown down and chimneys damaged
TIL. -@--0
house fell and considerably damaged
the building.
EXCITEMENT AT ATLANTIC CITY
Atlantic City, \. J., September 16.-
The storm which struck the New
Jersey coast early this morning was
one of the severest experienced for d
long time. The wind blew with hur-
ricane force and while it lasted kept
up : speed of seventy miles an hour
The storm was terrifying to a degree,
out the damage was not as great as
was at first believed. A conservative
guess places the entire damage at $25.-
600 or $50, O0o. The telegraph and te1e-
phone lines leading out Of the city
are down and the fact that the city
was cut off from connection with the
outside world. started the wild ru-
rnors that the great resort had been
entirely SWept away.
The first train in from Philadelphia
and other points brought down excited
relatives n friends who were anxious
after the welfare Of their loved ones
and h found them we'll and happy
and telling amusing stories about the
pranks of the storm.
Great damage was done along the
board walk. where the one story pa
vilions suffered to a considerable ex-
tent. The storms ~fiercest attack was"
A,s11
ing at Pacific n South Carolina
avenues. The roof wa. more han half
torn off. entailing a loss Of $1,000. The
other largest damage was done at the
Hotel Strand, situated on Pennsyl-
vania avenue close to the beach. This:
hotels handsome brick and frame
porch was completely ripped out and
demolished by the wind. Outside of
these places the damage otherwise
consisted Of broken plate glass win
dows, tin roofs curled up, awnings
blown down, and trees uprooted. while
in the inlet district at the upper end
of the city a number of boats WERE
torn from their mornings and several
boat houses were blown over.
When the roof Of the McClay build
ing blew off. the fifty or more families
IN the house were thrown into a panic
They were eventually pacifled, how
ever, and all left the building. One
SICK lad JOhn SUFFERING
| from fever, was hurried to a hos
pltal.
Young's pier was slightly damaged
The territory in the vicinity of the
pier was made dangerous by flying
glass. Big bulk windows gave way
under pressure of the storm and pieces
of the glass flew in all directions. AT
this point, DR.. Richard Pancost, aged
IS years, of Philadelphia, was blowK
down by the wind on the board WALK
and he suffered a fracture of the hip
He was hurried to the city hospital
Among the hotels whose roofs were
damaged by the storm was the MARI
borough, Metropolitan, Kuehnles, Ken
elworth and Richmond. None were
very seriously damaged.
Railroad trains left IN schedule time
and a large number of timid visitors
hurriedly left town. The two o'clock
express was the longest train out 81
this city this season.