The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1903-09-23
STORM SWEPT.
Great Havoc Played With Vessels
About the Delaware Capes.
DAMAGE TO ATLANTIC CITY
The Wind Reached Velocity
of Eighty Miles an Hour
and Rain Fell I'm
Torrents.
Torrents.

A dispatch from Delaware Break
water says the Southern storm, which
had been coming up the Atlantic
coast for severa! days, struck the Della.
ware capes early Wednesday morning
with almost cyclonic force and as
result at least five lives were lost.
The storm lasted from 3 a. M, to !
a. m. The wind reached maximum
velocity of eighty miles an hour and
the rain fell in torrents. The most
serious accident reported was that
which wrecked the schooner Hattie
A. Marsh, whose captain, j. b. Me-
haffey, and four members of the crew
were drowned The Marsh hailed
from New London, Conn and was
bound from Painters Point, Maine, for
Philadelphia, with 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 before he
could do so the vessel had to anchor
and try to ride the storm. Her anch-
ors, however, did not hold, and the
schooner, with her dead weight Of
stone, was dashed upon the rocks of
the harbor refuge. The steam pilot
boat Philadelphia went to the rescue,
but only succeeded in saving Mate
! Norman Campbell and one seaman.
| In the old harbor, southwest OF the
maritime reporting station, three
SchoOners dragged their anchors and
collided. They were the Emily +.
Northam, Adeline Townsend and Sea
Bird. The Sea Bird, 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 sta
tion. The Northam had her jibboom
carried away and her yawl stove. The
! Townsend lost her head gear and lib
boom.
The barges Elmwood, Gilberton and
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 the coal barges, is
reported to have sunk. There are no
tidingS OF the Spartan'S crew
| 1T is reported that three coal barges
were sunk in the ocean oil 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-
delphia has gone to her assistance.
Considerable money damage was
done TO the breakwater. The harbur
of refuge, east end light and the day
mark on the breakwater were carried
away.
The fury of the storm was also felt
at LeweS, near here. Many trees we re
blown down and chimneyS damaged.
! The Smokestack of the city power
""uSe fcll and considerably damaged
the building
ATLANTIC CITY HARD HIT.
A dispatch from Atlantic City, n.
j., says the storm which hit the coast
early Thursday morning was one OF
OF the SevereSt experienced for long
time. The wind blew with hurricane
force, and while it lasted kept up a
speed of seventy miles an hour. The
storm was terrifying to a degree, but
the damage was not as great as was
at first believed. A conservative
guess places the entire damage at
S25, 900 or $50, 900. The telegraph
and telephone lines leading out OF the
city are down. and the fact that the
city was cut of from connection with
outside world started wild rumorS
that the great resort had been entire
ly swept away. The first train in
from Philadelphia and other points
brought down excited relatives and
friends, who were anxious about the
welfare of their love ones who found
them well and happy and telling
amusing stories about the freaks OF
the storm.
Great damage was done along the
board walk, where the one-StOry
pavllliOnS suffered TO a considerable
extent. The storms first attack was
made on the McClay apartment build
ing at Pacific and South Carolina
! avenues. The roof was more than
half torn or, entailing loss OF 81
200. The other largest damage was
done at the Hotel Strand, situated on
Pennsylvania avenue close to the
DtdSll. i lliS ilpJtl - lduuSOiuc DTlCk
and frame porch was completely rip
ped out and demolished by the wind.
Outside of these places, the damage
consisted Of broken plate glass win
dOwS, tin roofs curlcd 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 mOOringS and several
boat houses were blown over.
When the roof OF the McClay build
ing was blown off the fifty or more
families in the house were thrown in
to panic. They were quickly pacif-
ed however, and all left the building.
one sick lad, John Flanagan, Suf-
fereing from fever, was hurried TO "a
hospital.
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