Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-09-24
DISASTERS AT SEA.
A Terrific Gale Causes Great
Loss of Life.
Fifteen Drowned Near Damariscotta, Il,
We. steamer Mexicana Founders
or Florida Coast. Many Of
Her Crew LOst-Fiyc Men
Lost at Delaware.

Lost at Delaware.
Damarscotta, Me-, Sept. 1S.-Eit-
teen men lost their lives in the vio-
lent gale which ragged off the coast
during Wednesday night. The Glou-
| cester mackerel seining schooner
George f. Edmunds, in command or
Capt. Willard c. Poole. the owner,
struck on the eastern side of Puma-
qud Point and was smashed to pieces.
Fourteen of the crew of l6 men per-
ishcd in the breakers.
The schooner Sadie and Lillian,
Capt. Hardy, of Prospect, bound from
Prospect Bay to Boston. struck on
the western side of Pemaquid Point
and had her bottom knocked out on
the rocks Capt. Hardy was drowned
Norfolk, Va, Sept. 1S.-'Ghe British
steamship RoNby, which arrived
here Thursday had on board Domin-
| go Reyarbcray, a survivor Of the
crew of 22 men on the British steam
ship MeNicana, which foundercd with
all on board off the Florida coast
Tuesday night. Reyarberay caught
piece of wreckage and managed to
keep up until he was seen by the RoX-
by and rescued.
The Spaniard, through an interpre-
ter, told of the MeXicana'S SINGING.
| The steamer was bound from Tampi-
co for Vera Cruz with a cargo of pc
troleum when the full force of the
| hurricane broke upon her. Noun
famous seas broke constantly over
the ship and finally one gigantic wave
crashed IhrOuph her decks
The fire was flooded and the MeXi-
cana became helpless For few mo-
ments she wallowed in the trough of
bottom.
New York, Sept. 1S.-The steamer
Nidar arrived last night from Caibar-
len. having on board six of the crew
of the British steamer MeXcana.
which foundered during a gale on
September 16. They were rescued
from hatch to which they had chung
for several hours.
Lewes, Del, Sept. 1S.-Capt Ebe
Chandler and Mate Nelson, of the
sunken tug Spartan, were landed here
Thursday by the steam pilot boat
Philadelphia. The tug in the height
of the gale let go of the three barges
Trevorton, Preston and Hammond,
which she had in tow. At the same
time heavy seas washed from her
decks all movable materials, includ-
ing large hawser which caught in
the wheel of the tug, making her un-
manageable She filled with water
and sank. The crew were washed
overheard and all clung to such OBJ
iects as could be caught Capt.
Chandler secured piece of scantling
lie drifted out to sea and was picked
up by the tug Lykens after clinging
to the frail board 13 hours. Mate
Nelson caught hold of the tugs small
boat and held on to the bottom until
picked up by the steamer kinsman at
about the same time They were both
put on the Philadelphia and landed
here. Eleven of the crew were pick
up off Anglesea, n. j., and two are
mi <ing and supposed to be lost.
Atlantic City, y. j., Sept. 1S.-Two
fishing boats, the Red Dragon and
Alberta, with pleasure parties and
crews aboard, are reported missing
since Wednesdays storm.
New York, Sept. following
Wednesdays hurricane came another
severe storm yesterday. In New
York City the gale blew at the rate
of 81 miles an hour. Fishing schoon-
ers that arrived brought tales of dis
asters from all along the coast. At
least half dozen men were drowned
from these boats and it is feared that
many more men met similar fate, as
several schooners are missing.
Delaware Brcallwatcr. Sept. IL
The southern storm which had been
coming up the Atlantic coast for sev-
eral days, struck the Delaware capes
early Wednesday morning with al
most cyclonic force and as result
at least five lives were lost. The
storm lasted from a. IN. until a.
IN. The wind reached maximum
velocity of so miles an hour and the
rain fell in torrents.
The most serious accident reported
was that which befell the schooner
Hattie \. Marsh, whose captain
j. b. Mehatfy-and four members of
the crew were drowned. The Marsh
hailed from New London, Conn