The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-24
Vanguard Of Vessels, De-
tanned Off Hatteras,
Came in Yesterday
ALL HAD BAD VOYAGES
Threatened by Water Spouts and Held
by Adverse Winds and Currents.
Captains Say Vessels had Am
Pile Provisions for Trip.

After encountering water spouts and
contrary winds aud currents. The
south bound fleet OF sailing yesse
which was weather bound around Hat
teras for weeks, have now gotten vel
under way and the Vanguard of the
fleet arrived here yesterday with 9th
ers in close track
According to reports sent out from
Baltimore, a few days ago, there were
ninety-eight vessels bound by the
weather, but the masters who nave
arrived here, say that this is TOO large
All estimate of the boats which have
been trying Nainly for weeks to got
around the point One of the masters
stated that he had been able to count
.tLirtyoight vessels, which is of itself
a very large feet, and while he knew
tAat he had not numbered all the
boats, still, he thought that The feet
hardly reached the figures OF the Bal
timore estimate.
OF the fleet eighteen or twenty OF
the boats are bound for this port,
many Of them laden with coal while
others are light, coming here for car.
goes.
This is one of the largest fleets OF
detained vessel which has been re
ported from HatteraSy' as.Salong time
The delay of somiss1siEEy has
probably broken ecords IN >~eir ef-
forts to get argEnd the point and the
delay had beYme 50 pro(racted that
the consignees were fearing that The
boats might lun sh9rt Of provisions
and serous trouble would result if
the supplies coul6 rot be gotten to
them
The schooner Bessie Whiting, Capt.
Dayton is one Of The vessels delayed,
arrived IN Charleston Mon lay. The
whiting consumed forty days i'll com
ug from New York TO Charleston but
The greater part Of the time was con
siuned IN playing about Hatteras.
capt Dayton stated that he ran short
Of potatoes while lying off the point
but Otherwise his provisions stood
aim in good stead, for the reason that
the Bessie Whiting like the other
coastwiso boats generally carries pro
visions to last for sixty days.
Can't Dayton told The same story
that the other masters reported OF
contrary winds and strong adverse
ctrrents lie said chat it was simply
impossible to make any progress and
when the anchor would be weighed
and the hope was indulged in that
some progress was being made, an
examination would reveal the fact
that the vessel had really been carried
further off shore and Up the coast,
rather than that it mad m. de progress
t, the southward.
It was one Of the hardest trips Capt.
Dayton declared, that he mas eXpe-
rienced. OF course he has run into
worse weather, but he has seldom
II ever, encountered such trouble in
getting around IIatteras. Capt. Day
ton stated, during the time that he
was lying off Hatteras two great wat
cr-spodts came dangerously near the
fleet Of vessels some Of the boats be-
Ing nearer to il Chan the Bessie Whit
ing The masters Of vesSeis prepared
themselves TO shoot into the bodies Oh
water, and make conclusions with
stout pianks On the lGcks OF the yes
sells 20 break the phenomenon, as IS
usually done, but Of the several mas
tors, who were seen in this port yes
terday, none OF them lound it neces-
sary to resort 10 these means, for
the ,spouts did not approach very
close to them, although they were
threatened.