The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-05
italian STEAMER
GOES ON IN SHOALS [ A ] J
The City hi 4 Po1er11o Stranded
Near Cape 11atteras Life
Saving, Station.
4 SCHOONER RUNS AGROUND
Berkeley Estate Sold to Long
Island Man-Rev. Mr.. Shaw
Goes to Charlotte.
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(EDcClul 10 J. IlC
NORFOLK, VA, October 1.-THE United
Istatcs Weather Bureau seaconst tcle-
graph service makes tho following report:
y The italian stennor City Di Palermo,
Captain N1nssnrdo, Norfolk for New
( Orleans, In ballast, stranded on Diamond
Bhonls ono mile from Cape Iiattcrns
!, !ifc-saving station, ut $3.50 last night dur,
Ing thick weather. Tho crew Of thirty
men were landed III, life boats this morn
4 Ing by the Cape Hatteras and Crecd's
II Hill life-snvlng stations, and arc being
cared for ut those stations. Tho ship
Is lying In thirteen feet OF water, and
Is apparently In Il good condition, With.
no water in the hold. The sea Is smooth
and the wind fresh north, and II quick
assistance Is rendered the ship may In
all probability be floated without much
difficulty The captain reports the acci-
dent due to his mIstaking Cape 1latteras
light for the Diamond Shoals light vessel.
Tho Merritt and Chapman wrecklng
steamer Rescue was sent out this morn.
Y Ing Immediately after the news Of the
disaster came, to pull the steamer off
the shoals. She Is known as q trans
Atlantic packet ship. and built OF steel
at Sunderland. England in 1891. for w.
sna, Italy.
~ SCllOO1cI IS sSlIdllQeQ. |
The schooner Thomas y. schall, with
coal and empty barrels for n flsh scrap
concern up tie bay, went on a pile OF
stone at Old Point last night. and Is In
+ serious trouble. She Is old having been
built in 1889. and the stones. which COM
iGposed the ballast Of a schooner which
sank some years ago. pierced her bottom,
and she Is full OF water. The big tug,
Joseph N. Clark. Captain Ransome.
hauled on her this morning. but fearing
& to pull her to pieces abandoned the job.
I The schooner was III bad way.
The steamer Bayport. which recently
Z ran into and sunk the schooner Job II.
Jackson In Hampton Roads. and which
was llbeled by J. II. Williams. owner OF
81 the schooner. gave bond to-day and was
released from custody. 4 The schooner
Ann ]. Traynor, which was llbelcd by
tho owners OF the Bayport, who claim
that the schooner rammed the Bnyport
after the latter had collided with the
Job n. Jackson, has not yet given bond.
She Is being repaired here.
Old Berkeley Sold.
John 3. Kimberly. the postmaster OF
Fort Monroe. said here to-day that he
" WAS one Of tho recent purchasers and
sellers OF the famous homo OF the 1iar-
risons. Berkeley, on the James River.
He said that he property had been
f bought by him for $4,000. and sold within
a short time for $1,000 10 w. Jameson
OF Long Island, who intended to cut the
81 timber from It for sale There are SoC
Z acres In the tract. and much of 1t is In
the original growth OF timber. The old
H.ansion walls are well preserved. and
they are SO thick that the house Will
s. last indefinitely, but the porchcs are
burned away. and an expense Of 5000
Will be necessary to restore the house
Rev. Mr.. Shaw Accepts.
Rev. a. r.. Shaw. pastor of the First
Presbyterian /Church. has accepted the
second call to become pastor OF the Tenth
/ Avenue Presbyterian Church. OF Char
lttte. n. c.. and will leave Portsmouth
either on December LIST or January 1st.
G'he first call was declined by Mr.. Shaw,
hut the Charlotte church persisted and
sent one OF its elders. Mr.. John Pharr,
hero 10 present the second call at a
h Cher salary.
John II. Clarke, OF Berkeley. the young
man who left his coat and hat on the
felryboat ten days elgo and disappeared,
creating the Impression chat he had
Jumped into the river and drowned. was
arr ested here to-day and taken to Berk'
: Icy TO be tried for lunacy. He Is good
looking, Well dressed ana nad q small
amount Of money and a ticket to Ply
mouth n. c. lie was on the Norfolk
aud Southern train and said he was go
ing to GAINESVILLE where his wife. who
is Frustrated at home. formerly lived,
because he said he dreamed that she
was dead &
When the case OF young Charles y.
Ctlc, charged with cmbexzllng $4,000 from
4 the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
n,pph Company, of which he was former
~ cashier Is called for trial In the Cor
rc,ation Court on Friday, the defendant
will ask for continuance. Friends OF
Cclc arc now trying to raise funds to
employ Judge D. Tucker Trooke to as
sis, Attorney r. NJ, Johnson in the de-
ferse.
Short Peanut Crop.
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