The Washington herald., 1906-12-11

4 Special to Tho Washington Herald.
| New York. Dec. 10.-Reports from the
Atlantic and the Pacific coasts and the
Great Lakes tell Of immense damage TO
/ shipping through gale. snow, and fog.
A large transatlantic freighteT the
! Peruvian. grounded off Long Beach. An
other steamer. the Gadsby, ran ashore
near old Fort Wadsworth. The United
States revenue cutter Seminole was sunk
/ of Charleston. while watchers up and
4 down the Atlantic coast are on the anx-
/ ious lookout for vessels of all kinds that
are blindly cropping their way through
/ the thick fog that has settled over the
ocean.
! On the Great Lakes a terrific snow
storm ragged during the day, and the pas
senger steamer Monarch went down in
/ fifty feet Of water. Many vessels are still
unreported and further news is anxiously
awaited at the lakes shipping points.
| A gale is sweeping the Pacific from
| Lower California 20 Alaska The Har-
grave. a large ocean vessel, went ashore
on Alcatraz Island, and a wreck is re-
ported of Cape FIattery far to the
north.
Victims Perish in Cold.
/ Detroit, Mich. Dec. 10.-The passenger
steamer Monarch. with ten passengers
and a crew of thirty. is a wreck in Lake
/ Superior.
/ The passengers and crew have succeed
ed in reaching a little uninhabited island
l-- F-f.. IS
without buildings and it is said some
have perished with the cold. which has
/ been very severe.
/ The tugs Whalen and Laura Grace
were rushed to the island with proyi-
! siOns and doctors, but have so far been
/ held up by ice and have not arrived
there
/ The Monarch in command Of Capt.
/ Robertson. left here Thursday morning
/ The steamer encountered the furious
/ northeast gale on Lake Superior, and
l that afternoon was driven on the rocks
I OF Isle Royale.
Buena Ventura Lost with Three.
Providence r. l.. Dec IO-The barge
Buena Ventura n. first vessel captured
/ in the Spanisa-American war. has been
lost with three of her crew, according 10
tidings brought 20 this port to-day by the
tug Walter 3. Luckenbach. The Ventura
was in tow with two other barges on their
way from Norfolk TO NaTragansett Bay
ports Rough weather was encountered.
and the Ventura sprung a leak and
fOundered.
Gale Kills Two in san Francisco.
/ san Francisco. Dec IA southeast
gale. with thewind blowing forty miles
an hour. ragged here from o'clock this
morning till noon. doing much damage to
/ the light wooden houses in course Of con
struction, blowing down several stores
and a number of walls. the ruins Of the
earthquake and fire.
/ Two men were killed and score In
/ jured by the falling walls, Car service
I was suspended for several hours.
/ The British ship Halgrave dTifted ON
! AIcatraz Island She will probably be
hoated. The damage to property will ex-
! ceed 10000.
Peruvia Grounds on New Jersey.
/ Sandy Hook. y. J.. Dec 10.-The Ger
man steamship Peruvia, en- route from
Dantzig to Philadelphia. went ashore at
/ Long Beach, \. J. The big vessel lay
/ I'm an easy position, and her crew has
refused 70 leave her. She was later
/ hoated by high tide.
The Peruvia is loaded with 5000 bags
| ef sugar. She is under the command Of
! Capt. Dresser Early to-day, while max
! ing In a sou;herly direction. in the thick
weather. the Peruvia grounded on the
/ shoals off Long Beach. Her engines were
| quickly reversed in an effort TO get the
Peruyia of into deep water. The vessel
| refused TO move. and rockets were sent
UP as signals of distress The sea was
not running very heavy and life-savers
came alongside in surf boats.
Gadsby Ashore In New york Bay.
New York. Dec 10.-The British tramp
steamer Gadsby. from Middlesboro. with
a cargo of pig iron, while coming up the
lower bay. grounded close to the shore
below old Fort Wadsworth this after
noon. The Gadsby lies in an easy posi-
ton, but it is doubtful whether the yes
sci will be able to back off. The tugs
Furguson and Edward Timmins are
standing by the steamer.
Anxious About Merton.
Philadelphia. Pa. Dec. 10.-No word has
been received from the big liner Merton.
which was due to dock yesterday Nan
tucket has not reported her as passing,
and maritime men, while anxious. do not
look for the Merton to appear at the
breakwater to-day. as a northeaster has
held all inbound shipping in its grasp.
The Merton carries so second-class and
500 third-class passengers.
Wreck OF SeattIe.
Portland Greg, Dec. ia message has
been received from Seattle saying that an
unidentified vessel has been wrecked off
Cape Flattery.
Revenue Cutter Seminole Lost.
The Secretary Of the Treasury at $50
o'clock yesterday afternoon received a
telegram stating that the revenue cut
ter Seminole. had sunk last night about
twenty-five miles southwest of Charles
ton, S. c. An investigation has been
ordered. The telegram did not state