The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-22
HUNDREDLOOTATS SEA
Drowned from Quarter Boat
No. / of Z. E. c. r. r.
MAD STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
Victims shaken from Their Refuge
by Terrible LurchcS of Fraii YES
scI-Honduras Towns Ruined by the
Observation-Disclosures Now OF
Florida Coast. but Harmless.

New York. oct. I-Further reports Of
Thursdays terrible storm along the
lower Atlantic coast show that the ear
Hcr dispatches gave glimpses only Of the
death and destruction wrought by wind
and wave.
All the officers and sailors Of The steam
CT George Farwel. which went ashore
of Cape Henry. were saved, but at least
twenty-one of the passengers and crew
of the steamer St Lucie wrecked of
Elliotts Key. were drowned, and I0l were
lost from the quarter boat No. I Of the
Florida East Coast Railway.
Survivors OF the St Lucie were taken
into Miami. Fla. last Friday night on
the steamer Virginia, but owing 10 inter
ruption of the telegraph service her ar
rival was not known north Of that city
until to-day. Many OF the bodies were
buried without being identified
The storm had an echo as far across
the continent as Utah. for on Friday
evening "a terrific wind blew down street
lamps in Salt Lake City and strewed the
thoroughfares with trees and signs, in
juring several persons.
WreckaEe Indicates More Losses.
Stories told by the survivors of the
South Atlantic wrecks lead to the belief
that other vessels were lost i'm the storm
OF Thursday Much anxiety for small
craft was felt in many ports last night,
and rescue tugs were sent To scouT the
sea in search OF castaways Wreckage,
apparently not from ships known to bc
lost. WAS found on several beaches and
gives rise to the gravest apprehension
Vessels that weathered the storm put
in with reports that it was the worst eX-
perienced in many years. Their captains
and crews expressed the belief that only
the stanchest craft could Outlive H. At
times the seas were high enough TO crush
SchOOneTs and even larger ships. Boats
not built for heavy weather that were
driven out to sed were smashed like band
boxes. Sailing craft scudding under bare
poles were whirled through the waves
with terrific velocity. 1t was out of the
question for any small DOaJ unless life
boat. 10 live an hour. Survivors said they
saw men brushed from RATS and spars
like flies The wind literally scOOped great
pieces OF timbers out OF the water Giant
biuows broke over the decks Of ships with
sound and shock like the fall of a house.
Tragedy OF QuaFterBOat 4.
Quarterboat No. 4 was struck by the
storm at o'clock Thursday morning
said ". p. Dusenbury, who arrived in
Key West in the Russian steamer Jennie
to-day. He said $50 men were aboard
the quarterboat when she was rushed
through Hawks Channel TO open water
An hour after, the boat began to go tC
pieces. Planhs and beams were ripped
off and blown through the air as if they
we're toothpicks. Men were swept over
board in punches. Forty or more dashed
below TO escape the fury of the storm
only TO be crushed by falling wreckage
when the boat collapsed
Dusenbury was one Of the few men il
the hold who escaped. He and his fel-
low-survivors seized timbers as the fna
collapse occurred. and. more than halt
drowned, clung to them through the ter
rible swirl that followed the hulk'S
plunge toward the bottom.
The engineer and his immediate COM
rades were carried outside the whirlpool
caused by the vessels sinking before she
went down. Had they not been, they, too
would have been lost. All who were with
1 in range of the vortex were drawn down
| in the whirlpool of rushing water. DUsen-
I bury counted sixteen men clinging to one
/ piece of timber. Another piece supported
nine as long as they could hang on to IL
| Dozens clung 10 the boat although the
craft turned over three times before thC
/ last terrible plunge. Every time the big
1 boat turned she shcOk of part of heI
/ human burden. Ike a wild beast shaking
| OFF hounds \ half dozen or so still were
/ holding 10 the boat when she went to the
/ bottom.
Fruit ships Weather Gale.
/ New Orleans. oct. gL-Four steamships
arrived at the Mississippi quarantine sta
ton to-day. some Of them belated. and al
having felt the recent gulf storm TO q
greater or less extent. There was much
anxiety over two of them. the Excelsior
of the Southern Pacific Line from Ha-
vana, and the Bratton, Of the Fruit Line
| from CeTba.
! The Bratton is small fruiter and came
/ from Cerba with 1900 lunches of ban
anas. all Of which became over-ripe and
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