Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-01-25
Skipper and Crew Supposed 10
Have Been Drowned or Frozen
10 Death.
BODY WASHED UP At PINE BEACH
Dead Men Was Clad in Oil skins and
Probably Belonged to the swamped
craft--Unconfrmcd Report of Loss
Of TWO oyster sohooners OF Brown
Shoals.

a twomasted brick-laden schooner
bound down James river, probably
from Warwick creek. foundcred and
went down in about 20 feet of water
IN the harbor about 400 yards north
7 OF the shipyard sometime before day.
bTeak yesterday morning. The fate
I of the skipper and his crew of one
or two men. Is not known. hut It Is
feared they TINT We're either drowned
{ or were frozen to death. Tint thoy
ala not reach shore alive seems to
be certain, for nothing was seen or
= heard OF any shlpwrecked men during
the day.
The body OF white man was seen
floating down the hnrbor past the
I chesapeake & Ohio piers about .
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, and it
Us thought probable that the body was
tnat of the skipper Of the founderc'
schooner The body of an unknown
seaman, dressed in IN oil-skm suit
and with n life-prcserver on washed
nshore at Pine Beach last night. ami
~ IL supposed that 1t Is same that was
seen here.
Probably Anchored.
~ ~ thought that the schooner was
J caught by the storm Thursday night
mliiie coming down the river and that
sne anchored for the night about "A
nile IRON the shore at the foot of
5t't,etn street. The storm reached
i.s neight between 4 ana o'clock
. yesterday morning and the probabili,
.ies are that the high seas dashed up
~ lne winds washed over the vessel
siiit ~, her and causing her to sink
me lmain.topmast ana small por-
NJ -
! ane water yesterday. No wreckngc
foated ashore from tho vessel v,atnr.
DAY and nothing has been seen of her
small boat. 1t ia possible tint the
skipper and his crew embarked from
the sinking craft In the small bont
but that would hardly have boen able
20 live in the high seas running nj the
time. ~ Wv
;ssgrf 81 wa d igeoycre, vn,i,
4. sometfma aftSI dnylbreak and there
were no signs of life about at that
time.
Two 9chconcrs Reported Lost.
II was reported here yesterday after
noon that two oyster schooners had
gone down ut Brown Shoals about
five miles north of this city, but the
report could not be verified. Persons
living In that section were communi.
Gated with by telephone last night.
bit none of them had heard of any
: serious accidents In the oyster fleet
at Brown Shoals.
A Real Nor'wester.
Chilling blasts from the northwest.
sweeping Off the river and sendng the
mercury away below the freezins
point. early yesterday morning came
4 rs the advance guard of n real roaring,
Rowling nor'wester, which broke over
the city and section Just before dny.
Y break. All day long the gallo confirm
4 ed with undated violence. ana even
at late hour last night. when the
y skies were cloudloss and brlnht
half-moon and cleaning stars foretold
the end OF til storm. the wind
still was blowing fiercely. causing dis.
comfort ashore rnd danger afoat.
With the gale came a binding fan
of snow which continued TO COMO
down until about o'clock; and aycn
for hours after the real snow storm
was over people who ventured out OF
doors returned covered with white
3 tfe wind kept the air thick with an
10Y powder made by the POUNDING CT
dry snowilakes against the frozen
ground.
Little Damage Ashore.
Comparatively little damage seem
10 have been done by the storm
ashore. As usual. the telegraph and
telephone services suffered to some
extent. and numerous awnings ana
signs were smashed.
Along the waterfront the los Of
the iTick-laden schooner is the only
disaster reported. but considerable
damage was done to small craft in an!
about the harbor.
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