Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-30
SHIPS SCUD TO SHELTER
One Schooner Ashore and Another
Partially Dismantled.
STEAMERS ABANDON COURSES
Big Turbiner Yale, Unable to Breast
Waves, Seeks Safety in
Anchorage.

BOSTON, October 30.-The New Eng
land coast was visited by a storm of wind
and rain of greater severity than mas
been experienced since last winter.
The storm center was in the vicinity OF
Nantucket Cape Cod bore the brunt Oh
the gale. Even the twin-screw turbine
steamer Yale of the Metropolitan line,
bound from New York to Boston, could
not weather the cape and had TO JON a
feet of coasters anchored under protec-
tion of Monomoy point.
ITp to 10 o'clock this morning marine
accidents reported were the driving ashore
of the fishing schooner Joseph CromWeii
on the breakwater in Provincetown har-
Dor and the partial dismantling OF an un-
known coaster off Nauset lights, about
half way down Cape Cod.
The steamer City of Columbus, Savan-
nah for Boston, anchored in the storm
near the Stone Horse shoal. Her posi-
ton was not sheltered at ALL Ashore
three life-savinS crews stood READY 10 ~
to her in case of need.
The storm was well on its way TOWARD
Cape Race at noon. With It's dlsappedi
ance the weather began to clear Inc
wind swung still farther into the north
west, with colder temperature in pros
pect.
The distribution of rain over an area
extending from fifty to sixty miles IN
land was gratefully received, although
weeks of drought had been partially
broken earlier in the week.
Between noon yesterday and $ O'clock
this morning 1.O4 inches of rain had fall
en- in this section. Block Island had AZ
inches of rain and a forty-four-mile an
hour gale.
Farther east the rainfall was less heavy.
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Ships Seek Shelter.
CHATHAM. Mass, October 3O.-That
Pilot Ed Hayes, who halls from this port,
should turn his steamer Yale. bound from
New York for Boston, back over the
shoals at dawn today. to shelter under
the protecting arm Of Monomoy point,
was proof enough to mariners that to-
days storm was one of the severest OF
the season.
The Yale, which usually rounds the
cape going east about O'Clock. was an
hour or two late this morning. Pilot
Hawes managed to get abreast OF Or
leans life-saving station about O'Clock.
The seas kept growing. The wind in
creased to more than a mile minute.
So the big turbiner was swung around
and scudded back to join the big fleet
of eastbound coasters under the lee OF
the Handkerchief shoal.
The life savers had their hands full
watching the steamer City of Columbus
bound from Savannah fer Boston, an
chored three miles off shore near the old
Stone Horse shoal. the scene of many a
wreck The steamer came round Mono
may point about midnight before the
gale attained great headway and ran
up nearly to the Shovelfull lightship
BY that time it was blowing up fast
Instead of turning back to safer anchor
age her skipper dropped his anchors off
shore.
The fleet anchored between Bass river
and the Handkerchief lishtshp at
o'clock today numbered nearly thirty
sail.
Schooner in Distress.
NORTH EASTMAN, Mass, October 80
During the height of today's storm the
life savers of the Nauset station caught
a glimpse of a two-masted schooner
with fore and main sails blown away.
going slowly south under a foresai]
with fishing schooner alongside, ap-
parently rendering assistance.
The glimpse of the schooner, which
was evidently in distress, was soon shut
out by the thickening of the weather.
Wireless Pole Down.
HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass, October 80
The heaviest storm since last winter
prevailed here at dawn today with the
wind blowing at a seventy five -mile-an-
hour gait. terrific sea laundering along
shore. and the air over Cape Cod filled
with horizontal sheets of flying rain and
sand.
For the second time within a year the
tall pole of the government wireless sta
tion here collapsed in the gale. Shipping
ceased late yesterday afternoon Up to
8 o'clock today no vessel has doubled the
cape.