The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-01-04

Three schooners and one launch are
ashore on the outer beach as a result
Of the storm early Thursday night.
which attained a velocity of forty
eight miles an hour from the south
west in Pensacola, and which, appar-
emily was of much higher velocity In
the gulf and drove the vessels on the
beach during the night. The dredge
Caucus, which left Pensacola Thursday
afternoon. put back in port yesterday
morning about IL o'clock. She had a
coal barge in tow. but the waves had
swept clear all of the large quantity
of coal aboard and which was being
taken to St. Andrews. The barge was
swamped, but the Caucus succeeded in
getting the vessel back to port.
A two -masted schooner is on the
beach west of Fort McRae, according
to report from the fort last night.
while two other schooners, thought to
be fishing smacks, are ashore on the
outer beach east of Pensacola bar. A
man and woman were rescued from one
of the schooners by the life saving
crew.
The master of the Caucus said the
blow was one of the most severe he
had encountered in many years. The
wind came in gusts at a great velocity
and the waves ran so high they broke
constantly over the big vessel. The
schoeners, it is supposed. were all
making for Pensacola and were carried
by the high wind and heavy seas on
the beach.
TIE Caucus left port about o'clock
Thursday afternoon for ST. Andrews.
where she was to resume dredging
work after she had remained here dur
| ing the holidays. AS is usual, she was
towing a barge loaded with coal for
her own use. but when she was struck
by the storm about o'clock Thursday
night, eighteen miles east of Pensacola,
the cargo of coal was lost by the
swamping of the barge.
No damage was done to the Caucus
which IS in command of Captain Jack
Hernandez. The extent of the damage
to the barge has not yet been learned.
The Caucus, which reached here
about II o'clock yesterday morning,
brought the barge back with her, the
coal carrier being lashed to the side of
the big steamer.
No one aboard the dredge was in-
jured as a result of the dredge being
tossed on the gulf by the high south
west wind and waves.
RESCUED MAN AND WOMAN.
The name of the schooner reported
to be ashore on the gulf beach west
of Fort McRae was not learned last
night, but the report said that a man
and woman were taken from the
stranded vessel by members of the life
saving crew on Santa Rosa island.
No particulars concerning the tive
schooners ashore on the gulf beach east
| of the bar were learned last night, but
| it is thought they are fishing smaclxs.
The report Of the Bleaching Of the
schooners was made by the government
! boat Morrison at Fort McRae, when
she arrived here yesterday evening.
! Pilot John Caro-. on duty yesterday
on the pilot boat, reported that q
west of Fort McRae and that he saw
people walking around the craft as she
lay on the beach yesterday morning.
but the name of the launch was not
| learned.
The launch is thought TO be one
which left Mobile Thursday morning
at the same time that another launch
| did for Pensacola, the latter craft ar
riving here before the storm of Thurs
/ day night. The captain of the launch
which reached here said that he passed
the other one near the mouth of Perdido
bay, but has not seen her since. Neith-
| er the captain of The launch which
arrived here or the boat could be To-
Gated last night as the craft was at
some unknown point in the bay.