The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05
SEVENTY-FOUR LOST
AS HURRICANE RACES
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ceeded in rescuing two men from the
heavy seas after the tug had sunk.
One of the barges, according TO the
message which came from Messrs. NC
Namara, the Norfolk agents OF the
line, was driven ashore in the tremen-
dous gale. but the remaining TWO sue
coded in casting out sea anchors. ana
at last reports were safely rldlng
through the gale.
a message from Lewes, Del. tonight
states that the storm claimed ten VIC
tins in the vicinity of the Delaware
Capes. They We're the crews OF The Con-
solicitation Coal Company's barges NOS
and ., bound from Baltimore TO Boston
with coal. and were drowned when their
crafts foundered near Cape Henlopen and
went TO pieces in the gale.
Bodies Washed Ashore.
The barges which were in tow Of the
tug Cumberland, broke adrift early In
the day. Despite heroic efforts IN the
face of binding snowstorm and a sixty
mile gale. the Cumberland's crew were
unable to get another line to the barges,
which drifted helplessly Tor sometime,
finally going aground. ABOUT noon the
barges broke to pieces and sank. the
bodies of Capt. johnson. Baltimore hafi
Larsen, Il Swedish subject. and Dempsey
late in the day.
Th, wind during the storm averaged
sixty miles an hour. Coast guards and
life savers made repeated efforts 10
launch a Iifeboat when the plight OF the
barges was discovered, but they found
il impossible to go through the boiling
surf.
Liner Not Heard From.
The Old Dominion liner jefferson. due
at Old Point Comfort, at go O'Clock this
morning. had not arrived up to late
hour tonight and fears were expressed
for her safety. II was Thought she may
have gone to the assistance OF some other
vessel in distress.
After a twclvc-hOur battle with the
breakers at II ighland Lights, Mass, three
coast guard crews succeeded IN reSculnS
the crews of the barges Tunnel Ridge.
Coleranc. and Mannheim. driven ashore
off High Head station.
Tie Nahant guard rescued the crew
Of the barge Ruth. which was driven
ashore at Winthrop, Mass. while the
coast guard cutter Acushnet, rendered
assistance to the crew of the schooner
George Churchman in Fyannis harbor.
The CLYDE Line steamship Lenape
brought into Charleston. 5. C.. today
Capt Murphy and the six members OF
the crew of the American schooner Alice
Murphy. rescued near the Diamond
Shoals LiGhtship, off the North Carolina
coast. When the Lenape sighter the
watcr-logged Alice Murphy the captain
and crew were dashed to the mizZen mast
and had been without food for thirty
six hours.
Warship Wcnthers storm.
Second Officer Wood and volunteer
crew of the Lcnape rescued the Alice
Murphy's men in gale that whipped
the water into mountainous waves. Bar
rels Of oil were dumped over the
I.cnap"'s side to calm the seas for
small boats passage.
The Morgan Line steamer Comus. New
Orleans for New York. sent a wireless
message to the coast guard cutter Semi
mole at Wilmington. n. c., that she had
rescued tho crew of the barge North
western. which broke away from the tug
wellington Friday night and foundered
off Cape Lookout.
Apprehension for the safety of the
Argentine dreadnaught Moreno. which
observers at Rchoboth reported to be
close TO the beach. was dispelled by the
arrival Of the big warship at the Phiia-
deIDhia Navy Yard.