Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-13
100 ARE RESCUED
DURING COAST GALE
Shipping and Crops Badly
Damaged as Wind Reaches
70-MiIe Velocity.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. August i3.-One
man is missing and nearly 100 other
persons were rescued during the north
east storm which abated early TODAY
after lashing the coast from Virginia
Capes TO Sandy Hook
The missing man is Otto Godfrey. a
member of the crew of the tug Radiant
who was swept away when the tug
sank in Delaware Bay near Odessa. Del.
yesterday. He wore life belt and it is
hoped he has been picked up. His
brother Frank. chief engineer of the
tug. was believed to have drowned. but
today he turned up In Odessa. Eight
members of the tug crew and a pas
senger were rescued after battling with
the waves for some time.
British Steamer FIoated.
The British tramp steamer Athelbach
which was blown aground off Ship John
Light at the Delaware Capes, was float
ed today with the high tide and the as
s1stance of two tugs.
The coal-laden barge Irwin. which
was being towed by the tug Prudence
from Norfolk to New York with two
other barges. sank off Sea Isle CITY. N
j. Her crew was taken aboard the Pru-
dence and landed here today. The
prudence abandoned the barge Horace
Alyn with II feet of water In her hold
after taking off her crew. but safely
Drought TO port the third barge. the
Winsor.
The tug + ]. Hooper abandoned two
OF ner Tow OF three bargeS off Herford
MET, N. j.. and sought shelter at the
Delaware Breakwater Today the tug
went out to pick them up The barges
were The Mahant and Smith and Perry
No. @ They we're in ballast. The
third barge, which was brought 10 the
breakWater, was the E. r, Haggott
Thrills Accompany Rescue.
The rescue Of the crew of the
sunken tug Radiant was not without
thrills.
After clinging to a spar for two
hours In the heavy seas Karl Kluge a
member Of the crew. was rescued by
men who lowered a boat from the
Black Diamond steamer Innoka.
kluge said that when it became ap-
parent that the tug would not weather
The storm all but the captain, the stew
ara ard the one passenger donned
life preservers and started for shore.
The other three took to a lifeboat
Kluge clung TO a spar for two hours
until picked up by a boat from the
Innoka Rather than take a chance
on smashing the boat against the side
Of the ship in the rough seas his res
cuers roWed to shore. On the way
they picked up William Dunlap. who
was swimming about in tho bay
Nearby States Damaged
Along the Maryland coast the wind
reached a velocity Of 10 miles an hour.
diminishing In intensity as it swept
| northWard, The highest wind velocity
reported along the New Jersey coast was
45 miles an hour Bridges were washed
out and crops heavily damaged in Mary
land, Delaware Virginia, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania
The Dan River in Virginia was out
II It's banks In places and the Potomac
! River neared food stage rs its tribu-
taries poured the accumulated waters Of
the storm into the river
The yacht of Representative Isaac
Bacharach Of Atlantic City, N. J., was
blown aground IN Great Bay the New
jersey Representative and his party be-
/ ing forced TO wade across the flooded
meadows for nearly mile TO safety.
/ III the party, which included several
! women was Charles Grakelow Of Phila-
! delphia former grand exalted ruler
OF the Elks. and Harry Bacharach, for
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