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found safe aboard the coal barge
Hallowell. A Maritime Exchange OBJ
server rescued another, and three
more reached shore after a six-hour
battle with house-high waves.
The steamer Long Island surren-
dered to the tropical-born tempest
yesterday.
Flag Sighted on Barge.
Discovery of the 33 men came after
Capt. Harry M. Derrickson. head OF
the Lewes Coast Guard, sighted an
American flag flying from the coal
barge anchored 2 miles off shore.
AS he piloted his boat nearer he
was greeted by the tired and hungry
men. who had spent "a hours on the
rough waters without food or water
Capt Derrickson made arrange
ments for the transfer of the men tc
Jewes.
Among those rescued was Capt. Will
liam Bertrand. pilot of the Inflated
schooner. Capt. Romey George. the
schooner's master. was not aboard
the barge. Derrickson said.
Those who struggled to shore yes
terday were Capt. Georges son Del
mar. 30, of Foxwen. Va. and Harry
McQuillan, 81, colored. of Wilmington,
N. c.. and his cousin Richard, 26, also
of Wilmington.
The three told graphic stories of
how the ship developed leak. how its
cargo of fish shifted and how the
l50-foot craft turned over near the
Overfalls Lightship, 8 miles of shore.
Bad Weather Caused Accident.
THAT was the worst storm I ever
saw" said Bertrand, who has been a
seagoing man for 80 years. THE
bad weather caused the accident"
Three Pennsylvania deaths were
limited to the Philadelphia area.
Phillip Terrell, "a. was electrocuted
as he picked up a wire blown down
in a suburban community.
Romola Colozza. 60, was killed by
a car which skidded on a storn,-
swept highway.
An unidentified man about so years
of age died of injuries suffered when
he walked into the path of a trolley
in the rain.
George r. Zorn of Baltimore lost
his life when his 40-foot cruiser
crashed on the rocks off Longport,
N. j. His pilot, William Lieber of
Port Washington, N. Y, swan 2 miles
to shore for aid, but Coast Guardsmen
were unable to save Zorn.
Eight men aboard the fishing
schooner Caspian, leaking when it left
port at Cold Spring Harbor yesterday,
were unreported. while seven persons
were missing in Maryland.
The Merchants & Miners steamer
Berkshire, bound for Philadelphia
with 131 children aboard. anchored
at the western entrance of Cape Cod
Canal to ride out the blow. The chill
dren were returning to Bancroft
Training School from Summer camps
in Maine.
Winds buffeted the Iroquois Of the
Clyde Mallory Line, with approxi-
mately 400 passengers from all Sec
tions of Connecticut. 1t started from
New Haven harbor late yesterday to
Bar Harbor and Nova Scotia via New
York.
Freighter Runs Aground.
A 400-ton freighter. the Ida Hay
Atwater, went aground on the Della
ware breakwater and sent out distress
signals. The Cape May Coast Guard
wirelessed two cutters offshore to at
tempt to aid the crew. The ship plies
between Norfolk and New England
ports.
The disturbance, first reported in
the South Atlantic by steamer Sep
tember IL, became more intense as 1t
swerved northeastward and struck
Cape Hatteras to begin a capricious
movement up the East Coast.
The Virginia Capes and the coasts
Of Delaware, Maryland and New Jer-
sey were struck in turn, the winds
reaching velocity Of 100 miles an hour
at spots in the storms path.
The steamer Ell Almirante CT the
Southern Pacific Lines, which devel-
oped engine trouble near the hurri-
canes center when it approached
Hatteras, was in tow Of the cutter
Modoc, which went to the rescue
after the Coast Guard received dis
tress signals.
Damage from the storm along
North Carolina's 200 miles Of coast
and in other Eastern States was not
considered 50 heavy as In the hurri-
cane Of 1888.
Three colored w. p A. workers
were missing near Coinjock, N, %.
More Il b 10 Of their companions,