Show FIERCE STORM STRIKES FLEET Lieutenant on Battleship Illi Illinois Illinois Illinois nois Killed and Seaman on Minnesota Washed Away Boston Mass Sept 30 Wireless dis dispatches dispatches dispatches patches received today from the Atlantic squadron anchored at the head of Cape Cod bay off of the Barnstable shore show that two lives were lost two vessels damaged and the entire fleet was given givena a severe shaking up li ip the storm which raged raced yesterday In the bay bayThe bayThe bayThe The fleet was anchored off a lee shore and only tho the strength of their ground tackle saved some of the warships from being thrown on the beach Lieutenant John M Purse of the battle battleship battleship battleship I ship Illinois was thrown against a n hatch and so badly injured internally that he I i died today toda On board the Minnesota a a seaman name not known was washed overboard and drowned The refrigerator ship Glacier dragged her anchor and collided with the cruiser Des Moines necessitating sending both vessels to the Charlestown navy yard for repairs For more than twenty hours the great ships were tumbled about In the big seas sE s which surged Into the bay ba Nearly every vessel had some of her crew bruised by being hurled about the big ships In the collision with the Glacier the Des DesMoines DesMoines DesMoines Moines had her stem badly damaged and was raked along her starboard side losing two davits and the boats on them |