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Show THE CAPTAIN'S WIFE DROWNED. Anil Nix of His Crew nf Oki lUrk l i-l ttor Lost til tha Wrecking of that VaiucI. Norfolk, V.i., Msreh 28 Tne Norwegian Nor-wegian bark Dictator, from l'ensacola. Florida, for Fuglaud. with lumber, nnd carrying a crew of fifteen and the captain's cap-tain's joung wife and throe-year old boy, came ashore in a strong easterly gale yesterday mrrning tw o miles north of tho Virginia Peach hotel. Soon after the bark went to pieces in a tremendous sea and the captain's wife and six sailors were lost. Just before the ship broke up tho captain jumped into tho sea with his son strapped to his back and reached tho shore alive, hut the boy was lost, making a total of eight lives. The captain reports that he was trying to make Hampton Hoads, having been disabled by a hurricane since the 12th inst. t'Hr daa the sun had not BuotioVnd'the weather was so thick:last rjght thnthey struck the breakers before they could see tho ooast. |