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Show Tlie GeMesta Goes Ashore. Sandy Hook, Sept. 23. At sundown last evening there was a little wind from the northeast, with a light rain. The wind was moderate at 11 p. m., west-northwest, and steadily increasing until about 8 a. m., when it had the force of about forty-eight miles an hour, and from the northwest, The weather is cloudy, with a heavy sea. Nothing Noth-ing has been seen or heard of the "Daunt-ess" "Daunt-ess" or "Genesta." Newport, September 23. The yacht reported re-ported as having rounded Benton's Beef lightship last night at 9:40 o'clock proved to be the n 'Genesta," her signal going up at 953, after having got entirely clear of the lightship. The wind then was from the northeast, blowing fresh. The "Genesta" did not have all her racing sails up. The waiting thereafter was long and tedious, the difference in the two yachts confirming the news brought here yesterday that off Mon-tauk Mon-tauk Point the "Genesta" was ten miles ahead. Soon after midnight the rain began falling and the wind inoreased in velocity. At 1 o'clock there was a slight clearing of the weather, and at 1:20 o'clock the "Dauntless," "Daunt-less," which had been seen for several minutes, sent up her signal. At 9 o'clock this morning the wind is strong and from the northwest. New York, September 28. A special dis-datch dis-datch received from Far Rockaway says the "Genesta" went ashore off that place at 10:55 this morning. Fzrb Island, 11:45 a. m. The "Genesta" is now south of Fire Island, bound home. She has her topmast housed, and is plunging well into the sea. The "Dauntless" is now in sight; wind northwest, blowing sixty miles an hour. |