Peninsula Enterprise, October 17, 1896

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Weather -- Northeast storms

The high tide of Sunday night overflowed Cobb's Island and wrecked every building there except Life Saving Station and dwellings of Thomas B. Smith and Ashby Jones.

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Infrastructure -- Commercial - Insurance companies

A meeting of the directors, of the Mutual Benefit Fire Association, was held at Keller last Saturday. They report to us for publication the following: A good attendance of directors, everything in good shape, application for insurance coming in rapidly, policies aggregating over $600,000 and only one small loss since organization, eight months ago.

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Weather -- Northeast storms

Assawaman.

The storm on our coast Sunday was the worst we have had for 15 years or more. Wishart Point wharf was carried away, also quite a lot of wood and lumber of Matthews & Taylor that was on the dock. Right much damage was done also to boats and other property at that point. Mr. Matthews will rebuild wharf at once.

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Fields -- Crops - CornInfrastructure -- Utilities - TelegraphWeather -- Northeast storms

Chincoteague.

Corn sold here this week for 25 cents per bushel, the cheapest ever known in the history of the island.

An agent of the Western Union was here last week to take steps for the establishment of a telegraph line between this point and Franklin City.

One of the severest northeast gales for years swept over our Island on Sunday. The wind blew at the rate of 50 miles an hour and the tide was highest since 1888. Main street was swept by the waves and filled by them with boxes, barrels and other rubbish. No damage of any consequence to property.

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Fields -- Crops - Sweet potatoes : PricesSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : SeasideSea -- Shellfish - Oystering : Planting

Horntown.

Our farmers are low spirited over the low price of potatoes. Many of them still have a large quantity on hand.

Our oystermen are busily engaged in planting oysters and in getting ready to ship barrel stock.

Two Men Drowned Near Hog Island.

Watermen -- Personal injury

A bateau, having on board Edward Smith and Zachariah Pearsons, of Northampton, and Henry Sack, a peddler, was capsized on the way from Hog Island to the mainland on Friday of last week, and two of them, Smith and Sack, were drowned. Pearson was rescued by a passing boat. Edward Smith, one of the drowned men, was a industrious and very worthy young man and was married only about 4 months ago to a daughter of Mr. Robert Snyder formerly of this county. He was a good swimmer and could have reached the boat and been rescued, if he had not made an effort to save the peddler.