Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Otú ọ dị, ajọ ifufe ahụ nwekwara mmetụta dị ukwuu n'elu ala. Na mbido afọ ahụ, ndị agha Union weghaara ebe e wusiri ike na-eche Hatteras Inlet nche na
Agha nke Batrị Hatteras Inlet. N'isi ụtụtụ November 2, oké osimiri malitere ikpuchi Hatteras Island, "na-ekpuchi ala akọrọ nile ma e wezụga ebe ebe e wusiri ike ahụ n'onwe ya dị". Mgbe awa anọ gasịrị, mmiri ahụ malitere ịtalata. Oké ebili mmiri nke oké ifufe ahụ kpatara nọgidere na-aga n'ụsọ oké osimiri ruo n'ebe ugwu Portland, Maine. Oké ifufe na ebili mmiri n'ebe dị iche iche, gụnyere New York City, Newport, Rhode Island, na Boston, ruru n'ọ̀tụ̀tụ̀ a na-ahụtụbeghị ma ọ dịkarịa ala n'ime afọ 10 nakwa ruo afọ 46. Na New York, oké ifufe ahụ nọgidere ruo awa 20 malite n'isi ụtụtụ November 2; mmiri na-arị elu rikpuru ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị dị n'akụkụ Osimiri East na Hudson. Mmiri ahụ ruru n'ebe dị kilomita ise n'ime obodo ahụ, o mekwara ka mmiri ahụ kpuchie otu ụlọ mmanya a ma ama dị n'otu họtel. N'ihi ya, otu nwoke ji ụgbọ epeepe nke ya na-ebufe ndị ahịa n'ebe a na-aṅụ mmanya ma na-ebuga ha n'ebe ahụ. Ikuku siri ike na Brooklyn kwaturu osisi na eriri telegram.