The Portland daily press., 1876-09-19
THE STORM.
A Fierce Gale i'm the Middle
States.
Considerable Damage Along the
Shore.
Travel Impeded and Telegraph
Wires Blown Down.
Around New York.

yesterday did considerable damage in Brooklyn
and along the New Jersey shore. Trees and
fences in large numbers were blown down, and
several unfinished houses unroofed. The lower
part of Hoboken and Jersey City were flooded
to the depth of four or five feet, occasoning
much damage to the lower stories and base
ments of buildings. The Gospel tent up town
was blown down and several vessels were blown
from their moorings at piers in the East river,
but were secured before doing much damage.
The rain fall here yesterday was 263 inches.
Every cellar in West and South streets was
flooded. Several streets in the lower parts OF
Gowanus, Williamsburg and other portions OF
Brooklyn were flooded, and all the police and
district telegraphs blown down. 1t was feared
that the unknown brig ashore on the outside of
Long Island, near Seagirt, went to pieces dur
ing the night, as the sea was extraordinarily
high 1t is reported that nearly all the bathing
houses at Coney Island and Rockaway were
washed to pieces, and several small hostleries
near the beach at the former place were de-
stroyed. 1t is not known that any lives were
lost. The foreign steamers which were obliged
to anchor at quarantine last night, came up to
the city this morning.
The base of the produce exchange was flood
ed to a depth of three feet. Several small is
lands in He'll Gate, and all of Harlem fats
were covered by the tide.
There were no excursions down the bay or
up the Hudson yesterday, although fifty or
more were advertised. The average attend
| ance at churches did not exceed dozen besides
| the paid choirs and sections
Marine Disasters.
| Dispatches from points along the southern
| coast show that the storm was violent but no
| very serious damage is reported. An unknown
| brig is bottom up at Hogs Island, and an I'M
| known bark was sunk at the Capes of Chesa-
| peake. The schooner Milton of Philadelphia,
| for Richmond, with pig iron, sunk at Sewelrs
Point 4s
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 1S.-The schooner Can
ton, from Petersburg for Boston with wheat, is
ashore in the James river, and will have to dis
charge her cargo. The schooner Mary A.
Holt, from Bucksvile with lumber for Calais,
is ashore at Back river and is full of water.
The schooner Annie Baker, from Castine, is
ashore Is miles south of Cape Henry. Crew
all safe. brig and three masted schooner
are ashore at Cape Henry with sails gone. Tugs
have gone to their assistance. A schooner load
ed with hair is ashore south of Cape Henry
| Seven inches of rain fell in "a hours at Cape
Henry and the wind blew so miles an hour.
I'm New Jersey.
CAPE MAY, Sept. 1S-The storm yesterday
was the most severe ever known on this coast
The wind was blowing from the northeast and
increased in fury until 40 p. M, when it be
came tornado, accompanied by rain and hail
Terrific gusts of wind unroofed portion Of
Congress Hall, hurting its fragments agains,
the cottage of George Hldreth and completely
demolished it, The roof of the Stockton House
was also carried away. Two cottages belong.
ing to G. w. Picks Of Philadelphia, were uIl
rooted and otherwise badly damaged.
Numerous other cottages and hotels on the
Island were considerably damaged, while barns,
fences and chimneys were blown in every di'
rection. No one is known to be injured. The
wind caused very high tide, and at O'Clock
the sea broke completely over the beach drive
running it, and carrying away the pier in from
of Congress Hall entire. The loss here is est
mated at $50, 900.
The damage at Seagrove was slight Several
vessels are reported ashore but their names are
| not known.
At Bordentown the tower of the Cathedral
was badly damaged. At Railway the Second
Presbyterian church was seriously damaged
The spire of Sr. Paups Protestant Episcopa
church, South Trenton, was blown down en-
tirely, and the walls of Millington's new pette
ry was blown down. Daur's pottery on Taylor
street, and zinc factory on Third street were
unroofed, and IS feet of roofing were torn from
one of the wings of the Newark Aims House
| and thrown into Elizabeth avenue.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 18.-All communica
ton with South Jersey having been impeded
by the storm yesterday, and there being rumor'
| of great damage at and about Cape May, spe
cial train was started for that point from Cam
den at midnight with representatives of the
Philadelphia Times on board. A special to thai
paper at o'clock this morning says the train
was wrecked few miles out of Camden, bu
the engineer was the only person injured. Tit
| railroad Is submerged ana the wrecked JralI
lies in four feet of water. A Press special say,
IL. -;r, - Gee Nav was carried awau Satur
water flooded the streets
In Maryland.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 18-The damage to cot
ton, tobacco and other produce stored on the
docks and in the vicinity of thelbasin by thu
high water last night is estimated from $4,000
to $4,000. No trains on the Baltimore & Ohi(
Railroad arrived today 1t is said the western
passengers are detained at Deer Park by 9
land slide, but will arrive here by morning.
| In Washington.
| WASHINGTON, Sept 18.-One of the heaviest
rain storms which has been experienced in sew.
eral years, visited this city yesterday. From
early Sunday morning till p. M. the rain was
tncessant. Late in the afternoon the wind
blew gale, doing considerable damage to avn.
| ings and young trees. Beyond flooding several
cellars on Pennsylvania avenue no other mate
| rial damage is reported in the city. Reports
| from Virginia and North Carolina coasts state
that the storm was very violent and caused
much damage to shipping.
I'm Virginia.
BOSTON, Sept 18.-At Norfolk Va, yester-
day the gale was terrific. Several buildings
were unroofed. At Alexandria, Virginia, the
wharves were all submerged and the lower por-
| ton of the city was flooded.