The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-19

dozen men at work on his pier the nieht before,
that they concluded to remain on the piefn all
night when morning came they were
poworless to get TO the building until outside
help rescued them. Ats o'clock, sunday morn
Ing, all that part Of Engeman's pier outside his
pavilion had been swept away, except three or
four piles. MY garden was slightly damaged. j
think the total damage will amount TO $1,000
or $4,000. Welsh Is the most unfortunate. lie
lost all his buildings, stock and furniture, and
that Will eat up all his profits on this season.
Myself, Tlvou, Hook and Ward will lose about
$1,000 rlyou's house WIS built on posts two
lee. above tho sand; now 1t stands four ieot
above tho sand.
Tom Clears house:was carried away and act
on Ere 10y the stove. Inc stove burned ia way
through tho floor and was Dropped In the sand
the house was carried two hundred feet further
away"
for over quarter of a mile toward the creek
the sand was piled up in some places as high ne
the house tops. Tho whole island was sirewn
with the wrecks oi bathing houses and sheds.
Peter IilNOu's house, which Yves formerly useu
a. a an 1oting gallery. stood ON Its roof in front
OF the hotel, ana there was not enough left OF
his pavilion to make a Rood-siled box OF TOOTH.
picks ss p'S s1n wSS nss Up And "sd
nearly quarter OF milc, where 1t was left high
and .dry, ON What Is known as " Overs9pe
Hill" Mr. Clarc's family, consisting OF his
at the time. They were finally rescued
without any damage. Clnres loss Is $500. Enge-
mans new pier Is injured to the extent of sew
cral hundred dollars. Engemnn, fortunately,
had taken the flooring of his pier John Nc
Kane, owner OF the Centennial House, loses by
damage to bathing houses, sheds, &c, about
5000 Dir. Carrot katen lost his large horse shed,
ana most Of mis- bathing houses hoated away.
The Hook Brothers damage Is estimated ut
about sou Tue kitchen adjoining the Motel was
swcpt from its foundation, and carried n dis
lance Of about ten feet Tho water ran up to
the top OF the bar in the barroOm, and the plat
form surrounding II, aud all Of the board walk
leading To IT hoated of toward Fort Hamilt n.
Mr.; smiths pavilion was entirely swept away
and UrOKeu up.
Al Canarse the waves were driven upon tho
beach with great violence. soon the Oats
submerged, and the old timber began to hoat.
The village Of Canarsie lies In a hollow. and the
torrents lay in the streets a. they fell and rushed
In from the hilly land adjoining. AT about noon
there ere from two to three feet OF water
the streets. and the condition Of the villagers
became pitiAble us the nOod poured In upon
their dwellings, driving them to lake refuge In
the second stories. From noon onward the
storm increased. aud fully four feet Of water lay
on the thoroughfares. boats belonging to the
fishermen were IN active demand, and enabled
the men to make Journeys from place to place.
Some OF the houses are only a single story in
height, and their occupants were rescued soon
after the water began to flow through their
homes. The cars on the CanGrsie Railroad were
stopped, the track being SUBMERGED by fully i've
feet OF water nom the dam this side VI Canarse
Que Thousand hocshe0ds Of tobacco stored at
Sherwoods tobacco wharf, Jersey City. wore
| damaged oy the higa tide. The immense Golfer
dam at Fifteenth street pnrto1 ITS moorings, aud
| crushed "a canal boat lying in Ilarsimus Cove,
when contained the captain, his wife md cali
| dren, who e-caued.
| he foundations Of the new storehouses Of
the Delaware. Lackaw una and Western sunk
several feet In weak places, aud tue immense
tlmbers wee torn from the iasien-
Iaylors saloon at the Erie fer hae three feet
of water on the floor. The HOboken ferry house
snd apurten.nces were damaged nearly 5000.
At c wan Point, the wool factory cellar was
were destroyed. The heat created was 80 great
| that the factor, caught Ore and the works had a
narrow escape. TIE wind carried the waves
| the Morris Canal a; Groenyille. hllng It SO
that 1t overaowed Its banks oil through
Jersey City. In the bay Oh the Idle Hour
| Wharf, Senator aylors yacht, the Addis lay
| lor. broke from the moorings, but was sscuren.
The large lamps IN front OF the Court House
In Jersey CITY were destroyed. and nearly ali the
street lamps on the Heights were exiting uish ed.
A part Of Tho stespe Of the Presbyterian church
partition walls and section OF the eno wall In
blown down. and the end wall Of a new brick
house In Pacific avenue was torn out.
AT Guttenoega an unoccupied frame house on
the Bull Ferry road was no badly shaken that II
from the brow Of the hill and carried land
slide down ON the road hundred feet below,
enectually bockadlng the road.
At BayOnne Byic's boat house was carried
| away.
| Ia Montcnir. the large liberty pole In the CEN
| tra part OF the town was thrown across the
grounds OF the Presbyterian Church, and broken
| in pieces.
In Bordentown. the tower Of the Cathedral
Church was badly damaged.
| In htnway, the Second Presbyterian Church
was damaged. The spire OF st. Pauls Protests
ant Episcopl Church IN Centre street, South
Trenton. wus blown down.
In Melnbaln, the wall. Of Millington's new
| potteries were blown down. Daur's pottery in
TAYLOR street snd the ENC iactor, on Third
| roofing was torn from one Of the wings OF the
| New.Ik Alnshouse and thrown into Eliz beth
| avenue. The tn roof Of DAWSON Brother-'s
| tannery was torn up ana wrapped about the II
smoke stack ABOUT twenty }. rds u the large
| leyeled TO tho ground. Tue chimney
Of the residence OF a. J. seaeer,
TITO ice house in First street was blown down
and the debris Was carried into the Morris canal.
AT Oak Island midway between Newark and
| Elizabeth, on the Elizabeth branch OF the New
| ark and New York Railroad. a serious accident
occ rred Yesterday morning. The track had
been washed away for space OF i've or sir
| yards, and the SPOT being Hooded the engineer
| Of the $50 train from Newark WAS unable to see
| the undermined track, and continued at the
| usual speed. The locomotive and first two cars
passed partly over the defective track put the
third car broke It down, aud the train was
we're thrown from the track. The FIRST baggage
| car was also thrown "a, and the rear platform
| Of the first car and front part Of the second car
sank into the excavation: The locomotive ana
| tender sank into the mud, and the baggage car
was tufnou over on us sloe: Inc Trucks we're
| torn 81 the latter, aud the trucks of the first
| PASSENGER car were forced under tho second
passenger car. The passengers were nady
with the exception Of Marx McGeehan Of $40
Bank street Newark, VINO was badly cut ia the
| face and bruised aDOut the body.
Can't. Frederick Reiners Flagstaff, erected In
! 1873, and bearing monument with the latitude,
| longitude and elevation, on the keimer estate
| East orange. was blown down. The water tank
| Of the Central Hotel Orange, overlooked and
burst, carrying on an extension.
Al Long Branch, Monmouth Beach. Ocean
| Grove, and other places along the sea shore,
| bathing houses and wooden cottages were
| destroyed, but no loss of life or serious de-
structon Of property Is reported. he railways
were all badly WISHED, and the trains were sadly
derdDged. The first train up over the all rail
route did not leave Long Branch till near noon,
| and arrived at Communipaw about o'clock.
| Tue road was washed between Long Branch and
| Asbury Park, hut not seriously. Just below
| south Amboy the nigh tides In Rartan bay I'M
dermlned several thousand feet OF rails, which
| now hang suspended Dy the ties at all sorts OF
ang es.