The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-19
VOL. XLlv.-N0. 10.
CHE EQUINOCTIAL STORM.
DESTRUCTION ON THE SEA COAST
FROM FLORIDI TO MAINE.


Dwellings. Harms, mud Fences Demolished
aud Roots and Cbimney- swept Away
The sen Making n Breach Through the
sands Of Rockawny- Bathing Houses ana
t,ber structures on the Coast De-troyed.
The storm that struck New York city on
eunday was frat reported in the West India
I4lands on Tuesday evening last as a hurricane
that wa.-contrary TO the usual course Of trop-
te,l storms sweeping northward. The danger
,sna was first hOsted In Key Yves. on Friday
morning and in this city on Saturday morning.
The storm spent It's force In New York at about
nlshtflll on SUNDAY. ana then moved on toward
tho l1kes Yesterday It extended FROM Toledo
nortneastward 10 Quebec and Eastport
The damage in this CITY. beyond what was re-
ported To Yesterdays SUS Is not 40 great as that
which Is reported from exposed points on the
coast. The police returns yesterday morning
contained accounts Of the undermining OF a
brick building at 81 and - Thompson street and
the clearing out Of its inmates IA procautiona-
~ measure by the police; but the structure did
not fall. A heavy scar0lding was blown fiom
the rear Of some unfinished buildings In fifty-
third street. and the timbefs falling against the
rear walls Of the new four-story building al 243,
nj. and 247 West Ffty-fourth street, three sto-
ries of the rear wall were carried away. The
base Of the buildings was undermined. and the
Dicks from tnO Walls were on inc gaze
10 great distance beyond the buildings. y pile
OF wood that belonged to Mr.. A. l.. Russell Of
10 Morton street was blown down, and In its
fall II crushed In the roof OF Eli Twoeo ods's
shop, at so West street A tree at 344 East Third
street smashed vendors wagon as II fell.
Nearly every cellar in West street. and many In
Washington and Cortlandt Streets were flooded.
~ we're some In Liberty street, Cedar street, Bat
tery place, and along South aud Water streets.
and much damage was done to the stocks that
were stored therein.
Tho steamships Celtic City OF Chester Wis
eonsin, and Greece, were struck by the storm
about fifteen miles OF Sandy Hook. on Sunday
afternoon, and so severe tho gale that
neither OF the leviathans dared try to cross the
bar at Sandy Hook, and "a a means Of safety all
four put out TO sea and beat about In the waves
that swept their decks until yesterday morning
An oficor OF the Greece saws that in all his quar-
ter Of a century Of experience between New
York and Liverpool he had not previously en-
cOuntered such hurricane 80 near the coist
In ons case the seas are saii 10 have touched
The tops Of the steanshi2's smoke stuck. Toe
vessels arrived at their whnrves Yesterday mora
Ing unnjured. except In their rigging.
The phosphorsscence Of the sea during the
storm, ~ viewed from the Associated Press Sta
ton on the Highlands Of .Navesink, WAS very
brilliant
the storm. as was proved by the desiatches that
were received by Chief Engineer Campbell Ves-
terday, showing a rainfall of 235 inches 1t
Boyd's Corners. and Of 2.40 inches at the Croton
dam, The water at the dam rose eleven inches
between 9 o'clock on sunday morning and 0
O'Clock yesterd y morning, ana Sir. Campbell
thinks that by to-day water VIII be running over
that the added volume OF water will be appreci-
able In the city 10 day. Tue storm insures the
city against the water famine that had been
supposed to be possible.
On the south sho ore OF Staten Island the tide
was driven higher than A. any previous time
within the past twelve years. 1t overlooked the
steamboat wharves and the riparian streets and
elled many cellars. The steamboats, were un-
able TO make their landings at Stspleton and
Tompkinsville, and two or three hundred storm.
bound pleasure seekers had TO stay on he island
all night. making dormitories Of the ferry houses
and the Yacht CluL's headquarters. Minv small
b1sts were dashed to pieces on the beach, and
Mr.. +. =. Hurst's yacht Active was thrown high
up On the beach. stacks Of oord-wood on Mr..
p Mc2ernons wharf AZ Tom kusvllle were
ewept into the bay. and the wharf was baGly
damaged. Other whsrves on the south shore
were severely injured A long wall Ut the old
asrsntns Was o'srLnr1 SHI ana many 'Ises IN
ton the railroad track for more than three hun
drsd feet was undermined. All communication
BY telegraph was cut on.
10 BROOKLYN the street banners and awnings
were torn TO shreds. aud at Red Hook Point the
tide drove the squetters out OF their cabins.
Two vessels parted their moOrings In the Allan
ito Basin. and the wharf front was carried away
Tent, near Prospeci Park, was badly ripped. but
not DESTROYED. John Buchanans carpenter
shop In sixth street near Fourth avenue. was
blown down. and part OF the root Of the Con.
tnental building was ripped on. Trees we're
blown d3wr IN al parts OF me city and Ia the
bic to the storm is that Of Ellen Dick a child u
Thirteen, Of Pottery place. who, While gathering
chips IN the SHIP yard at Huron street, Green
point. was crushed by great suck OF timber
that wns blown from us resting place.
At Rockaway the wind was Il hurricane and
The rain poured in torrents ana the sea was
driven high up on the land. The Neptune
House was surrounded by water to the depth OF
three feet, aud $50 bathing houses were nOated
out To sea and dashed to pieces against each
other Capt. samues's bathing ONCE was tOated
on bodily spinning Ike top as II was carried
1G, to sea M large p,y,ll91n' 10 fee' IN
went TO sea. At one tine tue waves rushed up
on tue beach in tremendous volume and dug an
enormous gulch clear through to Jamaica Bay
The two-story structure In front OF the surf
House was noated OF, but at length 1t was Sc
ourely anchored The sidewalk in front Of the
ocean rose may be inferred from the fact that
the surf Houseis on bank twenty feet higher
than the spot on which tie Neptune House
stands. Everything along the kockaway shore
was damaecS, ma the bathing houses GENERALLY
loss Of his high stoop and pletform
Hoga Island, orposte Far Rockaway, Is a
thing Of the past Forty-eight hours ago II was
dotted over with all kinds Of pleasure-seekers'
places, but not board plank Is left. The storm
made clean sweep Of HoGg Island. N ny
pleasure slOops are high and dry, n few are
bidly damaged, and among tho fishing smacks
and small poats the storm made sad havoc.
At Cnney Island The water washed everything
In front Of IT, Many bad ANTICIPATED II, and
acted accordingly bathing houses were moved
stands were taken 70 places Of safety; but for
all that there was considerable destruction al
only knocked 70 pieces, but tho timber was
carried out by the tide. Never before did waves
run 50 nigh on the beach. Ex-senator Michael
kortons place was badly Damaged, his bathing
houses were smashed and washed on like 40
many finder boxes. Peter Iilyous dancing
platform Was very much racked aud consider
aoly DAMAGED, and his bathing houses were in.
tured badly. VOORHEES, place was severely
rAded and shaken, aud Mrs. Green's place
which Il Just west Of NooThies's was turned
completely round, kiyenalrs place, which ia
below Potter llyou's. was also damared
Cables and those houses that are back from
the beach were the only ones that escaped
Mr.. Charles Feltman OF feltman's Ocean Pa
Wilton called at the Brooklyn Afgils flee YES
terday, anG said: The rain dill not begin To
look like a storm Ill about $50. Then II began
pouring down so thick that YOU could hardly see
through II. In hort time the island began to
disappear under the water, and half an hour
after the storm broke We could no land eI
cept the sand hills. At quarter past six the lrst
building gave way. IL was the shelter house Of
Jacob Moyes Centennial House, adjoining my
place, between Gunthelt and Cuvers depots.
Next went the bathing houses. walks, &c, OF
voorhees, ana william VAndeTveer. This was
about 6S. Then the shelter and bathing houses
ofsJonn Wards Seaside House were turned
Dose, aud wore followed by the destruction Of
lhe same buildings connected with Hooks Iio-
FOL and Peter lilyous, Tom Abbotts, between
IHyou's and Hooks, was almost cleaned out
Tue next victim was Welsh who keeps the At
lantic House, between Engeman's and Wander
VeeTs. This place was terribly used up. Ii was
liz H.aVI hmm.