Morning journal and courier., 1880-02-04
THE STORM.


 Elements-Many Wrecks Reported Fierce Gales on the New Jersey Coast Vessels Driven AshOre-PerIlOus Ad- ventures of the Crews-Brave Work by the Life Saving Squads.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-The heavy snow storm of last night was followed by rain to-day, and the streets are rendered almost impossible by slush. Later the temperature was colder, and after furry of snow the sun shone for a while. The storm was accompanied by gale from the northeast, which caused the snow to drift The horse car companies were obliged
 to double up their teams and even then had much difficulty in making their trips. Ferry travel on both rivers up to late hour this morning was esteemed perilous, the blinding snow and wind coupled with the easterly gale requiring two men to assist at each wheel and even then the boats were landed at their slips with much trouble and much after the usual time. The Boston boats did not reach their pier until after nine o'clock owing to the fierceness of the storm on the Sound. Con- sidering the severity of the weather and the vast delay over by the storm, the delay in the arrival of mails from all points was not as se- were as might have been expected. The East h Tho Southern mail, due at 7:15 a. m., arrived at 1O:45. The Northern mail, via the Hudson River road, was an hour and a quarter late. The fast mail from the South and Southwest over the Pennsylvania road, due at 7:15 a. m., arrived at 9:15. The second mail from the same points was four hours late. A number of persons were injured by falling on the streets.
 In Brooklyn the storm was equally severe, and number of accidents were reported, among others the upsetting of 8 coach by sharp gust of wind, rolling the coach over an embankment and dragging the team with it. The driver escaped without injury, but the coach was smashed and the horses ran away.
 Of the coast the weather was very severe, and a number of wrecks are reported Some fear is felt here regarding the Inman steam ship City of Richmond, which was due here last Sunday morning. The northeast gale is liable to drive vessels making this port ashore at Barnegat. Since the above was received,
 the arrival of the City of Richmond has been
 reported.
 The storm broke with great force over Coney Island, and great damage has been done to
 property along the beach. The tide rose very
 high, and att noon the water had broken through
 between the Pavilion and Hotel Brighton tearing up the blanks and flooring. The
 wooden pier in front of the Ocean House was almost entirely swept away. The
 waves rose mountains high and washed away all the bath houses left on the ground. The
 iron pier was shaken up, and grave fears were
 entertained for awhile that it would be carried away The marine railway was entirely un- der water.
 This afternoon the grain elevator Telegraph, owned by Knapp $ McCard, while crossing the Hudson river to New Jersey, was upset by the storm, the top drifting down stream from the hull. There were sixteen persons on board at the time, all of whom were precipitated in the river, but were rescued in 8 half frozen condition by steam tug.
 LONG BRANCH, Feb. 3.-This has been the most eventful day along the coast of the century. A thorough tornado set in at mid night last night and has done great damage. The roof of the United States Hotel has been carried away, so has the Mansion House roof. Many windows of the Ocean House have been stayed in. The flooring of the pier has been torn up and carried out to sea. Telegraph wires are down in every direction, so commit ! nication with the outside world is suspended. | The pavilion belonging to the pier has been greatly damaged. Six vessels have come ashore between Sandy Hook and West End Hotel since l a. m. to-day, and the New Jer | sey Southern track, between the Highlands and Seabright, has been washed away, pre- | venting telegraphic communication between Sandy Hook and New York. The storm has been the severest that has swept this section of the country in years. The wind by mid night was blowing half gale. Snow fell heavily for an hour or so, followed by sleet and | rain. At 12:5O this morning, while Captain | Jack Vanbrunt, 8 patrolman of life saving station No at Monmouth Beach, was patrol | ling, he noticed large vessel coming dead
 ashore about quarter of a mile to the north. He summoned the crew, who proceeded to | the spot with cannon lines, brooches buoys and other paraphernalia. It was bad night, | the waves ran mountains high and washed | over the vessel repeatedly, andit required skill full mauoeuvering to throw the line. The vessel proved to be the three-masted schooner E. O. Babcock loaded with wood, bound from | Hampton Roads to New York, Captain Train. A life line was thrown with remarkable accura- | cy, and the entire crew, consisting of seven | colored men, the captain, his wife and two l children, were saved by means of the breech- | es buo5s within two hours, one of the quick est feats chronicled in the life saving history. Mrs. Train is the first woman ever landed