Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-09-13

Banks oR Observation-Disclosures DsstruC.
ton OF Property Along the New Jersey
Coast.
HALIFAX, n. s.. Aug. 81.
Late intelligence OF the effects of Wednes,
day nights storm around the coast of Nova
Scotia shows the damage to shipping is
quite extensive. Ten schooners were driven
ashore, some completely wrecked and othI
ers badly damaged. The fury OF the gale
was terrific: The tower of the new Catho-
lie Church at Cape Breton was carried away,
and large wooden building moved from
it's foundations.
The East Anglia arrived for coal; she
had enc or two of her plates started and
was strained a little by Wednesday nights
gale. The schooner Fannie B., from Cow
Bay, Cape Breton, via Gabarus, reports
having her deck-load of fish carried away
during the storm. The schooner Vesta from
Labrador had to run thirty miles before the
gale, and her mainsail was carried away.
The schooner Amos 3. was driven ashore
The schooner Mary is a total wreck at
Manadiere. The schooner Stetter is driven
ashore at Arichat and bilged. The schooner
Alice l.. NJ. Crondis is reported ashore AT
Margatee, Cape Breton. The schooner
Mary E. Banks is ashore at LRndoise. The
Foaming Billew is ashore at Sheet Harbor,
but will likely be got off. The schooner
Queen of the Fleet, from Labrador, bound
to Lunenburg, is reported ashore at Eng
hshtown, Cape Breton. The schooner J. B.
Deliver went ashore at Scatlesie leland,
bly, be got of. The brigantine
Annie Jamaica, for Montreal, forty-four
days out, is reported at Sidney, Cape Bre-
ton, in a leaky condition. The steamer
Bryn Glass, Pensacola for Barrow, arrived
to-day for coal, and reports that she felt
the storm very severely from five O'Clock
Wednesday evening to daylight the follow
iVlcr YI1nr md yyryith
force, and while the engines were at full
speed to try to keep the ship up to the wind,
the feed pipe of one of the boilers burst,
and the steam had to be shut on. With the
assistance of sails she was kept up to the
wind till the engines were got to work
again with the use of one boiler. She bore
up for this port. The accident to the boiler
will not detain the steamer here. A tele-
gram from Cowboy, Cape Breton, reports
the gale fearful there. The American brig
Atlas and schooners Edward Johnson and
Volunteer were driven ashore and all ex-
cept the EdS-ard johnson probably total
wrecks. The Volunteer, which was laden
with coal, had the bottom knocked out.
The schooner Ripple with two hundred
quintals Of fish sank in her dock. Other
smaller crafts were wrecked, but no lives
lost.
THE STORM ON THE GRAND BANKS.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Aug.S1.
From the arrivals the past twenty-four
hours from Grand Banks intelligence Of an
alarming disaster to the fishing fleet has
been received. The most reliable and de-
finite news comes from the Gloucester
schooner Wachusett. She was anchored
about twenty miles southeast of the Vir-
ginuS. She narrowly escaped the fury OF
the storm and made for land. While COM
ing in she passed through vast AMOUNT of
wreckage indicating destructive work OF
the gale. The storm arose from eastward,
shortly after sunrise Sunday last. A heavy
sea rapidly piled up and became confused
and choppy by the wind veering to the
northeast. For thirty miles of the schoon-
,er's course wreckage was encountered on
every side. Many dorieS were seen bottom
up and oars, fish boards and other material
in large quantities were passed from time
to time. One French fishing brig alone lost
four dories with all hands. The vessels
decks were swept, cables parted and an
chors lost. A general estimate based upon
the best information at present Obtaina-
BILE puts the loss of life at from sixty to
| to eighty souls, while the damage to the
| feet is incalculable. At the time the gala
| sprang up there were, it is assumed, 1000
| dOrieS away at their travis, and it will be
fortunate if the extent of the disaster to
| the great bank feet is circumscribed with
in this report.
EFFECTS OF THE STORM ON THE ATLANTIC
COAST.
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 81.
Thousands of people visited the Sands
this morning to gaze on the scene of de-
struction caused by yesterdays high tides.
The damages yet cannot be fully estima
| ted, but will amount to over $2OJ,OOO Last
even ng the remnants of the dilapidated
| pier opposite the excursion houses were
carried away. The heavy surf forced the
water halfway up Pacific Avenue. The
broad walk from the ocean pier at Ken
| lucky Avenue and North Carolina Avenue
is gone. The beach front is one mass of
| debris, lighthouses, restaurants, photo
| graph galleries, cigar stores and all bust.
| ness places in the central portion of the
| city have been carried away altogether, or
| much damaged. From North Carolina to
| Tennessee Avenues about twenty feet of the
| beach front is entirely washed away.
| There is nothing to hold up the buildings
! still standing, but the mass of debris which
was forced under them and which broke
| off the posts supporting the structure. The
ocean pier received terrible straining, but
| it did not give way. Twenty-Five sections,
! sixteen feet in length, of board wall, three
lighthouses and large number of electric
| light poles were dashed against the pier at
| one time. The railroad to South Atlantic
| City was so badly damaged that no trains
are running to-day. Large forces of men
are engaged in repairing the places not de-
molished and removing the debris from
| the beach.
RED BANK, N. J., Aug. 81.
One hundred thousand dollars will not
| repair the great damage done to railroad
! and private property by the tidal waves of
| yesterday and today. Sandy Hook, which
was yesterday a peninsula, is today an
| island. The most reliable estimate made
| of the damage to the property of the New
Jersey Southern Railway is $4,000. The
! great bulkhead that was built by the rail-
| road last spring just portb of the Highlands,
| at Navesink Station and which cost $50, 900,
| is almost a complete wreck. The tracks Of
| the railroad run along on narrow strip of
sand from Sandy Hook Cedars to Sea
| Bright. SeDaratin0 the Atlantic Ocean from
| Shrewsbury River. At the Highlands the
| ocean has driven through this barrier, and
river and ocean intermingle. For miles
! between a distance one mile north Of the
Highlands and as far north as Sea
Bright the New Jersey Southern rOad-bed
has been washed out in spots, while in 9th.
| er places the tide has piled the sand of the
| beach in pyramids from three TO four feet
! high upon the track. Along the beach from
| Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach to Ocean
| Grove the tidal waves have dashed the sea