The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-09-06
STORMY TIMES.


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 9th.
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
its foundations.
The East Anglia arrived for coal; she
had one or two of her plates started and
was strained 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 B. 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 Z. Banks is ashore at Landoise. The
Foaming BillOw is ashore at Sheet Harbor.
Queen of the Fleet, from Labrador, bound
to Lunenburg, is reported ashore at Eng
liShtown, Cape Breton. The schooner J. b.
Deliver went ashore at ScatleSie Island,
Cape Breton, but will proba-
bly, be got off. 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
ing morning. The wind blew with terrific
force, and while the engines were at full
speed to try to keep the ship mp to the wind,
the feed pipe of one of the boilers burst,
and the steam had to be shut off. 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 Edward 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. 81.
From the arrivals the past twenty-four
hours from Grand Banks intelligence of an
disaster to the fishing feet 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
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-
rs course wreckage was encountered on
every side. Many dories were seen bottom
I'D and oars, fish boards and other material
in large quantities were passed from time
10 time. One French fishing brig alone lost
four dories with all hands. The vessels
decks were swept, cables parted and an
,horS lost. A general estimate based upon
The best information at present obtalna-
Die puts the loss of life at from sixty to
% eighty souls, while the damage to the
leet is iDcalculable. At the time the gale
,prang up there were, it is assumed, 2,0OG
tories away at their travis, and it will be
Ortunate if the extent of the disaster tC
he great bank fleet is circumscribed with
n this report.
EFFECTS OF THE STORM on THE ATLANTIC
COAST.
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 81.
Thousands of people visited the Sands
his morning to gaze on the scene of de-
truction caused by yesterdays high tides.
The damages yet cannot be fully estima-
ed, but will amount to over 100000. Last
We II ng the remnants of the dilapidated
,ier opposite the excursion houses were
arried away. The heavy surf forced the
water halfway up Pacific Avenue. The
road walk from the ocean pier at Ken
ucky Avenue and North Carolina Avenue
5 gone. The beach front is one mass of
ebris, lighthouses, restaurants, photo
raph galleries, cigar stores and all bust
less places i'll the central portion of the
ity have been carried away altogether, or
much damaged. From North Carolina tC
'enneSsee Avenues about twenty feet of the
each front is entirely washed away.
here is nothing to hold up the buildings
till standing. but the mass of debris which
ras forced under them and which broke
If the posts supporting the structure The
cean pier received terrible straining, but
did not give way. Twenty-Five sections,
iXteen feet in length, of board wall, three
ath-hOuses and large number of electric
ght poles were dashed against the pier at
ne time. The railroad to South Atlantic
ity was so badly damaged that no trains
re running to-day. Large forces of men
re engaged in repairing the places not de-
lOliShed and removing the debris from
ne beach.
RED BANK, n. J., Aug. 81
One hundred thousand dollars will not
pair the great damage done to railroad
nd private property by the tidal waves of
and today. Sandy Hook, which
as yesterday a peninsula, is today an
land. The most reliable estimate made
the damage to the property of the New
ersey Southern Railway is 100. The
reat buikhead that was built by the rail-
nd last spring just north of the Highlands,
NaveSink Station, and which cost ST, 900,
almost complete wreck. The tracks of
lie railroad run along on narrow strip of
md from Sandy Hook Cedars to Sea
right, separating the Atlantic Ocean from
hewSbury River. At the Highlands the
'ean has driven through this barrier, and
yer and ocean intermingle. For miles
etween a distance one mile north of the
highlands and as far north as Sea
right the New Jersey Southern road-bed
as been washed out in spots, while in 9TH
places the tide has piled the sand of the
each in pyramids from three to four feet
Ugh upon the track. Along the beach from
Ga Bright and Monmouth Beach to Ocean
rove the tidal waves have dashed the sea
ont, crumbling away yards of valuable
reen swarded bluff. At Berklev, the next
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