The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-12
FURY OF THE STORM.KiNG.

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NEW YORK, Jan. lO.-IueSday after
noon heavy nortiIeister set IN at Atan.i,
City, \. j. As darkness came on Ga.
winds shifted 10 The east and tho gale in.
creased II rained in torrents A worse
night has not been seen there. The tide
wa, OF lnuSua! height. About t~o o'clOcl
| WednrS las morning the work OF destruction
began. Houses, shops and sharA!cs fol
with Il crash. A few pieces OF the board
/ walk which escaped last fairs storm are all
gone in .he common wreck.
Coney Island suffered terribly. The resi-
, dents were up oil night, drcading that a
tidal wave might submerge the place.
Water flooded the meadows. The loss Is
estimated at between $500, 900 and S 900,
600 The track of the Marine Railway be-
tween Manhattan and Brighton Leach is
almost entirely destroyed. Culver's iron
pier was wrecked ut the outer end, and up.
| ward of q hundred fee, carried away. The
old iron pier also suffered tO considerable
extent All the sheds and houses nearest
the beach were either entirriy OF
partially demolished. The bathing
houses, which were believed 10 be at Il
safe distance from the sea, were brrrie out
u the ocean. Brighton Beach Hotel and
the surrounding property were damaged TO
such an extent as to suggest possible de
mOlition should thofc be such another vlsi-
tatiOn. The promenade sucrumbcd during
the night, and the music stand and drug.
store sank into the sea and sand. The pia2-
"a In front OF the hotel and the lower part
Of the building were also damaged. Enge-
mann's pavilion was destroyed.
A portion Of the pier at Long Branch was
destroyed and the pavilion wrecked during
the storm. The bridge Oh the Philadelphia
Il Long Brancl. Railroad, a mile below
Mant0lOking was washed array stopping
travel.
A severe southeast gale struck New Lon
don. Conn. early "Wednesday morning, the
wind blowing at the rate Of forty to fifty
miles an hour. The morning tide came
into the harbor like tidal wa.r, sublnerg-
ing wharyeS and railroad tracks, iilling cell
ans and doing thousands OF dollars worth
of damage The shOI. resort at Osprey
Beach, including the steamboat wharf and
bathing house, was partially wrecked. One
vessel capSiGed and another had her bottom
ground out b. pou'ing on piles, where she
was blown from her anchorage The tide
was the highest since the September gale OF
1915.
BosroN, Jan 10. New Eugand has
been swept by terrific gales Great damage
has resulted. At CastletOn, VI, Mt eleven
o'clock Tuesday night tive wind was high.
At six a. III. Wednesday 1t had increased to
a hurricane. 1t took the roof of the Soma
ION House When II came down II ruined
one building and damaged two Others. The
copula was blown of the Normal School and
q portion Of the depot was carried away.
Tho Town Hall was much injured Many
chimneys were blown down. The streets
are full Of debris. In tho surrounding
country the work Of devastation has been
terrible.
In this city the gale was the heaviest for
years. The wind blew forty-eight miles IN
hour. Many of the telegraph wires were
down. ProvincetOwn reported wind
storm of fifty miles, Portland forty-eight
miles an hour. Water on the Boston &
Albany Railroad tracks, from South Cove to
Providence Depot, was thirty inches deep.
MACON, Ga, Jan. l0.-A terrific cyclone
has occurred in Coffee County, where trees
were piled in heaps and many houses were
blown down. Every building on the Smith
plantation was destroyed and many build
ings In the surrounding district were dam
aged.
CISCiNNATI, Jan. l0.--lieports from the
Ohio Valley, w. Va, and Kentucky say
there has been the heaviest snowfall for
years, snow NOW covering the ElUund 10 Il
depth OF from ten 10 twenty inches. There
l.; a general bl.ykare oil railroad trains.