The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-25
ELEMENTAL DISTURBANCES.
Unusually High Tides and Violent Rain
and SnOW-Storms in the East.
Docks and Wharves Overlooked Along the
Coast and Great Damage Done-Railway
Travel Impeded by Snow BlOckades.

NEW YORK, Nov. A-The tide was three feet
higher this morning than ever before known.
The docks along the water front were sub
merged, and business entirely suspended
for several hours The water was over foot
deep in West street, and the first floors and eel
lars of buildings in the lower part of the city
were flooded
Exceedingly high tides are reported all along
the Atlantic coast Considerable damage Is De-
ing done at Coney Island. Rockaway and Cape
May. Dancing platforms, bathing houses and
walks are being carried away. At Hunters
Point the streets are flooded. and out-houses,
wagons etc. being carried to sea-
That portion of Sag Harbor near the bay was
completely inundated this morning by the tide
and considerable damage was DONE
The effects of the high tide were felt at River
head, something which was never known before
The river overfowed to such an extent as to
food the Streets houses, cellars and Easements.
At Port Jefferson. L. l., there was the highest
tide ever known in that vicinity. part of the
village was flooded. and many of the inhabitants
were forced to retreat to the second stories of
their houses
At Railway, n j., storm caused the Railway
river to rise so high that people living IL the
vicinity have moved up stairs, and horses and
cows had to be removed from stables for safety.
In some cases people have to row in boats to and
| from their homes.
At WilkeSbarre Pa, a heavy rain storm set
| in on Sunday, and continued throughout Mon
| day until the evening when it changed to snow.
! The storm is still raging furiously. Reports
| from the mountain districts are to the effect
%hok %a- Oh - hnn n6xyF fall
! The snow at Penobscot seven miles from
Wilkesbarre, is reported twenty two inches deep.
AT Easton, Pa, a snow storm set in yester
day morning and continued with occasional
rain last night The snow is now six inches
| deep on level. and eight inches on the mount
aims, and is still falling. The storm has delayed
many trains.
| dispatch from Mount Carmel Pa, says:
For thirty six hours the heaviest snow-storm OF
years has been raging throughout the coal re-
| gion, impeding railroad travel and rendering
| work at number of colieries impossible. Re-
| ports from number of points show that from
| eighteen inches to two feet of snow has already
| fallen. and the storm shows no signs of abate-
ment"
Al Fall River, Mass, telegram reports that an
earthquake wave in the bay, at $50 this morn
| ing caused the tide to rise three feet above
| mean high water mark.
| At Kingston N. Y, binding northeast snow
| storm, accompanied at times by hail and sleet.
| and other travel. In the Catskills snow fell to
| depth of ten inches.
! At Lock Haven, Pa. heavy snow storm has
! prevailed since Sunday night. The snow on the
hills is reported to be three feet deep, and it is
| still showing.
| 1t has showed necessarily at Williamsport,
| Pa, for over twenty four hours and there is nc
| sign of cessation. Telegraphic communica-
| ton has been practically suspended.
| At Bridgeport, Conn, the tide this afternoon
ho hiphaSt known in hat ~
| for many years. Wharves, warehouses and eel
lars along the waterfront overfowed to
| the depth of several feet causing much damage.
| At Asbury Park, N. j., the storm of the last
| forty hours has been the most severe known for
twenty years. From Barnegat bay to Sandy
| Hook the beach is covered with boards torn from
| bulkheads and summer-houses. The schooner
Peacedale has been knocked to pieces. The
| crew lost everything but their clothing.
The ocean promenade and pavihons
at Asbury Park were damaged $1,000 The
| bulkheads of the Elberon Hotel. William S.
| Warmers cottage Robert B. WntErop's cottage,
| and others at Elberon, were torn out by the
surf. The long bulkheads of Richard j. Dob
bins. at Long Branch, and that along the front of
| the Rowland Hotel were torn to pieces Nearly
every bulkhead from North Long Branch to
Seabright has been wrecked At the latter
place the east wing of the Octagon House was
torn away. The cottages of DR.. L. D. Buckley
were undermined and one of them almost de-
molished. The cottage of Jessie How
land is complete wreck The tracks
of the New Jersey Southern railway are
undermined and the rails badly twisted. For a
distance of two miles above the Highlands the
tracks are covered with sand to the depth of
three feet 1t is impossible at present, to give
an estimate of the damage done thus far, and it
is feared that the high tide of tonight will great
ly increase the loss.
At Wilkesbarre, Pa. the fall of snow con-
tinues tonight, and is over two feet deep
along the lines of the Lehigh Valley and Phila-
delphia & Reading railroads. All the trains on
the Lehigh Valley road tonight are run with
three to four engines. The storm has been very
severe, and is said to be the heaviest which has
visited this section in twenty years
At Provincetown, Mass, severe easterly
storm has been raging since yesterday morning,
causing extreme high tides, and heavy sea-
The tide reached higher point on the West
chester shore of the Hudson river to-day than
ever before within the recollection of the oldest
inhabitant 1t covered all the docks from
Yonkers to Peekskiu from one to two and a
half feet, and in many places came up even
| with the rails of the Hudson River railroad.
Boats, lighthouses fences and lumber from
yards were cast loose upon the food.