The Osceola times., 1885-12-05
The WILD WAVES wosv

Destruction Along Ia, AtIar,,.o
'". 70 "eorsis' by severe STORM .".
=. '"e n'saest Tides Ever Kpov."
peded. IN
NEW YORK, November 25.-Con,r.
signal office predictions there was "
we're storm all along the coast ves,.', SC
accompanied by one of the hirbes, ,say' ,,s
ever known. Old river men in th,s ~.
compared the tide TO the disastrors y"
of the river in 1854. Great discou,' ~
damage to property and delay to bu.ira'
were caused by The submerging Of s,on.
streets and piers, and the 6ood,rn
Easements and cellars. Ferrv
stood so high in the slips that tssa as
could hardly get aboard. Ans
Along the Jersey coast the storm
especially severe. Sandy Hook was ;rna Was
dated and the Government Station was "',- ~
danger OF falling. The Southern Nav
Jersey Railroad tracks were submergsd
Two fine summer cottages at SeabriaS,
were swept into the Atlantic. Few s,es,n
ers aud no sailing vessels altempted ~
cross Sandy Hook bar to go to sea. "
OF Ocean Beach the ship Malta fro,,
Antwerp, for New York, stranded earjy IN
the morning. One sailor jumped oysr
board and was drowned. The otba,
thirty-three members Of the crew we.a
rescued by the life saving crew. The
cargo is of empty oil barrels. The
schooner Pcachdale, which was stranded
there Monday, broke In two during tbs
storm yesterday, and is a total loss.
Walks and beach improvements AZ
Ocean Grove, Deal Beach and Atlantic
City were submerged and damaqed
Houses are undermined all along ,,e
Shrewsbury River, and many families
have had to leave their homes. At Lons
Branch the iron pier is being watched bv
a strong force of men. The new bult.
head In front OF the Mansion House site
is destroyed. The bluffs have suffered
severe inroads. Vessels have had sum
cient warning to keep off shore In mos,
cases.
The high tide at Staten Island made IL
impossible to land ferry boats at some Of
the stations. Numerous vessels dragged
their anchors, and were In danger of dry.
ing on shore. All along the east shore the
docks are submerged.
In Jersey City sewers and Easements
were flooded. Prisoners in the city prison
had TO stay in their sleeping hunks to
keep out of the water. A sewer in South
street burst, flooding the cellars Of the
finest residences on the heights. The
railroad depot floors were under water.
and improyised bridges were laid for pas.
sengcrs TO walk on. Travel was DELAYED
for several hours by general blockade on
the roads, owing TO the Hackensack
meadows being dangerously flooded.
Most of Coney Island was submerged.
The Brighton race track was flooded, and
the races were postponed. The water Is
six feet deep on the Sheepshead Bay
boulevard. Hotel property on the island
is flooded, but will probably not be seri.
ously damaged. The contour of the
beach will, however, be much changed by
washing away, and the damage to shore
improvements is serious. Every house
and summer resort bordering on Flushing
Bay is more or less damaged.
There was very high tide at Newport,
and farms were flooded. The heavy sea
outside was n magnificent sight.
At Fall River what seemed to be an
earthquake wave in the bay caused the
tide to rise three feet above high water
mark. No damage was reported. The
telegraph wires around New York and
throughout the country are in bad shape,
and business is much delayed.
The Signal Office reports that the
storm has 1cen felt from Atlanta, Ca, to
Eastport, Maine.
Snow fell last night in Ohio and In
diana. Clearing weather is predicted for
some time to-day.