New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-28
THE END OF THE STORM.
A STEAMER GOES ASHORE NEAR CAPE HAT
TERAS
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE IN THIS CITY-soME
wREcKAGE REPoRTED-THE WIND BLEW
"cREAT GUNS" BUT BOATS GENERALLY
FARED wELL-DRIFTwooD ABOUT

WRECKAGE REPOHTED-1HE WIND
"oHEAr GUNS" BUT BOATS GENERALLY
FARED wELL-DRIFTwooD ABOUT
THE GALE
The damage caused by the storm in this city was
not serious Along the waterfrpnts there arc I'm many
places traces OF the effect of tho fierce gale and high
tides but within the city itself the streets and build
ngs have only tho usual soaked appearance after a
rainstor1n. A floating coal elevator in the East
River ct tho foV OF Grand-st. came down with a
mighty crash early yesterday morning. large part
of tho mud bank along the East River neat Twcnty-
sxhst has been washed away, and tho waterfront In
that ncighborhood presented a sory-ooking appear
ancc yesterday. Many OF tho spilcs stand up barc,
the earth having been washed from around them. a
few feet OF the Bellevue Hospital grounds have caved
In and the ground thercabouis oohs like the side OF
gully after freshet has rushed between It's sides.
Over the city hung a dark mass OF clouds and mist
ell day There was not much rein, however. and the
wind had subsidized almost enough to give the impress
sion Of stiffness In tho air. The mercury had risen
considerably ind the afr uncomfortaby close and
sticky" The storm has proved to be something OF a
puzzle 10 weather experts" They all knew that It
coming, but none of them expected 1t TO become
attached 10 these regions Tho Signal Service OBJ
server says that according 10 Indications there Is
reason why It should not q" move on" and leave Now
Workers in peace II the tickle barometer indicator
rises out beyond the coast New-Yorkers may expect
suns rays once more Telegraph and telephone wires
are getting into better shape again. and although
Of them in places where the gale most severe and
whore there nothing TO break its force arc still
in bad shape It is becoming possible for an electric
current to move some distance without changing
cars"
Many of tho Sound steamers, which did not dare
to put to sea on Monday left their piers yesterday,
there seemed be doubt that the fury of the storm
had been spent There additional facts 10 be
learned at the Offices Of towing companies about coal
barges and canalboats which suffered from tho storm.
1t TO be generally believed that all those which
broke away have gone TO pieces. The canal boats
which we're lost early Sunday morning, when being
towcd BY the tugs Of the Delaware and Raritan Towing
Company, have been scattered all over and turn
ing up all along the shores Of tho Bay.
There was another high tide early yesterday MORN
ing about the shores OF Staten Island and much
damage done. At South Beach tho tide swept
over the bank and flooded the meadows for several
miles. Tho washed against the Widow Millers
Seaside Pavilion with great violence and carried away
the veranda and front steps of the building Berg
manns Hotel, also at South Beach, considerably
damaged. Bergmann's bathingh houses were swept
away by the tide. Tho two canal boats which dr1ed
ashore at South Beach Monday carried nearly
mile inland and viii prove total loss. Captain
Keegan's wharf az Quarantine. and the runners"
pier at the foot of Cf-st, Clifton, swept away
damaged
Captain Charles Fl. Winetto and Lieutenant George
T. Blow spent yesterday in seeing that tho harbor
channels cleared Of vessels which had dragged
their anchors. The only vessel anchored outside OF
anchorage grounds which did not drag her anchor
the schooner Mary Augusta, of Ellsworth, Ne
The schooner Sarah Jane Guerney drifted fr,m Poor
House Flats TO Nnctccnth-st. in the East River
number Of schooners found TO be lying in the
direct way Of vessels, having dragged their anchors
for long distances. TIE channels were all cca ed thai
this danger to vessels under way might be removed
at
WAITING FOR NEWS ABOUT STEAMERS
The anxiety of the managers OF the Ocean steamship
Company, OF Savannah, concerning the oycd steamer
Chaitahoochee, Of that line, allayei carly Yes
tcrday by dispatch saying that the ChstehoUchce in
company with the steamship Mars, had put into Now
port News for coal and TO escape tho fury IF the
storm Scarcely had this welcome news been re-
ccved, however, before message from tho Maritime
Exchange was delivered TO Mr.. Waller the agent of
the company, stating that the Nacoochec the sister
ship OF the Chattahooohee, had como ashore in the
storm on the dangerous North Carolina coast about
seven miles south of Cape Hatteras The additional
Information that the officers crew and passengers
were safe was all that the agent could learn Mr
Walker secured the services Of the Merritt Wrcclng
Company, which has station the Hatteras coast,
and whatever assistance can be afforded to vessel
wbe at hand promptly. But knowing the character
of the coast whore she lies, Mr.. Walker not over
hopeful Of saving the ship. He said yesterday that
Captain Theodore Catherine, who commanded the
Naooochec, experienced navigator. thoroughly
familiar with the nature Of the North Carolina coast
and that he had made q great many trips IN the
steamer. For ten days It had been blowing great
guns" Of Hattcras, and the storm which succeeded
in driving him ashore must have been terrific
Tho Nacoochee left Savannah Friday with a
crew Of forty men and limited number of pas
sengers. She carried miscellaneous but valuable
cargo principally cotton, pigiron and oranges The
vessel and cargo worth about 100000 and both
are insured. The NacOochee is iron steam
ship of 1920 tons, and built about seven years
ago by John Roach at Chester, Penn. The City of
Augusta is duo from Savannah today. She will
probably take the regular sailing date Of the |
Tallahassee, which to have sailed SATURDAY
but which damaged on Sunday in The harbor
Of Savannah by a collision with the City of Macon |
that she had TO put back for repairs.
SEVEN PILOT BOATS TO BE HEARD PROM.
There are now outside somewhere pot-boats |
which out In the gale of Sunday, and which have
bot yet been sighted heard from. They the |
snow, the Lily, the Lawrence the David Carroll tho |
Charlotte webb, the J. 4. Loubat and the Commodore
Bateman All OF these carry their fun complement
Of siA for handling the boat, and most OF them |
lave SIX pilots aboard. The Bateman, however, has
no pilots board, having placed all six on Incoming
tcaleiS Nhe mas Dcfn out now lnlce weeks. AMI |
he Plot Commissioners think it IS time she back.
They do not feel alarmed, however, all accounts
how that vessels generally wcathcr0d the gale in good
shape. said one pilot, speaking Of the seven boats
Iuisidc You see the northeast gale beat them all
iGt OF the track of the incoming steamers; that is
WY none OF Inc DIG steamships coming IN to-day hal
ny Of the missing pilots board. All these
teamers picked up pilots just outside tha Hook who
ad gone out since The storm But there is no need
o feel alarmed This storm could not compare with
he March blizzard. Then IL was impossible TO work
ne frozen sails and ropes. Now It is out on
he water and sails be reefed and ropes handled
asily, that there IS comp aratvcly no danger, no
natter how hand IL may blow. But pilOi-bJats arr
itue things anu they likely to DO blown out OF
he track OF vessels some distance.S
STEAMSHIPS SLOW IN MAKING PORT.
Only three Of the dozen steamers due
zero arrived in port yesterday. and. according to the
tatcmenfs made by their officers II the Others sought
or sea-room when the Sunday storm began. there Is