The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-09-20
TEE STORM IN NEW YoRK.


during the night The waves at the Bat
terry swept over the sea wall into tho street
Never in the memory of the oldest inhabi-
tant had the tide run SO high. 1t crept up
to the level OF the streets The East and
North rivers were almost deserted and
none of the smaller craft seemed inclined to
venture out The ferry boats had to make
their slips In the most careful manner for
fear Of Academia, the water In many places
being up over the landing places The
high tide caused sad havoc in the cellars
along both river fronts. as much as nine
feet of water being reported in some of
them before the tide fell The least and
west tides" as the storm is called, Is of
yearly recurrence, but never before has 1t
resulted so disastrously.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 12-Late Dispatch
es show that the storm along the coast in
this section was the most terrible In the
memory of man. The beach from Reho-
both to Lewes is strewn with wreck, and 1t
Is thought at least fifty lives were lost In
Delaware bay. Men were seon clinging to
the rigging of the sinking vessels
The hfe-saving crews were powerless
to render assistance owing to the fury Of
the gale 1t WAS a terrible sight to wit
ness Their bodies were washed ashore
and were buried In the sand along
the water The loss to vessel prop
erty at the breakwater will reach, 1t Is
thought, $5,000,O00. The loss OF life
in Delaware bay by the storm has
been almost as heavy os during the great
blizzard of March, 1888 Three coal laden
schooners, the J. q l. Bryan, the Walter
F. Parker and Kate Z Morse, have sunk at
Fourteen-Foot bank, and of twenty three
persons on board only two are known
to be saved. 1t is reported that
two other schooners have gone down
with all on board, swelling the loss of life
to thirty-fve. The two survivors of the
wrecks are Mate jacobson and Steward
Hunter, of the j. Il L. Bryan, who had a
terrible experience all night long and
drifted ashore seventeen miles from the
scene of the wreck.
MANY VESSELS WRECKED.
LEwEs, Del, Sept. l2.-The storm In this
neighborhood continues with unabated
fury. A ship, supposed to be the William
r. Grace, from Havre for Philadelphia, is
ashore on the Point of Capes. Her masts
are cut away and it is impossible for u boat
to reach her. Seventeen other vessels are
known to be ashore in the same vicinity.
WILMINGTON, Del, Sept 12.-Thirty YES
sells have gone down in the terrible gale
which has prevailed off the Atlantic coast
for the past three days. The breakwater
Mt Lewes is completely cut off
from the main land by the floods,
with the exception of a precarious
communication by means of the
railroad. The life-saving crews from the
Lewes, Henlopen and Rehoboth stations
have been working heroically for thirty
six hours saving the lives of ship
wrecked sailors The beach Is strewn
with wreckage. The Lewes life sta
ton is almost washed from its founda-
ton, as are several houses along the
beach. Lewes hotels are crowded with the
crews OF stranded vessels. Many of the
wrecks are full of water and will be total
losses. The damage done by the storm at
Lewes and vicinity will not fall short OF
$2,0o0,00o.
HAVOC AT MANY RESORTS.
NEW YORK, Sept l2-The great Atlantic
cyclone swept the shore with undated vio-
lence Wednesday, though the rage of the
ocean had somewhat decreased At
o'clock in the morning the hurricane had
reached its height, the wind tearing
through space at the rate of sixty five miles
an hour The inroads made upon the beach
es and pleasure grounds OF Coney and
Staten islands, Rockaway and the New
Jersey coast, added further costly wreck to
the destructiveness of Tuesday Heavy
rain, without one moments cessation, con-
tipued to beat upon the dismal streets OF
New York, the discomfort to pedestrians
and tradesmen increasing, and the damage
to basement stocks in many cases was COM
plete. The approximate loss by the
storm can not be fairly est-
mated, but will reach many millions
OF dollars, while number of lives have
paid forfeit to its fury. At Long Beach,
Il; Tel
Lookout all tho cottages small
buildings and pavilions have been
carried away. At Coney Island the
beautiful Oriental the Manhattan and
Brighton hotels are in danger from
the undermining of the foundations,
while the bulkheads that have given
way have caused the destruction OF all
minor structures. The damage on Staten
Island is also very serious, while all along
the New Jersey coast from Sandy Hook to
Cape May the same condition Of affairs ex-
lists. The cliffs at Long Branch have
crumbled, and the sea surges through
the streets and avenues OF Asbury
Park, Ocean Grove and other places in
that neighborhood Atlantic City is cut off
from the main land. On Long Island sound
the tide has caused havoc to the wharves
at Greenwich, Stamford, Bridgeport. and
flowed and the streets flooded. New Ro-
chelle, Willet's Point and all the islands ly-
ing in the neck OF the sound experienced
the full vigor of the storm.
SALISBURY, Nd, Sept 12-Ths destruc-
ton wrought by the storm at Ocean City fs
great All the porch columns at the hotels
and cottages are washed away, the doors
and windows broken, and furniture is
floating about the beach. The seas Tues
day night were breaking to the
second story of the Atlantic Hotel
and Congress Hall, and waves
ran six feet deep through the hotels The
furniture is floating in the rooms. train
was sent Tuesday night to rescue the
jewellers on the beach. The work was done
by a large number of men joining hands
and wading through the water waist deep.
They brought tho women to the cars one
by one, seated on their Joined hands.
ATLANTIC CITY RUINED.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 1.-THE terrible
storm which has prevailed along the coast
for so many hours past has left Atlantic
City, N. j., in frightful condition. The
place is almost entirely under water.
The 10000 permanent residents and
more than 10000 hotel guests are
panic-stricken Mt the steady encroach-