Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-27
TRACK OF THE STORM.
HAVOC REPORTED ALL ALONG THE
COAST.


"A New Jersey Summer Resort Almost
Robbed of Its Hotels-Along the vir.
ginia Shore-Reports from Suntlry Points
Along the Atlantic Coast.
Latest reports of the storm along the
Atlantic coast bring additional news of the
obstruction of life and property
AT Sea Isle City, N. j., the
sea wall, of which so much was expected,
has been washed away except a small por-
ton in front of the Continental hotel. The
cottages of Senator Grouse and Charles
Kicker are gone. The latter was aban-
doned by Henry Burke and his family Just
two hours befor it fell. The Shakespeare
house is demolished, Struther's hotel
wrecked, the Excursion house undermined.
and the New Line house broken in two.
Remnants Star of the Sea bath houses are
damaged; an unfinished house situated
back of the Continental hotel has been
turned around; the Continental has been
propped; H. L. Thomas cottage is
wrecked; Il. w. Crullen's house is under
mined, and the railroad to Ocean City
broken. The lighthouse at the north Of
the island is tilted and has been abandoned
by the keeper and his family, who were
e~.AS-A O"o VI Az AAoE Cho upper uOOIS ny
the life-saving corps. The old Iife-saving
station was blown over and crushed in the
side of the new station, which stood back
Of 1t. Only one man is mlssing-George
Sayers 1t is related of him thnt during
the height of the storm he saw his yacht
in danger of going to sea- He jumped in
to save it, and was carried out into the
ocean. and has not been heard of since.
At Atlantic City, N. j., the German
ship Geestermunde, Capt Lenthe, is
aground on Absecon beach. She left
stettin July IA for Philadelphia, loaded
with cement and empty coal-oil barrels.
The great storm has played havoc on
the eastern shore of Chesapeake bay at
Onancock, Va. Bridges have been swept
away, telegraphic wires blown down,
lowlands invaded, and crops ruined. The
wind blew hurricane and the tide rose to
ing the wharves at Onancock. Reports
from the Metompkin life. sewing station
are to the effect that the beach has been
badly washed and that the station is in
immediate danger of being carried into
the ocan by the heavy breakers. Lum.
Der is now being hauled to save the build
ing. Lanterns were dashed by the waves
frem the hands of the patrolmen as they
patrolled the leach.
The United States cruiser Atlantic has
arrived at Newport, L. /. She left New
York last Monday morning and had since
been standing off the shore, lying off and
on, in order to weather the gale. She took
some seas and was pretty wet, but behaved
admirably, surprising even the officers
themselves. The wind was so strong and
the sea SO high that sometimes for several
hours not an inch of progress could be
made with six boilers going.
The New York and Savannah line
steamer Chattahoochie. bound for New
York. for whose safety there were fears,
is at New Castle, Del, for coal and pro-
visions. She has thirty passengers aboard,
many of whom started by train for New
York.
The Cromwell line steamer Knicker-
booker, due at New York city Tuesday,
arrived Friday morning after dangerous
voyage. So heavy was the storm on Tues
day that many on board feared the vessel
would founder. Several of the crew and
passengers were injured by the careening
of the vessel, and everything movable on
| deck was carried away.
| The steamer Tennessee, from jackson.
! vile, reports that on Sept. l2 she found
the British bark Alsyla sinking off the
Delaware coast and rescued her captain and
crew Of thirteen men.
The wind had velocity of thirty -one
miles an hour in New York. The velocity at
Block. Island was forty-two miles. at
Philadelphia thirty miles, and at Boston
twenty two miles. The heaviest rain fall
in the country has been experienced in
New York. The down-pour for twenty
four hours was 2.4G inches. The damage
suffered by the shipping interest of the
city has been very severe. Ship news is
very difficult to obtain, as all telegraphic
communication with quarantine and Sandy
Hook are cut off. The gale drove all in
coming vessels off the coast, and several
days may elapse before they return. The
fog, which has enveloped tho lower bay
for several days, is clearing away, and the
long-delayed steamships are coming up to
the city. All the overdue European
steamers are crowded with seasick foreign
ers.
A Philadelphia dispatch says: Waterloo,
summer resort on the Delaware bay, is
entirely submerged, and out of twenty
cottages in the place one belonging to DR..
Hearn of Philadelphia, is tho only one re.