The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-09-14
Atlantic City Cut Off.

AtlaHt1c C1ty Gut on.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10.-A severe
wind storm accompanied by rain has pre-
vailed in this vicinity all day. Fire alarm
police telegraph and telephone wires are
prostratee all over the city, and the tele-
graph lines throughout the state are re-
ported to be i'll very bad shape. The
damaging storm which has prevailed
along the Atlantic coast since Sunday
still continues, and reports received here
indicate that the damage to railroad lines
entering Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea
Isle City Ocean. City aud other coast re-
sorts is very great. The Camden and
Atlantic and the West Jersey roads were
unable to-day to get train in or out of
Atlantic City. The Reading Railroad
Company managed to get one of lCs early
trains out, but no more.
The meadows near Atlantic City are
covered with water, and the tracks are
washed amay in places. Early reports
of the situation were made to-day by the
railroad officials.
Then the storm carried away the tele-
graph poles and wires, it is supposed, as
all communication is cut off. The water
in the old Camden and Atlantic excursion
house at Atlantic City is four or five feet
high, and in the meadows it is as high,
so that it is difficult to calculate the dam
age that has been done TO the railroad
properties.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. IA special to
the Inquirer from Laurel, Del says: Ad-
vices from the Delaware Breakwa
state that it was the most furious storm
known to the oldest inhabitants. At
least two score vessels are now beached.
Both wooden piers were washed away.
The beach from Rehoboth to Lewes is
strewn with wrecks. 1t is thought at
least so lives we've lost. Men were seen
clinging to the rigging of the fast sinking
vessels, frantically yelling for help. The
life-saving crew were powerless to render
assistance owing to the fury of the gale.
1t was a terrible sight to witness, but no
human power could save them. Their
bodies were washed ashore this morning
and were buried in the sand along the
water The loss to vessel property at the
Break water will reach, it is thought,
IS, 100000.
Vessels Ashore at the Breakwater.
DELAWARE BREAKwATER, Sept. TO-
The Italian bark Ii Salvatore, from Phil
adelphia for Gibraltar or Cagliari is
ashore near the iron pier. She is full of |
water. Her stern was badly damaged |
by colliding with the iron pier. The
crew we're safely landed.
The worst storm in five years prevails
here now. The tide is very high.
Schooner Cbas. p. Stickney, from
for Norfolk, dragged ashore
IN harbor aud is apparently full of water.
The Gale at Lewes,
LEwEs, Del, Sept. 1O.-The wind has
been blowing gale all day, and at P.
NJ. is undated; The tide was the high
,st since 1857. Telegraphic communica-
ion with the Break water was destroyed
lbout nine o'clock this morning. The
,chooners Allena Covert, Henry NJ Clarke
J. F. Becker, Byron NJ, Maud Seward,
Morena, Gertrude Summers and four I'M
Known schooners are ashore. Both wood
IN piers have been destroyed.
In the Chesapeake.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 12-The terrible
yale which has been raging on land and
Yea in this section for the last twenty
our hours up to last night had resulted
n a number of disasters to shipping. The
'eports, though meager, show that thou
sands of dollars worth of vessel property
las been destroyed, and number of
ives lost. All day long yesterday the
wind blew gale, and the fine rain beat
Town. Shipping at this port is practi-
ally paralyzed. The York river steamer