The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-09-14
ATLANTIC'S MAD FURY.
Hurricane sweeps Along the Easter
Coast-Seyerest in Twenty Years.

AlLANllO , MAD FUZZY.
Hurricane sweeps Along the Eastern
Coast-Severest in Twenty Years.
NEW oRK, Sept. 10.-Incoming ves-
sells are anXiously awaited for news of
the great storm at sea which has been
raging during the past few davs. That
1t has been the worst storm of recent
years is made evident by the high tides
and storm waves which have done such
great damage along the coast
In this city the cellars and first floors
OF buildings along the waterfront are
all Hooded this morning and the ferry
boats are having difficulty in getting
INTO their slips. Reports of great dam
age done by the storm at high tide last
night all along the coast are coming in.
and as the tide this morning was higher
than last night it is evident that an
enormous amount Of property has been
destroyed Along the New jersey
coasts the low beaches were submerged
ana the railroad tracks were injured
The surf was the widest and highest
known in years.
Atlantic City WAS completely cut off
from the main laud. Much of the
board walk and many bathing houses
have been ground up into kindling
wood. Several pavilions have been
lifted from ther pilings and DESTROYED.
Reports from Coney Island show that
the storm was the worst ever known
there, and all night long the waves
dashed over the breakwater at Man
haitian and Brighton Beach with a
tremendous roar. The marine rail
way between the two places was entire
ly swept away. This morning not q
vestlge Is left of the esplanade in front
OF the Manhattan Hotel and the tide
flows in an out of the basement of the
building. The concourse has been swept
away and communication between the
east and west ends is rendered impossi-
ble.
Ia this city some of the piers are en-
tlrely covered by the tide, and some
that are usually twelve feet above high
water mark have their decks licked by
the angry waves. The bay and rivers
are i'll an exceedingly turbulent
state owing to the high winds.
The ferry boats and general
fiotilla were tossed about like play
things, and white-caps were visible as
far as the eye could reach. The Jersey
shore was inundated in many places,
particularly in the vicinity of the Stand
ard Oil Company's works at Claremont.
On the East River front the buildings
from Fiftieth Street to Fourteenth
Street are flooded in the great rise of
water. The rock opposite Fiitieth
Street, which has heretofore always
been visible in extreme high tides, is
spindle buoy on Pilgrim Rock,
at Nineteenth Street, has for the
first time been almost covered.
The lower end of Blackwell's Island is
submerged and the keepers were en-
gagged early this morning in removing
the patients from the frame out-build-
ings in that portion of the island The
flood was discussed by all sea-faring
men with considerable interest this
morning, and it seems the general i'm
preston that the tide exceeds anything
We have had in twenty-five years.
Word comes from Coney Island that
the tide was higher this morning than
last night. This morning Manhattan
Beach Hotel was flooded to the doors
and the occupants were unable to leave.
The guests of the Oriental Hotel were i'm
prisoned in the same way. The West
End Hotel is entirely submerged and the
water Is flowing over to Sheepshead
Bay. The beach at Manhattan has been
entirely washed away and the persons
still there are badly frightened.
The storm originated about 500 miles
off shore in the Atlantic. No vessels
had arrived to-day up to noon. The
ocean racers, City of New York and
TeutonIc, looked for here tomorrow, 1t
is feared. viii have to bear the brunt of
the gale. The calculations of both the
photographic and signal service officers
here are that the storm is unusually Sc
we're outside. 1t is right in the path of
EurOupan SteamS ShiDR
The gale struck the New England
coast with great severity and subse-
Quently came laundering along the Long
Island shore. At Block Island, la st
night, the wind blew with great force,
making the velocity at one time sixty
four miles an hour. Offthe Long Island
shore, however, only thirty-two miles
an hour was registered. All telegraphic
communication between here and
Sandy Hook was destroyed by
the storm so that whet dis
since S O'Clock this morning. cannot be
learned. The Sandy Hook boats have
been obliged TO tie up for the day. : q
Sandy Hook came up this morning but
dared not venture TO return. The Mon
mouth, which left here tor that point at
5 O'Clock this morning, was unable to
make a landing in consequence of the
high seas, and was obliged to bring her
passengers back. On the return trip
the craft Jared badly, for the waves
washed clean over her, and the create
portion of the guard rails were carried
aWav.
A dispatch to the Maritime Exchange
says that the steamer Atlantic from
Montigo Bay was the only vessel to come
into port up to 7 A. NJ. The wind at
Sandy Hook was blowing gale and the
atmosphere was thick and foggy.
VINEYARDHAvEN, Mass, Sept. 10.-A
heavy northeast storm prevails to-day.
The regular steamers to and from the
mainland, which carry mails and pas
sengers, arr not running. No disasters
W.