The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1889-09-20
HAVOC OF THE WAVES.
LATEST REPORTS OF THE GREAT
EASTERN STORM.

Inc Damage OF Sea 1Sle City, N. J,-De-
struction Along Chesapeake Bay-Miss-
ing Vessels that Have Reported at
Various Harbors A Summer Resort
Submerged.
Latest reports of the storm along the
Atlantic coast bring additional news of the
destruction of life and property.
At Sea- Isle City, N. j., the
sea wall, Of which so much was expected,
tion in front of tie Continental hotel. The
cottages of Senator Grouse and Charles
Kicker are gone. The latter was ADAM
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 ara
damaged; an unfinished house situated
back of the Continental hotel has boon
turned around; the Continental has been
propped; H. L.. Thomas cettage is
wrecked; Il. w. Crullen's house is under
mined, and the railroad to Ocean City
broken. The lighthouse ut the north of
the island is tilted and has been abandoned
by the keeper and his family, who were
taken out Of it from the upper floors by
the life-saving corps. The old life-saving
SoNoAS "oo oio"ho fci tiu u sic III UIo
side of the new station, which stood back
of it. Only one mar is mlssing-George
Sayers. 1t is related of him that 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 Geestermuude, 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 Dat
Onancock, Va. Fridg es have been swept
away, telegraphic wires blown down,
lowlands invaded, and crops ruined. The
wind blew a hurricane and the tide rose to
an enormous height, completely submerg-
ing tho wharves at Onancock. Reports
from the Metompkin life. saving 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. Luln-
Der is now being hauled to save the luild-
ing. anterns were dashed by the waves
fren the hands Of the patrolmen as thew
patrolled tho Leach.
The United States cruiser Atlantic has
arrived at Newport, L. 1. 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. Tho wind was so strong und
the sea so high that sometimes for several
hours not all 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 md pro-
visions. She has thirty passengers aboard,
many of whom started by train for New
York.
The Cromwell line steamer Eaicker-
booker, due ut New York city Tuesday,
arrived Friday morning after a dangerous
voyage. So heavy was the storm on Tues
day that many OH 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 wind had a velocity of thirty-one
miles an hour i'll New York. The velocity at
Block Island was forty-two miles, at
Philadelphia thirty miles, and at Boston
twenty-five miles. The heaviest rain fall
in the country has been experienced in
New York. The down-pour for twenty
four hours was ZIG inches. The damage
suffered by the shipping interest of the
city has been very severe. Ship news is
very ditlicrlt to obtain, as all Geographic
communication with quarantine and Sandy
Hook are cut off. The gale drove all in
coming vessels of the coast, and several
days may elapse before they return. The
fog, which has enveloped the lower bay
for several days, is clearing away, md 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,
q summer resort OH the Delaware bay, is
entirely submerged, and out of twenty
cottages i'll the place one belonging to DR..
Hearn of Philadelphia, is the only one re-
naming.