The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-09-13
STEAMSHIPS SAFE IN PORT
AFTER WEATHERING UNUSU-
ALLY TERRIFIC GALES.
The Atlanta Puts Out to Sea After
the Storm SubSides-DeStruCt
to Property at Long Branch-Am
Exodus of Visitors.

the Storm SubSides-DestruC
to Property at Long BrancII-AIl
Exodus of Visitors.
NEW YORK, September 12.-Each ar
irving vessel reports having experienced
unusually heavy weather, but had met
with no serious trouble. About 0 o'clock
the Roanoke and the Richmond of the Old
Dominion line arrived. They had had
their share of rough weather, which was
shown by their smoke stacks and rig
ging. The Roanoke left Norfolk last
Monday night. The captain reports that,
while his vessel sustained no serious dam
age, the trip was made one of the rough
est he had ever experienced. From the
time he left until his arrival, storm after
storm was encountered with but little re-
cess between.
The Richmond, which should now be
on her way South, having started last
Tuesday night, put back. The storm
was encountered off the lightship about
midnight Tuesday, and, fearful of ven
turing further to sea- the anchor
was left down in Gravescnd Bay.
Seeing that the storm showed no
sign of abating, and, as the YES
sci was light, the captain turned her
nose back toward her dock. The weather
i'll the lower bay, the captain says, was
unprecedently severe. The wind blew at
Il terrific rate, while, strange to say, a
dense fog envcloped everything and made
navigation well nigh impossible. Grave
send Bay was covered with steamers and
vessels of all kinds waiting for the storm
to subside.
The United States man of war Atlanta,
which left Brooklyn navy yard the fore
part of this week, and had been given up
as lost by the newspapers, passed out this
morning about O'Clock, according to
news from the health officers quarters.
The National line steamer England
from Liverpool got to her dock to-day
after experiencing one of the toughest
voyages her commander had encountered
in service of sixteen years at sea. AT
midnight Tuesday one of the firemen
was washed overheard and drowned
The wind and sea were something terri
bic. Capt. Healcy says that the steamer
was almost turned over by the combined
force of the wind and sea. She careened
over until the tips Of her yards dipped
into the water.
LONG BRANCH, September 12.-Ncarly
every bulk-hcad of cottages from North
Long Branch to Seabrght is badly
damaged. The cottages of Dravton
Ives, d. Sacket Moore, John Milton
Connell, and others are undermined.
They will probably go out into the surf
tonight. The sea has washed over the
bluff into Ocean Avenue at Yarmouth
beach in dozen places. 1t is impossible
n tntt, hn
Beach. The sea has cut a new inlet
through north Highland beach. At
o'clock it was still raining furiouslv,
strong wind was blowing and the surf
was tearing out the bluff here in num-
erouS places.
ATLANTIC CITY, September 12.-A cou-
pie of daring citizens of this place, L. p. |
Percival and his son Ebcnezer, made |
trip from here to Pleasantville and re- |
turned at low water last night. Per |
civals object in undertaking the trip was |
to telegraph his wife that they were safe |
The gentlemen wore nothing but bath |
ing suits and were barcfooted they |
each, carried a pine sapling with which |
to feel their way through the washed |
portions of the route.
Great Joy was manifested at 9.45
this morning, when the Western Union
were dispatched throughout
the city to announce that the first train
since Monday evening would start at
10 o'clock for Philadelphia. A great
rush was made for the Camden and At
lantic railroad station and in less than
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