Evening journal., 1889-09-12
ECHOES FROM THE STORM
Ravages of the Elements Along
the Coast.
THE DAMAGE AT ATLANTIC CITY.

Gallant Rescue Of a Woman and Child.
Many ships Wrecked and Ashore at
Various Points-A Surprisingly Small
Number Of Lives Lost.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 12-The Reading
railroad succeeded In getting the first wire
into Atlantic City. The joyful news sent
over It 30 Kaighn's Point was; mo hotels
destroyed and no lives LOST A later dis
patch says that 1t is hardly likely that com
mnnication by rail viii be established for
two or thFee days. Two cottages are said to
have been washed away on Baltic ayenue.
The Pennsylvania railroad has force of
1000 mem at Ahsecom ready 10 commence
rspoiring the tracks as soon Us the water
subsidies. They expect to have trains run
ming IN eight hours after they get to work
The Reading railroad has large force Of
men at Pleasantville ready to go to work re-
pairing the damage 10 their road.
ghs Fire Was a Small One.
Sape1nsendent Dayton, of the West Jer-
sey railroad, says that when railroad and
tuasErnphhr communication with Atlantic
City waso re-established twas found that no
sario~s daMnaee TO property bad been done
by tbs storm and that no lives had been lost.
Tks AFe, Of which YuInors had got a8oats
FEpVs % have consumed only half dozen
hhaStles OF small valle at the southern end
OF t1a island
The board walk, with the booths, paviiSons
and places of amusement located thereon.
were Destroyed by the waves The Shell
bourne hoAal, which is the most exposed Of
all the hotels, was bat slightly damaged
Thane is now but one serious washout ON
tho Camdon and Atlantic road between
PleasRntville and Atlantic City, and Super
mtendknt Dayton expects this to be repaired
IA fe& hours so that trains can be run
An attempt % run Steamer from Somer's
Point TO Atlantic City had to be abandoned
ON account Of the storm
Gallant Rescue Of a Woman and Child.
a dispatch from Atlantic City via Abse-
com, d. J., gives the following particulars
of the storm: '-The wind reached velocity
of over sixty-two nHles an hour The sea
beat twenty feet high above the inlet payfl-
ions There was great alarm among the
visitors and residents. A woman holding a
child in her arns was lifted up by the wind
and thrown into the water near the Howard
pieE. Ms. Walter Field, a photographer,
jumped in and rescued the woman and child
People living in the houses beyond Baltic
avenue and the Thoroughfare had to be
taken from second story windows m boats
by men who rOvped out for that purpose.
These people are mostly negroes, and are
very poor. Many Of their humble dwell
ings ape ruined St Monicas Roman Cath
dlic cbuBch at Chelsea was badly damaged.
In fact hardly q hotel or residence along the
water front escaped damage, and some are
nearly ruined
F1eteen Houses Washed Awag.
Postmaster Chester, OF SEQ Isle City,
reached the mainland and Peputad that
place In very bad shape. The sea wall has
been destroyed and fifteen houses washed
away, including the NewlRnd, Star and
Shakespeare hotels. The Excursion house
and Surf house may be destroyed. The Cen
tennial, the largest hotel there, is safe. No
lives have been lost.
Famous Yachts Sank or Sent 90 Sea.
The schooner T. r. Leeds and Rebecca M.
have BEEN lost. A number Of yachts were
wrecked at their mooringz Among the ele-
giant pleasure yachts sunk or driven to sea are
the Godfrey, Volunteer, Alert, Neptune, Cor
net, Charles F. Wahl, Tillie, Covert and
Minerva. The fire early Wednesday morn
ing was caused by a tin roof being blown of
urpn anLus alactric light wires.