St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-11
AKIN TO A HURRICANE.
Wind and Rain Cut Off COmmu-
niCatiOn With Seaside Resorts.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1O.-A severe wind
storm, accompanied by rain, has prevailed in
this city and vicinity all day. Fire alarm,
police telegraph and telephone wires are
prostrated all over the city, and the telegraph
lines throughout the state are. reported to be
in very bad shape. The damaging storm
which has prevailed along the Atlantic
coast since Sunday still contin-
ues, and reports received here in.
dicated that the damage to railroad
lines entering Atlantic City, Cape May, Sea
Isle City, Ocean City, and other coast resorts
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 its early trains out, but no more. The
meadows near Atlantic City are covered with
water and the tracks are washed away in
places Early reports Of the situation were
made to-day by the railroad officials. Then the
storm carried away the telegraph poles and
wires, it is supposed, as ali communication
is cut off. The water in the old Camden &
Atlantic excursion house at Atlantic City is
four or five feet high, and in the meadows 1t
is SO high that it is difficult to calculate the
damage that has been done to railroad prop
critics.
The latest reports were that the heavy
northeast wind was growing heavier and
that there was
NO SIGN OF CESSATION.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company did
cepting to Cape May. ocean City is almost
entirely under water, and the beach road,
which is flooded by every high tide, is be-
ieved to be an entire wreck. On the Angle
sea branch it was reported that three cars
turned over on their sides, and that the pas
sengers climbed out of the windows unhurt,
but very disconsolate, as they were COM
PEELED to make themselves as comfortable as
possible on the sides OF the cars. This
report had not been confirmed at the
Pennsylvania Office, but 1t is believed to be
true Grave fears are entertained for the
property at Atlantic City, as well as for the
lives of the residents, for there would be no
way of escape should the condition become
more threatening. When railroad train
cannot get out Of the city It is not likely that
anything else could excepting boat, and
there are not boats enough there to help one
tenth Of the people. The last re-
fantic railroad officials was to the ef-
feet that the water was rising. Atlantic
City is on low ground and partly on made
ground, aud grave apprehenslons are felt
late hour tonight communication by tele-
graph had not been had with any point on
the coast between the Delaware breakwater
and Atlantic City. AT Lewes, Del, the wind
HAS REEN BLOWING GALE
all day and at a. m. Is unabatsd. The tide
was the highest since 1867. Telegraphic
communication with the breakwater was de-
stroyed about o'clock this morning. Both
wooden piers have been destroyed. The
schooners Allen A. Covert Henry M. Clarke,
ena, Gertrude Summers and four unknown
sehooners are ashore. A special from Cape
May to the Inquirer says: 1.-The heavy tide
of last night washed over the beach
the meadows on each side of the city.
The wind, which increased in force
through the night, made the tide of the
morning the highest for thirteen years. The