Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-11-21
STORM-SWBPF COASTS.
Wind and Waves Work Havoc
on Land and Sea.
Great Damage Done in New York
and New Jersey.


towns and summer resorts, straniing vessels
and carrying destruction before it. The
storm began at New York early one morn
ing and continued until late the next after
noon. Unlike the great tempest of week
before, the wind came from the eastward and
it blew with even greater force.
This gale came from the sea, and it brought
with it binding rain, which fell unceas-
ingly for over twenty-four hours. At sea
the rain fell in torrents, and the tempest
gathering strength throughout the night
swept inland at the rate of forty-five miles
an hour. Such waves piled in along the
JERSEY coast and on the shores of Long
Island have not been seen for years
before. Thsy tore away bulkheads,
inundated many of the coast railways,
strewed fishing craft all along the shores and
and undid in many cases the labor OF years.
Next morning the water rolled along the
Long Island and New Jersey shores where
there was solid land on the day before. There
can be no conception OF the terrific force OF
the wind and waves.
Along the water front In the surround
ing country the low-lying lands were Hooded,
and nearly everything exposed TO the action
of the wind and water was destroyed or car
ried away. In New YOrk city hundreds OF
cellars were flooded, and in the southern sec
ton OF the city nearly every pier and bulk
head was at times under water, much DAM
age to merchandise resulting In consequence.
Not a single sailing vesselentered the port.
although quite number were overdue. The
telegraph and telephone service was severely
affected. The wind blew at the rate of
thirty-six miles an hour and put on an extra
squirt coming around corners. Shipping, as
usual suffered most severely from the storm,
and the incoming steamships and sailing
craft almost without exception brought
stories of disaster along the coast
A result of the storm in the upper bay was
the grounding on Ellis Island, New York
Harbor of the tug, E. B. Burgess
The storm swept over Coney Island, and
the great weaves paid their respects to their
old friend the little railroad between Man
haitian and Brighton Beaches This marine
railroad was badly broken up, as it has been
frequently before. Men were at work all
day trying to save the remnants. About
500 feet of the Concourse west of
the Brighton Beach Hotel was washed
away Reller's bathing pavilion, which had
been raised on rollers for the purpose OF beng
removed, was blown over and dashed to
pieces by the breakers. The pavilion was
valued at over $4,000. The promenade in
front of the Brighton Beach Hotel was badly
broken up, being undermined by the waves.
The board walks in front of the Oriental and
Manhattan Beach Hotels were badly dam
aged.
Piermont, Rockland County, N. Y, was
partly submerged. In some parts OF the
town people went from house to house In
boats The streams were swollen through
out Rockland County. High winds were gen.
eral.
At Far Rockaway, n Y, the high tide
washed over Hogg Island and swept away
Craigs Arbor, and Lockwood, Smith = Cos:
Office and bath houses, causing a loss OF
about $4,000. large crowd of persons re-
manned until late hour watching tne Work
of destruction.
While the storm was at its height, +. II.
Morgan's steam yacht Catarina ran on the
rocks off Matinicock Point in Long Island
Sound. Mr.. Morgan was on board at the
time. A great hole was knocked In the
bottom and she began to fill rapidly. AS
soon as it was seen that the Catarina was
filling, Mr. Morgan and the crew took to the
boats and reached the shore without accident.
The coast of New Jersey, from Sandy
Hook down to below Atlantic City, suffered
severely. The places which suffered the
most damage was Seabright Monmouth
Beach and Galilee. At Sandy Hook the
water broke over the tracks of the New Jer-
sey Southern Railroad, and the roadbed was
washed away in many places. At Monmouth
Beach and at Galilee the bulkheads and the
entertainments were washed away by the I'M
usually high tide.
All the wires were blown down on the line
Of the New Jersey Southern. and Sandy Hook
was completely cut off from all communlca-
ton.
At Asbury Park, n j., the Promenade,
Second and Asbury avenues were under
mined and greatly damaged. The pavilion
at the foot of Asbury avenue suffered from
the waves and many lighthouses were
washed out to sea. Fishing boats and oyster
sloops at Keyport were driven ashore and
lifted high on the beach.
A three-masted schooner was driven ashore
at Bayhead. The crew escaped to the land
and were cared for by the life-saving men.
The bridges over the Manasquan River
were all carried away, and between that
point and the Atlantic Highlands the
meadows were completely under water A
portion of the railroad track on the Atlantic
Highland Branch was submerged and ali
travel was suspended.
All along Long Island Sound, on both
shores damage and wrecks are reported. and
ON Long Island hardly place on the shore
escaped the fury of the gale. From Long
Island City to Montauk serious loss from
wind and water are recorded.
On Staten Island, N. Y, damage was re-
ported all along the coast.
At Poughkeepsie, n. Y, the water in the
Hudson has not been so high in twelve years.
Piles and wharves were submerged. Main
street wharf was so deep that passengers had
to be taken to and from the steamer Tremper
in wagons. Lumber yards were flooded, and
the water reached the steps of the Exchange
Hotel
The storms damage along the North
Shrewsbury River il, New Jersey will about
equal that caused by the cyclone in Septem-
Der of last year.
An old fashioned northeast storm pre-
vailed in Boston, Mass, and vicinity, the
high wind making it the most disa agreeable
and aggravating storm for pedestrians that
has occurred for many day. 1t was most vlo-
lent along the water 'front.' although no dam
age is reported within the city limits At Re-
we're Reach the wind and high tide played
sad havoc. The Woburn House, built on
the shore at the north end of Crescent Beach.