Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-10-30
TEMPEST TOSSED.
Great Damage Done in Seaport
Towns by Furious Gales.
Several Vessels Cast Upon shore-A Seaside
Hotel Near Boston Moved from Its
Foundation by the Mighty Biliows
Ruin at Asbury Park.
HEAVY wIND-sroRM.

HEAVY wIND-SToRNf.
NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-A dispatch has
been received from Far Rockaway, L.
l., saying that large ocean steamship
was ashore beyond Long Branch. The
steamer was reported to be four-mast-
ed vessel, and it is thought that she
may be the OLDHAM from Rotterdam,
which was expected to arrive Wednes-
day.
officers of vessels arriving Friday say
the force of the storm on land is moth
ing compared to the terrific fury of the
wind and sea outside. The steamship
Old Dominion came from Richmond and
other ports in Virginia and fell into the
full swing of the storm Immediately
after leaving the capes. The wind
blew sixty miles an hour and the sea
caused the vessel to lunge and toss in
fearful fashion.
The tide in the harbor was the high
est known in years. The water reached
the top of the Battery sea wall. Since
noon Friday the increase has been
about four feet Reports from all Sec
tions of Long Island tell of damage bT
the storm. In several places yachts
and small boats were driven ashore and
wrecked. No loss of life has yet
been reported. The vessels anchored
off Staten Island were compelled to let
go both anchors and additional cables
to prevent their being washed ashore.
A number of the smaller craft lying
anchored along the shores were
swamped. Several were carried by the
high tide far up on the beach.
AsBURY PARK, n. j., Oct. 25.-The
New Jersey coast towns received their
full share of the severe northeasterly
storm that set in Thursday. The dam
age done to shore towns from Sandy
Hook to Barnegal Inlet by the Sc
we're storm and heavy tides will
amount to thousands of dollars.
The greatest damage was done
at Monmouth Beach. The sea cut a
large gap into the bluff and made a
clean sweep across the driveway about
thirty feet wide. Before the large Oc-
tagon House at Seabright the waves
dashed9p over the breakwater and into
the basement of the hotel. The bulk
heads here were badly damaged All
along Shrewsbury river on the other
side of the driveway the high tide has
wroughtsad havoc. Every thing in reach
of the tide was swept away. Boat
houses, summer-houses and stables
could all be seen either adrift or stand
ing in from eight to ten feet of water.
At Normandy-by-theSea the waves
swept over the tracks of the New Jer-
sey Southern and made such bad breaks
that railroad traffic had to be suspend
ed. Much of the bluff here is washed
away.
DAMAGE NEAR BOSTON.
Boston, Oct. 25.-The old-fashioned
northeast storm has prevailed in this
section since Thursday night. 1t is
most violent along the water front, al
though no damage is reported within
the city limits. At Revere Beach the
wind and high tide played sad
havoc. The Woburn House, built on the
shore at the north end of Crescent
beach, was lifted from it's foundations
and settled deep in the sand.
Along the south shore the storm is
reported as the most severe since the
big storm of November, 1883. At Prov
idence Friday forenoon the schooner
Emily Bell broke adrift and is now
ashore in the harbor in an easy position.
Aside from this no disasters are report
ed, but 1t is feared that a number of
wrecks will occur. The coast is closely
patrolled by men from the life-saving
stations, but the tremendous seas would
render their efforts at rescue almost
unavailing should their services be
needed.
At Scituate the wharves were flooded
at high tide and part of Front street
is under water The schooner Active
filed and sunk at her wharf, but all
) other craft in the harbor are in safe
quarters. 1t was reported that brig
or bark was wrecked at Fourth Cliff,
but the rumor can not be confirmed.
The storm has been unusually heavy
in Southern Vermont Brattleboro re-
ports two and one-half inches of rain.