The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-11-12
STORM.SWEPT COASTS.
Wind and Waves Work Havoc
on Land and Sea
Great Damage Done in New York
and New Jersey.

towns anu SUMMER IcSul u, SVi eAuiuS 'S'SSiS
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 ana
it blew with even greater force.
This gale came from the SEQ, and it brought
with it a 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-hve miles
an hour Such waves as 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 en'the day before: There
can be no conception of the terrific force Oh
the wind and waves.
Along the water front in the surround
ing country the low-lying lands were flooded,
and nearly everything exposed to the action
of the wind and water was destroyed or car.
risd away. In New York city hundreds OF
cellars were flooded, and in the southern sec
ton of the city nearly every pier and bulk
ase to merchandise resulting in consequence.
Not single sailing vessel. l.entered the port,
although quite number were overdue. Inc
telegraph and telephone service was severely
affected. Tho wind blew at the rate Oh
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 orougn1
&C i ,%o ~o1N, nnQCt
A result Of the storm in the upper oay 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 being
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.
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
Craig's Arbor, and Lockwood, Smith & Co.'S:
Office and bath houses causing loss OF
about $4,000. A large crowd OF persons re-
manned until late hour watching the Work
Of destruction.
While the storm was at its height, E. D.
Morgan's steam yacht Catarina ran on the
rocks OF Matiucock 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
filing, 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
Beach and Galilee. At Sandy Hook the
r. 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
embankments were washed away by the un-
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-
tion.
At Asbury Park, NJ, 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 bath-houses 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 all
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 tnee gale. From Long
Island City to Montauk serious loss from
wind and water are recorded.
On Staten Island, n Y, damage was 70.
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 aiioag TIE North
Shrewsbury River in New Jersey will about
equal that caused by the cyclone in Septem-
ber Of last year.
An old fashioned northeast storm pre-
vailed in Boston, Mass., and vicinity, the
high wind making it the most disagreeable
and aggravating storm for pedestrians that
has occurred for many day. 1t was most vio-
lent along the terfront, although no dani-
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,
was lifted from its foundations and settled
deep in the sand A photograph build
ing was wrecked by the waves and thrown
up against the railroad saloon building. The
lattice work of the Palace bathing establish
ment was torn away, and the rear portion
Of the Cak Island cafe and Waverly House
suffered some damage.
A small sloop yacht was lifted bodily by
the wind and waves and deposited on the
bed of the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn
Railroad.
Along the south shore the storm is report
ed as the most severe since the big storm of
November, 1883. At Provincetown the
schooner Emily Bell broke adrift and is now
ashore in the harbor in an easy position.
A snowstorm ragged in the Catskills regions
of New York. In front Of the Hotel Kaatefs-
kill the snow was two inches in depth. A
cold wind and rainstorm ragged all day, caus-
ing great damage. There was a high tide
in the Rondout Creek; docks were covered
and cellars flooded