The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-02
THE STORMS ECHOES
March Comes In with Roar That
Retards Business.
ONLY ONE FATALITY REPORTED.

n man FEoLth
Near Reading. Pa.-RemarkabIe
Escape OF Two Families in Ho-
boken, N. J.--Frcaks of the Storm
Along the Coast.
New York, March 2.-There have
been fierce storms this winter, but none,
according to those who know, which
may prove so dangerous. AT Block Is
land and Sandy Hook the wind is blow
ing sixty miles an hour on shore. 1t is
probable that the storm Will leave sad
mcmentoes in its wake all along the
seaboard line.
Reports from along the Jersey coast
tell story of furious winds and raging
surf. AT Asbury Park and Ocean Grove
the surf is running very strong and is
cutting out the beach. The flooring at
the big pavilion at the foot of Asbury
avenue has been torn out by the surf
and the new towers of the Hotel Lafay-
ette have been blown down. At Long
Beach the gale is driving high on the
beach and the waves are cutting into
the bluff, carrying away large sections
of it. Ii the storm does not soon abate
the damage Will prove very serious.
At Cape May court house the waves
are being driven high upon the beach,
and have already carried away about
two miles of the track on the five mile
branch of the West Jersey railroad.
Travel to Anglesea, Wildwood and
Holly Beach is cut of.
Found Frozen to Death.
READING, Pa, March 2.-Oue of the
most violent wind storms, accompanied
by rain, snow and hsl, for several years
passed over this city, lasting two hours
The gale blew a perfect hurricane. and
damage was done all over the city and
surrounding county. Limbs of trees
were twisted off, shedding and other
buildings blown down or unrOofed and
houses shaken, frightening the inmates.
An unknown man perishcd i'll the storm
five miles below Reading.
POrlSNuLE, Pa, March "A severe
ram, wind and snow storm visited this
section, and snow fell to the depth of
hftcen inches, causing u suspension of
work at many cullieries throughout the
valley.
HCNTiNGDoN, Pa, March .. The
snow fall was unprecedented in this sec
ton IN the past ten years measuring
two feet and four inches i'll depth. The
snow extended only forty miles east of
here. In MANY places the Western
Union telegraph and telephone lines are
down, and in the town several buildings
Were crushed under the great weight Of
snow. In the evcut Of tile snow nicltiu..
rapidly, which now seems probable, "A
great Hood is feared.
shower of Worms.
LANCASTER, Pa, March 2-The storm
III this county was accompanied by IA
most peculiar phenomenon. Mixed with
| the snow We're hundreds of worms OF
various species. Some Of them re-
sembled the tobacco worm and others
are unknown in this section. They are
| believed to have been brought by the
high winds.
WILLINMspoRr, Pa, March 2.-The
| worst snow storm in years visited his
section Monday and yesterday. Bust
hess has been almost at Il standstill. and
| many thousands of dollars worth OF
! damage done. Snow on the level mere
is eighteen inches deep, and at Drift
| wood, Cameron county, it is reported 10
be five feet. 1t has been tile worst
snow storm here in years.
Families Narrowly Escape.
HonoKEN, N. j., March "A five
| story brick building III course of cree
| ton at No. l21 Garden street collapsed
during the storm. The walls fell upon
| the adjoining two story frame house
owned by Liverymau Thomas King,
which was crushed like an eggshca.
| Kings family and that of JN1ncs smith,
| II coaChman, lived inthe six rooms above
| the stable, which occupied the ground
! floor. They Were awakened by tons of
i brick and mortar crashing through the
roof of their dwelling. SngularIy
enough, all escaped unhurt.
ATLANTIC CITY, March 2.-The gale
here was exceedingly heavy. a shoe
store that was in the course Of erection
at Atlantic and Pennsylvania avenues,
| and WAS intended to be one of the finest
business structures in the city, was
blown down. A new cottage on States
! avenue nnd two cottages ON Baltimore
Avenue We're partially demolished.
ArlsNTlc llIGHLANDs, N. j. March g.
! A lars" steamer is reported TO be wrecked
between Sandy Hook and Seabright,
with loss of life attendant. The high
tides submerged reads and meadows
here and caused some wreckagc ON the
beach. A large stretch Gf the new rail-
road between these and lower highlands
was washed into the bay, and IA large