The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-27
BAYoNNE'S CYCLONE.
Played Havoc With Yachts and
Oyster Boats-0ther Matters.

A terrific wind storm that at tim es
resembled q small cyclone prevailed in
Bayonne and vicinity yesterday. Be-
cause 0fthe tremendous gale from the
west which swept directly across Newark
Bay and down The Kill-von-kull, traffic
up aud down the bay and through the
Kills WAS virtually abandoned for twenty
four hours. A few craft lowed oy stout
tugboats yentureu through the Kills, and
Que or two so attended passe up the bay.
The waves ran higher than any grizzled
bay fisherman remembered seeing them
for more than Il score OF years.
When the tide ran out In the afternoon
the gale swept the water through the
Kills unit. the latter looked like a gigantic
mill race, and there was less water i'll the
bay at low tide than for many years.
Several brick schooners tried to sail down
The bay during the afternoon but they
drifted 40 fast toward the Bayonne aud
Greenville shores hat their sklpper3 were
glad to cast anchor until rescued by tug
boats.
A number of oyster boats were
swamped during the forenoon, their car
goes going to the bottom. Considerable
havoc was wrought among the yachts.
At the anchorage of the Newark Bay
Boat Club of tile foot Of West Thirty
fourth street. four of the fleet broke their
cables and drifted ashore. They were
John /. Serreil's 24-foCt cat boat Oracle,
Lewis A. Burritt's 23-foot cat boat Hilda,
Robert H. PEBBLES yawl-rigged yacht !,
Windward, aud acraft said to be Edward
Y. Phillips catooat Eina. Frank
Dewey's catboat Nadjy. sank at her
moorings. Only her mast was visible at
low tide. The catDoat Maggie J had ali
her ballast shifted for ward by the heavy
seas, and sank with only her stern above
water.
The amateur Jack tars. of Newark,
Essex aud Newark Bay Yacht Clubs
Jared much better with their craft. A
number of their members visited the
anchorage of the foot of West Twenty
fourth street, Bayonne, during the fore
noon and moured the score or more
yachts still in commission in the lee of
the West Twenty-fourth street wharf.
Several of the boats dragged their
| anchors, but only two of them met with
auy mi,nap. This pair were John Kenny's
catDoat Nemaha aud Henry Vreeiand's
catboat Commodore. They We're both
capsized.
At the anchorage of the New Jersey
Athletic Clubs grounds ut Bergen Point
Il large number of small boats drifted
ashore or were capsized at their moor
ings. Henry Fountains catooat Os-ca-
wah-wah was amoug the standed craft.
At dusk the yachtsmeu and wa,ermen
OF Bayonne were regarding the wind with
apprehension, fearing tha5 another con-
hlct between the gale and flood tide woulu
result In serious damage to their craft.
Watchmeu were stationed at the several
anchorages for the purpose of sending
out a general alarm in case the danger
became imminent.
One of the peculiar features OF the gale
was that after the sparks from passing To-
| comotlves set fire to the salt on
! Eha waSt side of .hoUnpk Rnu ay,3 tho
blaze got under good Roadway, the w al
carried a cloud OF smoke from the fire un-
I'll the smoke reached in an unbrukeu
column for miles over the Staten Island
hills.
At Constable Hook the gale swept over
the sand dunes until a large section of
that territory mad the appearance Of a
desert in a sand storm.
OTHER MATTERS.
In Brownies Hall on West Eighth street,
several dozen First ward Democrats met
last evening to arrange for the formation
of a First Ward Cleveland and Stevenson
Campaign Club. A temporary ofgaui-
cation was effected with Justice Patrick
w. Connolly as Chairman, and James N.
| DeViin as Secretary. A committee COM
prising City Tax Assessor Jacob II.
Johnston, ex-School Trustee Andrew H..
Donnell aud James M. Devlin were ap-
pointed to invite all the Democrats of the
l AA y 1AGG IL ~ uAO bhluC
| quarters on Wednesday venln Officers
are then to be elected and delegates
chosen for the party's conventions of the
Fist Assembly and Eighth Congressional
| districts.
Mrs. Charles H. Rodworth, of Avenue
c, has returned from Cape May.
Messrs. Joseph H. Snyder, Ernest G.
Webb. William Gerry. James Murphy,
Jr., and William Holmes have been
placed in nomination for members of the
Board of Trustees of the Newark Bay
Boat Clubs.
The youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederick b. Durham made her debut
on Sunday at the Durham family home
stead on Willow place. She is a lively
lassie of ten pounds heft.
Mr.. INT Mrs. Henry P. Kingsbury
have returned from their wedding tour.
The Thomas Maguer Association will
be represented today at the convention OF
Democratic clubs in Camden by the fol-
lowing delegates:- First ward, District
Court Judge Thomas f. Noouan, Jr.;
Second ward, ex-School Trustee Joseph
p. Stanton; Third ward, City Collector
r. Cadmus Combes: Fourth ward. Coun-
Gilman Nicholas Carroll; Fifth ward, ex-
Councilman Timothy j.. Cronin.
Thu Third Ward Clevelend aud Steven
son Campaign Club sent these delegates
TO the same OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES J..
Tracy. Noble Grigletti, Edward S. Hol-
man, Edward G. Hen and Edward Smith.
Another attempt to elect a secretary
will be m ade at the meeting Of the Board
of Education this evening Ex-City Tax
Assessor Daniel j.. Murray, Secretary
Michael F. Humphrey and Frank Mel