The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-30
BIG WAVES AND HIGH TIDES.
Great Damage Done tho Atlantic Sum-
mer Resorts by . Hurricane.

Great Damage Done tho Atlantic Sum-
mer Resorts by Hurricane.
NEW YORK. Aug. ga violent storm
which swept over tho city aud the sur
rounding country from midnight till s
O'Clock tins morning bore q close resem !.
blance to the hurricane which worked such
havoc u few days ago. Like that storm.
this one had ito origin in o Cyclone that
arose in tho West Indies and then swept
along the Atlantic coast In q northessterly
direction. While the other. however. only
skirted tho coast. this ono had its storm
center will INLAND and reached out in every
direction for distance of moro than 1900
miles. At New York and vicinity the wind
attained velocity of ffty.four miles an
hour.
The view of tho bay from the Battery
early this morning was magnificent and
crowds gathered to sec it. Old boatmen
said 1t was most uncommon. il not m
paralleled in their experience. The tide was
unusually high. At 3 oolock it reached its
highest level and delayed travel consider
ably. The water had that peculiarly for
hidden and dangerous look usual when
there violent storm at sea. The waves
dashed against the Battery sea wall with q
great roar. The tide was mp almost TO the
broke against tho granite abutment and
sprang NJ In the air. The seas carried In
debris and left it in Battery Park. Some
Of the waves mounted as high as.fifteen
barded the long shed of the barge Office,
flooding the ground floor and rising nearly
to the roof of the outer wall. No boats
could make landing there to-day.
At6:3O the wind swept away niuo houses
that stood in row on Blocker street.
Many other houses were either wrecked or
badly damaged. Along the Coney island
beach everything has been wiped away
and the roofs of many big buildings have
been lifted of and carried blocks away.
On George TilyOus worlds fair grounds
the buildings in which the Bolivian In
dians were sleeping were bl own down. The
little frame structure began to rock at $3.50
O'Clock. and the Indians. terribly fright
the beach, and, falling upon their knees,
prayed until daylight The building fell
at O'Clock, but there was no one in 1t at
the time. Razzle-dazzle. merry 60 rounds,
big wheels. toboggan slides and other
amusement machines were unable to stand
the heavy pressure of the storm and fell.
The cars on the Brighton elevated and the
Marine railroads were not running to-day
on account of the storm. All the telegraph
and telephone wires were down. and il was
very hard to communicate with people in
this city.
The storm has Ont off all railroad COM
munioatiOn between the New Jersey coast
resorts and Philadelphia. The railroad
tracks of the Amboy division of the Penn
sylvania railroad are under four feet OF
water between Bay Head and Berkeley.
An attempt was made this morning to run
q train from Bay Head to New York. but
the water on the track was SO deep that il
put out the fire In the engines The rail-
road company has sent out . big gang of
men and an effort will be made 30 raise
the inundated tracks.
At Salem, n. j.. all the fruit remainin q
OF tho trees from the last blow is of. Tbs
famous board walks at both Asbury Park
and Ocean Grove are being torn MP by the
breakers which arc by far the biggest ever
witnessed along the coast As each one
strikes the outer dre of the pier the spray
flies fully fifty feet over it, completely en-
veloping tho entire pier. The ocean pier al
the foot of Broadway. Ocean Grove.
known as Lilagores pavilion is bein :
wrecked by the high surf. The beaches al
Long Branch. Asbury Park and Ocean
Grove are lined with people who are
weat herring the storm 10 watch she monster
breakers toy with the rnins of the bathin g
houses and debris from the late storm