The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-08-25
SWEPT BY A CYCLONE
Terrible Storms Raging Along The
Eastern Coast.
WRECK AND RUIN EVERYWHERE
sixty-Three Telegraph Lines Torn Down
and Fifty Western Union Gables De-
moIIshed In Few Hours.
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
New York, August 24-The West
Indian cyclone which swept over this
part of the Atlantic coast last night
and this morning on its way to the
New England coast, left its mark over
the whole region around New York,
with a sweep of over 1000 miles. The
rainfall, measuring 1892 inches during
twelve hours, is the severest that has
ever been recorded by the local signal
service. Many ships are waiting out
side for the wind to subslde. Through
the dragging of anchors of escaping
ships in the bay and North river, more
than fifty cables of the Western Union,
Telegraph Company were torn and are
now lying useless on the bottom Of
the river. The ravages of the storm
are no less severe on land. OF the IS
wires TO Washington, only 10 remain
standing. Railroad travel has been
seIiouslyn interrupted. The summer
sorts have suffered severely from the
high seas. In Brooklyn nearly every
street in the city was covered with de-.
bris from the trees The police report
at least ten houses unroofed. During
the height of the storm a policeman
found the body of a dead man lying
in peddlars wagon on Whipple
street. The wagon was filled with wa
ter and the man was floating around
in it.
In New Jersey the storm was most
severely felt and reports of damage
more or less serious are coming in.
The streets at Elizabethport are part
ly under water to depth of two and
three feet and people are floating
about on RATS to get to work.
From the coast the news is particu-
larly vague. The surf was high during
the fury Of the gales, and stories from
out at sea are yet to be told.
Boston. Aug. 24.-The storm which
cid such great damage in the vicinity
of New York last night, was felt in
all it's fury along the New England
coast as well. New Haven, Hartford,
and other points in Connecticut re-
port it as the worst storm known in
many years with much minor dam
age to property and shipping. At New
Haven the damage to the harbor was
very great and the oyster beds suffered
especially. They are Thought to be
banked completely in mud and may
prove a total loss in which case the
pecuniary damage will be very great
amounting to many thousands Of dol
lars.
AS the day wore on the arriving
craft brought a story of the storms
work ut sea, and 1t proved terrible
supplement to its ravages on land. the
fishing schooner Empire State, with a
crew of ten men and the Ella M. john
son with. crew Of eight, went down
last night off Manasquan on the Jer-
sew coast, and all on board were lost.
These two vessels were in the COM
pany with the Chocrus last night when
the storra struck them, and after beat
ing around all night in some OF the
worst weather ever known off the
ccast. and with the loss Of her captain
and first mate, the Chocrus reached
mort today. The steamer Eggleston
Abbey from Cardiff put in for repairs
this afternoon, The captain reports
picking up George Upton Of Portland
Maine te day before yesterday, he be-
ing the sole survivor Of q crew OF
six of the fishing schooner Mary Lizzie
which foundered August 21st. The fisn-
ing schooner John Feney, is in tonight
with two of her crew badly injured
from the terrific pounding they re-
oeiyed Tie captain reports seeing a
man clinging TO wreckage some dis
tanoe off. but the storm was SO furi-,
GUS that they were unable to render
assistance. From Long Branch tonight
1t is learned that it will be some time
before that resort RECEIVERS from the
effects of the storm. From the West
End Hotel to the Normandy, not
single bathing house is left intact. The
most Of them were swept out to sea,
while others were washed right upon
the beach. Other resorts along the
coast suffered severely. Telegraphic
communication is cut off for the first
time since the great blizzard. 1t is i'm
possible yet to give anything like an
idea Of the amount Of damage done
along the coast in general
Lockport, N. s., Aug. 24.-The great
storm did much damage to shipping
in this vicinity, anumber Of vessels
being wrecked, This morning a coal
barge and towing vessel were wrecked
off southampton. Long Island. Up 10
tonight, six men from wrecked vessels
we're washed ashore out Of a crew Of
2i men on both vessels. OF the six that
came ashore three were beyond resns-