The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-08-30

ing for 1t. Assistant Commissioners
McSweeney was imprisoned on Ellis
Island, Thore was no communication
with the Island to-day.
AT $3.50 this morning the wind swept
away nine houses that stood in row
on Bleecker street, The houses not be-
ing quite finished wore not occupied,
AT Grafton street four tour-atory
houses that were going up were lifted
from their foundation.
Along the CoRey Island beach every
thing has been completely wiped away
and the roofs Of many big buildings
have been lifted off and carried blocks
away.
On George Tllhouse's Worlds Fair
grounds the buildings in which the
Bolivian Indians were stopping were
blown down, The little frame structure
began to rock at half past o'clock and
the Indians, terribly frightened after
last weeks storm, rushed out on the
beach and falling upon their knees,
prayed until daylight, Along the beach
all the frankfueter, popcorn, fruit and
other catch penny stands were carried
out to sea.
The southeast corner OF the roof Of
the Sea Beach Palace Hotel has been
torn off and nearly every pane OF glasa
in tho building has been broken by the
storm.
The big building OF the Coney Island
Athletic Club which is on the waters
edge, rocked for hours this morning,
while the heavy wind blew in the win,
dows and scattered glass in pieces on
the floor,
The cars on the Brighton elevated
and the marine railroad were not run.
ming to-day on account oil the storm.
All the telegraph wires were down, and
1t was very hard to communicate with
people in this city.
The Robert Garrett, the largest of the
ferry boats OF the Staten Island Rapid
Transit line, had rough time coming
on an early trip to this city this morn
ing. She left st. George at $3.50 o'clock.
At that time the wind was blowing q
hurricane and at first the captain hesi-
tated to go ahead. The fury with which
the water beat against the mems side OF
the boat threatened to swamp 1t. The
The floor OF the cabin, which was made
OF heavy pine, soon yielded to the
waves, and one by one the boards
loosened and were torn up. The rain
was falling heavily at the time and the
time and the skylights were smashed.
There were not more than fifty pass.
engers on board the Garrett and all OF
them were much frightened. The
sound OF falling glass after the floor OF
IN Il NFN aNNIN n T.
to their fears. Notwithstanding the
accident the Garrett proceeded on her
way to the slip at the foot OF Whitehall
street, where the belated Staten Island
ere were landed.
The storm has cut off all railroad
Communication between the New Jer.
sey coast resorts and Philadelphia. The
tracks OF the Amboy division OF the
Pennsylvania railroad are four feet un.
der water between Bay Head and
Berkeley.
The iron pier at Long Branch gave up
another ten feet to the ravages Of the
storm. 1t Is question II the little that
yet remains can live through the next
tide. The tide was higher than any
since 1878 and hundreds OF acres of corn
and tomatoes have been ruined.
The famous board walk at both
Asbury Park and Ocean Grove is being
torn up by the monster breakers which
are by far. the biggest ever witnessed
along the coast.
The schooner Mary F. Kelly, which
was wrecked at the foot Of Sixth aven-
ue, Asbury Park, last week has proven
playthinG for the mammoth breakers
as they dashed upon the shore.