The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-09-06
NEW YORK FELT 1T.
The Waves Rolled Up the Bay and
Caused Much Damage.

Caused Much Damage.
NEW YORK. Aug. 29.-The violent
storm which swept over the city and sur
rounding country from midnight till
o'clock this morning bore a close re-
semblance to the hurricane which work
ed such a havoc a few days ago. Like
that storm. this one had its origin in a
cyclone that arose in the West Indies
and then swept along the Atlantic coast
in northeasterly direction. While the
other, however only skirted the coast
along the gulf stream. scarcely penetrat-
ing inland, this one, since it swept over
Florida on Sunday had its storm center
we'll inland and reached out in every di-
rection for a distance of more than 1.5O0
miles. As almost all Geographic connec-
lions are broken, the signal bureau this
morning was unable to give a complete
report of the storms course, or of its
exact direction, but from the local OBJ
servations il was surmised that the
cyclone had gone westward, and would
probably make its way out to sea
through the ST. Lawrence valley The
view of the bay from the battery early
this morning was magnificent, and
crowds gathered to see it. Old boatmen
SAID II was most uncommon, II not I'M
paralleled in their experience.
The tide was piled up unusually high
by the south gate. At O'Clock it reach
ed its highest level and delayed travel
considerably. The water had that pc
culiarly forbidding and dangerous look
usual when there is a violent storm at
sea. Big waves were churned VI by the
wind, their white crests falling over each
other.
Passing vessels pitched and rolled and
scattered the water before their bows
as they plunged forward The waves
dashed against the battery sea wall with
a great roar The tide was up almost
to the top Of the wall. AS each roller
came in ii broke against the granite
abutment and sprang up in the air The
seas carried in debris and left it in
Battery park. Some of the waves
mounted as high as fifteen feet above
the wall The crowd stood far back in
the park. The high seas bombarded 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
a landing there today.
Houses swept Away.
An electric wire that had been loosen
ed by the storm fell in the streets this
morning. Two monster horses owned by
brewing company were standing di-
rectly under the wire and it fell fairly
across their backs. Both animals were
instantly killed.
At els this morning the wind lifted
a part of the roof off the second story
brick house of John Buckner in Brook
Ign. At $50 the wind swept away nine
houses that stood in a row on BECKER
st. These houses not being quite finish
ed were not occupied. At Fratton-st.
four four-story houses that were going
up were lifted from their foundations.
Along the Coney Island beach everything
has been completely wiped away and
the roofs of many big buildings have
been lifted off and carried blocks away
On George Tilyou's worlds fair grounds
the buildings in which the Bolivian In
dams were sleeping were blown down.
The little frame structure began to rock
at $3.50 O'Clock and the Indians, terribly
frightened after last weeks storm, rush
ed out on the beach and falling upon
their knees prayed until daylight. The
building fell at O'Clock and there was
no one in it at the time. The big avn
ing of the hotel on Sea Beach Palace
walk was also blown down at 4 O'clock
while Charles Barlow, the manager, was
standing under ii. Barlow had four ribs
wounds.
Along the beach all of the Frankfurt
ter. popcorn, fruit and other catch pen
ny stands were carried out to sea.
Electric and gas light globes have all
been smashed to pieces and large can
vas awnings and flags have been torn
into ribbons.
The southeast corner of the roof of
the Sea Beach Palace hotel has been
torn off and nearly every piece Of glass
in the building has been broken by the
storm. The fence around Paine's fire.
works Enclosure at West Brighton
was blown down and the long roof of
Swigert's tObOggan slide on Jones-ave
was lifted off and carried 800 feet.
Pleasure Machines Wrecked.
The big building of the Coney Island
athletic club was on the waters edge
and rocked for hours this morning while
the heavy wind blew in windows and
scattered the glass in pieces on the
floor. Razzle-daZzle. merry-go-rounds
big wheels, toboggan slides and other
amusement machines were unable to
stand the heavy pressure of the tornado
and fell The cars on the Brighton
elevated and the Marine railroads were
not running today on account Of the
storm. All the telegraph and telephone
wires were down and it was very hard
to communicate with people in this city.
The people here are waiting patiently
for the next turn of the tide when they
expect the storm will AGATE consider
ably. The Robert Garrett, the largest
of the ferryboats of the StaJen Island
rapid transit line, had rough time
coming on an early trip 70 this city
this morning. She left 81. George at
about $50 o'clock. at that time the
wind was blowing a hurricane and at
first the captain hesitated TO go ahead
The fury with which the water heat
against the mems side Of the boat
threatened to swamp IL. The toor Of
the cabin, which was made Of heavy
| pine, soon yielded TO the waves ard
one by one the boards loosened and
were torn up. The rain was falling
heavily at the time and stylights were
smashed. There were not more than
fifty passengers on board the Jarrett
and all of them were much frightened
The sound of falling glass after the
floors of the cabin had been torn up