The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-25
4 VREcK-LINED SHORE
Fro-, Jersey City TO Const.bie Hook faehts
and Ronts Are STRANDED.

and Ronts Are STRANDED.
Wrecked yachts. uprooted and broken shade
trees ruined market gardens. and hooded Gel
lars and Easements marked the path Oh tne
storm over Jersey City from New YORK bay 10
Newark Bay. Nearly every street In the CITY.
especially on the hill. Is Uttered with limos Oh
trees and whole trees which were torn up oy
tho roots. Tho shore from the New Jersey
Central Railroad coal docks down to the divid-
ing line between Greenville and Bayonne Is
dotted with wre cked and stranded yachts ana
rowboats.
Great damage was done to the market gar
dens in Greenville. The amateur gardeners
who have spent the hot summer in cnltiVa'ine
corn. beans. peas. and tomatoes for nome con
sumption woke up to find their promising
crops utterly ruined and their time ana lapor
wasted.
The water on the meadows tetween Jersey
City and Hoboken rose to an unusual heiRht.
and tho occupants OF the shanties and small
frame buildings. with which the meadows are
dotted. had to resort to small boats and rats
to roach the upland.
The board walk loading to the Jersey City
Yacht Club house at the foot OF Jersey avenue
was carried away ana many OF the yachts lying
of the club house were badly damaged. the
sloop Elm. one OF the finest boats In tho fleet,
dragged her anchor and was driven over to
DlhCh lOul lsluuu. nun u ihio 80
phlne. owned BY John kearns was torn from
her moorings and dashed up against the Grip
work which runs along the shore front. and
the roof OF the cabi was blown of. cutter
ns s H cGs dcsR
sad Water So
dashed against the dock In front OF the old
oSsy We ss1
snsh Ronert ~ Knsht Tempap
her topmast John Wright's Naomi was driven
other yachts Of the fleet withstood the storm
and escaped injury.
=, There were only few boats at the f ,vha
the the clubs summer , quarters at Atlantic His5,.
driven fs oven to Black To% where Big wave
yacht is badly damaged: The iichard k; Fox
SIZE had lost her rudder and great part Of her
%psts broken: The Ayosa: owned unS by by the
the bottom. a short distance from tho club
house.
boats were badly damaged. The Mystery was
the speedy was capsized. The Charles Y. Tut
hill was wrecked. and her owner had what was
left OF her hauled up on the shore yesterday
The storm brought the, Greenylle yachting
season to a premature close. Not more than
two or three OF the entire fleet escaped The
bridge leading to the house and the float were
carried away and the house itself was sub
and float were thrown up on the beach about
three hundred yards away. The Inez. ono Of
tho wall and wrecked She is owned by James
II c SPsof kenshaws Matte R; wa, completely
wrecked and stVewn along the shore. Capt.
& Ia tbs Ae%ar Eh ana oek Bays snd
Dr.. Hoiiister's 0atka. Capt. HicEs's Fiirt. and
Can't reniston's Phoenix dI were, were damaged; All
houses were carried away,
The damage TO the boat houses and bathing
houses on the Newark Bay shore on the west
Hill sheltered them from the high wind. The
boats at Dick Ulrich's and other boat houses
4 fiat car with tall hoisting apparatus.
ferry. was driven by the wind up the track and
carried away q lot Of telephone and telegraph
wires yaT Tslsp ant " communication with Jer
Trees. awnings. and fences were blown
down in hoboken an and in the north section Of
West Hoboken and Union Hill serious damage
dens and in some places the roads were
From the long dock at Pamrapo on the north
to the extreme point OF Constable Hook on the
south. the shore OF Bayonne Cove was strewn
ns " 9 yss s5t
and other craft lett at anchor on Wednesday
1s1s on hs two three wrecks
rocks aud blufrs along shore The fleets Of the
the Bayonne City Yacht Clun were practically
wired Gq cut. Of existence GsG5Se BuIeps
at $500: diilbo TlIbert Tint is' catbost
at s2S s Sh1Ts G.
valued at $500 each: John, Eindauist's two
houses. Vailed at 81 800 the cstb b Dolphn.
owned by Nathan Ballard: the catboat Jane.
Tantrums owned BY James Lewis. We're ali
Trecked me ne CLIPPER eatboat Our Own be,
b bSses By
rick MSGHhan and others belong
Bayonne City Yacht Club. on Ellsworth Island.
was blown down and washed away. Almost
also carried away and broken up on the rocks
along shore. So much damage was done about
Athletic Association that tho annual rowing.
izatlon. scheduled for sstuFday afternoon. has
The wreckaee and d6bris that lined the
shore for more than han half mile. attracted
Hook at an early hour this morning. They
picked up and carried away sails. spars, ropes.
anchors cables. hooms and lockers from the
wrecked craft. When the owners OF the boats
tried to stop the pillaging by the wreckers
they were threatened with violence. Then
tho owners sent for the police and the wreck
ers dispersed.
Eyewtnesses OF the storm say that the waves
were carried completely over the boat house OF
which is thirty five feet high. They also say
that q rowboat was driven clear across the
tracks Of the Bergen Neck Railroads trestle-
work across the cove.
IN CENTRAL PARK