St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-25
FURY OF A STORM.
GREAT DAMAGE DOVE ON THE At
LANTIc COAST.
RAvAGEs ON LAND AND SEA.

Fishing Schooners Wrecked and
Many Lives Lost-Heavy Loss
of Property in New York,
Brooklyn, and at Seashore Re
sorts-Graphic Description of
the Horrors at Sea.
New YORK, Aug. 24.-The West In
dian cyclone which swept over this part
of the Atlantic coast last night and this
morning, on its way to New England,
has left its marks over the whole region
around New York, with sweep Of fully
1000 miles. Trees were overturned in
Central park, and many botanical plants
were ruined. On Battery park three
elm trees were uprooted, and more than
a hundred sparrows resting in bird
house On one of them were killed. Many
plate-glass windows in the vicinity of
Madison square and along Broadway
were shattered by the violence of the
wind, while many shutters were torn
from the windows. Wire connections
everywhere were broken.
The guests at the Manhattan, Oriental
and Brighton Beach hotels had an op-
portunity early this morning to see a
storm at sea. This one came, especially
at the hotel at Brighton, too close for
their peace of mind.
The storm which passed over Brook
lyn at an early hour this morning
caused great damage and inconvenience.
Nearly every street in the city was
covered with the debris from trees.
The police report that at least ten
houses were unroofed. During the
height of the storm policeman found
the body Of
A Dead Man
lying in peddler's wagon on Whipple
street. The wagon was filled with water,
and the man was floating around.
In New Jersey the Storm was most
severely felt, and reports of damage
more or less serious were coming in
throughout the day. Throughout the
Oranges, along the Delaware u Lack
awanua line to Morristown, trees were
blown down in every direction, and
news of similar effects of the storm
were received from towns and villages
on the Jersey Central and Pennsylvania
lines. A summary taken shows that
fully $50 large elm trees, averaging ten
inches in diameter, were blown down
in Railway. Many narrow escapes are
reported. At O'clock, when the family
of w. Seaman on Milton avenue were
asleep they were awakened by crashing
through the roof of a large tree. 1t
crashed through the second story, stop
ping just at the foot of the bed where
Mr.. Seaman lay. In Elizabeth fully
1000 trees were blown down.
As the day wore on an arriving craft
brought story of the storms work at
sea, and it proved terrible supplement
To the record of its ravages on land.
The fishing schoonerS Empire State,
with crew of ten men, aud Emma
johnson, with crew or eight men,
went down last night off Manasquan,
OH the Jersey coast, and all on board
were lost.
These Two Vessels
were in company with the Chocorua
last night at midnight when the storm
struck them, and after beating around
all night in some of the worst weather
ever known off the coast, and with
loss of the captain aud her first mate,
the Chocorua tied up today at 4:30
O'Clock, the only survivor of the three.
The storm struck the three vessels
about midnight, and at o'clock the
johnson disappeared. About 1:3O, as
near as can be calculated, Capt. Perry
and First Mate Joseph Francis, of the
Chocorua, were swept overheard by
gigantic wave. The lights of the Em-
pire State disappeared Immediately aft
erwards, and this morning at daybreak
her masts were seen projecting out Of
the water about three feet.
The crew of the Chocorua say that no
small boat could possibly live in the sea
that was running at the time, and the
dories of the boats could have been of
no possible use to the crews of the two
vessels.
Tne captain of the Johnson was John
Connors, and of the Empire State Capt.
Ericsson.
All OF the boats were from New Lon
don, and were owned by their respect
i've captains.
The three boats had only been out
seven days when they were overtaken
10y the calamity, and were to have been
out two weeks longer.
The news Of the accident was FIRST