The herald., 1893-08-25
A WEST INDIAN CYCLONE
Sweeps Along the Atlantic
Coast.
1t Carries Death and Desola.
ti0n in Its Path.
Vessels Wrecked at Sea and Build.
ings on Land Raced.
Trees and Plants Uprooted in Central
Park, New York-The Iron Pier
st Long Branch q Thing
Of the Past.

By the Associated Press
New YORK. Aug. 24.-The West In.
dian cyclone which swept over this part
OF the Atlantic last night and this morn
ing. on it's way to the New England
coast, left Its marks over the whole
region around New York, with q sweep
OF fully 1000 miles. The rainfall, meas
uring 1882 inches during the last IL
hours, 10 the heaviest that has ever
been recorded by the local signal service.
Many ships from the harbor, as well
~ steamships, which were due today,
are now cruising outside, waiting for the
wind to subside.
Through the dragging of anchors oi
escaping ships in the bay and North
river, more than so cables OF the West
ern Union Telegraph company are torn
and now lying useless on the bottom OF
the river.
The ravagss OF the storm are no less
severe on land. Trees were overturned
in Central park and many plants wore
ruined. Many plate glass windows in
the vicinity of Madison square and
along Broadway are shattered by the
violence of the wind, while shutters
are torn from the houses throughoutth the
city. Wire connections with Boston
and New Haven are entirely broken.
Between Stamford, Conn.,, and New
York there are still few wires left this
morning. OF 75 wires tc Washington
only IL are standing but connections
with Philadelphia are in comparatively
good order. ALI wires on Long Island
are badly affected, and trains have
ceased running on schedule time; rail.
road travel to and from New England is
'circuitous.
At Z washout Is miles from New York
on the main line Of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford road, q freight
train was wrecked ct about 1:50 this
morning, and not train has passed to-
day.
Summer resorts have suffered severely
from high seas. The storm which
paased over Brooklzn at IN early hour
this mesnihR caused great damage and
inccnvenience.
Nearly every street IN the city is COW
cred with debris from trees. The police
report ct least 10 houses unfoofed. Dur
Ing the height of the storm policeman
found the body of dead man lying In q
pcddler'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 are coming in throughout
the day; but here, as elsewhere, they
are meager on account of the prostration
OF the wires. telegraph and telephone.
The streets at Elizabethport, near the
sound. are under water to the depth OF
two and three feet, and people Hoated
about on RATS to get to work. From the
coast news is particularly vague. The
surf was high during the fury Of the
gale, and stories from ont ct sea are yet
to be told. ~
AZ the day wore ON arriving craft
brought the story Of the storms work at
sea, and it proved terrible supplem ent
to the record Of it's ravsges on land.
The fishing schoonere Empire State,
with q crew of ten men, and Ella NJ.
johnson, with crew OF eight, went
down last night off Manasquan, on the
jersey coast, and all on board were lost.
These two vessels were in company with
the Chocrus laet night when The storm
struck them, and alter beating around
all night in aome of the worst weather
ever known off the coast, and with the
loss of the captain and first mate, the
Chocrus reached port today, the only
survivor of the three.
The crew of the Chocrus say no small
boat could possibly live in the sea that
was running at that time, and the dories
on board could have been OF no possible
use to the crews OF the two vessels. The
three boats had been out seven days, all
hailing from New London.
The steamer Eggleston Abbey from
Cardiff put in for repairs this afternoon.
She labored through the storm for elk
hours last night, during which time her
steel decks were badly damaged, the
plates being stove in in several places
by the tremendous seas thrown down
upon them. The captain reports picking
mp George Upton Of Portland, Me-, day
before yesterday, he being the sole sur
vivor OF crew OF six of the fishing
schooner Marry Lizzie, which foundered
August 2lst.
The fishing schooner John Feeney is
in tonight with two Of her crew
badly injured from the terrific pounding
they received. The captain reports see-
ing men clipging to wreckage some dis
tsnce off, but the storm was 30 furious
they were unable to render assistance.
From Long Branch tonight it is
learned that it will be some time before
that resort RECEIVERS from the effects of
the storm. Fortunately there was no
loss of life, but there are few houses In
Long Branch which did not suffer some
slight damage. From the West End
hotel to Normandy not q single bathing
house is left intact. Most Of them were
swept out into the sea, while the others
were washed high on the beach. The
famous old iron pier is thing OF the
past. the storm carrying away four. .afths
Of it.
Galilee, q pretty little resort north of
Monmouth Beach, was completely in
and at one time it was feared
the Protestant Episcopal church would
be swept into the ocean.
Other resorts along the coast suffered
severely. Reports reaching Long
Branch in q roundabout way from in
land towns toll of much damage to
buildings, farms and stock. Telegrapbic