The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-09-07
THE FURY OF THE TEMPEST.
Great Havoc Wrougt on Long Island
and jersey Coasts.

| NEW DIRK, Aug. El.-A heavy q ale,
with rain III torrents, struck this vicjni-
ty last night, giving none Of the usual
warnings. The weather was very sui
try up TO about IL o'clock. Then a
slight breeze Sprang up, within ten
minutes a full .tledged hurricane was
blowing bringing with it d deluge of
rain that made new record. There
were nearly four inches Of rain fall on
the record for ST ptember 90 and 23, 1882,
but last nights rainfall exceeded it by
four inches.
Cellars and easements along the west
| and south streets (the river fronts) were
Hooded, and much damage to goods
stored was caused. Trees all over the
city were uprooted or stripped of their
branches. Central Park suffered heavi
ly III this way brooklyn also suffered
greatly IN Prospect Park and on the
shaded streets. Yachts, rowboats and
small crafts Of all kinds were driven
ashore by the hundred in the neighbor-
ing waters. There was an extraordi-
| narlly high tide, and as both shores of
Long island are dotted with harbors
well llllCd with pleasure crafts, the loss
amODg these WAS very heavy.
| Comparatively small loss Of life is re-
ported, owing to the lateness Of the
hour at which the storm broke. The
greatest calamity to life was
at at AsbHry n';y Park, n. J.: where
Kelly, Of New York, blew ashore
and was wrecked in front Of the town.
The captain, mate, steward and one
sailor were drowned. The steward was
drowned in his galley. Several mem
oerS OF the crew were saved by three
guests and the proprietor of the Colum-
Dla llotel, who were out on the beach
IN the storm. They were w. Harvey
Jones, the proprietor, Walter and Nal
COIN Dickenson OF Philadelphia and
Arthur Laird Of Alabama. They saw
the wreck, and securing ropes threw
them from the board walk to the vessel.
One man was rescued through the ef-
'ortS OF Horace li. Boardman, aged four
teen years, of Camden, y. j., who sue
cceded in throwing IL rope to him.
IRE loss at Asbury Park will reach
$4,000, and as much more at Ocean
Grove. The tugboAt General IIum-
phrcy, in the service of the govern
ment and engaged in surveying, is
sunk ut Atlantic Highlands. Tier crew
WAS rescued only few minutes before
she fonndered. Long Island, Tor
its entire length. suffered hea-
Willy on the shore as well as
on the water. a number of
vessels in New York harbor were in
collision during the storm, but none
were sunk. During the height of the
storm policeman 1OLnd the body of "A
man lying in Il peddlers wagon on
Whipple street, Brooklyn. The wagon
was Tiled with water and the body was
floating around. He had probably gone
to sleep there.
The Boston mails were six hours late
in arriving in this city today. The de
lay was occasiOnrd by Il ,Nash0ut on
the New York and New iIavrn Rail
way. At Mount Vernon, y. Y, the
mails from other places We're from one
to two hours late on account of last
nights rain. The damage to COney
Island resorts will und0ubtrd reach
far into the hundred thousand. From
NOrtonS Point, on the western end Of
the island, to Point Breeze, on the eX-
treme east, the beach is full Of wreck
age, and 4 scene Of disaster is present.
ed which tells the story of the terrible
night far better than could any words
The marine railroad running to Man
haitian Beach is terribly washed out.
shutting of this section of the island
| from communication with West End.
The brighton Beach Hotel grounds
are wrecked, and the lawns and walks
are completely gone. The tide swept
up to the electric railway tracks on
SeabreeZe avenue nearly an eighth Of a
mile from low water mark. At West
brighton, three rows Of bathing houses
were torn from their foundations and
distributed along the beach and car
, ried Ort to sea. Small buildings were
! overturned and there was il general
, Wrccklng of shantics, sheds, merry go
rouAdS and other apparatus used to
amuSe the crowds that visit the island.
Manhattan Beach escaped more dam
age than other parts Of the island, for
} the reason that the buildings are all Of
, Il larger and better class, and there IS
no beach for the waves to wreck, the
whole shore of Manhattan Beach being
protected by a heavy bulkhead Tiled
} with stone, which held the sea in
: check. The only damage done at this
point was the heavy spray which beat
7 over the Ou'khead, damaging the lawn,
: and Hover beds, undermining slightly
the Manhattan Beach Hotel, causing it
to settle in places. The road bed of the
marine railway was washed out, the
rails twisted and the cars more or less
wrecked.
Nearly all the guests deserted the
brighton Beach IIotrl this morning.
trrrlIled by tnclr experience last night
NelghUurlug towns in New Jersey
all suffered III the same manner, as did
I0n; la':tnu. Up the Hudson rive,
mountain streams that had been dry
tor month are perfect torrents today.
The Columbia Hotel at Belmer, on the
New Jersey coast, was unrOOfed bv
last nights storm and 200 guests were
badly frightened, but no one was hurt.
The mammoth hotel at Spring Lake,
the Monmouth House, lost over half of
its roof, and the tin roof of the Lake
Avenue Hotel was torn off. The Mon
mouth House has several hundred
guests. No worse harm came to them
than great fright and IA wettiDg.
a great many o. the country roads
in New Jersey are impossible on ac-
count of fallen trees. -Four hundred
boats and small pleasure crafts in
CanaTie Bay Long Island, were de
stroyed, and from one spot at Atlantic
Highlands, twenty yachts of ali sizes
can be counted, all blown upon the
beach and in various stages of wreck
age. Long Branch suffered heavily in