The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-25
North Atlantic Coast Swept by
q Furious Wind.
SHORE srRsws WITH WRECKS.
Enormous Damage to the Ocean Sum-
mer Resorts Of New Jersey.
crews-N~w Ysrk city Severely vis-
ised-cemmanicasion L. interrupted
worse Than Since The Big Rilsnard.

DELAWARE BsEaKwArER. Del, Aug. "a
The pilot boat knight reports having
picked up. seven miles southeast OF Five
Faihom bank, Assistant Engineer Ssllwell
and Seaman Charles Olsen, OF relief ship
81. which foundered. Stilwell saw one
man drown. Nothing Is known of the
others
NKw foRE. Aug. "a The West Indian
cyclone which swept over this part Of the
Atlantic coast last night and this morning
on its way 70 the New England coast, left
Its mark over she whole region around
New York within . sweep of fully Loco
mules. The rainfall, measuring 8 So inches
during the last twelve hours, is the sever
est that has ever been recorded by the
local signal service Many ships from the
harbor as we'll as steamships which were
due today are now cruising outside. wait
ing for the wind to subside Through
dragging of anchors OF escaping ships in
the bay and North river. more than fifty
cables OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company were torn and are now lying use-
less ON the bottom OF the river The rava-
ges of the storm were no less severe on
land. Trees were overturned in Central
park and many plats ruined Many plate
glass windows in the vicinity of Madison
square and along Broadway were shat
tered by the violence of the wind. while
shutters were torn from houses through
out the city.
As the day wore on arriving crafts
brought the story of the storms work nj
sea, and proved terrible supplement- to
the record of its ravages on land. The
fishing schooners Empire State, with a
crew Of ten men. and the Ella NJ. johnson.
with 3 crew of eight, went down last night
off Manasquan. on the Jersey coast. and
ali on board were lost These two vessels
were in company with the Chocoras last
night when the storm struck them, and
after beating around all night in some Of
the worst weather ever known of the
coast and with the loss OF the captain and
first mate. the Chocorus reached port to-
day. the only survivor of the three. The
crew Of the Chocorus say no small boat
could possibly live In the sea that was
running at the 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 ont only seven
days, oil haiiing from New London. Tho
steamer Eagicston Abbey. from Cardiff.
put in for repairs this afternoon. She
lsborcd through the storm for six hours
last night. during which time her steel
decks were badly damaged. the plates being
stove in several places by the tremendous
seas thrown down upon them. The cap
fain reports picking up George Upton, Of
Portland, Me-, day before yesterday. he
being the sole survivor Of the crew of six
of the fishing schooner Mary Lizzie. W hich
foundered August II The fishing schooner
John Feeny came in tonight with two of
the crew badly injured from the terrific
pounding they received. The captain re-
ports seeing . man clinging to wreckage
some distance of, bat the storm was SO
furious they were unable to render assist
ancc.
From Long Branch tonight Il Is learned
that IL will be some time before that re-
sort RECEIVERS from the effects of the storm.
Fortunately there was no loss Of life, but
thers are few houses In Long Branch
which did not suffer some slight damage.
From the West End hotel 10 the Nor
mandy not q single bathing house is left
intact. Most Of them were swept out into
the sea, while others were washed right
up on the beach. The famous old iron
pier Ii thing OF the past. the storm car
rying away four-fifths of IL.
tialilee. q pretty little resort north of
Monmouth Beach, 10 completely inun-
dated, and at one time II was feared the
Protestant Episcopal church would be
swept into the ocean. Other resorts along
the coast suffered severely.
Reports reaching Long Beach In
roundabout way from inland towns tell of
much damage TO buildings. farms and
stock. Telcgraphfc or telephone commu-
nication, however. is cut of for the first
time since the great blizzard. Reports
from Ocean Grove and other points on the
Jersey shore tell simiIer story OF great
damage. II il impossible yet to give any
thing like an idea Of the amount OF dam
age done along the coast in'general.
This morning the wires connecting with
Boston and New Haven were entirely
broken. Between Stamford. Conn, aud
New York there were still few wires left
this morning. OF seventy-fse wires TO
Washington City only thirteen are stand
ing, but the connections with PhiIadel-
phia are In comparatively good order. All
the wires on Long Island were badly af-
fected, and trains had TO cease running on
schedule time. Railroad travel 90 and
from New England 10 circuitous. There is
a washout fifteen miles from New York on
the main line Of the New York. New Ha-
ven Hartford road. A freight train was
wrecked about so o'clock this morning,
and NOS q train has passed today.
The storm which passed over Brooklyn
at an early hour this morning caused
great damage and Inconvenience, nearly
eyery street In the city being covered with
a.hrf. fYorn tre@s The noslee rennrf AZ
least ten houses unroofed during the
height OF the storm.
Policemen found the body Of . dead
man lying In n peddicr's wagon on Whip
ple street. The wagon was Giied with
water and the MAN was floating around
The streets at EIirabe thport. near the
Sound. are under water to depth Of two
and three feet. and people aoat about on
rats 10 get 20 work.
This morning q coal barge and a towing
vessel we're wrecked of SOUTHAMPTON.
L. I. Up TO tonight six men from the
wrecked vessels have been washed ashore,
cut Of erew of twenty-one men on both
vessels. OF the sfx men that came ashore,
three we're beyond resuscitation. and a.
the other fifteen are undoubtedly drowned.
IL makes the loss Of life on these two vss-
sels eighteen. The steamer was the Pan
ther. and the barge In tox she Iikens
VALLEY. Of PhiIadeiphia.
LocxrogT. y. s., Aug 2i-The great
storm did much damage 10 shipping In
this vicinity. Q nnmber Of vessels being
wrecked In the country fruit and grain
crops were badly damaged.
BosTos, Aug 24-Ths storm which did