The Helena independent., 1893-08-25
SWEPT ALONG THE COAST
The West Indian Cyclone Arrives on
Our Shore in All Its
Fury
It's Sweep Extends a Full Thou
sand Miles Around New
York City.
RavnRes Severe on Water and on, Land
Ea!lroad. Telegraph and Telephone
Lines suffer Most.

Atlantic const last night and this mo ming
on its way to the New England const, loft
| its ma ks over the whole region around
New York, with n sweep OF full 1000 miles,
The rnin fall. measuring S2 inches during
the last twenty -four hours, wns the sevsreat
| that has ever been reeo ded by tho local
signal SO vice. Many ships from this har-
Dor, as we'll as steamships which were due
to day, had to cruise outside seye al hours
waiting TO tie wind to subside. Through
the dragging Of anchors of escaping ships
in the bay and North rive, moro than fifty
cnbles Of the Western Union Telegraph
oom any were torn away and arc now lying
| useless on the bottom Of the river.
The ravages Of the storm were no less
severe on land. Trees we're overturned in
Central pa K and many plats were ruined.
Many plate glass windows in the vicinity
of Madison square and along Broadway
were shattered by the violence OF the wind.
| while shutters were torn from houses
| throughout the city. Wires connecting
with Boston and Now Haven were entirely
| broken. Between Stamford. Conn.,, and
New York the, were still few wires left
| this morning. OF seventy-fve wires to
Washington. only thirteen were standing.
! but connection with Philadelphia WAS in
compa atively good order.
All wires on Long Island were badly af-
fecte d and trains had ceased running on
schedule time. Railroad travel TO and
from New England WAS circuitous.
The storm ragged furiously east 10 New
England. doing great damage to telegraph
lines, railroads and other property. At q
washout fifteen miles from New York. on
the main line of the New York, New Haven
o. Hartford road, freight train was
wrecked sbout 1:5O this morning and not a
tram has passed TO-DAY.
The summer resorts suffered severely
from the high seas. The storm. which
passed over Brooklyn at an early hour this
morning caused great damage and incon-
venisnce. Nearly every street in the city
was covered with debris from the trees.
The rolice report that at least ten houses
were unroofed.
During the height of the storm police
man found the body Of dead man lying in
a peddssl's wagon in Whipple street. Tho
wagon was filed with water and the man
WIS floating around in u.
Ic Now ] Jersey the storm was most severely
felt, and repo to of damage more or less
serious kept coming In throughout the day;
but here as elsewhere they are neagre on
account of the prostration of wires of tele-
graph and telephone.
The streets at Elizabethport. near the
sound. are under water to the depth of two
and three feet. and the people float about
on RATS to get TO work.
As the day wore on arriving craft brought
a story Of the storm's work at sea, and it
proved = terrible supplement to the record
o. its ravRges on land. The fishing soh ooner
Empire state. with crew of ten men, and
the Ella NJ. johnson. with q Grew Of eight.
went down last night off Manasquan, on
the Jets sey coast. and all on board We Q lost.
These two vessels wero in company with
the Chccrus 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 Choerus
reached port to-day. the only survivor of
the three.
From Long Branch TO- night 1t is learned
it will be some time before that resort re-
covers from tho effects OF the storm.
From The West End hotel to the Normandy
not single bathing house w"s left intact.
Most of them were swept ont into the sea
while others were washed right up on the
beach. The famous old iron pier ia a thing
of the past. the storm carrying away four
fifths Of IL.
Galilee. the pretty little resort no tn of
Monmouth beach. was completely inun-
dated and At one time 1t was fenred the
Protestant Episcopal church would be
swept into the ocean. Other resol Is along
the coast suffered severely. Telegraphc OF
telephone communication. however. is ont
off for the first time sinoo the great biz
za'd.
Rel orts from Ocean Grove and other
points on the Jersey shore tell similar
stories of great damage.
AsBuRY PARK. N. j.. Aug 24.-The fish
ing Schooner Mary +. Kelly. OF New York.
was wrecked this morning. Four men per
ished. seven othe of the crew were
saved. The schooner anchored last even
ing off shore and nbout three O'Clock this
morning her cables pa ted and she was
driven toward the shore. The boat ran
ashore At the foot of Seventh avenue. and
although within twenty feet OF a board
walk the waves were SO high il was impos
sible for the mon to roach the shore. those
saved we're pulled in by iopes thrown from
the beach.
BOSTON, Aug. 2i.--The storm WAS felt In
all its fnry along the " England coast
Az New Haven the damage to tho harhor
was very grsat and tho oyster beds suffered
esreciallv. They are thought to be COM
pletslv banked In mud and may prove
total loss.
Providence, II. L.. also reports much dam
age. wrecking vessel wont down and
ono man WAS owned,
LoCKPoRT, N. s. AuQ. 24-rhe great
storm did much d mage to shipping in this
vicinity, n number of vessels bong wrecked.
In the country fruit and gain crops were
badly damaged.