The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-25
The North Atlantic Coast is
Swept by a Storm.
\ TREMENDOUS RAINFALL.
Terrible Stories of Shipwreck and
Loss of Life at Sea.
Many Fishing schooners Go Down With
All Hands-In New York City the
Damage to Property is Inn
mense-In Other Places.

NEW YORK, Aug. PA West Indian
cyclone which swept over this part OF the
Atlantic coast last night and this morn
ing on its way to the New England coast
left it's mark over the wholereg1on around
New York with a sweep OF fully 1000
miles. The rainfall measured 1882 inches
during the last twelve hours, the heaviest
that has ever been recorded by the local
signal service.
Many ships from the harbor, as well as
steamships which were due today are now
cruising outside waiting for the wind to
subside. Through the dragging OF the
anchors OF the escaping ships in the bay
and the North river, more than fifty
cables of the Western Union Telegraph
company we're torn and are now lying
helpless on the bottom of the river.
The ravages of the storm are no less
severe on land. Trees are overturned
in Central park and many plants ruined.
Many plate glass windows in the vicinity
of Madison Square and along Broadway
were shattered by the violence OF the
wind, while the shutters were torn from
the houses throughout the city. Wire
is entirely broken; betwsen Stamford,
Conn.,, and New York there were still
few wires left this morning. Of the
seventy five wires to Washington only
twelve are standing, but the connections
with Philadelphia are in comparatively
good order. All the wires on Long Island
are badly affected and the trains have
ceased running on schedule time. Rail
road travel to and from New England is
by circuitour route.
In washout, fifteen miles from New
York, on the main line of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford road, freight
train was wrecked about 1:50 this morn
ing and not q train has passed today.
Summer resorts suffered severely from
high seas.
The storm which passed over Brooklyn
at an early hour this morning caused
great damage and inconvenience. Nearly
every street in the city is covered with
debris from trees. The police report that
at least ten houses were unroofed during
the height of the storm. policeman
found the body of dead man lying in a
peddler's wagon on Whipple street. The
wagon was filed 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 through
out the day, but here as elsewhere they
/ are nneagre on account of the prostratlon
of the wires OF telegraph and telephone.
The streets at Elizabethport, near the
sound, are under water to the depth OF
two to three feet and people ffoated about
on RATS to get to work. From the coast
| the news is particularly vague. The surf
was high during the fury Of the gale and
the stories from those out at sea are yet
! to be told.
AS the day wore on arriving craft
! brought the story of the storm s work at
sea, and it proved terrible supplement
to the record of its ravages on land. The
fishing schooner Empire State, with a
crew of ten men, and the Ella
M. johnson, with crew of
eight, went down last night of
| Manasaquen on the Jersey coast and all
on board were lost. These two vessels
were in company with the Chorus last
night when the storm struck them, and
after beating around all night in some OF
the worst weather ever known off the
coast, and with the loss of her captain
and first mate the Chorus 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 the time and that dories on
| board could have been OF no possible use
| to the crews of the two vessels. The three
| DOaIS
hailing from New London.
The steamer Eggleston Abbey from
Cardiff put in for repairs this afternoon.
She labored 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 captain reports picking W
Gearge Ryston at Portland, Maine, the
day before yesterday, he being the sole
survivor of a crew of Six OF the fishing
schooner Mary Lizzie which foundered
August 21st.
The fishing schooner John Feeney,
came in tonight with two of the crew
badly injured from the terrific pounding
they received. The captain reports see
ing a man clinging to wreckage some
distance off, but the storm was so furious
that they were unable to render assist
ance.
From Long Branch tonight it is learned
that it will be some time before that re-
sort RECEIVERS from the effects o.
the storm. Fortunately there was
no loss of life, but there are few
houses in Long Branch which 6iG
not suffer some slight damage. From the
West End hotel to the Normandy, not
single bathing house was left intact anC
most of them were swept out on the sea
while others were washed rlgnb upon bnt
beach. The famous old Iron pier is {
thing of the past, the storm carrying
away four-fifths of it.
Galiiee, pretty little resort north O
Monmouth beach, was completely inun-
dated, and at one time it was feared the
Protestant Episcopal church would b.
swept into the ocean. Other resorts along
the coast suffered severely. Report.
reaching Long Branch in roundabou
way from inland towns tell of mucl
damage to buildings, farms and stock
Telegraphic or telephone communication
/ however, Is cut off for the first time since
the great blizzard.
Reports from Ocean Grove and othe
points on the Jersey shore tell a simila
story of great damage. It is impossible
yet so give anything like an idea of tn
Iamount of damage done along the coas
in general.
This morning coal barge and towns
vessel were wrecked off Southampton, L
IL. Up to tonight six men from tn
wrecked vessels were washed ashore, GU
of crew of twenty-one men on both yes
sels. OF the six that came ashore tire
were beyond resuscitation, and as tn
other fifteen are undoubtedly drowned
makes the loss of life on these two vessel
eighteen. The steamer was the Panthe
and the barge in tow the Lyckens Vale
OF Philadelphia.