Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-25

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ence got adrift from her mooring and ran
high and dry on the beach at the rear of
Sargent's factory.
THE LIGHT SHIP COMES IN.
Owing to the violence of the storm the |
light ship, which is stationed out n,the |
sound south of the breakwater, had to give |
1t up and come into port. Her bulwarks |
were stove in. On board were the captain |
and his wife. The need of the govern
ment's placing a larger and stronger light |
ship there is made plainly apparent by the
events of yesterday.
A SAFE REFUGE.
From 80 to 100 sail of vessel took refuge
inside the breakwater, finding safe har-
Dor there from the gale and furious waves.
Some of the vessels had suffered damage
before getting there. AS the wind blew
from the southwark 1t hsd full sweep across
the sound for twenty miles and the waves
ran very high. The utility of the break
waters was fully demonstrated yesterday,
and the need of further appropriation to
complete the protection to life and COM
merce.
THE c. H. NoRTHAM DAMAGED. cd
The sound was the toughest in a num-
| Der of years Wednesday night and yester-
day morning. The steamer @. Il. Northam
| Of the New Haven line arrived at Belle
| dock yesterday morning about II o'clock.
The steamer had, said Captain Hardy, the
| toughest passage he had seen In twenty
| seven years. She weatheredthe gale and
| waves in great shape, and proved that she
I Al aNa al
| the Atlantic coast.
When it came to making a landing at
her dock here, the wind swept the boat
| onto the dock and smashed in her port
paddle box and tore her guard from quar-
ter to quarter.
The damage WAS SO extensive that the
Northam will have to lay up for repairs.
1t was decided to place the Continental IN
service, and che left for New York yester-
day afternoon about O'Clock. The
Northam will be repaired at once and re-
sumo her regular trips in few days.
TRAINS FROM NEW YORK BADLY DELAYED.
The trains from New York yesterday
| forenoon were much delayed owing to a
bad washout at Mt. Vernon. About 100
feet of the railroad embankment were
washed away. A wrecking train was sent
from this city, arriving there at a. m. A
freight train was wrecked at this point and
still further blocking travel. No one was
killed. The first east bound train arrived
here at 1916 p. NJ, bringing the New York
| papers. The New York mail came about
the middle of the afternoon. The trains
will be running on schedule time this
morning.
The gilt edge from Boston, duo here at
9:O5 last night, was forty minutes late.
BIG WAVES AND FIERCE WINDS.
At savin Rock and Along the West
Shore.
The storm at the west shore was the
most severe that has been known there, al
this time of the year, in the memory of the
Oldest residents. The waves at O'Clock
in the morning seemed to be twenty feet
in height. The grove yesterday afternoon
was one mass of broken boughs of trees
} ! and large trees which were lifted from the
ground by the force of the wind and laid
fiat. Some idea of the strength of the vino
, and waves can bs gained, it being sc
strong that the bulwarks in front of the
! | cottages at the west end of Beach stree
were completely washed away.
A portion Of the pavilion il front of the
| Sea View house was also damaged by tn,
| water. Also g portion of tho roof over tn
, dancing pavilion in the rear Of Stewart,
| was blown off by the wind. A shed be
longing to John Cox Was also destroyed
Q A large number Of small boats which wer
. anchored in front of the cottages this eng
8 of Beach street were totally destroyed.
horse belonging to q fish peddler was kille'
| yesterday morning near she powe
| house. One of the guard wire
| which hold up the trolley wiz
. blew down across the HORSES bacl
] | and killed him instantly. Z bread wagol
o owned by A. K. Brown was blown over o
!. Kimberly avenue bridge aud ehattere
d to pieces.
@ A small schooner, Frank Foote, lies /
o the mud close to the Kimberly svenu
bridge, driven there by the storm. Tn
damage to trees in the borough will be yer
large. One large tree in front of the ne'
+ town hall was twisted up by the roots an
carried several feet. A large tree abov
!. the railroad bridge on Campbell avenu
was blown down.
A.emall yacht owned by John Cox wa
driven up on the shore and totally d.
o stroyed.
Two large hickory trees were blow
4 down below the Ward residence at Painte
Clark's, and in falling destroyed one c
> his chimneys.
t A shed in the rear of the residence {
t Mr., Breen on Elm street, near First avenue
/ was destroyed by the wind. -".
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH WIRES.
% The locsl telephone service WAS yer
little interfered with By the storm excer
in few instances outside the city. A lsre
o gang of men was. sent out early in III
4 - fho oSrf,,. In O
! only about seyenty-f five of the local line
- are not working. The service to Saw
g Rock was cut off on account of the dangt
: from the electric road wires last evenip.
y but will be repaired early to-day. Coz
= nection with the out of town place is agai
in working order with the exception Of tt
. wires to New London, and these will /
~ repaired at once. The subscribers wi
= consider that the company are doing all
- their power to fix the wires. The wor
y will be completed in few days.
Early yesterday morning all of the Wee
i, ern Union wires except one had given GU
= and up to II o'clock a. m. not wire Wa
- | working from the Office on Chapel stree
= | About noon wire was working throuH
= to Boston. The company had all the
% linemen out repairing the breaks all day.
Il NARROW ESCAPE.
: At Morris Cove two large willow tree
= known to be fifty years old, were blow
down, and horse driven by Frank {
. Bushnell was nearly eleetrocuted by stei
ping on the rails of the electric road.
Il AT INDIAN NECK AND PINE ORCHARD.
q At Indian Neck the new wharf in fror
:, of the Montowese house was partly carrie
~ away, and over twenty boats at Pin
y Orchard were destroyed. A large numbe
q ] of trees In Branfosd were blown down.
:. I'm wESTVILLE.
= Crash and a Narrow Escape.
q A large willow tree at the side of til
:, old Blake house in Westville, which Is o.
cupied by the Hotchkiss family, fell {
y 1880 O'Clock yesterday morning, crushin
a in the back of the house, including til
:. wash house, and knocking down til
a kitchen chimney. Miss Florence B. Hotel
:, kiss WAS coming out of the wash hous
- door, and just escaped the crash by fe,
seconds. The rear part of the house is i
ruins. Many people went to look at th
- wreck and congratulate the occupants {
= the house on their fortunate escape.