The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-08-29
A FURIOUS GALE
SWEEPS THE NORTH ATLANTIC
COASTDOING GREAT DAMAGE.
Summer Resorts Wiped Out-Coney Island
Mass of Wrecked Buildings-A Num-
Der of Vessels Wrecked.

New York, August pa heavy gale
with rain in torrents struck this vicinity
last night, giving none of the usual warn
ings. The weather was very sullen up TO
about II O'clock Then a slight breeze
sprang up and within ten minutes Il full
hedccd cyclone was blowing, bringing
with it a dcluse of rain that made new
record There were nearly four inches OF
rainfall on The record for September "a
and 23d. 1852. but last nights rain1ali
exceeded four inches. Cellars and base
mants along West and South StreetS-'he
river fronts-were flooded and much dam
age 10 goods was caused. Trees all over the
CITY were uprooted or stripped OF thelr
branches. Central park suffered heavily
in this way. Brooklyn also suffered greatl!
i'm Prospect park and on the shaded S'reelS,
Yachts rowboatS and small crafts vi "i,
kinds were driven ashore by the huliulcu
in neighboring waters. 1hefe WtS "il ~
traor,liuarv high tide and as both shores
of Long Island sound and the south shore VI
Long island are dotted with harhors wei.
t;IIed with Measure crafts, the loss among
these was very heavy. Comparative! S,'',''i
loss of life is reported, owing to the ialc-
ness of the hour at when the Storm oi'Ne
Lives Lost Mt Asbury Park.
The greatest calamity to life was AT
,shurr Park. n j.. where the hshinS
1nhnnnar Nary +. Kelley. of New York,
blew ashore and was wrecked III lloiit -,
the town The captain. mate, Ste"ar, anu
one sailor were drowned Inc stewart VIZ
drowned in his galley. Seven members ot
th. crow were saved by three guests ana
thn nrourietor of the Columbia hotel, VINO
wore OFT on the beach in the storm. 1hey
wore ". Harvey Jones, the proprietor
walter and Malcolm Dickinson, OF l'hlE'-
dclphia. and Mr.. Laid OF Atlpaiila
1, sTc1
threw them from the board walk to the YES
sol On. man WAS rescued through the
efforts of Horace W. Roardman. aged
fourteen years. of Camden, ~ D.. VINO
succeeded in throwing rope to nm.
The loss ut Salisbury lark viii be Hoo'-
OND. and as much at Orange Grove
J,ul.il.s the height Of the storm pnllcemah
fouud th, body of dead man lying III Il
pcddlcr'S wagon III west Brookiyh. ne
bodr of the wagon was r':eI with water
and the hodT was floating around re
had probably gone to sleep there.
The Boston mails were six hours late
in arriving to-day The delay was occa stored
hy i washout on the New York and New
Haven road at Mount Vernon, " I.
The mails from other places were from one
TO two hours late on account OF last hleht ;
rain.
The Beach Full of Wreckage.
The damage to Coney island resorts VIII
undoubtedly reach far into the hundred
thousands. From Norton'S Point, on the
westerly end of the island, 10 Point Brreze
on the extreme east. the beach Is iul Oh
vreclagc and scene of disaster Is pre-
scented which tells the story Of the terrible
night far better than could any words.
Neighboring towns in New Jersey suffer
cd in the same manner as Lon. Island.
The mountain streams that had been dry,
are rushing torrents today.
Eighteen sesmen Drowned.
Tho fSbiue, SchOouprS EmDirp State. with
crew of ten men, and Ella NJ. Johnson,
with a crew of eight men, went down last
might off NIanasquan, on the Jersey coast,
and ali on board were lost. These two yes
snls were in company with the schooner
ChOcorua last night 1T midnight when the
storm struck them and after beating around
all night in some of the worst weather
over. kua'vn off I'll" coast and w'f" -fh''
survivor of the three.
The storm struck the three vessels about
midnight. and at O'Clock the johnson dis
appeared. About half-past l clock, as
near as can be calculated. Captain Perry
and First Mate Joseph Francis, of the
Choccorua. were swept overheard. The
lights of the Empire State disappeared I'M
1nediatply afterwards, and at dayhreak her
masts were seen projecting out of the water
about hree feet
The steamer Eggeston Abbey. from Car
diff. put in here for repairs. On August
odd. She rescued from some wrcckagc
George H. Upton, one of the crew of the
fishing schooner Mary Lizzie. Of Portland,
Me which fulIndcrrd at . o'clurk a. III.
on August Dist, he having been III the
water thirty-three hours. The resi- of the
crew-sx in number. one of whom was
his brothcr-had persisted, pt0n having
seen them 90 down after the schooner sank.
The Mary Lizzie WAS struck by heavy
squat which hove her down on her beam
ends, when the wind shifted aud heavy
wave striking her she sank in five minutes