The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-25

marked. Palmer's mammoth bathins
pavilion, the largest building In the world
devoted TO such purpose, II = wreck, the
sides having been bsaten In by the heavy
winda Rows of bathing houses were torn
from their foundations and distributed
along the beach and carried out to sea.
Small buildings were overturned and there
was general wrecksge of shanties, sheds,
merry -go-rounds and other apparatus used
to amuse the holiday crowds that visit the
island.
At Babylon, l.. l., the storm was the
verse known In 10 years, ~, 600 damage
being done to trees alone. The tide was
the highest ever known. A large amount
OF damage was done to sailing crafts The
yacht OF Ira Udall, valued 1t $500, collided
with Col. H. A. v. Posts sloop and was
completely wrecked. The sloop yacht south
Side was carried up near the horse car
track. There was hardly boat at anchor
In the harbor that did not sustain some
damage.
Superintendent Humstone of the West
srn Union Telegraph says that the wires
TO the east and south have been torn down
by the storm, and that the telegraph SER
vice II crippled to greater extent than 1t
has been In years before. He said ut IL
o'clock that it was impossible to state the
exact amount of the damage. He said
that his impression was that the damage
was mostly done within radius Of ffty
miles Of this city.
New jersey.
The storm did thousands of dollars dam
age to farm crops In Central New Jersey
All the peach trees in the Hon. VIM.
II. Grants orchard 1t Middletown were
blown down. Mr.. Grant expected to pick
over 1000 baskets of peaches. The roads
in some townships are impossible on ac-
count Of the trees that lie across them and
people are compelled to drive across the
fields. A number of planted fields are
badly damaged BY washouts.
Several washouts on the Long Branch
railroad necessitated the suspension of
travel. Repairs will bo made Immediately
and travel resumed In day or two.
At Long Branch the famous old ocean
iron pier Is thing Of the past. The storm
carried away fully four fifths of 1t, and all
that now remains is about 25 feet from the
shore ont A large portion Of the pier was
cast upon the beach just south Of North
Broadway ard directly into Coroner Van
Dykes fish pond.
Scarcely eight feet of the main roadway
Is left IN front Of the Grand View house,
just north of Sea View avenue. Before the
storm there were 1S feet Of roadway. There
is no bulkhead at this point and the sea
had clean sweep into the bluff.
At Passaic, N. j., several scores of shade
trees, some a them measuring two or three
feet in diameter, were torn up and blown
down during the storm. The fine old
elms and hemlocks in City Hall Park have
suffered especially. The Mclean Engine
house was unroofed by the wind and
the upper, story, which was fur
nished as meeting hall, was completely
gutted. The Passaic river rose nearly three
feet during the night. The sewers and
catch basins became choked up with mud,
and some streets were flooded.
The two-masted fishing schooner Mary #.
Kelly, Of New York, CaptaiR Chris Graf
tin, of Brooklyn, was wrecked at Asbury
Park. Four OF the crew of eleven
men were drowned. The others were
rescued by Captain Edwards, of the United
States Life Saving Station ut Deal Beach,
and volunteer crew of hotel guests.
At Asbury Park tho greatest destruc-
tion Is recorded. There Founder Bradley's
famous board walk is almost q complete
wreck. Every one Of the large and small
pavilions is more or less damaged, some
Of them being SO completely demolished as
70 rsquireeutire rebuilding.
Around Pennington, N. j., the storm
was very severe, and hundreds of baskets
Of peaches were blown off the trees. Fences
were blown down, large trees torn out of
the ground and . vast amount of damage
done to growing crops.
At Perth Amboy, N. j., the streets were
literally filled with limbs of shade trees
he h,,lE L. haa1 he al he
undermined and much of Fr0.it street was
washed away. One hundred oyster skiffs
and small boats were wrecked by the
heavy sea. The sloop yacht Ida was
driven ashore and will prove total loss
James Wallace, who started across the
bay just before the storm, has not been
heard from and 1t is believed that he has
been lost.
At Atlantic City, N. j., the lucky shift
ing Of the wind to the northwest and con-
sequent blowing out Of the tide was all
that saved the boardwalk structures from
harm. The roof of the Casino building at
the head of Baltic avenue was blown of
while all around town trees were uprooted
or broken of. Over at Brigantine the
ele ctric railway was washed away while at
Chelsea telegraph poles fell victims to the
highwater pressure.
At Cape May, N. j., the lower deck Of
the ocean pier was washed away and much
damage was done to the fishing feet at
Sewells Point. Many trees were blown
down and great damage was done to grow
ing corn and fruit in the outlying country
A Wilmington, Del, telegram says the
loss to Delaware fruit growers was enor-
nous. Thousands of baskets of peaches
and tssshels OF pears and apples were blown
down. The money loss to the farmers will
be heavy.
The storm In New England.