The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-14
STORM HAVOC.
Fire Department, Telegraph
and Telephone System
Wrecked.
SUpT. SPEICHER MAKING REPAIRS.
Trees and Signs Blown Down
Throughout the City
Damage in the Parks.
Yachts Along the Greenville Shore
Wrecked - Damage in
Other Places.
pT. SPEICHER MAKING REPAIRS.

Last night the weather demon. who
has been holding high carnival in the
South, paid Jersey City a visit, and for
Eolus and Plutus combined their
strength, and all night the wind chased
over the housetops with c%ycionic speed
and the rain came down in torrents. The
pedestrians who were out in the storm
sitter eleven o'clock but.ened up their
coats tightly. pulled down their hats
upon their heads. aud kept q sharp lookout
from beneath their umbrellas for falling
sic MS and trees. The Storm began az
nine o'clock with a little breeze and a
slight sprinkle Of rain. By eleven
o'c.ock the wind lad increased to a
hurricane, aud shutters, debris and
liGibs of trees began 10 fly through the
air.
Much damage was done In the lower
pnrt of the city. Large trees were
blown down at Montgomery and Barrow
ttrsets. at No. 81 Essex street. Vtn Worst
PARK and Hamilton Park. A large sign
WHICH daugled from the corner OF q
building at Montgomery and henderson
streets became lJosened by the wind and
fell TO The street with a crash. A num-
her of people were In the vicinity al the
time, but NJ Que was hurt.
at iine o'clock the large tree at Bay
street, near Fire Headquarters, parted
ompnny with the roots aud lay down in
the gutter. Superintendent Brown OF
lie Fire Deeper, ment several times re-
ouested The Street aud Water Board to
remove thu tree, but the old trunk. tired
of waiting for the sleeping city author
tiles. committed suicide. Il fell across
the street directly ia front of the tire
house. but IA gang OF reine armed
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struStfou.
TELEGRAPH WIRE DOWN.
The telegraph aud telephone wires OF
the Fire Department we're handled with
out gloves by the storm and received u
Knockout blow. Both systems were
tangled up in great shape aud John
Speicner, Superintendent OF Telegraph
OF the Department, was ordered out
bright aud early this morning to put the
system into working order. Up
to uo9n be had not sue.
ceeded. Its fortunate that we have
hxd no fires since the storm struck U.s."
said Chief Engineer Denmead this morn
ing, ',Should a fire occur while the
wires ale crippled there would be much
confusion. 4" Il is expected, however.
that both tie telegraph aud telephone
systems will be in working order before
tonight.
ALONG THE GREEvILLE SHORE.
IN the Gf66ufltlS QiSbfiCb tuo SIOrm
made its strength distinctly felt. The
rain could scarcely have been said
to fall here, iur It drove aloug before
the wind and was Whirled
about uneh as snow In II windy wiuter
storm. ALI the lamps on Avenue E and
many other Of Gresnville's streets were
blown u Erubian darkness reigned
throughout the section, and wind gusts
OF eighty mile speed at times carried all
before them. A lamp on Linden avenue,
q hundred feet from the New York Bay
Shore, was blown to atoms. and the
fragments OF tin. wire aud glass scattered
about the still upright post.
An immense aud venerable tree In
front Of the Belvedere House. on the Old
Bergen Road, received a profound shak-
lug up. The side ak about it were
turned up BY the straining at the roots.
A cave in of the pavement Ia front OF No.
AGO Ocean avenue was reported at the
Fifth precinct station house this morn
ing.
BOATS WRECKED.
On the shore itself ana amongst the
boats anchored a few yards out the dam
age was great. Against the rotten pier
in trout of the old Idle Rour Hotel lay a
coal barge partly efnptied and numbered
1895. The barge was high and dry. 1t Is
not known where she drifted from or
who II her owner.
Of the G%reeuviiie Yacht Club boats the
slo, D Lewis Weeks WAS driven against
the sea wall not far from the same spot.
Captain Prnpistou's Phi Haix ran ashore
just west Of the brick dock. Her bottom
was Eored by u couple OF huge bouiders.
The Bouita owned by Messrs. Keifer aud
C~attnnstroth was driven on the rocky
heacn Immediately in front Of the cluu
house. She j. n total wreck.
TIL house run sustained no further
damage. This Is the first occasion on
which the run escaped the fury of the
Storm. The damage done 10 it by pre-
viuus storms has not yet been repaired,
SO there was little room for new destruc.
tiop.
Gu the Communlpaw shore wrecks
were scarcely as numerous as might be
expected. The Jersey City's Yacht Clubs
float was carried ava aud the ratings
round the platform WAS taken of by the
Wind aud tide. Tho sloop>yacht Water
Witch. owned by the Firth estate, was
practically ruined. She rau ufoul Of
many Of the smaller boats anchored near
by ana damaged not u few of them.
George Boukei's Lizzie B went adrift.
turned over and was washed mp on the
beach Messrs. Smith and Chester's
Christine, slightly damaged in the last
storm. was totally wrecked In this. n'he
cabin toe was torn away and the bottom
was bndly torn. The Christine went TO
pieces against the crib work.
All tbs above were boats of the Jersey
City Yacht Club. or the Pavopia Climb
hoals few were damaged. Mittlesdort's
Avalon WIS run into by some other boat
and her bowsprit was broken of short.
The Giant, a powder cat boat used for
the transportation OF powder betweed
barges, came ashore and sustained sons
slight damage.
In West Bergen considerable damage
was done.
Over In Hoboken q number OF trees
were uprooted, especially in Churcn
Square Park.
WESTERN UNION CRI PILED.