St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-30

for the next turn of the, tide, when they
expect the storm wlillaDaie consider
ably.
The Robert Garrett, the largest of the
ferry boats of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit line, had rough time coming
on an early trip to this city this morn
ing. She left ST. George at about $50
O'clock. At that time the wind was
blowing a hurricane, and at first the
captain hesitated to go ahead.
The Fury
with Which the water beat ag ainst the
side of the boat threatened to swamp 1t.
The floor of the cabin, which was made
OF heavy pine, soon yielded to the
waves, and one by one the boards
looseDed and were torn up. The ram
was falling heavily at the time, and
skylights were smashed.
There were not more than fifty pas
sengers on board the Garrett, and all of
of falling glass after the floor of the
cabin had been torn up only added to
their fears. Notwithstanding the storm,
the Garrett proceeded on her way to the
slip at the foot ~ef Whitehall street.
where the belated Staten Islanders
were landed. The Garrett, without
taking any passengers, returned to st.
George. where she is ROW LAID up.
Pie storm has cut off all railroad COM
municatiOn between the New Jersey
coast resorts and Philadelphia. The
rhilroad tracks of the Annoy division of
the Pennsylvania railroad are under
four feet of water between Bay Head
and Berkeley. An attempt was made
this morning to run train from Bay
Head to New York, but the water on
the tracks was 81 deep that it put out
the fire in the engine. The railroad
company has sent out big gang of
men, and efforts will be made TO raise
the inundated tracks.
At o'clock this morning two
maSted schooner was sighted OF Asbury
Park. She was flying signals of dis
treSs. On accouu. Of the thick weather
neither her name nor condition could be
learned.
Inc iron pier at Long Branch gave
NJ another ten feet to the ravages of The
storm. 1t is question if the little that
yet remains can live through
The Next Tide.
The RUNS of the Thomas w. Ravens,
wrecked there June 10 last, have been
thrown far up on the sand beach, and
the gigantic breakers are toying with it
like cat with mouse.
Il6 tlu0 WAS illSl6E t1dH ally SlUCc
1878, and hundreds of acres of corn and
tomatoes have been ruined. At Salem,
n. j., all the fruit remaining OH the
trees from the last blow is off, and the
outlook for the farmers Is dark one.
The corn crop is ruined.
Part of the bond wave power pier at
Ocean Grove has been washed away,
and the loose pilingS are being used by
the breakers aa gathering ram against
the other piers. The big summer pa
vilion of Founder" James A. Bradley,
at the foot of Asbury avenue, has been
damaged to some extent, and fears are
entertained that the next high tide,
which will be an unusually heavy one.
will Gauss considerable damage.
The lannon's board walk at both As
bury Park and Ocean Grove is being
torn up 10y the monStear breakers, which
are by far the biggest ever Witnessed
along the coast. AS each one strikes
the outer edge of the pier the spray
flies fully fifty feet over it, completely
enyeloping the entire piers.
The ocean pier at the foot of Broad
way. Ocean Grove, known asLillagore's
pavilion, is being wrecked by the hign
surf. This was almost ruined last
week, and in all probability tOday's
Storm will finish the work of destruc-
lion.
The beach at Long Branch, Asbury
Park and Ocean Grove are lined with
people, who are weathering the storm
TO watch the monster breakers toy with
the ruins OF the bathing houses and the
debris from the late storm.
The schooner Mary +. Kelly, which
was wrecked at the foot of Sixth ave-
nue., Asbury Park. last week, has
proven play toy for the mammoth
breakers as they dashed upon the
shore.