The evening world., 1894-05-21
sCHO0NERs IN DISTRESS.
Two Reported off seabright Too
Far Out for fe-Savers
to Reach Them.
SMALL CRAFT BLOWN LOOSE.
Telegraph Wires Down, Railroads
Submerged, Mails Late and
Steamships Delayed.

This Is a March day In May, and there
will be no Improvement In the weather
to-day or tomorrow. according to the
Weather Bureau. There are high winds
all along the Middle Atlantic and New
England coasts. and the danger to ship
ping is increased by fog which covers
the coast like a blanket. =
Railroads in New Jersey have suffered
severely from washouts. and on one sec
ton Of the New Jersey Central along the
coast traffic has been abandoned. Great
damage has been dom to telegraph wiresy
and the service Is crippled to many prin-
The weather indications, as suppiied
give grounds for apprehension that New
York has not seen the worst OF the
storm. They are as folloys:
and. Connecticut and New y jersey:
Cloudy weather and rain; continued high
and northeasterly, winds. with fog along
the coast; stationary temperature"
These Indications cover to-day and to-
morrow.
The storm centre said Mr.. Dunn,
"covers the country over the Ohio n
1t has spreat II considerably. and al
though not as well defined as yester-
day II still continues with high north
easterly winds along the Middle Attain
w. $3.50 >oeoN1s eAN4 -.
conditions are made more dangerous by
the fog which prevails along the coast.
The, weather is generally clear over the
South tlantic coast.
THE wires are Town at Sandy Hook
and we have been unable to get the
velocity OF the wind at that point. It Is
along the lower New England coast"
The Western Union. Telegraph Com
pany suffered greatly from the storm In
New JRrSay nd paDngylya min and thA
Company Is more or less crippled In
every direction. Along the New Jersey
t OF The Wire chief said said this morning,
the Company Is not entirely cut on
The principal break is at h Raritan
down. The Company has several wires
to Philadelphia that are not cut on
from that city. Its interior routes in
There is a bad wreck Of the western
MO wires between Lebanon and
Harrisburg; and another between Har-
not entirely shut of from New York.
The most serious damage to wires 70
by the floods in the Vicinity of Williams:
onIs.' ne Wire this morning. and t hat
was working ind!Ierently. The breaks
are pretty well located. and by night the
Company expect to have them all re-
At the main once Of the Postal
Telegraph Company 1t was stated that
they were not experiencing any serious
falo. )
The only serious delays in mails are
on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
at 7.42. was three hours late. and the
one due at 7.52 six hours late.
The south track OF the Southern Dtvi.
is washed out for quite a distance be-
tween Seabright and Highland Beach.
and sand washed up by the waves which
tsen feet ever high ish "A Norma p,tfe ssa t sS MS Is
entirely coverd by sand. Between Nor
gan and South Amboy,, on the New York
and Long BRANCH Railroad the sand Is
tracks.
Commuters and other passengers for
New York. who come via Sandy Hook,
had to come in to-day via Branchport,
and all trains over this division were
half an our late.
In the fog late last night the bark
barge West Poin, just below Liberty
Island. The plate on the West Points
port quarter was torn on. but the BARI
At sunrise this morning the upper ana
lower bay presented a wild and gloomy
appearance. The wind was blowing
fresh from the east-northeast. Dark.
heavy clouds rolling along, obscured the
sky and the scene alongshore presented
a dreary and desolate appearance,
the coast last night at high water.
which washed the shores well up above
the usual high water mark. AS far as
can be a~scertained no serious damage
has been done to property along shore.
During the morning the storm In
creased. the wini was fresh from the
oHst-northeast, and II was cloudy and
very thick below the Narrows. Incoming
steamers will no doubt be compelled to
heave to outside or anchor of the bar.