The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-12
THE APRIL BLIZZARD.
Work of the Storm in This and
Adjoining States.
FOURTEEN sEAMEN ARE DROWNED
Two schoonsrs Wrecked on the Jersey
Coast and Only Two Men Escaped-From
Two to Three Feet of Snow Fell, and
Crops Arc Groatiy Damaged.

Two to Three Feet of Snow Fell, and
Crops Arc Greatly Damaged.
LoSa BRANCH, April 1e-Two vessels
were driven ashore within twenty miles of
Sandy Hook, One, the big three, ,masted
schooner Albert w. Smith, from Prov
idence, X. l., was driven before the north
east blast and dashed on Squan beach,
eight miles below Long Branch The
high surf rendered it impossible to save
any Of the craw, although the wreck oc-
CURED opposite the life saving station.
The schooner was on her way from Phils-
delphia to Providence, laden with coal.
In less than half an hour after the vessel
struck she was pou.Aed into kindling
wood by the seas whi &broke over her.
What was left, a porti, aAhe hull, was
carried mp about quai Y mile south
of the life saving station. Eight men
composed the crew of the schooner not
one of whom has been seen since their
boat was wrecked, and 1t is unlikely that
aman of the crew has survived to tell tho
tale of his experience in the awful gale.
-Four spars have been found on the beach,
and tits thought that the fourth spar was
probably n part of the wrecked Kate
Markee.
The Smith wE commanded by Captain
kouiuutl ~, Derry. IlfF crew COuSlSltu OIL
Mate Pardon S. Barber, of Narragansett
Pier; Cook George Lopez, Seman Manuel
Silver, Peter Pine, Andrew Deloutra,
Metrici, Ambrogues, and a boy, Gear
Gomez. Captain Berry has wife and
two children in Providence.
Captain Longstrest, who has been at
6quan Station for twenty-one years, snid
today that this storm was about as severe
one as came within his recollection on
the Jersey coast Others, he said, had
been as furious, but had not lasted so
long,
Directly opposite the Highland Beach
station the three mssted schooner Kate
Markee came ashore at the outer bar, a
distance Of quarter of mile from the
shore. She has gone to pieces, having
right of q crew on board. 1t was at first
reported that the entire crew was lost, but
later reports show that two OF the men
were saved. Owing to the vessel being so
far away from the shore the life saving
crews from life saving stations Nos and
nwere unable to shoot their lines to IT,,
and as a high sea was raging it was i'm
possible TO render assistance. A number
pf people residing al Seabrght are stand
Ing in readiness to leave their homes, fear-
Ing they will be surrounded by water
from the ocean, which is threatening to
Good the town.
The storm is declared the worst that has
visited Seabright in eleven years. Three
thousand feet of the New Jersey Southern
railroad between that place and Highland
Beach has been washed out. The waves
were so strong that the iron rails were
twisted out Of shape. The sand has been
washed over the tracks for nearly half a
mile. Travel on the road has come to a
standstill, no trains running further mort h
than this place. 4 cut is reported in the
Shrewsbury river near Galilec which
completely shuts off travel either north or
south from Seabright. Telegraph and
telephone wires are down poles having
been blown down by the strong wind
General Earl's hotel, the Normande is in
danger of going to pieces. The sea has
cut tn DuRh to Ocean avenue at Gallee
and s.. Peters church is in danger and i
hHtIiH he undermined.
At ape May the storm damaged the
trolley road to the extent of e. 500 seven
hundred feet of the Mount Vernon curb
Ing was washed away. Yesterdays tide
was the highest known in eleven years
The waves washed up in the yards of the
Columbia avenue cottages. Severa
pleasure yachts have been blown ushor.
along the coast in this vicinity.
AT bHtltf tne storm NhS one OF Gh,
worst Of the year, The snow fell all Tues
day night, and through the country fifteer
inches Of sGow fell The surrounding
country Is covered with mantle of white
making it appear more like day in DE
crmber than day in April. Trains ar,
delayed and telegraph and telephone y,ire
are down,
The storm at Atlantic City has done con
siderable damage. The tide Is very higl
and the meadows are flooded. Trains owe
tie Camden and Atlantic railroad are un
able to cross the meadows, owing to TIN
high tide. At Brigantine Beach a larg
quantity of lumber has been WASHED
away.
Reports from Delaware bay and rive
show considerable damage and loss /,
shipping ard property. AT Cedar Beach
On the lower hny, the water rose like
tidal wave, and the sturgeon fishermen
suffered severely. Six boats were sunk n
their mooripgs aud nine more carried
mile inland aud deposited in wheat field
and orchards Twenty-Five nets, valued n
$4,000, were washed away, and twenty
sight small houses of fishermen wrecke
or carried out to sea. The tide is said t
hnye been the highest since 1873.