The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-12
JERSEY COAST STORM.SWEPT
Beach from Sandy Hook 10 Long Branch
StrtVn With WreckaSe.
1 HEAVY ShOWPALL At OTHER PLACES
New York. Pcnusyivsnis aud Osher stairs
Visited-six Lives knowa To Have Been
Lost and Further Fsfaiitiss Feared.

NEW YORK. April ia fearful gale
swept the New Jersey coast last night
and continues to-day. with almost un-
abated fury. The beach along the At
lantic ocean from Sandy Hook as far
South as Long Branch. y. j., 10 strewn
with wreckage. This morning a barge
schooner was noticed In distress a short
distance from the coast OF Seabright.
~ j. Owing TO the heavy gale and
tremendous surf the life boats were use
less, and II was impossible TO send life
lines. Before assistance could reach the
vessel 1t went to pieces. Six bodies have
been lost in the SURF. a heavy snow storm
prevailed during the morning hours. and
the lie saving crew were unable TO
locate the signal guns, which could be
heard sounding at intervals.
CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY pEsrRoyfp.
"A great many handsome cottages at
Highland Beach. Monmouth. Seabright.
and other points have been wrecked. Many
pavilions at Long Branch have been
damaged. and at many points wharves.
landings lighthouses, etc, have been
swept away.
Reports received from points south or
mere, as far south as Atlantic City, state
that the storm has ragged ali night, and
II Is feared many vessels have been
wrecked. and probaly great number or
their crews drowned. The telephone
wires connecting the life-saving stations
have been blown down. and it is i'm
possible to get news OF the storm.
HEAVIEST sSow-sToRM IN FORTY YEAR.
louisville, PA, April 1.-THE
storm in schuylkil is the greatest In
point OF snawfal IN forty years. At
Pottsville fifteen inches has fallen; at
trackville. at the head OF Mahoney
Plane, on Broad Mountain, the snow Is
twenty-eght inches deep. Not coal
train has been moved, and all the track
laborers and extra hands are kept busy
digging open the switch and main tracks.
while engines with snow pows are at
work clearing the tracks 10 the mines.
The collieries are all idle.
THE sroRM IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. April ll.-One OF the
worst storms OF the season struck this
city last night Rain commenced falling
during the afternoon. finally turning into
snow. sleet. and hail. and accompanied
by terrific wind, has continued ever
since. Along the coast. the gale still con-
tinues with undated fury and fears are
of many disasters TO shipping.
The first notice OF wreck comes from
Long Branch. where the life saving crew
report vessel ashore at Squan. ten miles
below, and going to pieces. Telegraph
and telephone wires are down In every
direction. and the city is almost COM
pietely cut OFF from all communication
with the rest OF the world.
NAMES OF THE WRECKED yYssELs.
NEW YORK. April 1.-THE vessel
wrecked between Manasquin and Seagirt
was the schooner Albert w. Smith, OF
Providence. from Philadelphia for Provi-
dence. with coal. Nothing has been heard
q any Of her crew OF eight persons. The
vessel was pounded into kindling- wood.
The schooner Kate Markee. from Cape
Ann, for Philadelphia. with paving-stone.
was the other vessel wrecked. She went
ashore between the Highlands and Sandy
Hook, and also broke up. Her crew OF
eight We're all drowned. and so far no
bodies have come ashore. contrary 10
first report. For an hour before she struck
she was In plain sight OF hundreds OF
people. who were helpless 20 send her as
distance. Her crew made efforts to claw
of shore. but her sails blew from her
spars. her anchor cables parted. and she
drlfted helplessly upon the beach. Two
lines were shot over her, but the crew
were unable TO use them. owing to the
rapidity with which the vessel broke up.
The surf boats could not be launched
FURIOUS SNOW STORM IN THE QUAKER CITY.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 1.-THE
snow storm which began AZ II o'clock
yesterday in this city and vicinity stili
RACES turiousy. The telegraph and tele-
phone wires are prostrated in all dlrec-
tions
WENT DOWN WITH ALL on BOARD.
MONASQUAN, n. j.. April li.-At
o'clock this morning the Monasquan
lifc-saying crew were notified OF a vessel
ashore half a mile south Of Seagirt.
When they reached the spot with their
apparatus the vessels masts had gone
overheard. A line was fired over the
hulk. but nobody was seen aboard. and
no attention was paid 10 II, and inside
Of half an hour the vessel went com
pletely 10 pieces. piece OF wreckage
which hoated ashore bore the name AL
bert w. Smith" Nothing has been heard
from the crew. either living or dead.
From the apparent size OF the vessel
she probably carried a crew OF eight to
eleven men. She was northward bound.
with some heavy cargo. as none OF II