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The evening world., 1894-10-10
FIVE HORSES KILLED.
They stepped on Electric Wires
That Had been Blown Down.

A horse was killed by coming into
to contact with a live electric light wire
just outside the ferry-house of the
staten Island Rapid Transit Company
NJ st. George, S. :, early this morning.
He was one Of a team drawing a bakers
wagon and driven by William Conkling.
Tie wagon left New York on the boat
which arrived at st. George shortly be-
fore o'clock. After the passengers had
left the boat the team started on Its
way. 1t was quite dark. and the storm
was raging at It's height.
When but few yards away from the
ferry-house the horses were seen to
plunge and rear, and then fall. The
driver. terrified by the sizzling instru-
ments OF death, jumped from his wagon
and escaped Injury.
The wires had been blown down during
the storm and lay across the road. one
horse was horribly mutlated and burned
and the other slightly burned.
A number Of passengers from the boat
had passed within few feet of the
deadly wires, and II is miraculous that
some of them did not come in contact
with them.
The teams of Frank Darrzath. a milk
man, of 1863 seventh street, and Henry
NJ. Kingston. of 59 Centre street. New
ark, while waiting for the Cortlandt
street ferry at o'clock this morning at
Exchange pace, Jersey City. were
struck by live electric light wire and
,enm were Instantly killed. A third
horse, owned by George Crosse, of 276
Cherry street, New York. stepped on a
live wi'e at the entrance to the ferry
about an hour later and received a
shock which caused his death in short
time.
Darrzath was slightly shocked, but
escaped serious injury. The other driv-
ers We're not hurt.
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 1O.-The storm
In this city was very severe. Trees,
electric light, trolley and telephone
wires suffered. and for quite time
there was trouble in getting connection
over the telephone with outside places.
A live telegraph wire on Market street,
near Congress street, to-day caused the
death OF "a horse belonging to Brewer
Feigenspan The horse was one of a
team driven by Ferdinand Him., and
as they were passing Market street one
Of the horses, stepped on the, wire and
but slightly shocked.
The wire became fastened around the
neck of the dead horse. and when HIM
touched the horse he received a shock
which hurled him across the street
He was removed to the City Hospital
and his condition is critical.
The horse that was not killed on re-
ceiving the shock leaped and dragged
the body of the dead horse quite a
distance before he could be stopped.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
DAMAGE AT LONG BRANCH.
Fishing smack Goes Ashore and II
Hotel suffers.

LONG BRANCH N. j., oct. 10--Thc
storm here last night did great damage
along the coast. At Morgan, along the
line Of the New York and Long Branch
Railroad, the high tide washed out the
northbound tracks for a distance OF
800 yards
South OF the South Amboy coal docks
the hull of the three-masted schooner
that has been, lying there for three
years and which wreckcrs had been
trying for long time to get closer to
shore, was washed up by the seas to
the shores edge this morning. fish
ing smack near by dragged her anchor
and was tossed upon the shore.
North OF Seabrlght and near Highland
Beach the New Jersey Southern Rail
road track Is all washed out and a
good depth Of sand piled over the road
Led. All the trains are tied up.
The fishing smack Marie Louise, hail
ing from New York, with ten men
aboard, came ashore at Seabright at Z
shore safely, but the smack was com
pletely demolished.
Twenty-Five feet Of the West End
Hotel was torn away. The roof of the
Namara and his family live, was blown
away. sixty bathing houses belonging
to Mr.. Woolley were destroyed The
81 m r sSseer seonspE t. stree, tire so@Fe a
was blown to sea, The Summer house
OF LAUGHS Hotel shared the same fate.
Mr.. Herbert, OF the Atlantic Hotel,
% One e hundred plies of the new iron pier
were torn away, and the bulkhead he
tween the Brighton and the Grand View
Hotels was also seriously damaged
Barring the loss Of two valuable fish
Ing boats sustained by the two West
brothers, the fishermen along the coast
here suffered little loss.
Capt Edward Twins schooner, the
Hiram Edwards. OF Red Bank. ran
ashore In the Shrewsbury River, but
was not damaged.
The sloop Rio Grande, dredging
boat OF Sea Side, broke from her an
chorage In the ebb tide and nearly col
lded with the railroad bridge. Two men
put or In a rowboat, and she was
brought to anchor.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
FOUR LOST FRnM A TUG.
swept from the Belle McwiIIiam.
on Huntington, l.. l..

HUNTINGTON, i. l., oct. 1O.-This
section OF Long Island was swept by the
storm, with fearful results, including
loss Of life and great damage to prop.
ertv. II is known here that four lives
have been lost. The wind blew from the
northeast at the rate OF sixty miles an
hour, and the tide was the highest
known In thirty years
During the height OF the storm the tug
Belle McWilliams, having In tow seven
barges loaded with coal, was caught In
the gale while trying to make "A shelter
In Lloyd's liarbOr The force of the gale
broke the hnw5ers, and not only the tug
but the seven heavily loaded barges were
driven ashore with fearful force.
The barges had from two to five per
sons on each Of them, and the tug car
rled IA full crew.
-Four persons who were known to be on
the boat are reported lost, having been
swept away. The others were saved.
The shore all along the northeast sec
tion OF Long Island Ia strewn with
Wreckage.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
PROSTRATEO!
A Most Dreaded and Awful
Danger.
What Makes So Many People
Drop Dead in the Street7
Why Are Homes Filled with the
Weak and Nervous
Weak Nerves, Weak Heart and
Exhausted Brain
They Are the Causes and They
Must Be Overcome.

1tisa weakness, sin. n crime, to neglect YOU,
health. Death has terrors for every one but peo
pie do not seem to think much about 1t until they
are about to break down. Then anguish fills the
soul Then despair replaces ambition and weak
ness and exhaustion take the place Of strength.
Have you palpltatIon futtcrinp and fecII,g n,
weakness and uneasiness around the heart, dizzl-
ness, faintness and shortness Of breath? Then
look to your heart 1t Is dangerously weak
Sometimes there is pain around the henrt. With
these symptoms there is generally loss of
gas, weakness, anxiety, forebodings. despond.
ency and extreme nervousness Such a condition
| Is equal to a deadly serpent ooIled about vou.
whose venomous fangs are about to sink into your
| flesh and draw your life's blood. Read the re-
markable experience Of Joseph Booth, ESQ the
widely. known superintendent of Torry,s Razor
Manufactory, Worcester, Mass.
"Some time ago. - he says, ..I was taken
with a terrible djzz ness and palnitation of tho
| heart which so weakened me could not stand
A terrible burning sensation would he fe,t oyor
| the heart aud at the same time IL wonld paIp,.
tate I'm a DANGEROUS manner
~ had an ALL gone feeling wss +er-,b,v ,,oo,,
and despondent and n borribIe forehod,,, ,,os
continually over me Nv food d,st,ao.ad ,,,o
terribly and I had severe mains. + was an ,,oo,,
and sick I thoueht I should die. wos aiso
troubled greatly with ens
" After irving MANY doctor. and r,o,,o,.o.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
ALONG THE JERSEY COAST.
Rescue of II Crew OF Ten Men from
Fishing Smack.

SEA BRIGHT. N. j., Oct. 10-The
storm struck the Jersey coast soon after
midnight with tremendous force. The
wind blew direct in shore, and caused
an unusually high tide. The waves
splashed over the bulkheads in front of
the handsome Summer cottages along the
shore between this place and Highland
Beach. The waves washed the sand up
on the tracks OF the New Jersey South
ern Railroad. completely covering the
track so that trains could not run this
morning below Sea Bright.
About o'clock this morning, when
the storm was at its height, row OF
three one-story frame buildings on
Ocean avenue was blown down. They
were occupied by Benjamin Hunt as
carpenter shop. Smith & Jacques as
grocery store. and Benjamin Alien
baum as a shooting gallery and laundry.
The buildings were owned by Albert
one was In the buildings at the time.
Soon after daylight the fishing smack
Marie Louise. loaded with fish. was
driven ashore at Highland Beach. Capt.
John w Edwards. OF Life Saving Sta
tion No. 2, and his crew promptly went
to- the assis tance of the wrecked ves-
sci and rescued the crew of ten men.
ht iuiNti went u tit lllt-ShNlHB bldtlOH
and remained there until the first train
left for New York. The fishing smack
will prove n total loss. The vessel and
cargo are thought to have been worth
5000.
A steamship, apparently in distress,
was sighted soon after daylight at
anchor some distance of Long Branch.
While the sea was running high no effort
was made to establish communication
with her At 10 o'clock the wind shifted
and the storm somewhat abated. The
steamship does not seem to be in any
immediate danger.
The officers of the Southern Railroad
OF New Jersey put large gang of
laborers at work clearing the sand from
as usual late this afternoon At pres
ent 1t Is impossible to estimate the
amount of damage done to the bulk
head property between Sea Bright and
Highland Beach. All the wires are
down along the coast with the exception
of some telephone lines.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
A HOUSE BLOWN DOWN.
Heavy Damage Caused In Various
sections OF BROOKLYN

The storm which swept over Brook
lyn early this morning. carried away
siSnboards, blew down trees and tele-
graph poles, flooded cellars and In sew
eral instances caused delay In operating
the various trolley railroads.
The reports OF storm Incidents re-
ceived at Police Headquarters were in
complete. The most serious damage
was done In the Thirtieth Ward, form
erly the town OF New Utrecht. At 6. 45
O'Clock gale struck an unfinished two
story frame house, at Twenty-ninth
street and Bath avenue. 1t was com
pletely demolished. The loss, estimated
al 5000 will fan upon c. A. Jones, OF
lick & Bradshaw, contractors, who were
erecting II. The building was surround
ed by open grounds and nobody was
At 4 o'clock this morning a swinging
signboard was ripped from its fasten-
window in Bolton's drug store, 20 Full
ton street. The window was worth SIS
\ window. valued at $50, In the front
OF Wolfe's candy store, AS Fulton
street, was blown In at the same time,
When the occupants OF a fiat house, az
SS st; Marks avenue, awoke this morn
ing, they found water coming into their
apartments through the ceiling and un-
der the doors. Investigation disclosed
that the wind had carried away the sky
light and portion of the tin roof and
The rain poured into the house for sew
eral hours before the fact was dlscov-
cred.
A Mantell. a jeweller Of 1924 Broad
way, reported that n window, valued at
$50, had been smashed.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
MANY YACHTS WRECKED.
Only Five Left In Echo bay Out oi
Twenty mt Anchor.


NEW ROCHELLE, N. y, Oct. 10
Great damage was done by the storm in
the harbors along the Westchester Coun-
ty shore of the Sound. IN Echo Bay last
night there were fifteen or twenty yachts
at anchor. At daylight this morning
only five yachts could be seen. The
others were either completely wrecked
or carried away ny the storm, The dam
age to the yachts will not pe less than
s2O. 900.
The yacht Goblin was carried away
from her anchorage, and had hole
stove in her side, and now lies wedged
in between the Mosquito Fleet Club
house and the rocks. The yacht Ora.
owned by William IL. Sampson, with a
ashore at 8 A. NJ. at Hudson Park. The
captain and crew were saved. The sloop
yacht Van Shee, valued at $500. and
owned by Henry Vershere, lies bottom
up on Potter's Beach. and will prove a
total loss. DR.. z. f. Lewiss yacht ANA
zon is missing. and part Of her bow has
been washed ashore. The float and
steam launch of the New Rochelle Row
ing Club was torn away from their an
chorage, and the float was smashed on
bly, damaged: Charles H. Noxon's
schooner and the yacht Ellen were COM
pletely wrecked.
Arthur NJ Hunters house, on Potters
ing blown of. The roof OF the New Ro.
chelle Lumber Company was carried
away. The New York Athletic Club
house. at Travers Island, is also reported
to have been damaged.
oliver lselin's residence, on Premium
Point, was damaged, the sea wall being
carried away Several barns at Scars
dale were blown down.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
THE STORMS
FATALITIES.
Four Members Of a Tug.
boats Grew Drowned off
Huntington, L. l.
ELECTRICITY KILLS HORSES.
An Englewood Woman Crushed
An EnglewoOd Woman Crushed
in Bed by q Falling
Chimney.
GREAT DAMAGE TO SHIPPING.
Railroad Tracks Inundated and
Wires Down in Every
Dire cti0n.

An almost unprecedented number OF
accidents were caused during the early
hours to-day by the high winds which
burst upon New York and the sur
rounding territory about 2 o'clock.
Miss Kerr, a popular young lady OF
Englewood. n. j., was buried beneath a
pile Of bricks from "A demolished chin
ney. whicnh crashed through the roof
OF her chamber while she was sleeping.
Death resulted in few minutes.
Five horses were killed as a result Of
stepping on live electric light wires that
had been blown down: one at st. George,
$. l.; three at Jersey City, and one at
Newark
Buildings were demolished in Brook
lyn. at Seabright and other places. No
loss OF life reported.
All along the shores of New Jersey
and Long Island yachts and vessels OF
all descriptions dragged their anchors.
Many OF them washed ashore and were
wrecked. At New Rochelle the damage
70 yachts Is particularly heavy. A fish
Ing smack was wrecked at Highland
Beach.
Nearly all the railroads in New Jer-
sey were washed out at various points,
and traffic was badly delayed An
engine cab was unroofed in II squall
that nearly derailed "a train.
Four members OF the tug-boat Belle
McWilliams were lost in the wreck Of
that vessel Off Huntington, l.. l.
In Central Park the storm played sad
havoc. Thousands OF dollars damage
was done to trees and plants. Some OF
the trees most exposed were snapped off
close to the ground, while plants and
shrubbery were blown down and de-
stroyed. Young trees were torn up bod
lily by. the roots. and the greenhouse has
more broken glass than ever before I'm its
history.
The evening world., 1894-10-10

partment OF Building Construction, ap-
peared on the scene this afternoon and
when seen by an Evening World" re-
porter declared that he had received
no report concerning the new building
at "A Monroe street and an lnvestiga-
tion would be made He said the work
of rescuing the living was the most i'm
portant matter at present.
An Evening World" reporter noticed
that the mortar which had been used in
the construction OF the new building
could be pulverlZed by the fingers into
so much sand with little effort
Builders who were spoken to pro-
nounced II unit for use. and said II
lacked the proper amount of hair and
lime. II Is probable that this will figure
in the investigation that will be made.
shortly after O'Clock the firemen
pulled down the western wall Of the
building II Monroe street and the
chimney on the east side of the build
ing. At the same time all hope was
given up of rescuIng any more people
alive from the ruins.
II was then believed that at least
two persons were buried in the debris,
besides those OF Mr.. and Mrs. Abrams
whose bodies, although seen, have not
yet been taken out.
The evening world., 1894-10-10

and small boats all along the shore from
Long Island City to Bowery Bay Beach
were broker and thrown up on the
beach. Trees and telephone wires were
torn and twisted. The trolley wires Of
the Brooklyn Railroad at North Beach
were all broken and cars are not now
being ruiz.
The ferry-boat Harlem, of the Ninety
second street ferry, was disabled on en-
terng her slip about 5.35 this morning.
The new engine-house at the corner OF
StelnwHy and Flushing avenues, which
had reached the height OF one and one
half stories, was blown down.
Thus far no serious trouble to steam
boats along the shore have been re-
ported.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
JERSEY ROADS WASHED OUT.
Meadows transformed Into Lakes
and Trains Badly Delayed.

The train service on the Central Rail-
road OF New Jersey. on both the main
line and the New York and Long
Branch division. was delayed for several
hours during the early morning on ac-
count of numerous washoutS caused by
the heavy rain.
At the Cove. about two miles below
delayed over an hour. Th, water en-
t.rely covered the tracks, and trains
were forced to walt until the tide fell
Between Carteret and Tremley trains
were also stalled bv series OF wash
outs. The meadows in the vicinity are
transformed into lakes.
rhe beach at Matteawan Is badly
washed out. The barge John Watt was
driven ashore near the Sand Dock, dur
ing the night. she is rot loaded and
can easily be ha Jled off.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
WALKED TO THE FERRIES.
Patrons of brooklyn Trolley Cara
Seriously IncOnyenienced

South Brooklyn people who had Ia
depend on trolley cars for transporta-
tion to ferries or the bridge reached
New York very much behind time II
morning. Court street cars, in parti
lar. moved at a snail's pace, sometir
Occupying five minutes in PASSING
block
Power is weak" was the laconic
only explanation vouchsafed by the
ductcr OF car No 32s when asked
cause of the delay.
Many passengers. after riding a
blocks al speed that might hes
described as 90 inching along" iefti
cars and, braving wind and rain TO
time, made their way to the ferrI
foot.
Very few open cars were operate
the various trolley railroads in Broo1
this morning. on Fulton street. ot
site the City Hall, where a maiorit}
the railroads run cars, an open car n,
d ra-e sight, but on the Atlantic ayex
railroad the patrons were in some III
stances compelled to ride on the "pnei
monia bIceders," or walk several blood
to patronizl other modes OF transportsi
tion.
A. the offices of the Company 1t wal
said that closed cars would be In operai
tion on all the branches within a feyN
days.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
ENGINE CAB UNROOFED.
Jersey Commuters Badly Fright
ened, but No One Was Hurt.

Passengers. on the New Jersey and
New York train, which was due in Jer-
sey city atSO7 o'clock this morning, had
scare while crossing the Hackensack
meadows.
Engine No. 2 was drawing the train
at forty. mile an hour clip, when a
terrific gust of wind came sweeping
across the meadows. 1t struck the
train broadside with tremendous force.
For moment the coaches swayed and
seemed about to toppe over. The train
came to a standstill and the frightened
commuters tumbled out to see what the
matter was.
The reason for the stoppage was found
In the fact that the roof OF the engine
cab had been ripped off by the hurri-
cane and hung dangling over the side
of the cab.
There was delay OF fifteen minutes
in clearing up the wreck.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
BALED HAY OVERHEARD.
An Albany Barge Cnrcened and
Lost Her Deck Load.

When the storm was at its height,
about 4.3O NJ. two open barges. laden
with baled hay. from Albany. came
down the river in tow of one of Romans
towboats.
In attempting to enter the slip at pier
4. a sudden gust OF wind careened one
OF the barges and about 100 bales of hay
were dumped into the river
The barge was badly strained and be-
gan to leak but no fears are felt that
she will sink, as the pumps are capable
OF keeping her anoat.
The bales par;ly filled the slip, but
after a time most OF them drifted out
into the river and were carried away
by the tide.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
PIGEONS SEEK SHELTER.
Hundreds of Dead birds in the
Parks at HobOken.

Abou, six hundred pigeons sought
shelter from the storm in the dome of
the Church of Our Lady of Peace,
Hoboker. this morning. Both parks
were strexn with the bodies of hun
dreds OF dead birds that had been blown
and washed out OF the trees
Tree, are down all over the city and
signs and shutters down in nearly every
street. Telephone and telegraph wires
are in bad shape.
Several huge houlleTs We're rolled down
from the Palisades on to the West Shore
and Erie Railroad tracks. They We're
removed IN time to prevent accidents
The meadow district Of Jersey City and
Hoboken IL flooded. The mud Is nearly
waist deep In the vicinity OF the Gutten-
burg race track.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
VESSELS IN PERIL.
Five Craft in the Trough of the
Sea on Cape Muy

CAPE MAY, N. j., Oct. 10..-The Sc
we're gale which struck this city last
night continues this morning. All night
long there was heavy east wind. ac-
companied by torrents of rain. The sea
is running mountains high. and the high
tide has completely submerged the
meadows.
Five vessels are in sight of the beach
and are rolling heavily in the trough of
the sea. The life-saving crews cannot
launch their boats to make even an at
tempt to board the vessels.
The heavy wind has shifted to the
northwest. but Is still blowing a gale
The evening world., 1894-10-10

South. and nothing more is to be feared
In that quarter. Among others, the
Finance, for Colon; Saratoga. for
leave this afternoon.
At the White Star line Office 1t was
said that as the Teutonic had arrived
at Quarantine at 8.45 o'clock this morn
ing, after a fast trip, without having en-
countered any difficulty on account of
the storm. 1t was not believed that there
was any trouble ahead for outbound
boats to-day.
Some. OF the smaller sailing craft due
to sail to-day may not get much
further than the lower bay IL the
weather continues bad. The principal
sufferers by the storm are the fishing
smacks and small sailing freighters,
which will be obliged to remain in port
until the storm subsidies.
There are but few vessels at anchor
in the harbor ebove the Narrows.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
THE APPLE CROP RUINED.
Oyster Bays Fleet and Docks Also
Damaged.

OYSTER BAY, l.. l.. Oct. 1O-The
storm here was very severe. The wind
blew from north to east and there was
very high tide, covering all the docks.
Sammers's lumber yard lost considera-
BILE lumber.
The s.Oop Dexter, owned by IL. A.
Townsend, was sunk. and the sloop w.
w. Smith and several others were blown
ashore on Bakman's Beach.
Thousands OF dollars of damage was
done to the oyster business. N0trly
every vessel in the hHrbor dragged AN
ChOrs or drifted.
Gildersleeve's photograph gallery was
partly unroofed and the apple crop was
ruined. thousands Of bushels being blown
of the trees before they were ripe.
The evening world., 1894-10-10
CRUSHED BY A CHIMNEY.
Miss Kerr BLried Beneath Failing
Bricks While Sleeping.

VspSVIRI 70 THe EVENING NOfIuJ
ENGl.EWOOD, N. j., Oct. lO-The
heavy gale blew a large brick chimney
from the Kerr residence. on Chestnut
street, early to-day, and crashed through
the roof of the chamber where Miss
Mary Kerr was sleeping.
The other occupants OF the house
hastened to the room. and were horri-
fled 10 find the young woman buried be
meath pile of bricks. She was uncon-
scious. and a physician was at once
summoned, but her injuries were so Sc
we're that death ensued in few minutes.
Miss Kerr was about twenty-five years
old, and the eldest child of T. b. Kerr,
has offices in the Equitable Building.
New York
The evening world., 1894-10-10
HAVOC IN LONG ISLAND CITY.


LONG ISLAND CITY. Oct. lO-The
storm DID big damage in this city ana
vicinity. AT AS o'clock this morning the
big iron tank of the East River Gas
COMPANY. in Ravenswood, was blown
down to within five feet OF its founda-
tion.
The tank was 200 feet high and lS5 feet
wide 1t fell nearly on the house of the
watchman. reasonable estimate
places the loss at $1,000 The noise
mad by the falling tank could be heard
for blocks arcLnd.
The police wires were all blown down,
The evening world., 1894-10-10
WIRES DOWN IN elizabeth
High Winds Uprooted Trees In II
Surrounding Countrx

ELIZABETH. n. j., Oct. 10Th
storm did no serious damage in thi
city. Trees. telephone and telegra n
wires were blown down in differen
parts OF the city. but no one was hurt
Awnings also suffered.
reports from the surrounding countr
show that the storm uprooted trees an;
did considerable damage to wires Tn
telephone service is crippled.