The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-11
NEW YORK IN A BIG BLOW.
Heavy Damage AlIOlt and Ashore, With
Loss Of Life.

a Seven-Story Building Blown Down
in the City and Nine Persons Killed
in a Tenement House on Which the
Topping Structure Feu-The Coast
Strewn With WreokaEs and Stranded
Sailing vessels.
New York oct 10-l1:4j p. m.-New
York to-day is the center Of one of the
most violent storms that has beeen known
about these parts for years. II is a gem
uine hurricane that found it's origin in
the indies, swept the Gulf of Mexico,
moved upward along the coast doing
much damage, and last night reached this
city II continued to blow hard to-day,
and the coast from New Jersey to Nova
Scotia is lined with wrecks of buildings on
shore and vessels on water Most of the
damage to vessels has been to small
coasters. Yachts and boats laid up in
harbors, and very few lives have been
lost so far as known OF these, more oc-
Cured on land than on the water.
AT Euglewood, N. j., a large brick Chin
rey IN the house of T. 3. Kerr blew
over, broke through the roof and killed
kerr's daughter In her bed
Numberless summer cottages along the
New Jersey coast were wrecked. The
railroads that skirt the shore from
Sandy Hook southwark were washed out
In several places, and covered with sand
in others. Telegraph, telephone and elec-
trio light wires We're generally swept
away
The West End hotel atLong Branch was
partly unroofed and otherwise badly
damaged.
About the same condition Of affairs pre-
vailed along hOth shores nj
and along the entire New England coast.
The crews Of several small vessels were
saved by the life saving crews at different
places along the coast.
The fishing smack Louise was driven
ashore at Highland beach, and Is a total
loss Her crew Of ten men were taken
off by the life saving crew.
a steamship, apparently In distress. was
sighted soon after daylight at anchor
some distance off Long Beach. While the
sea was running so high no effort was
made to establish communication be-
tween the steamship and shore. At 10
O'Clock the wind shifted and the storm
somewhat abated. The steamship got
away this afternoon
In Seabrlght and its vicinity a number
OF buildings were unroofed.
At Long Island City big iron tank be-
longing TO the East River Gas Company
was blown down TO within FIVE feet OF
its foundation. The tank was 200 feet
high and 1856 feet wide
The police wires are all blown down, and
small boats all along the shore from
Long Island City to Bowery Bay beach
were broken and thrown upon the beach.
trees and telephone wires were broken
and twisted, and at North beach a number
of boats were wrecked
The trolley wires OF tn Brooklyn rail-
road at North Beach were broken, and
cars could not be run.
Tho ferryboat Harlem of the Ninety
second street ferry was disabled.
New York, Oct. H. / a. m.--ITp to midi
night nine bodies had been taken from tho
wrecked tenement, and this is believed
TO be all of the dead. The nine bore the
names Of Steinman, Korones and Abrams.
Huntington, l.. l.. Oct, 10.-During the
heavy gale last night seven barges loaded
with coal bound east, and the large steam
tug, Belle McWilliams, went ashore at
Lloyds Harbor, and a woman and two
children were lost. Some men belonging
TO the crews were missing and are be-
lieFed to have been drowned. Most OF
the barges are a total wreck, and the
beach for mile is covered with wreck
age.
The woman who was lost was a Mrs.
Hughes. With her were her three chill
dren. At the hight of the storm the
woman and children took refuge in the
cabin, which was built on the deck. Al
wave tore away the cabin and carried It
INTO the sea. The wrecked cabin, In
which lay the woman's body, was after
wards found about a mile from where
the barge went ashore. One of the chill
dren' an u-year-od boy, still alive, was
FOUND on the beach and was taken aboard
the tug, which lies high and dry on the
beach, He will probably recover. The
bodies Of the other children have not vet
been found. The actual loss of life ana
property cannot be ascertained until ths
searchers return from the scene of the
wrecks. The gale was the fercest ever
witnessed by dwellers on the bay. LIoyd's
Harbor is considered the safest along
the coast. The tug is not much dam
aged.