The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-11
ALL ALONG THE COAST.
The Storm Was Particularly Severe
at New York.

at New York.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1O.-The storm which
broke shortly after midnight has done
great damage on sea and land. The tracks
of the New Jersey Southern Railroad, be-
tween Seabrght and Highland Beach. n.
j., are covered with sand washed upon
them by the waves. The fishing smack
Louise, driven ashore at High Beach, is
total loss. The crew were taken off by
life-saving crew.
3 A steamship. apparently in distress. was
sighted soon after daylight at anchor some
distance off Long Branch. While the sea
was running so high no effort was made
30 establish communication between the
steamship and the shore. The steamship
does not seem to be In immediate danger.
The Seabright and vicinity buildings were
unroofed. AT Long Island City a big
iron tank belonging to the East River Gas
Company was blown down to within five
feet of the foundation. TIE tank was 200
feet high and 1S5 feet wide. The wires
were all blown down, and small boats
along the shore from Long Island City to
Bowers Beach broken and thrown upon
the beach. The trolley wires of the Brook
Ign Railroad at North Beach we're broken
and the cars are not being rum,
The ferry-boat HartweII of the Sixty
second-street ferry was disabled on enter
ing the slip at Long Island City. The
new engine house at the corner of Stein
way and Flushing avenue was blown
down.
An unusually high tide at The east end
of Staten Island did considerable damage
10 small yachts.
LII Jersey City three horses were killed
by coming in contact with live wires and
many shade trees were uprooted.
The only steamers that reached Quaran-
tine this morning were the Manitoba from
Rio JanerO and the Teutonic from Berlin.
The vessels due to-day are the Alesia from
Naples, the Havel from Bremen, the Krnn
Prinz and Frederick Wilhelm from Naples,
the Mobile from London, the Scandal from
Hamburg, he State of Nebraska from
Glasgow. Williehad from Bremen.
Several steamers from southern and
western points, due to-day, are no doubt
receiving the full force of the gale. They
are the Carribea from Barbados, the Ell
mar from New Orleans, the Neuces from
Galveston and the Yucatan from Havana
Off Bell Haven, near Greenwich, Conn.,,
the yacht Verona Is ashore. with every
prospect of becoming a complete wreck.
The tug Belle McWillams, having 10
tow seven barges loaded with coal at
Lloyds Harbor. l.. l., was driven
ashore. Four persons known to have been
aboard are missing. About A. NJ an
unknown schooner was seen off White
stone, L. l., going before the wind In the
direction of New York. Her foremost
was gone and most of the bow torn away.
Boston, Oct 10-A severe easterly gale
visited the harbor to-day. The storm was
accompanied by heavy rain. At noon the
velocity of the wind was over forty miles
an hour. A schooner is reported ashore
near Gloucester, Mass.
The schooner Adeline of Bangor, Me-.
dragged her anchor in Gloucester harbor
and went ashore on Delivers Neck. She
broke up in ten minutes. The crew was
rescued.
The damage at Long Branch is great.
About 100 feet of piling Of the new iron
pier was washed out. The bulkhead be-
tween the Brighton and Grand View
hotels is badly wrecked. A cut of about
TWENTY-FIVE feet was made in the bluff on
the east end of the property. About TWEEN
ty-five feet of the West End Hotel was
blown off and the old Deliver cottage adj
joining was unroofed. So also were the
cottages of II. II. Painter of Washington.
d. c.. and E. M. Skaters of New York.
NEWPORT, r. l.. Oct. 10.-An unknown
three schooner passed the life
saving station this morning with all her
sails gone She was running helplessly
before northeaster. The tug Aquda-
mack was sent to her assistance. When
she went outside, however. the schooner
was blown to sea. A high sea is running
and fierce gale prevails.
CAPE CHARLES, Va, Oct. 10.-A terrific
wind and rain storm has been raging since
last night with a northeasterlY wind bio W
ing sixty miles an hour