The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-21
DAMAGE ALONG TIE COAST.
Farmer Dunn Tells All About It
Down Gt Coney island.

Down St Coney island.
New YORK, May 81, 1S94-The last re-
port sent up from Sandy Hook last night
sixty eight miles an hour. No further news
had been received up to eleven o'clock, as
the wires were down.
In the upper bay this morning the wind
resulted in several vessels dragging their
anchors
A white Norwegian bark lying off the
cotton dock at st. George 81. came in
close to shore and had to throw out another
anchor to save herself,
A second bark, reported by Captain Nc
Clellan of the Liberty Island boat. to be the
Doris, while lying eff Liberty Island about
nine O'Clock this morning, dragged her
anchor, and had 10 summon the tug Thomas
Shorthand to assist her and prevent her
from coming ashore
At Pier !, North River the tide at 9:15
o'clock was foot above the average high
tide caused by the strong easterly WINDS
which have prevailed for the last three or
four days
The feTryboats experienced some trouble
Ia their slips in making landings.
Goyer1ss sent Weather Observer Dunn.
when seen, this morning, said
''The storm today covers all the country
from the CEREAL Mississippi Valley eastward
to the AtlantiA coast. The storm centre is
not as well defined as it was on Sunday, but
it is more extensive, and the wind has be-
come more dangerous along the middle At
lantic and ths New England coast The
danger is augmented by the prevailing dense
fog. The storms progressive movement is
very slowly eastward.
1.-THE high winds are likely to continue
throughout today and tonight, moderating
tomorrow
This Is the same storm that has caused
the great disasters over the lake regions
within the past few days, and brought
freezing weather down into the centre Of the
country and resulted in snow yesterday over
Kentucky.
THE only cold weather this morning is
over Northern Michigan and Northwestern
Minnesota.
ssThe rainfall has been very heavy at
Philadelphia During the past twenty -four
hours that city has had three inches or rain,
which is about equal to its average monthly
rainfall
Down at Coney Island yesterday the wind
whistled at a frightful velocity and the
waves broke fifty feet on the beach and
piers and invaded the streets, but the actual
damage done was not so great as that by
the previous big storms. Yesterday was
Concy Islands most forlorn summer Sunday
in years. By supdown not soul outside of
the regular inhabitants was in sight.
The chief damage was northward, along
Bath Beach way. There the whole plank
| sidewalk that skirts the water front was
swept into the sea. Piles of lumber had been
scattered along the shore for building pur-
poses. Every inch of it was carried out in
to the Atlantic.
At Manhattan Beach part of the Oriental
and Manhattan Beach Hotels was carried
away The roadbed of the Marine Railway
between Manhattan and Brighton Beaches
was destroyed.
The shopkeepers' awnings in Coney Island
were blown away and some of the fimsy
board structures were demolished, A good
sized house on Fifteenth street was torn
from its foundation and lay heeled over on its
smashed side this morning. The house was
not occupied or there would probably have
been loss Of life.