New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-13
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ASHORE ON THE JERSEY COAST.
THE TWO MAsTEp SCHOONER SALLY GOES TO
PIECES NEAR WEST END. LONG BRANCH
STORM IN THE SUBURBS.
In the suburbs the storm was particularly Sc
we're The high winds played havoc with WINDOWS
shutters and signs. Fences were blown down anu
limbs broken from trees. Little serious damage.
however. was done. The binding snow and hall
made :ocomotion almost impossible. and drove al
most every one indoors Western and Southern trains
on the roads running into Jersey CITY and HoboKeh
were delayed for n time west OF the Delaware.
The Pennsylvania Railroad kept all It's local trains
close to the schedule. Their Western trains. oound
in were little late. The Erie experienced nttie
difficulty. as the storm centre was stm to the
south OF its route The Lackawanna, which over
the greater part OF Its way parallels the Erie
also reported all trains on time.
The ferry boats on all the lines were the chef
cause OF delay The pilots had difficulty in picking
their way through the driving snow. which at times
as thick as fog
The Staten Island ferry experienced more or less
delay in running boats the long trip from the
Battery to St. George. The trip Is almost four miles
long, and the boats were exposed to the full FURY
Of the blast as 1t swept across the Upper Bay. oh
some Of the trips a number of the passengers were
seasck. 1890. .,o-ss tho
On the Long lslanu anu INc" "a nv the
had free sweep: The sea created d Oy Ine
wind dashed high upon the beaches and du cyhs,
cradle damage. Late In the evening one vessei was
May The lone vessel was the two-masted schSoher
Sally Captain George Ward OF Tottenvine;, q
for Cape May. The schooner left TottenvlIe az .
o'clock yesterday morning lmmedateiy a Hall The
schooner was caught In the swell which preceoeu Tue
storm She struggled to put TO sea- but al tnat time
could not Itch sufficient wind to carry ner OUT as
the roll Of the carried ner In toward tne DeaSn
About midday she went ashore OF Lifessa rh
Station No s. at West End, Long Branch; Inc
waves carried her to within one hundred ana ntty
feet Of the beach line She struck on par anu v
Captain Ward and his four men, Tney were Jo aan
Wood. Philip Gerry, George XIII ana Aiexamue.
Robinson. The Sally was a ffty-four-ton schooner
she went to pieces on the bar
From Coney Island to Fire Island considerable
damage was done to the beaches; Like the crews
on the Jersey coast. the men on Long isiand were
on the alert for disabled vessels coming asno,e,
Along the Sound in Westchester the storm drove
n number Of small boats from their mornings ana
Hooded some of the low land beyond City Island.
report has been received at Far hockawdy
from the Arverne Life-saving station tnat Ves s
was stranded opposite the Arverne Hotel The ire
saving crew could not go to the relief OF the YES.
sci on account OF the binding snowstorm ana inc
heavy sea 1t was impossible up to a late hour: TO
get any my pen c s fT by the terrific gale
The storm interfered considerably with the troll,
lev cars in the suburbs. Those In Long Island
city were almost completely sopPsse theapres had
to walk home The snowpoughs In use made NIUE
neadway against the snow. -, ,uxo.s
All the employees OF the Long is h nhs Ths
General Manager E. r. Reynolds, and Superln-
tendent Blood remained at the station IN Hunter ;
Point all night directing affairs lew b n rnad
started out to clear the tracks and keep the rails
open for traffic in the morning.