The record-union., 1894-10-11
Special to the REcoRp-uN1oN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-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 Seabright and Highland Beach, n.
j., are covered with sand washed upon
them by the waves.
The fishing smack Louise. driven
ashore at Highland Beach, is total loss.
The crew was taken off by a life-saying
crew.
a steamship, apparently in distress,
was sighted soon after daylight at anchor
some distance of Long Branch. While
the sea was running so high no effort was
made TO establish communication between
the steamship and the shore. The steam
ship does not seem to be in immediate
danger.
In Seabright and vicinity 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 the
foundation. The tank was 200 feet high
and lS5 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 Brooklyn Rail-
road at y orth Beach were broken and the
cars are not being run.
Inc terryboat Hartwell of the Sixty
second-street ferry was disabled on en-
terlng The slip at Long Island CITY.
The new engine-house at the corner of
Steinway and Flushing avenue was
blown down.
An unusually high tide at the east end
OF Staten Island is doing considerable
damage to small yachts.
IN Jersey City three horses were killed
by coming In contact with live wires. and
many shade trees were uprooted.
Inc only steamers that reached Quaran-
tlne this morning were the Manitoba from
no J8neIro and the Teutonic from Ber-
I'm. Ihe vessels due to-day are the AIosia
from Naples, the Havel from Bremen. the
kron PrlnZ and Frederick Wilhelm from
Naples, the Mobile from London. the
Scandla from Ham burg, the State of Ne
braska from Glasgow, Wllliehad from
Bremen.
Several steamers from southern and
western points, due to-day, are no doubt
receiving the full force of the gale. Thev
are the Carrtbea from Barbados, the FL
mar from New Orleans the Neuces from
Galveston and the Yucatan from Havana.
An EnglewoOd a falling chimney killed
Miss Mary Kerr, 19 years of age,
The tug Belle McWilliams. having in
tow seven barges loaded with coal at
Lloyd's Harbor, L. l., were all driven
ashore. -Four persons known to have
been aboard are missing. About A. NJ.
an unknown schooner was seen off
Whltestone, l.. l., going before the wind
in the direction of New York. Her fore
mast was gone and most of her bow torn
away.
FIVE VESSELS IN DISTRESS.
CAPE MAY IN. j., Oct. 1O.-The severe
gale which struck this city last night con-
tinued until daylight. The sea is running
high, and the high tide has completely
submerged the meadows. Five vessels
are IN sight, each rolling heavily in the
trough of the sea. The live-saving crews
cannot launch boats to make even an at
tempt to board the vessels. The wind has
shifted to the northwest, but it is still
blowing gale.
SEVERE EASTERLY GALE
BosToN, Oct. 1O.-A severe easterIv
gale visited the harbor to-day. The
storm is accompanied by heavy rain. AT
noon the velocity of the wind was over
forty miles an hour. and a schooner is
reported ashore near Gloucester. The
schooner Adeline of Bangor dragged her
anchor in Gloucester Harbor and went
ashore on Delivers Neck. She broke
up in ten minutes. The crew was res
cued.
The damage at Long Branch is great,
about 100 feet of the iron piling being
washed out. a cut of about twenty-fiye
feet was made in the bluff on the east
end OF the property. About twenty-five
feet of the West End Hotel was blown
OF, and The old Dolliver cottage adjoining
was unroofed. So also were the cottages
OF ID. III. Painter and L. NJ. Shaffers.
A SCHOONER IN A HELPLESS CONDITION.
NEWPORT (t H., Oct. 1O.-An un-
known three -masted schooner passed the
m ai,1rr oil
her sails gone. She was running help
lessIy before a northeastern. The tug
Aquldanack was sent TO her assistance.
w hen she, went outside. however, the
schooner had blown to sea. a high sea
IS running and fierce gale prevails
TERRIFIC WIND AND RAINsIoRM.
CAPE CHARLES (Va.), Oct. I0.-A ter
rifle wind and rainstorm has beer raging
since last night, with northeastly wind
blowing sixty miles per hour.
THIRTY LIVES LOST.
81. JOHNS IN. F., Oct 10.-The north
west gale of exceptional force which
swept over this island last night was very
severe at st. Pierre, Miquelon, where
thirty lives were lost and great damare
done. 4 heavy sea was running in t6e
harbor. Not less than fifty vessels
dragged their anchors or parted their
cables, and were thrown upon the shore.
Some Of them were thrown ashore in
every exposed place, and the great seas
breaking over them soon pounded them
to pieces. No assistance could be rem
dered the shipwrecked men from the
shore. a number of them jumped over
board and attempted TO reach the shore
by swimming, but were drowned, while
others ware thrown into the sea by the
waves coming over their vessels and were
not seen again. The wrecked vessels
were part of the fishing fleet that had put
into st. Pierre from the banks to repair
damages they had sustained. Although
there were nearly 800 vessels at the port,
not a single one escaped without sustain
ing damage.