St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-10-11
WRECKS sTIsEW THE SHORE,
Storm Was Disastrous All Along
the Coast

the Coast.
NEW YORK. Oct. 10.-The storm
which broke upon this section shortly
after midnight has done great damage
on sea and on land. The tracks of the
New Jersey Southern railroad between
SeaDright and Highland Beach,
N. j., have been covered with
sand washed upon them by the
waves. The fishing smack,
Louise was driven ashore at Highland
Beach, and is total loss. Her crew of
ten men were taken off by the life.
saving crew.
Off Belle Haven, near Greenwich,
Conn.,, the yacht Verona is ashore, with
every prospect of becoming a complete
wreck. Assistance has been dispatched
tor the rescue of the crew. who at
last accounts were in the rigging, A
two-masted schooner is ashore on
the point of Hart island, and the
sea breaking over the vessel. Several
yachts have been beached at Hunting
ton Gut, near New Rochelle, Long
Island sound. Among them is the yacht
OF o. G. 1selin, which has been put in
readiness for the owner and his bride,
nee Goddard. who were expected to ar
rive from Europe today. At Engle-
wood the chimney of the residence of
Thomas B. Kerr was blown down; in
its fall it killed Miss Mary Kerr, nine
teen years of age.
During the height of the storm the
tug Belle McWilliams, having in tow
seven barges loaded with coal, was
a shelter in Lloyd's harbor, Long
Island sound. The force of the gale
broke the hawsers, and the tug and
barges were all driven ashore. The
bargeS had from two to five persons OH
each of them, the tug carried full crew.
Four persons who were known to be on
the boat are missing. The shore and
along the Northeast section of Long
Island is strewn with wreckage. At
about a. m. an unknown schooner was
seen off White Stone, Long Island,
going before tha wind in the direction
of New York. her foremast gone and
most of her bow torn away. 1t
is not known what became of
of small boats lie wrecked on
the shore from Sands Point
down to Flushing bay. At sOyster bay
l.. l., the sloops Dexter and w. W.
Smith were blown ashore. The wind
was the strongest and the sea the high
est ever experienced there, and
much injury has been done to the
oyster business. ln the interior the
apple crop is ruined. In Brooklyn con-
siderable damage was done to buildings,
and for a considerable time the street
railway traffic was suspended, OH ac-
count of the prostration of electric
wires. All the public schools were
dismissed for the day.
Iha velocity nf tho wind baro hoe
reached forty-four miles per hour. At
Block Island it rushes along at seventy.
two miles an hour.
The danger from the storm at sea has
been intensified by dense fog, which
has settled down over the middle At
lantic and New England coast. In Sea-
bright and vicinity number of build
ings were unrOofed. At Long Island
City the big iron tank belonging to the
East River Gas company was blown
down to within five feet of its fou unda-
lon. The tank was 200 feet high and
1S5 feet wide. The police wires were
all blown down, and small boats all
along the shore from Long island to
Bowers beach were broken and thrown
upon the beach. Telephone wires were
broken and twisted, and at North Beach
number Of boats were wrecked.
The ferry boat Harlem, of the Ninety
second street ferry, was disabled on
entering her slip at Long Island City.
The new engine house at the corner of
Steinway aud Flushing avenue, which
had reached the height of one and one
half stories, was blown down.
In Jersey City the damage is confined
to the telegraph. telephone, trolley and
electric light wires. In three instances,
horses were killed by coming in contact
with the live wires. Many shade trees
were uprOoted.
The damage at Long Branch is great.
About 100 feet Of piling Of the new iron