The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-10-17
DAMAGE ON LAND AND SEA.
A Destructive Hurricau Visits New Yo,k
ard Vicinity.

| ard Vicinity.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-The storm
which broke upon this section shortl!
after midnight has done great damage
on sea and on land. Tracks Of New
Jersey Southern Railroad, between
Seabright and highland Beach, N. j.
have been covered with sand washed
up by the waves. The Fishing SMACK
Louise was driven ashore at High land
Beach and is total loss. Her crew o.
ten men were taken off by the life saw
ing crew.
A steamship. apparently IN distress,
was sighted sooD after daylight al
anchor some distance off Long Branch
While the sea was running so high NJ
effort was made to establish communica
ton between the steamship aud tht
shore. at 10 a. m the wind shifted anC
the storm somewhat abated. The steam
ship does not seem to be In any i'm
mediate danger.
In Seabrlgnt and vicinity number
of buildings were unroofed. At Long
Island City the big iron tank belong
ing to the East River Gas Company
was blown down to within five feet OF
its foundation. The tank was 200 feel
high and 1876 wide. Police wires were
all blown down and small boats al
along the shore from Long Islaud City
to Bowery Bay Beach were broken and
thrown up on the beach. Trees and
telephone wires were broken aud twist.
ed and at North Beach a number Of
boats were wrecked. The trolley wires
of the Brooklyn railroad at North
Beach are all broken and the cars are
not now being run. The ferry boat
Harlem of the Ninety-second street
ferry was disabled.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-A seven story
brick building unfinished at "a Monroe
street blew down In last nights gale
and in its fall crushed small tenement
house at 76 Monroe street. The small
house has occupied by Hebrew tailors
and their families. Five Of these have
been taken out dead and fourteen In
jured, some Of whom are likely to die.
Five Of the occupants of the tenement
are missing. All are believed to be
buried in the ruins.
HUNTINGTON, L. l., Oct. 10.-Dur.
ing the heavy gale last night seven
barges loaded with coal, bound East,
and the large steam tug Belle McWl-
liams went ashore at Lloyd's harbor
and woman and two children were
lost. Some men belonging to the crews
were missing and are believed to have
been drowned. Most Of the barges are
a total wreck and the beach for mile
is covered with wreckage.
The woman who was lost was aboard
the barge Jennie Hughes, whose Cap
tain, James Murphy, was her brother.
With her were her three children, at
the height of the storm the woman and
children took refuge In the cabin,
which was built In the deck. a wave
tore away. the cabin and carried 1t into
the sea. The wrecked cabin, In which
lay woman's body, was afterward found
about a mile from where the barge
went ashore. One Of the children, an
eleven year old boy, still alive, was
found on the beach and was taken
aboard the tug, which lies high and
dry on the beach. He will probably
recover. The bodies Of the other child.
rem have not yet been found. The
actual loss of life and properly cannot
be ascertained until the searchers return
from the scene Of the wrecks.
The gale was the fiercest ever wit
messed by dwellers on the bay. Lloyd's
Harbor is considered the safest along
the coast. The tug Is not much dam
aged.