The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-10-01
FURY INCREASED.
Gales on the Atlantic
Coast.
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MANY SHIPS STORM-BOUND.
Terrific Force of the Wind or
Lake Superior.
NO WRECKS HAVE BEEN CAUSED
Half the Town of San Domingo Was
Destroyed by the Recent
Cyclone.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., Sept. 30.-The
northwest storm which has been raging
along the coast for several days is iDcreas-
ing in fury tonight. Heavy gales are
playing havoc with the telephone and tel
egraph wires and the surf is dangerously
high. The water is on level with build
ings in the inlet district and is breaking
over the board walk along the ocean front.
The electric railroad on Bradantic street
has been washed up in several places on
the lower end OF the beach and it is feared
the big steamboat wharf will 60. as 1t is
rapidly weakening. The railroad tracks
at that point were submerged and the late
afternoon trains had great difficulty in
crossing.
BosToN. Sept 30.-The coast of South
ern New England was to-day visited by q
fierce gale of wind which caused unusually
high tides. but which. having been antici-
pated for several days, did only slight
damage to shipping.
The storm center was about $50 miles
south of Fire Island light. This afternoon
the wind blew forty-four miles an hour off
Block Island and some rain fell, but the
precipitation was slight.
The harbor is filed with south-bound
vessels which are waiting for the storm
center to pass out of their course. No
serious disaster has been reported.
QUARANTINE, Staten Island, Sept. 3d.
The prevailing easterly wind of the past
few days caused an unusually high tide
to-day. AT s o'clock this morning the
wind hauled to the east northeast and con-
iinued to freshen and at IL o'clock it blew
strong gale from the same direction.
Incoming vessels reported tremendous
heavy sea along the coast Vessels from
the eastward have the wind fair, but
vessels arriving from the southwark felt
the full force of the storm.
The steamer Comal Of the Mallory line
was the only vessel to arrive this morning
from the southwark. Captain Risk. re-
ports having experienced very heavy
weather since leaving Galveston, a con-
tinuauce Of east or northeast gales, with
Sigh head seas, which greatly retarded her
progress, she being detained more than
atwenty-four hours. She received no dam
age, however
A very high tide prevailed along the
Staten Island shore this morning, but so
far as could be ascertained no serious
damage was done to property along the
shore.
The steamer Grecian of the Allen line.
which cleared yesterday for Glasgow. went
to anchor in Gravesend Bay to await an
abatement of the gale. At II :45 A. NJ. she
got under way and proceeded on her way
All vessels coming from Southern and West
Indian ports will undoubtedly feel the full
force of the gale and be much delayed.
CALUMET, Mich, Sept. 80. = Terrific
windstorms prevailed here and on Lake
Superior all last night and to-day. AL
though no wrecks have been heard OF, it is
quite probable that some boats have been
destroyed.
PARls, Sept. 30.-The Debats has dis
patch from San Domingo stating that half
of the town was destroyed by the recent
cycloue..o'