Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-10-13
SWEPT BY STORMS
Atlantic Coast Felt the Effects
on Shore and Inland.
SHIPPING SUFFERS SEVERELY
A Long Island City Big from Tank
Belonging to the East River Gas
Company Was Destroyed.

| Belonging to the East River Gas
! Company Was Destroyed.
| New YORK. Oct. l0.-A storm which
| broke shortly after midnight has done
great damage on sea and land. The
tracks of the New Jersey Southern
| railway between Seabright and High
laud Beach, n. j., are covered with
sand washed upon them by the waves.
The fishing smack Louise, driven
ashore at Highland Beach, is a total
loss. The crew were taken of by the
life saving crew. A steamship appar-
entity in distress was sighted soon after
daylight at anchor some distance off
Lcng Branch, but the sea was running
SO high that no effort was made to es-
tablish communication between the
steamship and shore. The steamship
does not seem 10 be in immediate dam
ger.
In Seabrlght and vicinity buildings
were unroofed. At l. ing Island City
big iron tank belonging to the East
River Gas Company was blown down
within five feet of the foundation. The
tank was 200 feet high and lSo feet
wide.
The wires were all blown down, and
small, boats along the shore from Long
Island CITY 10 Bowers beach were
bIoken and thrown upon the teach.
The trolley wires of the Brooklyn rail
road at North Beach were broken, and
cars are not now being run. The ferry
boat Hartwell Of The Sixty-second
street terry was disabled on enterlhg
the slip at Long Island City. The new
engine-house at the corner OF STEM
way and Flushing avenues was blown
down.
An unusually high tide washed the
east end Of Staten lslaid, doing con-
siderable damage to small yachts. In
Jersey City three horses were killed by
coming in contact with live wires.
MANY shade trees were uprooted.
Many steamers Due.
The only steamers that reached
quarantine this morning were he Man.
itoba from RIO Jaueiro and the Ieuton.
ic from Berllr. The vessels due today
are tie AIesia from Naples, Havel from
Bremen, Krou PrinZ Frederick
WitIe!me from Naples. MouI.e l,om
London. Scandia from Hamburg. State
Of Nebraska from Glasgow, Whitehead
from Bremen. Several steamers from
southern and West Indian points due
today are, no doubt, receiving tile full
force Of the gale. They are the Carribea
from The Barbadoes. Elnar from New
Orleans, Neuces from Galveston and
y Hucatan from Havana.
Sone Of the Fatalities,
Off Bell Haven. near Green wicli.
Conn, the yacht Verona is ashore.
with every prospect OF becoming
complete wreck. At EngleWood 8
falling chimney killed Miss Mary
karr, - years of age. The tug Bell
McWlllians, having III tow seven
barges loaded with coal, at Lloya's Har-
Dor, L. L., were all driven ashore.
Four lsous known 10 be on the boats
are missing. About S .. III. an IN
known schooner was seen ,t' White
S. one, T.. L., going ashore heiore The
wind in the direction O. New York.
Her foremost was gone aud most OF her
bow torn away.
= Bad Night at cape May.
CAPE MAY, n. j., Oct. 10.--A severe
gale which struck this city last night
continued un il daylight. the seA is
running high and a high tide has com
platelv submerged the meadows. Five
vessels are in sight off the Leach, rolling
heavily in the trough OF the seq. The
life saving crews can not !au.cn their
beats to make even an attempt to boar.
tie vessels. The wind has shifted to
the northwest, bat is still blowing Il
gale.
Great Damage Along Massachusetts.
BOSTON, Oc'. TO. A seyrre easterlv
gale visited the harbor tod Y The
storm was accom- panied by heavy rain.
At neon the velocity q the wind Wa
over 40 miles an hour and a schooner is
reported ashore near Glou ester, Mass.
The schooner Adoline dragged her an
chor in Gloucester Harbor and went
ashore on Delivers Neck. she broke
up in 10 minutes. The crew was res
cued. The damage a. Long Branch is
great. About 100 feet Of piing of the
pew iron pier was washed out The
bulk head between the Brighton and
Grand View hotels is badly wrecked.
A cut of % feet was made in the bluff
on lie East End property. About p
feet OF tie West End hotel was blown
eff and the old Do!liver cottage adj
Joining was unr"oted. So also were
the cottages Of H. H. Painter Of WASH
iugton. d. G., and +. NJ. Shatfrrs Of
New York.