The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-10-17
SWEPT BY STORMS
Atlantic Coast Felt the Effects
on Shore and Inland.
SHIPPING SUFFERS SEVERELY
At Long Island City q Big Iron Tanh
Belonging to the East River Gas
Company Was Destroyed.

| Belonging 10 the E89C River O80
Company Was Destroyed.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-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
land Beach, N. j., are covered with
sand washed upon them by the waves
The fishing smack Louise, driver
| ashore IT. Highland Beach, is a tota
loss. The crew were taken off by the
lite saving crew. A steamship appar
entity in distress was sighted soon aftel
daylight at anchor some distance of
Long 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 to be in Immediate dan.
ger.
In Seabrlght and vicinity buildings
were unroofed. At Long Island City
q big iron tank belonging to the East
River Gas Company was blown dow n
within five feet Of the foundation. The
tank was 200 feet high and 1876 feet
wide.
The wires were all blown down, and
small boats along the shore from Long
Island CITY 10 Bowers beach were
hIoken and thrown upon the beach.
The trolley wires of the Brooklyn rail-
road q. North Beach were broken, and
cars are not now being run. The ferry
boat Hartwell of the Sixty-second
street ferry was disabled on entering
the slip at Long Island City. The new
engine-house at the corner of Stein
way and Flushing avenues was blown
down.
Au unusually high lido washed the
east end of Staten Island, 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 The Man.
itoba from Rio Jaueiro and the Teuton.
ic from Berlin. The vessels due today
are the Alesia from Naples, Havel from
Bremen, Kron Prinz Frederick
WitEelme from Naples, Mobile from
London, Scandal from Hamburg, State
of Nebraska from Glasgow, Whitehead
from Bremen. Several steamers from
southern and West Indian points due
today are, no doubt, receiving the full
force of the gale. They are the Carribea
from the Barbados, Elmar from New
Orleans, Neuces from Galveston and
Yucatan from Havana.
Some Of the Fatalities.
Off Bell Haven. near Green wich,
Conn.,, the yacht Verona is ashore,
with every prospect of becoming a
complete wreck. At Englewood a
falling chimney killed Miss Mary
Karr, 10 years of age. The tug Bell
McWiiliams, having in tow seven
barges loaded with coal, at Lloyd's Har-
Dor. L. l., were all driven ashore.
Four pc, sons known to be on the boats
are missing. About 8 q. m. an I'M
known schooner was seen off White
Stone, l.. l., going ashore before the
wind in the direction o. New York.
Her foremost was gone and most of her
bow torn away.
A Bad Night ut Cape May.
CAPE MAY, N. J., Oct. ia severe
gale which struck this city last night
continued un ii daylight. The sea is
running high and high tide has COM
kletely submerged the meadows Five
vessels are in sight of the beach, rolling
heavily In the trough of the sea. The
life saving crews can not launch their
bcals to make even an attempt to board
the vessels. The wind has shifted to
The northwest, but is still blowing
gale.
Great Damage Along Massachusetts
BOSTON. Oct 10.-A severe easterly
gale visited tho harbor today. The
storm was accompanied by heavy rain.
At moon the velocity of the wind was
over 40 miles an hour and . schooner is
reported ashore near Gloucester, Mass.
The schooner Adoline dragged her an
:hor in Gloucester Harbor and went
ashore on Delivers Neck. She broke |
up In 10 minutes. The crew was res
:ued. The damage at Long Branch is |
great. About 100 feet of piling of the
new iron pier was washed out. The |
Dulkhead between the Brighton and
Grand View hotels is badly wrecked.
A cut of Is feet was made In the bluff |
IN the East End property. About % !
eet of the West End hotel was blown |
IF aud the old Dolliver cottage adj
dining was unroofed. So also were
he cottages of III. III. Painter Of WASH
ngton, d. c., and E. NJ. Skaters of |
New York.
THIRTY LIVES WERE LOST.