The sun., 1894-12-28
WRECKS ON LONG ISLAND,
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nesday night and yesterday. Persons living in
Newark who are accustomed to 90 homs on the
trolley line either took the Pennsylvania road
or remained all night. Every hotel room was
occupied.
Last night many Of the trolley cars refused 10
work. and there was great delay At the starting
point, near the Pennsylvania ferry. At times
there were rs many as 500 persons waiting
there 10 get cars. When n car did get ready TO
start the crush was so great that the shop girls
hsI T,MpES MO f9afe 6ec o. storm here carried
down electrical wires Of all kinds. Market
street was blocked until late in the day Mayor
Westcott, street Commissioner Blowe, and
the Camden Lighting and Heating Com
PEN, PGnS because pSs to tSs risk Te
loss Of life should the current, be turned on,
owing to the ma Sssss Ss pI nSn @
night, 1t will probably be several days before
the wires will again be in their proper places.
At Seventh and Birch streets seven two-story
houses were unroofed. and several OF their in
mates were injured by falling bricks and plas-
ter. Mr. and Mrs Win. shirley, who reside in
one of the houses, were badly hurt The base
ball grounds had big sections Of its fence blown
A canal boat was blown ashore and upset In
the Delaware River at the head of North Third
street, and a threr-masted schooner was blown
At Cooper's Point n. g.. Wflkens suffered
much loss. Several small boats belonging TO
him were torn loose from their moorings and
have not been recovered, while several OF his
steam launches were capsized or sunk. Other
vessels in that locality had their masts blown
away and were otherwise injured.
Henry j, Clossterman, well-known business
man. was struck by falling tree this morning
while walking along Broadway. and had leg
AsnuRY PARK, Dec. oT.-This morning q tug.
with three empty coal barges in tow, was an
chored off life saving station No %. at Manes-
their chains and drifted out to sea.
They were recovered by the tug, however,
before they had gone a great distance. The
life-saving men say that the storm was one OF
the worst known for many years
This afternoon n huge timber from the Henry
X. Congdon, the two-masted schooner which
was wrecked at Darlington nearly two years
ago, was washed out and hoated southwark.
The current carried IL northward again, and as
10 came up the coast IL crashed into the Ocean
Grove fishing pier and knocked out several piles
and caused other damage. The sewer pipe
which runs under the pier was broken.
The Fenimore Hotel, owned by Thomas Noble.
was unroofed Electric wires were displaced by
the wind, and this morning horse stepped in q
small pool of water in the street and dropped
dead. Its steel shoe having come in contact with
live wire.
At Long Branch several big chunks were cut
out OF the bluff. In front OF Mortimer Hen
drcks's cottage the waves dashed over on the
lawn and carried away the last vestige OF the
The Barnegat bulkhead was damaged so badly
that trains were prevented from running.
CAPE MAY Dec. ga story reaches here
that a large three-masted schooner Is ashore at
Stone Harbor Seven Mile Beach. and that the
crew were seen early this morning clinging to
IL for their lives