The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1894-10-17
DAMAGE ON LAND AND SEA.
A Destructive HurrIcsu Vlsit' New York
ard Vicinity.

NEW YORK, Oct. 10.-The storm
which broke upon this section shortly
after midnieh! has done great damage
on SEA and on land Tracks of New
jersey Southern Railroad, between
Sea5right and highland Beach, n. j.,
have been covered with sand washed
up by the waves. The Fishing Smack
Louise was driven ashore at Highland
Beach aod is total loss. Her crew Of
ten men were taken eff By the life saw
ing crew.
A steamship, apparently ID distress,
was sighted sooD after daylight at
anchor some distance off Long Branch.
While the sea was running so high no
effort was made to establish communica.
ton between the steamship aud the
shore. At 10 a. m the wind shifted and
the storm somewhat abated. The steam
ship does not seem to be in any i'm
mediate danger.
In Seabrlght aud vicinity a number
of buildings were unroofed. At Lea 9
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 feet
high and 1856 wide. Police wires were
all blown down and small boats all
along the shore from Long Islaod 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 num0er 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 Monro :
street blew down In last nights gale
and In it's fall crushed small ten ement
houss at rs Monroe street. The small
house has occupied by Hebrew tailors
and their families. Five Of these have
been taken out dead aud 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 McWil
liams went ashore at Lloyd's harbor
and woman aud two children were
lost. Some men belonging to the crews
were missing and are believed to have
been drowned. Most Of the barges are
total wreck aad the beach for a mile
Is covered with Wreckage.
The woman who was lost was aboard
toe 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 it into
the sea. The wrecked cabin, in which
lay woman's body, was afterward found
about a mile from where the barge
went ashore. Oae 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. Tie
actual loss of life and propar;y 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
tie coast. The tug is not much dam
aged.