Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-07
STORM AT NEW YORK.
One Of The Most Severe The Metropolis
Has Ever Known.
GREAT DAMAGE TO SHIPPING.
Many Vessels Driven Ashore and
Otherwise Wrecked-Loss OF Lie
"smsse to Property I'm Pcnnsyiva-
ma New Jersey.

men say thee February 6.-shipping
vailed in the ba.heast gale which pre-
ing was the heavies rivers this morn
The upper bay was W.T. known here.
shore TO shore. spped from
The American ship j. B. Wa
tain Wallace. which arrived at IT, Cap
on January 10Th, with a cargo OF 81
from Liverpool started from her pier
in BROOKLYN this morning, in tow Of the
tugs Municipal and +. w. De'e' io' 'i'
&Erie Basin to be dry-docked. AS soon
she was clear Of the pier the WIND
Ncharge of her, and she was down
49,. the channel, dragging the tugs
her. She touched on a shoai
",' l,N Island, and was then blown
u uo A.. ~ being entirely beyond the
control Of the cue ,,sor,v
s,do On AGAINST M pier Of the Liberty
$50 80 s,e.nhoat CAppany. on Liberty
800 n'here she nowNes, port side on
s,ah ont Of the water. nd would roll
were she not held up by ths ~ ,,,o,ass
men say they have never seenN sy,ols~
OF the bay TO be so angry. Inv
ONE MAN DROWNED. "
At about 1880 o'clock this morning. TN
claiming sloop Favorite, containing>
three men. was capsized in the bay OH
Robins reef They chung to the over
turned boat, and gig containing fve OF
the crew OF the man-of-war COLUMBIA
which was anchored near by, put out 10
the rescue. The force OF the wind tore
the sloop into pieces, and one or the men
clinging to a part Of the wreck fiosted
ashore at ST. George. Before the man-of-
war Gig could reach the wreck one OF the
men who had been clinging TO the wreck
let 20 and sank The third man was
picked up by the man-of-war's boat and
was taken ashore at st. George. The
gig narrowly escaped being dashed to
pieces on the rocks at st. George while
making landing.
The cruiser Columbia kept steam up.
fearing her anchor might drag. Several
large schooners and barks have dragged
anchors and are ashore in the lower
bay, and Staten Island shore Is covered
with vessels in various conditions of
wreck.
The storm has done immense damage
I'm New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania,
Long Island. and New England.
The Lamington. which ran ashore in a
fog at Patchogue. was blown further out
OF the water, and probably Will be broken
up.
So far, only one accident Is reported
from the Jersey coast. as the wind is
Off shore and the water Is low. A
schooner Is ashore at Brlgantne Beach,
and will be a total loss The crew were
all brought to land by the life-savers.
except the captain. lie is still on board.
Bridges are being swept away, railroads
washed out. and large amount of pro-
perty destroyed. The towns Of Clinston
and Boundbrook are partly inundated.
MAN FOUND DEAD.
One man was found dead near tho track
Of the Central railroad OF New Jersey
near North Beach.
4 fierce fire destroyed the undergrad
at Boundbrook. The streets were six feet
deep in water, but none Of it could be
put on the fire.
At Wilkesbarre the lace-mill, the largest
structure In the valley, WAS unroofed.
The Schuyllill river rose fifteen feet In
two hours at Norristown, Pa, and the
river at Bethlehem is also al high-water.
Many Of the iron-furnaces on both rivers
were drowned out
a big tunnel on the Delaware. Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad was turned
into a water-cOurse, and is now full Of
driftwood that has lodged there.
SEVERAL LIVES THOUGHT LOST.
NEW YORK, February "a high wind
prevailed here to-day. causing a great
deal Of damage TO property. three
story brick dwelling on Thirty-ninth
street Brooklyn. was blown down by
tho storm shortly after 10 o'clock. The
building was used as a cooperage-shop.
Several men are known TO have been at
work there when the building collapsed.
IL is believed the majority of them are
buried in the debris. Firemen and police
men. assisted by people in the neighbor-
hood. at once began the work OF clearing
away the ruins