New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-01
IN THE STORMS WAKE.
uNROOFED HOUSES UPROOrED TREES
AND WRECKED BOATS TELL OF
THE WINDS FORCE.
UNUSUALLY HIGH TIDES on THE LOWER COAST
JERSEY CITY APPARENTLY THE CENTRE
or THE Tr.MPI.sT-TEIE0EAPH AND
TELEPHONE SERVICE INTER

FfTED WITH.


The storm yesterday morning lid considerable
danage in Jersey City Trees. pants fences and
signs were destroyed. electric ..sht wires were
broken. ex,nguishing many street lamps burning
Gu, telephone boxes and interfering WITH the trans
mission OF teegraphlc dispatches Travel over Tho
trolley lines was interrupted by irees. bouShs and
signs that fell the tracks. Political banners AMI
transpaTcnces were damaged.
The shore Of Communipaw Bay was covered with
wreckage. Only two boats OF the fee; OF IN, Oceanic
zach; Club escaped injury. The Mystery. cat
rugged skin. owned by william Palmer. torn
from lis moorins and dashed 10 pieces aEalns; ihe
trest.e Of the I-ehSh Valley Railroad Company. The
Clipper. 5ib ard mainsall sloop. belonging TO W.
Seeley: the sloop Pauline the property OF William
Bishop. and the sloop Tough. owned Nv BENJAMIN
Cavanagh. were also carried by the winds ard wave
and beat against the trese work. and tho three
boats were almost to,a.lv wrecLrd. Tie float was
torn from, the yach; clubhouse and several small
boats we're lost. Tho boats OF tn. Pavonla Yacht
Club were badly battered John Z:mm 'rmans Water
Lily. John Ioebe-'s Defiance Micnael ,iilroartin :
Minnie. Richard Prngle's Square and Henry Smith s
Ella S. we're hurled the beach and all IN
tu:ed The side OF the Defiance stove in and her
mas: and bowspri: broken Seih Babcock s
soop Elfn was damaged by fishing smack that was
driven from is anchorage and was sweep; against
the Elnn.
The wind did considerable damage TO dwelling
houses. Chimneys and roofs were damaged. The
ToOl or 2 tWO-StOry puliOllg on tle
Road. owned by Thomas Mccain was lifted by the
wind and landed on the roof Of the adjoining
house owned by John Alpaugh.
The storm which broke forth IN all its fury late
Tuesday night and early yesterday morning did a
great deal OF damage in North Hudson, hui COM
parativey little In Hoboken. McCann's coal sheds,
on the Paterson Plank Road. we're blown down
and fell against three houses occupied by c. A.
Tssot DR.. Mcneil and a Mr. Euvrad. Trees and
signs blown down. and telegraph and tele-
phone wires were damaged.
Passaic Sept. 80 (Specia). Tuesday nights storm
did considerable damage In Passa!c. The handsome
new Mckinley ana Hobart banner recently raised by
the Hobar; Club was blown down and destroyed
There was general mix UP OF trolley. electric light
and alarm wires. A false alarm called the entire
Fire Department, out In the drenching rain, ana
caused a great deal Of excitement.
Elizabeth Sept. 80 (SpeciaD.-The storm created
havoc among telegraph telephone and electric light
wires because OF the many trees that were blown
down The electric lights went ont and plunged the
city in darkness. The telephone systems were so
badly DANA ged that took gangs OF men the greater
part Of to-day restore the connections ana IL was
no until tonight that the elizabeth Telephone |o'h
pany was in working order.
The tide rose 20 grea, neigh; in the Kills and
swept ever the lower wharves at EHzaoeihpor''
carrying away quantities Of coal ana lumber ihe'e
much damage done 10 small boats moore ao, o
the docks a number Of which were smasHeu VI
driven ashore All through this city eveled fences
shattered chimneys and broken shutters anu sish-
boards bore testimony the fercencss OF the tenn
nest The handsome Republican banner IN hroau-
e. was wrecked but II will he put up again In a Few
days. .,
Hackensack Sept 90 (SpeciaD.--Last nights
storm was extremely severe IN some parts OF Der
gen County, although he damage was nov OF
specially serious character The loss 10 ih'H,cis
in the destruction Of fruit was co1sid srabo nnd IN
many places large numbers OF trees ~erc pio"h
down Atlantic-st.. in this town. was piocKeo u!
fsrer trees and lawns throughout the place were
Uttered with debris. At WalIwick there was
terrible crash In the woods about O'Clock TINS
morning and to-day the road Is closed 10 tanic'
Egg Harbor city. Sept. Glowing % inc hea'y
storm that prevailed last night the meadows al
this point were flooded with water 10 oep'h vi
two feet in some places and all trans p"ssns over
tn. railroad. were delayed. Many fences ano out
houses were blown down. The wn1 blew AT the
rate Of forth miles hour. 49, t,,.o,
New brunswick. Sept. 3O.-Cr1ft IN inc ri' ltal
River suffered from The storm thai visited NJ re
last night Many Of the Yachts n"loneHlS 70 .,e
hoa, club were injured. V 5. voorhees, lor,! !
,ootcr Viola was blown from her noorihss anu
~ ashore receiving serious ''amase warren
ccbenck's catboat end several snIlier podtS "''e
stnve i'm bv coming IN contact with the piers.