The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-16
STORMN NEW JERSEY.
Atlantic City Swept by a Saw
age Gale.
NO LIVES ARE REPORTED LOST.

Many People, However, Have Very Mar
row Escapes from Death-BuiIdings
Which Had Been Built Especially to Re
sist storms CrumpIe Up Like Paper
Terrible Havoc Wrought Among the
Inlet shipping.
ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., June 16.-With
cyclonic force a terrific wind and rain
storm from the north bnrst upon this city
and for three hours ragged with unabated
fury. Big trees were torn up by the roots
or snapped off short awnings were de
molished yacht was sunk at the inlet,
men were blown overheard from the in
let wharf and the new board walk, the 100
feet high brick stack Of the Edison electric
light works was blown down and com
pletely demolished, and houses throughout
the city rocked and shook like aspens
Sleep was impossible TO the $1,000 resi-
dents and visitors in the city and the hours
| which fell between the first onslaught
| OF the storm and the break of dawn were
| fraught with terror. Beginning early
Saturday evening gentle, pattering rain
fell throughout the night, but there was
not particle of wind until about $3.50
o'clock Sunday morning. Then howl
ing shrieking gale of wind travelling at
the rate of eighty miles an hour, issued
from the north and dashed down upon
| and overthrow, leaving wide train of de.
struction in its wake.
Buildings CrumbIe Like Paper.
The first obstructions which the gale
met as IL came dashing over the flve-mile
stretch of meadows were the buildings i'm
and about the inlet. These are probably
| the most substantially built buildings in
| the city, having been erected with view
of withstanding the hardest storms. But
| they proved an easy prey TO the gale. AL
| most the entire north side of the inclosed
| outer pavilion was crushed in like paper
| at the first onslaught of the wind, while
| the heavy timbered railings along the
outer sides of the pavilions and wharves
were wrenched off and sent whirling
| away into the inlet. Loose chairs and Ia
| bles were picked up like scraps of paper
and either dashed and splintcred against
the sides of the buildings or carried away
| on the wings of the wind and into the
water
Terrible havoc was wrought among the
| inlet shipping. The Tillie Covert one of
the finest pleasure sloops hailing from
| this city, was lying moored at the yachts
mems wharf when the gale swept down
upon 1t. Captain James Mills was on
| board, preparing for an early morning
| cruise, and, realizing his craft would be
| pounded to pieces if allowed to remain
where IL was, cut loose and attempted to
reach more sheltered anchorage in Gard
ner's canal
Did Not Mind the Helm.
The effort was futile, however the
| yacht refused to mind the helm and swept
shoreward, where IL dashed with terrific
force against heavy timber bulkhead.
| The entire bow of the Covert was stove in
and the yacht filed and sank. Captain
| Mills barely escaped with his life. At the
| landing wharf of the Brigantine Transit
company the big naphtha launch Richard
| X. Fox Of New York was lying moored
| with Captain Anderson asleep on board.
| The gale threw the launch almost uponits
| beam ends and as the captain dashed out
upon the deck to ascertain the cause of the
| disturbance terrific gust of wind lifted
him off his feet, hurled him completely
| over the bulwarks and into the wind
lashed and foaming inlet water.
| His cry for help as he was carried away
could be heard above the roaring of the
| gale. but fortunately for him his mishap
had been witnessed by Captain Fentfenn
| Doughty and Captain William Gale, and
| with the aid of rope they managed TO
rescue their imperiled colleague, although
| not until he was completely exhausted
| and almost drowned. The big cupola on
| the Baltic Avenue casino, which was last
year the scene of terrible disaster on the
| occasion of the annual convention of Elks,
| was blown over and the building wrecked
almost beyond repair.
Narrowly Escaped Death.
A fishing party in which were Adolph
| Parker, Arthur Stevens, Francis Parker,
and Samuel Driscoll, narrowly escaped
| meeting death in the waves. They were
returning from Beach Haven and had just
entered the mouth of the harbor when
| the storm broke. Their yacht, the Albion,
was forced shoreward and thrown high
| and dry upon the beach. sthe gale came
sweeping over the meadows and struck
| the tall smokestack of the electric light
| ing works ut New York and Baltic ave
nues, the big shaft trcmbled, tottered and
| n moment later succumbcd to the fierce
| fury of the wind, tumbling TO the ground
| with n crash that was heard even above
| the shrieking of the wind The watch
| man upon the premises at once gave the
| alarm and Superintendent Fowden hur-
| ricd TO the scene.
A new 1J0foot stack, which the com
| pany is about completing, was swaying in
a dangerous manner and threatening
| every moment To fall. IL was necessary
| that some one should climb IL and add cX-
| tra guy wires, but the undertaking was
| such a dangerous one that Mr.. Fowdcn
| would not order any Of his men To at
tempt the perilous ascent Thomas Spence,
| n lincman. volunteered for the job. how
| ever and daringly assembled the swaying
| shaft. strengthened it, and descended in
safety.
Zig Tent Blown Down.
At Atlantic and Missouri avenues the
| big tent in which the meetings of the sal
yation Army are held was blown down.
| In the tent at the time were the watchman
| and an army convert known as "Bill the
| sailor" Both were buried beneath the
| heavy canvas folds and would have been
drowned by the dcluge of rain which FOL
| lowed in the train of the gale had their
| predicament hot been discovered and as
| sistance rendered. A tall brick chimney
on the residence of George Giberson, at the
| corner Of Artic and Geosgia avenues was
blown down and the falling bricks hurled
I with such force that they crashed com
plctely through the bow window Of an
adjoining house and were scattered upon
bed where "A woman lay. One of the
bricks fell within three inches of her
| head.
William II. Porter, local real estate
dealer, braved the storm about o'clock
In the morning and visited the new board
| MIA nf hp ~
Hardly Ind he stepped on the exposed
| structure AT the foot Of Virginia avenue
when he was ~hiskcd of his feet and
j landed with great force upon his h.ck IN