Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-14
DAMAGE OF THE GIANT WAVES
Long Island and New Jersey Shores Laid
Desolate by the Storm,
RACES FOR TWO DAYS AND A NIGHT
Jersey city Inundated in Some Places
-Concy Island the worst suf-
fcrcr-Hundrcds of Thou
sands of Dollars Loss.

NEW YORK, Oct 1S-The great storm
OF 1896 has not been relegated to the an
nails of the past and the story has not been
half told. No one has so far been able to
safely estimate the damage wrought by the
wind and waves, nor to say how farreaching
was the fury of the gale. But as far as
the eye can see from any point along the
shores of Long Island, along the New Jor-
sey coast, in over the lowlands, and in
some instances over the highlands, wher.
ever one may turn there are evidences that
a hurricane has been passing through this
section of the country. 1t was the tail of
storm that came from the Indies, broad and
destructive, lifted the seas to giant height
and forced In the waters with sweep that
carried them high over the land to begin
the work the wind and rain would finish.
For two days and night the gale blew with
ever-increasing fury and today there was
steady downpour of rain to complete the
miserable devastation already we'll done.
Thousands have spent the day at the beaches
looking at the devastation.
At Brighton Beach and at Manhattan, at
EdGemcr at Far Rockaway. and at dozen
other points along the sea line. the incoming
water swept under the very foundations of
the buildings One hotel did 20 down. IL
was the Brunswick at Isle City. the finest
structure of its kind in that section. The
reports that have already come in are to
the effect that in some sections whole dis
tricts on the coast were clean swept OF the
frame buildings.
FLOODS IN JERSEY CITY.
Jersey City was in some places inundated
Boats were a valuable acquisition today.
The railroads in that section of Now Jersey
were sufferers to the extent of suspending
business for a period and many towns In
that state were cut of Ilouseholders az
Asbury Park and Long Branch gathered
to watch the fury of the seas, wonder
stricken and amazed at the greatness Of the
waters. But Coney Island was the greatest
sufferer One may not stroll through the
well remembered walks fronting on the
beach, but he may climb wearily over the
masses OF ruins that mark the old paths
or stand afar and view the wrecked pavil-
Ions and water chutes and ice slides.
Seidls hall at Brighton is totally de-
stroyed. The ruins of two walls are all that
mark the huge structure which crashed In
under the terrific force of water hurled
agaiust H. 1t is believed that several hun
dred thousand dollars would not cover the
value of the places thus destroyed. Al
though the tide was yesterday higher than
anybody remembered II to be, early this
morning 1t had again reached a maximum
still higher than at the previous flood II
only needed this to complete the devastation
along the beaches. rhe seas simply swept
over the adjoining districts hundreds OF feet
beyond what long ago had been fixed as the
line of safety. AS a result dwellings were
flooded and today some of them are not yet
safe from collapse.
NINE sEAMEN SAVED.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 13.-The British
steamer Evelyn, Captain Horner. from
Huelva, Spain. anchored in the Delaware
river this evening. having ON board the al
most lifcless bodies of nine seamen. the
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picked up at sea after being adrift without
food or water for nine days. Their con-
dition, when rescued, was most pitiable one,
and so faint had they became that It was
necessary TO tie lines TO them and
haul their attentuated and trem
bling forms on board. The LOWS,
in command OF Captain Anderson, left Mo-
bile August II for Rosario with full cargo
OF lumber. She experienced the September
hurricanes and was badly disabled. Her
condition became bad that all hands had
to leave her in two small boats and until
the Evelyn hove in sight they had not seen
vessel for nine days. They could not
have lasted another night, such was their
suffering. Under treatment received since
on board the Evelyn the unfortunate men
are recovering, but their condition is still
precarious. The Lows was owned in Chris
tiRna by NJ. Lanyard & Co. and was for
merly the British bark w. II. Workman.
BOSTON, Oct. 1S.-The owners of the bark
NiO i'Oii"S - 'SM"lt' Douhu rum wee
kaken to this port have given the vessel
up for lost. The Stewart left New York
September via Sandy Hook. The vessel
was loaded with over 400 tons of coal. The
presumption is that she was caught in the
hurricane on September and and cap
sized. The Stewart was commanded by Cap
tain 7. G. Blake of Brewer, and his first
mate was Joseph Connors of North Castine,
Me. The cook was Charles w. Gray of Ort-
land, Me. The crew was made up of Dutch
men, Philip b. Brinton of Bangor. who was
learning navigation, also on board,
making the entire ships company eleven
men. The vessel was valued at S30 900 and
owned by Isaac X. Stetson of Bangor Me.
WASHINGTON, Oct 13.-The North At
lantic squadron from last reports, weathered
the heavy gales and seas off the coast in
good style, although the ships put out Just
before the storm broke The Cape Charles
lightship was found adrift and was towed
into port by the Columbia.