The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-07
GOTHAM IN A HOWLlNG GALE.
-ur STORM ONE OF THE Widest
IN YEARS.

ship and Two Tugs Trying to Tow
uer Blown Clear Across the Bay.
The SmOLestack of One of the Tugs
ulo,yu On-A Man-Of-War's Gig
noes some Gallant Rescue Work.
vsv York. Feb. 6.-The gulf storm that
. ,,s roaring and racing up the Atlantic
4 s,ss- an yesterday has reached here, and
i the widest and most violent that
yaw York has had for several years.
The American ship J. b. Walker. Capt.
wallace. which arrived at this port on
Ian %. with a cargo of salt from Liver
,ool started from a pier in Brooklyn
his morning in tow of the tugs Municipal
and F. W. Devoe. for the Erie basin to
~ drydocked. As soon as she was clear
of the pier the wind took charge of her
and she was blown through Buttermilk
channel. dragging the tugs along with her.
81 che touched on a shoal off Governors
island. and was then blown across the
bay. being entirely beyond the control of
the tugs. She struck broadside on against
ne pier of the Liberty Island Steamboat
. company on Liberty Island. where she
s. now lies portside on, high out of the water,
+ and would roll over We're she not held
II
never known the waters of the bay to be
50 angry The smokestack was blown off
one Of the tugs.
At about 1890 O'Clock this morning the
canning sloop Favorite, containing
three men, was capsized in the bay off
Robbins Reef. They clung to the over
turned boat and a gig containing five of
the crew of the man-of-war Columbia,
which was anchored nearby put out to
the rescue The force of the wind tore the
sloop into pieces and one of the men cling
ing to a part of the wreck hoated 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 go and sank
The third man was picked up by the man
0f-war crew and was taken ashore at st.
George. The gig narrowly escaped being
dashed to pieces on the rocks at st. George
while making a landing.
The cruiser Columbia kept steam up,
fearing her anchors might drag.
Several large schooners and barks have
dragged anchors and are ashore in the
lower bay, and the Staten Island shore is
covered with small vessels in various con-
ditiOns of wreck.
The storm has done immense damage in
New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, South
ern New York, Long Island and New
England.
SO far onlyone accident is reported from
the Jersey coast as the wind is off shore
and the water is low. A schooner is
ashore at Brgantine Beach and will be
total loss. The crew were all brought to
land by the life savers except the cap
tain he is still on board.
In New Jersey the storm has raised
NE Raritan river twenty-five fee t. I
Bridges are being swept away, railroads
washed out and large amount OF prop
erty destroyed.
The towns of Clinton and Boundbrook
are partly inundated. One man was
found dead near the track of the Central
railroad Of New jersey near North Beach.
herce fire burned all the afternoon in
lumber yard at Bound Brook. The
streets were covered six feet deep with
water, but none of 1t could be put on the
fire.
In the coal regions in Eastern Pennsyl
Ianla there is general stoppage of min
ing operations on account of the floods
Of water and the heavy gale. At Wilkes
barre Pa, the lace mill, the largest struc-
ture in the valley. was unroofed.
The Schuylkill river rose fifteen feet in
{wo hours at Norristown, Pa, and the
Lehigh at Bethlehem is also at high wa
ter. Many of the iron furnaces on both
rivers We're drowned out.
big tunnel on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna ana western railroad was turned
mio water course and is now full of
drlttwood that has lodged there. Bridges
are going out without end
PatOchoque, N. Y, Feb. 6--The wrecking
tugs worked from yesterday until this
morning at 10 O'Clock trying to pull off
the steamer Lamington, which went
ashore Tuesday night At 10 O'clock this
morning the tugs abandoned the steamer
because of the high seas. The wrecking
company put seven men aboard the
steamer last night but could not launch
boat to get them off so they left them
aboard with Capt. Duff, the mate and
lnfee engineers. Fourteen men are now
aboard the steamer, and they will prob
aply be washed overheard before morn
l4g Last night Capt. Duff signalled
Sapt. Rourke to take off the breeches
DuOy, which was done. At II o'clock this
morning signals of distress were made
from the steamer. The life savers tried
10 throw line to the vessel, but failed.
Lhe steamers stern is solidy imbedded
III IIe Sand, while the bow pounds back
ana forth with the sea. The men dare
nol not Ieaye their positions, or they will be
washed overheard.
At nightfall ali seemed hopeless. The
seas dashed high over the vessel from
stern to stem. A line was shot to the
vessel about $50 o'clock during a lull in
Sle storm which caught in the rigging,
Dut the men who had taken to the masts
a. O'lo o'clock could not find it on account
u u lhe darkness. 1t it is not know whether
alive
The line hangs listless in the surf The
'eNsel is all under water. The seas threat
es al any moment to throw the men out
VI the rigging. 1t appears on shore as if
}ise steamers bottom had broken. The
aie savers are still working bravely under
terrible strain. The storm tonight is
worse than it was to-day.
Wilmington, N. c.. Feb. 6.-The storm
mere last night and this morning caused
no damage. The highest velocity of the
WIND was IS miles an hour. There was
S9ou' an inch and a half of rain. There
tSF Fe been heavy rains in the interior of |
tIg state, and all the water courses are |
W sWt' 10 overf1owing. The Cape Fear river
a. fayetteville is rising rapidly. big
neshet is assured, but no damage is likely |
70 ensue.