New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-13
GALES SWEEP THE COAST.
,o,,NrAINs OF WATER WORK DEsTRUC-
TION.

ou,xc To THE FACT THAT FEW boats VENT
TIRED ouT-DINERs IN A CITY RrsTAU-
RANT COMPELLED TO FLEE
FROM THE FLOOD
r,. gales which swept New-York and It's
x,o,ntv Yesterday from the northeast did con-
.aerab,e damage to exposed points on the coast.
hu, thanks to the timely warnings Of the
weather Bureau. shipping suffered comparatively
u,,Ie For two days and half the hurricane.
ch,ch had developed in the West Indies. had
hseu hurrying up the Atlantic coast. leaving ruin
IN ,,s wake 1t began to make its effects felt in
this city early Sunday morning. The centre
=, the storm kept out to on it's march up the
cnast. and only the force Of its swrling edge was
,., here. But it cut its path along the shores OF
,ne Atlantic and piled the waters up to abnormal
heights on the beaches. Virtually everything
.,onr the lowlands Of the coast was doomed
wirss went down. seaside streets were flooded
rs demolished railroads wa shed out and small
craft piled UP on beaches. The New-Jersey shore
.ufered most severely.
Owing TO the Weather Bureaus warnings
..arcelv vessel had put out from New-York
since Friday night. and there was comparatively
u,,,a shpping along the shore for the storm 10
,oy IN In the harbor here small craft had
hsen prettv generally hauled up for the winter
and vessels and steamers had out double an
.,ors Yesterday only one vessel left port. as
,,o ,ocal Weather Bureau still had its hurricane
,cra,s I'D OF the Manhattan Building and al
SANDY Hook In the afternoon these were
changed 10 signals Of heavy gales from the
northeast.
WAITING FOR VESSELS
-,. s,r,ooe was done to vessels unfOrtu-
.,,oh 20 Gonna In contact with the centre
:, ,he hurricane at sea cannot be known until
ms of them reach port. There are several
,ara from, the South, whose course was di-
v.c,,v IN line with that Of the hurricanes CEN
,,e hr, not yet sufficiently long overdue to
c-ss,e any alarm at their companies oiiices IN
this city.
IT.. e,o-n, had a diameter OF about two thou
sand miles. and It's western edge rested on 'he
sea coast 1t sent the waters rolling In throush
the Narrows Of this harbor In great hiasses yes
.erday. and tremendous tide resulted snor'i'
after noon The waves Tapped over the battery
..ou,u ord the water backed up through the
sewers flooding cellars along the Waterfront
and the cable road subway at state ana "hi'e-
hall s,s The sewer outlet was plugged at THIS
no,nt and the water pumped from the subway
without delaying traffic.
The only vessels which came into port yes'er-
day were the Kaiser Wilhelm II. OF the Nortn
German Line. from Genoa the Aiier' OF 'he
same line from Bremen; the Ceyc' OF the Whi'e
Star Line. from Liverpool the Archoria, Of the
Anchor Line from Glasgow, and the Menemsha'
Of the Hogan Line, from stockton-onTee Eng
land. The first four of these vessels ran into the
edge Of the storm on Sunday. and kept hove-to
well off shore until yesterday morning when
they moved cautiously up to the bar. where they
ay-to till high tide before crossing They sus-
tained no damage from the gales.
The steamer Menemsha passed In by Sandy
Hook at o'clock on Sunday evening, but Pilot
woolf found it so difficult to steer her up the
channel broadside to the gale, that he headed for
Graveoend Bay. where he anchored. At about
! o'clock yesterday morning. when the gale was
blowing hardest, two-masted schooner which
had been anchored snugly under the shelter Of
ths shore near Bath Beach. dragged her anchor
end slowly drifted past the Menemsha. To the
S!eamers lookout it seemed If all hands on
BOARD asleep, and he sounded the steamers
Shistle repeatedly. This awoke those board
ne small craft second anchor let go,
ind the schooner brought up just on the eastern
edge Of the channel. and before deeper water
made the holding less secure.
Besides the five steamships clready named,
there due yesterday the Schiedam. of the
Netherlands American Line from Amsterdam:
the Allianca, of the Columbian Line. from Colon;
the Seminole. Of the Clyde Line. from Jackson
VILE: the El Mar, Of the Morgan Line, from New
Orleans; the Nacoochee of the Savannah Line,
from Savannah the Croft. OF the Arrow Line.
from Dundee. and the LANDAU City of the Bris
'ol City Line, from Swansea. No alarm is felt
iw their safety.
Two steamers which were scheduled to sail
yesterday--the Amaranth. Of the Barber Line.
for Havre. and the Grecian Prince, of the Prince
Line. for Brazil-preferred TO remain in port to
wnturng outside in the face Of the promised
gales.
BUFFETED BY THE WAVES
The steam pilot-boat Alaska, on the Sandy
Hook station received a severe buffeting wa,le
trying TO make her anchorage early yesterday
morning Four times she attempted to make
her post between the two lightshps. and each
time failed The waves swept her decks, and
the flying spray blinded the captain to his sur
roundlngs II was shortly after making her
station on the fifth attempt that the four
ocean liners already mentioned as making port
move in sight. and pilot was put aboard OF
each with the greatest difficulty.
Tne storm centre late last night was hundreds
miles 10 the eastward OF Long Island. and NOV
ing gradually in a northeastery direction. The
Mghest wind registered yesterday was that or
eighty miles an hour at Block Island. 1t blew
mere at the rate Of thirty-eight miles. The wires
We're down along the New-Jcrsey shore and no
communication could be had with Sandy Hook
Inc wires to Nantucket were also down.
ihere Is possibility of the eastern edge OF the
s'orM oyerakng the crippled steamship Paris
i,a,;nn isSn Is making slow progress across the At
.sanuc under her port engines only. IL Ia not
..ared that she Will suffer severely should the
s'.rm catch her.
frd me soand steamer Puritan. which sailed
Vin 80. raj River Sunday evening, remained
=. a.,Nswport, where il regularly stops. until
SOCK yesterday morning on account or the
..'orm .m When It did start East on the Sound
"A hA u a la
fFFECTS IN THIS CITY.
0ne or TIE effects OF Sunday nights storm
s 'he extremely high tides In the rivers on