Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-26
THE STORM UP NORTH
,,,vrxsr DAMAGE ALONG JERSEY
AND long ISLAND COASTS.
SEASIDE RESORTS SUFFER HEAVILY.
up,rdInss Knocked to Pieces and
Carried Out 10 sca-sniiways Sub
mergcd-Trscks Washed Away
Many vessels stranded.

NEW YORK. october 25.-High tides
and nigh winds. that drove the sea in
land. have caused an immense amount
of damage along the Jersey and Long
Island coasts in the past twenty-four
hours. Many buildings erected on the
sand az the summer resorts were knock
"a TO pieces and carried out to sea, and
coast tines have suffered much.
The highest tides In years. supple-
rnonted by wind. which blew at the rate
OF from thirty-hve to ninety miles an
hour. prevailed to-day. and when the
high water reaches its maximum to-mor-
row even greater damage is expected,
unless the gale abates. From down the
Long Island coast the heaviest damage
is reported.
HEAVY DAMAGE At CAFE MAY.
CAPE MAY. n. j.. October Bone OF
the hercest northeast gales of years mas
swept the lower Jersey coast and up
Delaware Bay for the past twenty-iour
hours. Many vessels have been stranded,
and there Is an unconfirmed report that
q ship went down off-shOre this morning
fleet Is riding at anchor within the
haTbor. unable TO proceed either way
and the meadows are inundated, so that
railroad travel 20 the coast resorts is
practically suspended.
The tide here Is abating somewhat to-
night. but the wind is maintaining a
velocity Of Oft, miles. Most Of the board
walk has been swept away, as well as
cottage porches and fences. and the
damage IS estimated at thousands Of dol
lars.
IRON Millyille comes the report that the
big tides have flooded all the oyster
houses. and that several of them have
been blown down.
RAILWAYS SUBMERGED.
The ocean City Sea Island. and Maui
receiver branches OF the West Jersey
railroad are submerged. Nearly mile
OF the Reading tracks has been "ashSu
away near Egg Harbor city, ana lhe
mail coach between that place and Iuch-
erton was held up to-day by hoooed
roads. 49,
Much damage has been done IN the
vicinity of Lewes Del. The schooners
Eelkburgh. Sarah Ann Laws, ana Con-
dor went ashore on the beach there lsst
uight The crews have been saieiy
landed. The schooner Gottenheim, from
Fan River. IS also ashore.
The schooner Elizabeth Lee. Phiiaoei-
uhia for Gloucester, Mass, broke from
The tugs which held her to-day and Drift
cd on the point of Cape Henlopen. she
ls IN a bad position and may go TO pieces
at any moment, because Of her cargo or
coai. The crew was taken aboard the
tugs. A number Of dredges and oarges
are also ashore.
MAN AND WIFE IN PERIL.
AT Bowers Beach, Del. William spen-
Ger and his wife are in the second story
~ their cottage, which is surrounded oy
water. and help cannot reach them. Many
animals have been drowned there.
HURRICANE AT OCEAN CITY.
OCEAN CITY. MD. october 3.-rhe
storm OF the last two days was the
worst i'm the memory OF the Oldest In
habitant The wind attained the pro-
portions Of a hurricane. and the SURF ran
four feet deep across the beach into
sinepuxent Bay. The board walk SCUM
from Trimpers Hotel is entirely washed
away for some distance, and north OF
th. same point IS wrecked in places. The
large porch of Congress Hall Tfimbel s.
Eastern Shore Hotel, Choppers, the
Hamilton. the Atlantic Hotel, ana the
Never cottage are completely wrecked
The Cambridge Hotel was partially
wrecked. A large two-masted schooner
was sunk in the bay after being driven
against the drawbridge. The damage
will reach into the thousands.
sEVEREsT IN YEARS.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. j., october %
rhe northeast storm, still prevailing IL
nrobably the most severe In many years.
In poin, Of high tides u has not pesh
eQuailed since 1914 The damage oohe thuS
far does not equal that of the storm
of 1855 but IL ii does not abate soon II
promises 10 exceed II.
THE principal damage accomplished mas
hsen nv the wind II blew over at least
three houses in course OF construction
and a row of others is threatened TO-
night. .,,,-
mans wharf was carried away by me
breakers pounding against H. as wac
al.o one end Of John Meyers Inlet IA
wilton. Bottom Parson. Gramercy
Mace was blown down. while two brick
houses owned by the Moore brothers
gere laid down.
STORM PASSING OFF.
WASHINGTON, october 25-The STORM
on the headlands Of the coast, accoIulns
"a Weather-Burea reports to-nlsht' cen
trsl near Norfolk this morning, mas APP
''.,o,'tIy moved 10 the southeast, and is
now central east of Hatteras' the pre-
.ure having increased at the centre oil the
disturbance. Strong northeasteriy gales
continue on the Middle Atlantic ana
soptl,ern New England coast. but me
con6it,ons are not so threatening as they
we're AZ the morning report
ONLY A GENTLE BREEZE.
JACKSONVILLE. FLA, October %
The weather in Florida to-day has been
clear and calm, with only gentle breeze
blowing.