The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-25
ATLANT|CCOAST
WIND BLEW AT THE RATE OF
FORTY MILES AN HOUR
East River Rose to. an Alarming
Height and Sailing Craft Not in
Shelter Suffered Damage or
Were Driven Ashore.

NEW YORK, Nov. PA heavy north
east gale has been raging along the
coast for the past twenty hours The
storm set in at sunset last evening. blow
ing with great severity all night, accom-
panied by heavy rain. In the upper end
lower bay the storm blew with great
fury, and an unusually high tide washed
| upon the Staten Island shores. doing con-
siderable damage to, docks, small boats
and other craft. The Staten Island Rapid
| Transit railroad track, between Tonp-
kinsville and Stapleton was obstructed
| by wreckage from pile drivers md a
| small schooner, which was driven ashore
and the wreckage piled up on the rail-
road track. A heavy sea ragged in the
upper bay. During the early morning
! hours the ferry boats had some trouble
| owing to the high wind in crossing the
| rivers.
| In the East river the tide rose to a
height not remembered by the ..Oldest
| inhabitant." Great damage was edone on
! all the islands lying in the river off the
| Harlem shore, piers being carried away,
! bathing payilions washed off their foun-
| dations, outhouses swept into the flood
! and washed to pieces in the waters of
| Hell Gate
Windows in the upper part of the city
| were blown in and a few roofs taken OIL
The greatet damage was along West
! street, fronting the North river, where
cellars were flooded. The rapid transit
tunnel also was flooded in many places.
One Of the strangest sights was that
of the lighthouse standing off the north
end of BlackwelPs island Ordinarily
| standing away out of the tidewater. the
! lighthouse this morning was in the midst
Of a raging flood. The waves covered
with white caps dashed about the struc-
ture, the platform of the house being but
a short distance from the water surface.
The entire north end of the island was
submerged.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany reports having suffered most in the
Pocono- mountain district, near Strouds-
burg, Pa. The Postal company reports
heavy damage across the river between
Suffern and Gutenberg. Both companies
expect to have all repairs made by morn
ing. -
The wind here blew from thirty-six to
forty miles an hour this afternoon. The
gale sent shipping scurrying to shelter
and safety, but in spite of the dropping
Of anchors and the putting out of addi-
tional hawsers many small boats and
other craft were damaged or driven
ashore. tq
The storm struck Asbury Park, N j.,
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The wind did much damage to cottages.
The great waves rolled across Ocean ave-
nue. and the surf rolled across the beach
and Wesley lake, overlooking it, some
thing that never occurred since Aspury
Park was located. The water of the
lake flooded cellars and made the streams
in that vicinity almost impossible. Hotel
roofs were torn off and. buildings consid-
erably damaged. No trains reached Sea
hric fndo 70, al
days.
Driven by the terrific northeast gale,
the highest tide ever known along the
north shore of Long Island, swept in
land, leaving ribbon of wreckage that
girts the shore front from Astoria to
Long Island City and out to Greenport,
on the extreme east end of the islant.