Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1901-11-28
Number29
ST0RMALONCT THE COAST
Full Rugged Ship Washed High
on the Beach.
TUG WAS BATTERED TO PIECES

seeing struggle With Ship, Was Hope
less, Hawser Was Cut and the Tuu
Dashed Against Steel Pier--Lona
Branch Hotel Wrecked.
New York, Nov. 25.-The full-rigged
ship Fiottbek, which went ashore at
Monmouth Beach during Saturday
nights gale, is resting on the sands
apparently little the worse for her ex-
perience. and her crew are being
cared for by the life savers of Sta
tion No. 4.
The tug Robert Haddon picked up
the Flottbeck ON Saturday afternoon
about dark. The tug had 4 crew of
seven men and the ship had "a men all
told. All went well until late in the
evening, when the wind attained q We
locity of 40 to IS knots, and the tug
was unable to make headway. and
the two vessels began to work in
| shore. Seeing the struggle was hope
less, and that the only chance OF saw
ing the tug was to let the ship 60. the
| hawser was cut. The ship drifted
rapidly on shore and struck we'll up
and close in at point favorable for
work upon her. The tug lost her
| rudder about the time she was freed
from the ship, and, driven by the gale
and perfectly helpless, she drifted
down the coast and brought up against
the iron pier at Long Branch and be.
| gan to pound against it. The crash
ing was heard by a fisherman, who
reused some citizens. With a rope
they went to the pier to aid the seven
men on the tug. Each wave rs it re.
ceded carried the Haddon away from
the pier and then as the next came
rolling shoreward the heavy tug would
be carried on its crest and dashed
against the piling under the pier or
against the steel work. The work Of
rescue was dangerous. not only to
the men rescued but 20 those aiding
them After many eeorts a man on
the tug caught the rope which was
thrown from the pier. He hung on,
and rs the tug was carried away from
the pier the man clinging to the rope
swung clear of her and then was
hurriedly hauled upon the pier before
the next wave could dash him against
u.
About 3 o'clock yesterday morning
the iron pier broke in two The tug
had continued to pound against it, and
the piling and superstructure were
gradually weakened by the blows. The
tug. too, was battered TO pieces. When
the pier was carried away. one man,
whose name is not known, was washed
into the sea and drowned.
The storm did much damage at
keyport and Matawan. At Keyport
100 fishing and oyster boats were
wrecked, and at both places the wind
unroofed houses and blew in windows
AT City Island, in the East river
great damage was done. The loss to
Robertson's ship yards is estimated
at $4,000. and a dozen other Ans
along the island suffered losses of
from $500 to $4,000 Property along
the Bronx and Harlem rivers sus.
tanned much damage.
The estimate of the damage done
by the storm on the northern shore of
Long Island Sound, from and including
City Island to the Connecticut line, is
$3.50, 900.
Long Branch Hotel Wrecked.
The United States Hotel "at Long
Branch was wrecked early in the
night The gale started corner of
the roof. and the wind getting under
1t ripped almost the whole covering
on. Very little could be done to save
the interior. The rain was falling in
torrents. and men worked hard to- get
4 ho f,,r schi
would be in the least danger
Along Ocean avenue several store
fronts were blown In, and the rain beat
in during the night. Many of the
avenues are inpassable owing to fallen
trees and fences being blown across
them. Last, night there was bit Gao
telegraph wire working out OF the Ct :.
At Asbury Park.
The Metropolitan hotel, one OF the
largest at Asbury Park. was swept of
Its roof. and the rain soaked down into
the rooms, causing much damage. Tae
piazEas of the Hotel Strand were torn
of and the building consida.sMy
damaged. Trees have been stmpBsd
and the streets are Uttered with
branches, wires. parts of roofs or,ve-
randas and shutters.
Atiantie's Boardwalk Damaged.
Atlantic City. n. j., Nov. 25-A
severe northeast storm /, yes .erday
washed away considerable portion
Of the boardwalk near the inle. pavil-
ion, involving loss OF several thou
sand dollars. The yatchsmen's~ wharf
was also damaged, while small bosts
anchored near the inlet were torn
rom their moorings and washed to
.aa-
Charlottesville Ind. Nov. se5.--Fire
destroyed the Charlottesville wirceand
,ail plant, entailing aloss Of $i50.00e.
The loss include $50, 900 of finished
product swaiting shipment.