The evening times., 1901-11-25
STORM SWEPT
A WIDE AREA.
Wholesale Destruction All
Along the Coast.
NEW YORK SLOWLY RECOVERING
The Sound Strewn With Wreckage
Rapid Transit Tunnel Flooded.
Details ofDamages at Towns
Along the Ocean

NEW YORK, Nov 25--Water traffic /
and industries along the river fronts are /
beginning to recover from the paTaiyzing /!
effects OF the fierce storm that swept /
along the coast yesterday, and mad |
scarcely abated this morning.
TIE ferries which had been compelled /
to discontinue traffic. are running, but /
all are behind time. The principal de-
laws were in the lower bay and the North /
River, where the heavy seas piled cd by
the fierce winds were still running
\ wide area was affected by the storm
Reports Of telegraph companies show
that their service was interrupted
through Eastern Canada, Ohio, West Nir-
giuia. Kentucky. all the Southern States
and around Philadelphia, as well as on
the New Jersey coast
sound Streyvn With WTeckHEc-
The northern End Of City Island was
r,roj,a bly, more exposed to the fury OF the
storm than any other local point The
sound was strewn with wTeckage, piers
were smashed and all sorts OF boats we're
blown high ard dry.
Much damage was done to shipyards-
The island was flooded and many went to
church yesterday in boats. Several build
fngs we're unroofed- The foundations OF
some OF the summer hotels and paT-hons
were wrecked. The damage 10 the ship
yards alone VII aggregate $500
Rapid Transit Tunnel Flooded
Great damage was done 10 the rapid
transit tunnel in Harlem. There was
four-foot rise in the river and parts OF
the work we're flooded. The tunnel, as
originally planned. was 10 go under the
Harlem River at 143d Street At Lenox
Avenue and 13Slh Street it slants down
steep grade nOrtheasJeTly toward the TiT-
CT That portion had been dug out one
third under t=ss river.
The high water. Ieaping the bounds.
rushed over The embankment and rushed
swiftly into the deep excavation. There
was q roar and crash as the great vol
ume of water swept downward, tearing
away walls and braces and completely
blocking the excavation What took place
under the river no one can say
Across tka Harlem River leo feet q
lumber we're washed away from the IuEl
her yard of Wilson Adams & Co. ana a
schooner went adrift. Tbe reeeding tide
left her stranded 200 yards from the
river
The sub-cslIar Of the powerhouse of the
Union Trolley Company at West Farms
IN the Bronx vas flooded, and from ,
O'Clock until 1 O'Clock the whole system
was out of commission
Three Lives Lost
Three lives we're lost. one big ship Is
~Lo l-
OF dollars damage done to property along
the New Jersey and Long Island coasts
Small craft were wrecked by the
score. baths without number swept away,
and boardwaII1s and ocean piers damaged
some beyond repair. The high winds
backed up the tides in the rivers here
flooding South and West Streets SO thai
at times they were impossible except OF
horseback or il cabs.
Heavy Financial Loss.
Warehouse cellars we're flooded ant
merchants suffered heavy financial loss
So high were the tides in the harbor tha
ferryboats were forced to suspend
The force OF the storm was greatest IL
the vicinity Of Long Branch. The iEhabi
tants there saw two thrilling shipyrecks
and also saw their ocean pier-a sub
stantiaI structure SEQ feet Iong-brokel
up rs If il we're so much matchwood.
They watched the big three -masteG shi
Flottbeh fo- hours as she slowly drifte
toward q lee shore despite the heroic ef
forts OF the captain and his crew 70 say
the vessel The ship grounded just after
signal exploded While Captain SeegIe
was working at 1t. he was knocked sense
less aud h.If-blinded, but when tt
Breeches bIoy was arranged by The life
savers he refused 10 go in it first. Il
sent his cabin boy. Alex Marickman WI
had broken a leg. 30 the shore. Then h
insisted that the twenty two members
the crew. should pTeceda him. He was Il
last to leave the ship
Thrown High on the Beach.
The FIottbek this morning lies high c
the beach and may be saved She has
cargo of china. sand, and arsenic. and w
bound from plymouth, England, TO Ne
York
The tug Robert Haddon, Of New Yor
was wrecked after her crew had tFied
save the l1ottbet While trying to to
the Flottbek 0ut Of danger. the IIaddt
lost ner rudder Full steam was used b
the Tudderless boat bobbed about aimIes
II. For hours Captain stork and MS ms
fought on Then the coal gave out a.
the tug was rapidly drifted shoreward