The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-16
TORNADO VISITS
ATLANTIC CITY
Hotels and Cottages Unroofed, Pier
Demolished and All Wires
Blown Down.
Bad Wind Also Strikes Philadelphia
Where Trolley, Telegraph and q
Telephone Wires Suffer.
One Hotel Damaged $40, 900 Worth
House Blown Across the
Car Tracks.

Philadelphia, Sept. ia severe storm
from the gulf region reached this city
about $50 o'clock this morning. The
rain fell In torrents and was driven by a
thirty eight-mile gale, but by o'clock
the. velocity Of the wind had receded to
twenty four miles an hour. Up to a. m.
one tenth Of an inch Of rain had fallen.
The temperature. at that hour was "a
degrees, rendering the atmosphere OPP
pressive. The telegraph and telephone
service is badly crippled and there Is no
communication with Atlantic City. The
superintendent Of the Delaware and At
lantic Telephone company states that SOC
telephones are out Of service In Atlantic
City.
Passengers arriving from Atlantic City
say the storm there was very severe and
that the wind unroofed in the neighbor-
hood Of fifty hotels and cottages.
A. G.. McCausland, superintendent OF
the Atlantic. City railroad, arrived from
Cape May at $3.50 o'clock and reported that
the fury Of the storm there was unprece-
denied: "A bank building was unroofed
the Queen. Anne railroad pier was partly
destroyed and q number OF cottages were
damaged.
All telegraph wires to the coast resorts
are down and some suburban trolley lines
are idle because Of Frustrated wires.
Omnibus Blown Over.
Former Sheriff Richard F. Smith, OF
Camden, N. j., a cottager at Atlantic City,
on his arrival at Camden to-day said the
wind blew with such force that an omni-
bus was picked up and turned over with
its horse and driver. Mr.. Smith also said
that awnings in sections of the city were
blown Asstersfff eds: TIP to noon the mar
thine exchange had not succeeded In
communicating with its reporting sta
lions along the coast.
| Much damage to shipping is feared.
! The following message was brought to.
day from Atlantic City, by train:
| A fierce southeast storm swept the New
Jersey coast to-day and wrought great
damage. At a. m. wild windstorn
preceded heavy downpour of rain which
lasted until 8 o'clock. This was followed
| by another hurricane, the wind reaching
| a velocity Of seventy miles an hour. Fears
| are expressed for the safety Of vessels
along the coast, but as the city Is now
completely cut off from Geographic and
Telephone communication no definite new:
can be obtained. In this city the damage
| will amount to many thousands Of dol
| lars.
| House Blown Into Street.
| A house at Texas and Atlantic av.
| enues was demolished and thrown acros:
the car tracks. The roof and upper stor!
| of the McClay apartment house at Pa
/ cific and South Carolina avenue wa:
blown off and several persons injured
Many pavilions along the board walk
have been demolished and the beach from
lis strewn with wreckage.
The trolley line is tied up and bushes:
| is almost at standstill. The street!
were flooded and the schools held no ses
| sions. All trains are late and the tele
graph companies are sending their bust
ness by messengers to outside points TO
| Transmission.