Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
their personal property. No reports have
reached here of damage to shipping.
Situation at New York.

SAtuaeAoA ut new DIX
dispatch from New York says: The
fierce storm which for several days has
been raging along the north Atlantic coast
has seriously interfered with shipping, and
today only four of the ocean liners, all of
which have been greatly delayed. succeed
ed in making porte The four steamers
which arrived all reported hurricanes and
mountainous seas. The Monterey of the
Ward Line and the Jefferson of the Old Do
minion Line came in from the south.
me latter craft was terribly battered by
the storm, and when boarded by a high
wave or Saturday Richard McLane the
lookout, was seriously injured, and by the
heavy rolling of the Jefferson in an effort
to free herself of THE deIuge that suddenly
1 1eli on her forecastle the Rev. E. B. Haw-
ley, clergyman of Lake View, Moon coun-
~, N. C., one of the passengers. was
.nroWn across the cabin and instantly
killed. His body was brought to port. Nc
Lane was taken to the New York Hospital.
Ihe Sound steamboat City of Worces-
ter Of the Norwich line, which was sup
PoSed 10 nave run on the rocks near
execution Light late on Saturday night,
connected with the walking beam had
broken. While at anchor temporary re-
pairs were made and the City of Worces-
Ter unaer her own steam made her way
10 her dock In the North river.
Captain Rowland attempted to transfer
ms 40 passengers to the New Hamp-
shlre OF the Stonington line, which came
as the waves were too high the idea was
abandoned. Over $50 of the passengers
were sent to New London by train, and
tnose that stood by the broken down
boat proceeded on her to their destina-
ton tonight.
The City of Augusta of the Savannah
line. which proceeded to sea last night,
Sandy Hook. She was running away
from the storm, but after remaining in
port couple Of hours, Captain Burg
again started on his course for Newport
News and Norfolk
Water Receding at Atlantic City.
dispatch from Atlantic City, N. J.,
says: The midnight flood tide Saturday
night did not rise as high as did the flood
tide Of noon of that day, and no further
damage was done to this resort. 1t had
been feared that owing to the gale the
tide would do additional injury to the
exposed places on the beach front. So
far as can be learned no buildings were
undermined. While the water was high
on the meadows back of the city, the
railroads were not Inconvenience to any
extent. The schooner May, which was
anchored In the Inlet, went ashore last
night, she having dragged her anchor in
the gale 1t is expected that a channel
Will have to be dug to get her into deep
water.
Paterson Fears Epidemic.
A special to the New York Times from
Paterson, N. j., last night says: This city
begins to feel that the danger of the flood
probably is over with the waters going
down at the rate of an inch an hour. 1t
has started to rain again, however, and if
that continues consequent rise in the river
probably will tear out the gates of the race
way above the falls, weakened by the ter
event of their breaking, the probabilities
are that the narrow embankment above the
falls which holds the waters from rushing
down Sprauce street, would be swept away,
flooding all the city that is not on hign
land.
In the first rush of the waters there would
be incalculable destruction of valuable mill
properties, particularly the buildings of the
Rogers locomotive works 1t is not thought
that there would be any great loss of life,
as the residents have had their warning,
and few are daring enough to stay in the
houses that are now surrounded by water.
Another danger that the city feels is that
of an epidemic following the flood. Instead
of cleansing the lower wards, that are
largely filled with the foreign population,
the flood has driven the sewage of the city
back into the lower streets filling the Gel
lars with the refuse. Every available pump
in the city has been in use all day but as
fast as a cellar is emptied it fills again.
Mayor Hinchliffe said yesterday that the
danger was thoroughly understood and
that as soon as 1T was possible the city
would take sanitary precautions. Sewage
has been forced into the cellars of not less
than 1000 houses.