The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-09-16
ATLANTIC COAST
SWEPT BY STORM
FEAR FOR SAFETY OF VESSELS DUE
AT EASTERN PORTS-ATLAN-
TIC CITY DEMOLISHED.
LONG LIST OF DAMAGE DONE
Communication With Life Saving Sta
tions Cut OH-Feared That Many
People Have Been Killed.
ny ASSOCIATE, PRESS.

IHildueiphia, sept. Io.--A severe wind
and rain storm from the gulf region pre-
vailed in this section this morning. Pas
sengers arriving from Atlantic City say
the storm there was severe and that the
wind unroofed in the neighborhood Of Is
hotels and cottages.
All telegraph wires to the coast resorts
are down. In this city the telephone and
telegraph service is badly crippled.
Former Sheriff Smith of Camden, N. J.,
cottager at Atlantic City. on his arrival
in Camden today said the wind in Atlantic
City blew with such force that an omni-
bus was picked up and turned over with
his horse and driver; awnings in all sec
tions of the city were blown into shreds.
Up to IL o'clock the maritime exchange
had not succeeded in communicating with
its report from the stations along the At
lantic coast.
Violent Hurricane.
At a. m. wild storm preceded
heavy downpour Of rain which lasted until
o'clock. This was followed by another
hurricane, the wind reaching a velocity
OF 20 miles an hour.
Fears are expressed for the safety of
vessels along the coast. but as the city
is now completely cut OFF from telegraphic
and telephone communication no definite
news can be obtained from the various
maritime and livesaving stations.
In this city the damage wrought by the
gale will amount to many thousands of
dollars
The Hotel Strand is said to have been
damaged to the extent of $4,000 The
old Empire theater, the new Bartlett, the
Hotel Rudolph. Young's hotel Marlbor-
ough and the Windsor were more or less
damaged. The summer residence Of J.
G.. Adams at Linwood was partially
wrecked, as well as many others on the
main land.
House Demolished.
A house al Texas and Atlantic avenues
was demolished and thrown across the
car tracks. The roof and upper story OF
the McClay apartment house at Pacific
and South Carolina avenues was blown
off and several persons injured. The
Champion apartment house was damaged,
as well rs the Hotel Dunlop and Youngs
ocean pier. Many pavilions along the en-
tire length of the boardwalk have been
entirely demolished and the city beach
front strewn with wrcckage. Hundreds
of trees and signs were blown down and
thousands of window lights broken by
the force of the storm. Electric power
has been shut off in order TO avert acc-
dents.
Heinze's pier and Dcntzalls property
were also damaged.
The trolley line is tied up and business
is almost at standstill. The streets are
flooded with water and the public schools
held no sessions. All trains arc late and
the telegraph companies arc sending their
business by messenger to outside points
for transmission.
1t is reported that the power house OF
the Suburban Traction company at Pleas
antyille, six miles from here, was blown
down. The meadows between this city
and Pleasantvillc are under water, caus-
ing considerable delay in railroad traffic.
The large pilot boat Hermit was
wrecked off Stapeton. She was valued
at $4,000.
A big three -masted schooner and an
American barkentinc collided off Staple
ton and were swept in toward the long
dock, where they may go to pieces The
gale was so heavy and the sea running SO
high that no one could venture out from
shore to offer assistance.
The wind blew down telegraph and
electric light poles, and some of the
trolley lines were compelled to discon-
tnue service.
Plate glass windows were shattered in
many places in the business district and
cabs in Fifth avenue were overturned by
the wind.
Along the New Jersey coast the storm
was especially heavy. A sea washed over
bulkheads and piers and carried away
part of the bluff at Long Branch. Hotels
and cottages at that place we're in great
danger.
Similar reports came from Asbury Park.
Seabright, Monmouth Beach and other
prominent resorts on the coast where
there are costly hotels and cottages.
The fshermen's huts at Gallilce and at
other points along the coast were washed
away or wrecked, and the fishermen had
to take their families away in boats.
The wind attained velocity OF 30
miles an hour. At South Beach, small
hotel was blown down and all the other
hotels there and at Midland Beach were
flooded by the high seas, which damaged
piers and board walks severely.