The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-09-18
THE TROPICAL STORM.
Coast Of Middle Atlantic States
Swept by Wind.
Buildings Converted Into Debris, and
Many Vessels Pounded to Pieces
New York and Philadelphia
Hard Hit-LiVes Lest.

Philadelphia, Sept. 1.-THE tropi-
al storm which struck the coast Of
ne middle Atlantic states early We'd
lesday morning proved to be one of
he severest experienced in long
lime. 1t left death and destruction in
is trail It's greatest force was felt
1t the Delaware capes and at the lower
part of the New Jersey coast. Six
ives are known to have been lost and
i've seamen are missing and are be-
ieved to have been drowned. A three
Gasted and two-masted schooner
sank at the Delaware breakwater and
about a half dozen coal barges also
toundered in the vicinity of the Della
ware capes. All the way up the coast,
and especially at Atlantic City, hotels
and ether buildings suffered severely
from the wind which blew with hurri-
cane force
Cape May, n. j., Sept. 1.-THE heay-
lest wind and rain storm in years pass
ed over Cape May and the lower end
IF the coast Of New Jersey Wednesday
morning doing much damage. The
tide was low while the storm was at
It's height and the heavy sea did not
10 much damage, beyond the carrying
away CT about 300 feet of the pier of
the Queen Anne railroad The high
wind uprcoted trees, damaged the roof
Of the Columbia hotel and also lifted
from its place the reef Of the Security
Trust building.
The storm left its trail at Sea Islo
City, where the wind blew 20 miles an
hour. Several cottages were wrecked
and the dome on the Continental hotel
was blown down.
New York, Sept. 17.-Greater New
York and it's environs for. several
miles in all directions were visited
Wednesday by fierce wind and rain
storm The day began with a heavy
rain, which increased as the wind.
blowing east, grew stronger, and for
two hours about midday the combined
fury of the elements wrought damage
thousands of dollars.
Several persons were blown off fire
escapes and wagons, or forced against
walls by the onslaught of the storm,
and rot few of them are in hospitals
nursing bruises and cuts. Two per-
sons were killed in remote suburbs by
broken trolley wires.
The gale was especially severe at
sea, causing havoc to the shipping
down the bay, where many vessels
were sunk or wrecked. The worst CT
the damage was reported from Staten
island. The entire fleet of the Staten
Island Yacht club, at anchor, was Ell
Their sunk or wrecked.
An express wagon was blown over
while turning the fiat iron corner and
the driver. and James Billings, who
was crossing the avenue, were both
hurt. A score of others were injured
in this neighborhood.
The pilot boat Hermit was driven
ashore and there was a collision be-
tween a schooner and barkentine. a
tug boat was wrecked in He'll Gate.
The hurricane burst with cyclOnic
force on the center of the city, lOos-
ening the $50 foot spire of st, BarthoI-
omew's Protestant Episcopal church,
in Madison avenue.
The steeple of the South COngresa-
tional church in Brooklyn was also
loOsened. Trees were torn up and
streets were Uttered with signs and
umbrellas. Telegraph and telephone
wires above ground were broken.
Scores of plate glass windows along
Broadway were broken.