Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-15

schooners are ashore at Coney Island
point. and many small craft are lying on.
the beach and all along the shore.
In this city and suburbs hundreds of
windows were broken by the wind, and
the torrents of rain filled cellars and
turned streets into rivers. The storm
broke during last evening and increased
In violence with every hour until day
break. Accompanying it was wind that
shook houses from foundation to roof,
terrific thunder and lightning that played
almost necessarily. When the theater
crowds surged out into Broadway the
water was ankle deep. At midnight the
conditions were even worse. From that
time on the storm steadily increased in
violence.
At o'clock the wind was blowing at
eighty miles an hour and the rain was
coming down in sheets. 1t was then that
trolley cars came to a standstill. Elevated
trains stopped and traffic of all kinds was
paralyzed. Along the streets through the
market section of the city wagons were
feet
Many plate glass windows succumbed
to the wind. especially in the downtown;
section Of the city. Soon after daybreak
the rain ceased and the clouds cleared
away. There was decided drop in the
temperature.
The storm did considerable damage in
Jersey CITY. Trees and fences were blown
ooWn In the streets and in the parks. All
over the city wires were blown down.
sASSS ANetAAAdA1 n16LOIY.
PHILADELPHIA. September 15-Dur-
ing a rain and wind storm which began
IN this vicinity shortly after o'clock
last night and ceased at o'clock this
morning the rainfall was 5.54 inches. the
heaviest ever registered at the local
weather bureau. The wind increased in
velocity from forty miles an hour last
night to fifty-eight miles an hour at 3
O'Clock this morning Streets in all ser
Il W
ceiiaIS OF business houses and dwellings,
inundated Trees in the city parks were
entirely.
reports from Delaware breakwater Della
ware indicate that the storm assumed hur-
rlcane proportions at that point The
schooner u; Z. Allen. from Philadelphia for
Gardiner, Ne. was blown ashore and one
OF her crew killed. The sloop John Leonard
ana the schooners Joseph milford. Mile
FRANK and Henry z. Havens and the pilot
poat homunds are ashore near the break
water. FIVE steamers of the American
fi1heries Company of New York are either
ashore or have sustained damage.
Severe in South Carolina.
CHARLESTON, S. c., September 15.-Re-
ports from the surrounding country show
that while the storm of Tuesday night was
severe. and in some sections wrought con-
siderable damage to rice crops. 1t was not
OF serious character and there was no
IOsS VI NE except from the fishing fleet off
charleston. No trace has been found of two
nshing boats reported missing off this port
and 1t seems certain that the eleven men in
them were lost
Severe Storm Strikes South,
A dispatch from Charleston, s. c., last
night says: Fourteen plucky negro fisher
men, who crossed the oar Tuesday morning
have not returned. Three are known to be
drowned, and there is only bare posi-
biity that the two other boat loads were
picked up by a passing vessel The Big
Ella, which was reported missing yester-
day, reached the city today with storm
sails missing and mainsa.l in tatters. She
had aboard three of the rescued crew of the
lost Salem. Three men of the Dora and
eight in the Gray Eagle are still missing.
Inc last seen of the Gray Eagle she was
heading for four-masted schooner but the
gale was severe and there is only a slight
possibility that the fishermen were saved
a dispatch from Wilmington, N c.. last
night says: The northeastern of which
warnings were sent out by the weather bu-
reau last night struck Wilmington this
morning at o'clock. The velocity of the
VINO was thirty-six miles an hour and by
lo:4o am. maximum velocity of forty-fiye
miles had been reached. There was a ire
mendous tide in Cape Fear river. and the
naroor was so rough that navigation was
dangerous. The beaches were sWept Nv
neavy tides, but no damage was done In
the city tent shows of a carnival comnsnv
were blown down and damage done to the
extent of 50, 800 " INV