Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-10-08
FIERCE GALE
ON THE WATER
Effects Felt on Land and Water
and Much Difficulty Was
Caused By 1t.
BOATS DRAG SOME DISTANCE

A storm which did not last very
long, but which caused no lit
tie inconvenience during it's dura
tion, swooped down on this vicinit!
very shortly before o'clock this
morning.
The sky grew very black in the
west and the full force of the dis.
/ turbance was felt at Metuchen. The
I power house of the Public Service
Corporation there, which supplies
this city, sustained the burning out
of generator, and the cars were
stalled for few minutes and power
in buildings was shut off. The diff
ficulty was soon remedied, hsvever,
and the service was restored.
Little damage was done, except for
the drenching of swarms of children
/ on their way to school.
One of the billboards of the new
Majestic theatre that was put up along.
a board fence opposite Liddle & Pfeif-
fer's stable. In New Brunswick avenue.
I blew down during the height of the
storm and landed almost on the side
walk of the stable. 1t narrowly missed
striking the driver of wagon belong
ing to the Raritan Copper Works, who
was driving past.
/
washed up against the dock at Van
Pelts at the foot of Gordon street and
the top of the cabin was damaged
A schooner-rigged boat dragged its
/ anchor this morning from a mooring
/ south of the ferry and finally caught
the anchor in the large cable of the n
| Y. < N j. Telephone Company. which.
crosses to Staten Island from the foot
of Smith street. The boat is lying
close in to the ferry slip.
| The students who commute to the
/ state Normal school at Trenton Were
/ drenched when they reached there this
morning, from various parts of the
state, and We're sent home. to avoic
having to sit in damp garments all day
There was a very high tide thii
morning.
NEW YORK, Oct. S:-A roaring
gale from the south, blowing with {
velocity of forty-four miles an hour
dashed large portion of the Allan
tic, coast all last night and today,
sending foam-crested breakers rush
ing in with great force, compelling
shippers of small craft to scud to
places of safety, and delaying Sound
boats very materially a drenching
rain accompanied the gale, which
made oilskins a necessity, and a
soaking a certainty to all who were
not under cover
The steamer Priscilla. of the Fall
River line, which was due at her pier
at o'clock this morning, had not
arrived at 10 o'clock A report had
been received from her to the C. ect
that while off Stratford Shoals. ahe
had had an accident to one of her
wheels and had been compelled to
stop an hour for repairs.
Two Boats an Hour Late.
The steamer Rhode Island, of the
Neptune line. also due at s o'clock,
was more than an hour late, as was
the Harvard, of the Metropolitan
line. The Norwich boats all got in
on time.
The ocean liners had their troubles
with wind and wave. The Potsdam,
of the Holland-American line, which
was due at Quarantine at an early
hour. had not even been reported off
Fire Hand at s o'clock. The Luca-
MIA of the White Star, did not reach
quarantine till g.
The ferryboats managed to do pretty
we'll as they We're in a measure shell
| tered from the worst of the blow. but
| there was considerable delay. as it was
Every available shelter was utilized
by sailing craft. City Island alone hav-
ing fleet of twenty-five vessels of al
| kinds.
The canvass show houses at Gomez
Island got bad shaking up and TIL,
entire island experienced a much need
! ed washing. The tall iron smoke stack
which surmounted the burned boiler
| room of the Steeplechase. yielded tC
! the gale and toppled over in to Surf
avenue. but no one was hurt
Windows of all houses along the sea-
shore ratified constantly last night
preventing the occupants from sleep
| ing. and in some cases the force of the
wind broke the glass.
Transportation Delays.
The storm particularly between the
hours of and $50, caused much delay
! on all elevated and surface lines and all
motormen who We're at all exposed to
the binding rain suffered severely.
Forecaster Emery says the gale and
the rain Will cease before the day is
ended. and that it will be followed by
clear and colder weather tonight and
tomorrow.
The storm stopped in the great lakes
region, where heavy storms have been
raging. The storm then moved east
and south, and then came up the Allan
tic coast.
The rainfall from last night to 10
o'clock this morning amounted to half
an inch.
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