Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-11-25
STORM CAUSED MUCH
HAVOC AND DAMAGE
AFL0AT AND ASHORE
High Wind and a
Heavy Rain
Prevailed.
NOR EAST

Considerable annoyance and DAM
age was caused in this city and on
the water by the storm which CON-
menced Saturday night and continu-
ed until last night.
The storm commenced about G
o'clock Saturday night with Il heavy
rain, and toward midnight, stiff
gale was blowing, but not much dam
age was done until yesterday. The
rain came down in torrents all day
and number of sewers were filled
10 overfiowing. Along Smith street
the manholes, for the underground
telephone wires became filled with
water, and it was necessary for the
telephone company to send men out
with pals to bail the water out
The water in the manholes put. a
number of the phones out of COM
mission and the wind caused some
wires overhead to fall down, the re-
suit being that the telephone COM
pany had considerable trouble.
A chimney on the old Merritt
house, 157 Front street, was twisted
out of shape by the wind, and, last
night, part of it fell down.
On the water tugboats and the
Doul w Gil ltu al IdIu tlllle "
make any headway, and the fows
that were to have left the Lehigh
Valley docks were delayed until this
morning. Several powerDoats broke
away from their moorings, and the
tugboat Arthur Kill, of Tottenville,
picked up large oyster powerboat,
which the crew found floating in the
Staten Island sound.
While tow of barges, in charge of
a Pennsylvania tug, was passing the
outer. piling of the S. l. ferry. slip at
Tottenville, the wind caught the last
barges and swung them around in
such way that they struck the pill
ing and some nearby oyster floats, but
practically no damage was done.
Last night the rain turned TO sleet
and the wind became worse. The
tide was unusually high. Toward
early morning the storm abated.
Two Churches Closed.
On account of the storm, the regu-
lar services at Simpson NJ. K. and the
First Presbyterian churches were not
held last night. A short service was
held in Simpson NJ. E. by the pastor.
Rev. DR.. w. c. Snodgrass, with the
few that braved the storm to attend.
Rev. James H. Northrup, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church, was
to have preached a temperance SER
mon, but, as there were only about
thirty present, it was decided to
preach 1t at some other time, prob
ably next Sunday.
Schooner Was In Danger.
MONMOUTH BEACH. .25:-Bown
close into the bar last night a big
Srbo0Dar with Shprtana6 GaiIc y,
managed to get off and out of danger.
thanks to the high sea which prevailed
and slant of the wind of which adj
vantage was propmtly taken. She came
close in. apparently without her cap
tain realizing the nearness of the shore.
Then he let go his anchors and an
alarm was given ashore.
Captain Dean and the men of No. 1
life saving station made ready to go to
the aid Of the crew if possible and if
not to try to get q line out to them
The tide along the coast was very high
and the water over the outer shoals
deeper than usual. This kept the
schooner from going hard aground and
in a temporary shift of the wind she
got under way and scudded out of dan
ger and down the coast, working far
ther out to sea every tack and appar-
emily getting safely away.
Storm Along the Coast.
DELAWARE BREAKWATER, Nov
% 5:--The northeast gale which swept
along the Atlantic coast yesterday, was
especially severe in this vicinity. One
life was lost as q direct result of the
heavy seas and schooner was blown
ashore and was last night in danger Of
being pounded to pieces. All vessels
kept within the harbor and several had
trouble in preventing their anchors
from dragging and being blown ashore
The schooner S. NJ. Burd, with car
go of lumber from Charleston, S. c.
for New York. parted both anchor
chains when off Cape Henlopen and was
blown on the beach at Lewes about 9
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
Lewes life saving crew at once went to
the assistance of the schooners crew
and brought ashore the captains wife
and child. The surf was running high