The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-05
Shift in Wind Probably
Saves Thousands of
Houses.
FIVE LIVES LOST;
SHIP IN DISTRESS
Scores Of Smaller Craft Are Miss
ing-Property Loss Estimated
at More Tha $1,OOO,OOO.
Rain Changes Into Snow
and Adds to Suffering of
Homeless People.
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New York, January 4-Five lives
arc known to have been lost and more
than 100000 in. damage has been
done by the storm which has ragged
| from Portland, Me, to Norfolk. Va,
during tho past twenty-four hours,
y large steamship is in distress Off the
Delaware breakwater, and scores OF
small llcr craft are missing
The New Jersey coast has suffered
the greatest damage, but with the
shifting of the wind from northeast to
Que north during the afternoon the
| high water which threatened 10 wash
away thousands Of houses on the New
Jersey coast was partially removed.
AT almost every point the rain has
changed to snow. and the tempera sure
mas dropped many degrees during the
day, and. in many instances, this has
increased the suffering, which was al
ready considerable.
! At Atlantic City, N j., a 5OO-foot ex-
tension of the Million Dollar Pier has
been carried away, and nearly mile
| or the boardwalk at Chelsea, adioin-
ing Atlantic City, has been washod
away.
Cohfiy Homes Undermined.
! -'S Sch Has undermined number
! OF costly homes in Chelsea, and a large
portion OF the sea wall here has been
washed away. The boardwalk at At
| iantic City has heen seriously under-
mined. and considerable damage has
been done to property along the board
walk by the high wind
Nearly all OF the streets at Atlantic
C,ty are Hooded, and the electric light
plaht there, as we'll as nearly every
town along tho New Jersey coast. has
! peen put out of commission and the
cities and towns are in total darkness
a man died of exhaustion at Sea
bright, N. j.. and two women swere
Killed at Brooklyn as n result of the
Storm. Two other women. who LEFT
oomes island In small> boat to fish
eariy yesterday, have either been blown
10 sea or have been drowned
more than 100000 In damage has
peeh done at Senbrtght. The Octagon
iioiei IL now practically n total wreck.
ana more than half OF it has either
i.rna ,u,apied leu or been washed to sea. Ten
| !a.se cottages were razed by the gallo
| lhis morning. and Il short time later fhav
were washed away. Nearly 200 ner
sons are homeless. including the fish
ernen and their families. Scores Of
houses have been SO undermined TINT
they Will collapse at the next hipb
| 'lue' early tomorrow morning.
| Pray for RELIEF.
The Pensioners of st Peters Church.
Gaiiiiee. four miles south OF Seabright.
aSy .E,aay gathered in front of their.
church. and. led by the rector. prayed
mat the storm would abate and their
| church be saved AT the time tho
church was supported by fow piles.
ana IT seemed though each wave
would carry it down.
Early this afternoon the sax oo0
summer residence of =. b. Knapp col
lapsed and fell into the sea. Several
smaller cottages have been DESTROYED
during tho day. The bulkhead hero
coiiapsed to-day, but Captain Green,
OF the life saving service, and eight
men managed, at the risk of their lives.
! TO throw up temporary bulkhead.
! Whlch held tho sea back and saved
the town from being inundated
/ me ocean worked it's way through
! 10 the Shrewsbury River, n distance OF
loo feet, to-day, and when the last
| buikhead collapsed the sound could
be heard more than q mile Scores of
families are homeless. and the damage
VIII run far into the thousands
! Tho storm has done more than $780,
| 700 damage to Atlantic City and Mar
gate and Longport, adjoining the city.
! AT the latter places many handsome
summer homes have been wrecked.
Workmen Itepuir Roadbetl.
william G. Bessler, vice President OF
the Central Railroad OF New Jersey.
arrived at Normandie. adjoining Sea-
| bright to-day to take charge OF the
/ gangs OF workmeu which have been
rushed here to repair the roadbed
which has been washed away. The
Normandie Hotel has been damaged
and the foundation has been washed
to such an extent that 1t is feared the
| hotel Will collapse IL the storm con-
| tinues. Secretary of War Garrison's
cottage here has been undermined and
only the efforts OF twenty men during
the day saved it from being washed
away.
AS soon as the present danger has
passed. Seabright and the various
! towns along tho Peninsula will aid the
government In constructing sea wall
which will prove adequate in such
storms as the present one.
The greatest damage to the Long
Island coast. so far as is known. was
suffered by property owners at Linden
hurst and vicinity. Hero the water
rose above the first floors OF many
OF the houses, while several of the
summer cottages belonging TO promi-
nent New Workers have been wrecked
Unemployed Suffer.
The storm OF the past two days has
taxed to capacity the municipal lodg-
Ing houses. as we'll all other insti-'
tutions which care for the army pf
tho unemployed" in New York. Nearly
2.eO0 men were sheltered 1T the Muni-2
cipal Lodging House, while as many;
more availed themselves OF sheIte.s
elsewhere. Thousands OF other men
either walked the streets or snatchcd q
] little sleep in doorways. Superintend-
ent Yorke. of the Municipal Lodging
House. said that more men arc out OF
| employment at present than at any
time I'm the seventeen years he hass
been superintendent All of the men
sheltered by the lodging house, hs said.
have been laid or by tho railroadsl