The state herald., 1914-12-11
HUNDREDS OF
BOATS WRECKED
LINERS FIGHT 6s-MlLE WIND AS
TERRIFIC STORM GRIPS
ATLANTIC COAST.
SEAS TEAR COTTAGES
NEW YORK AARsoR CLEARED
OF ALL CRAFT AND FERRIES
UNABLE TO CONTINUE.
Newspaper Union News Service
Summary Of Mondays Storm.

SUMMARY " "oHuay StoT"'
New Nork,-wind es miles an hour;
shore strcwu with wrecks, villages
flooded; Coney Island loss 100000.
New Jersey y,-Seabright $4,000 club
house expected to collapse; town in
peril. Atlantic city and other seaside
points heavily damaged,
Delaware. --Rohoboth. u seashore re-
sort. almost destroyed by waves; dam
axe, $4,000.
Rhode isiand.-Schooner strikes the
Tuckornuck shoals; life savers unable
TO reach crew OF s6.
Connecticut.--wors wind and sieet
storm since 1907 paralyzes wire service.
New York.-Huge seas backed by a
mighty tide and bowling northeast
gale battered the coasts of New York
Monday, smashing houses. wrecking
hundreds OF boats, flooding villages,
devastating summer resorts and fore
Ing transatlantic and coastwise steam
ers to remain outside Sandy Hook and
fight the storm.
At Sandy Hook the wind attained a
velocity OF 6S miles an hour. driving in
record.breaking tide and making it
impossible for pilots to board incom-
ing vessels.
In New York harbor the tide was
the highest in thirteen years and the
waves drove the New Jersey ferry
boats to cover and strewed the shore
OF Staten Island with the wrecks Of
scores Of small craft.
In New York City the wind blew At
As miles an hour, diminishing to 26
miles Monday night, with a forecast Of
shift in the gale. attended by more
rain or snow. A fireboat was sunk in
slip at Saint George. Staten Island.
The worst damage in this vicinity
was suffered at Coney island. where
the loss within "a hours was estimated
at 100000.
Two or three fine houses at Sea
gate were wrecked despite the fight
of a small army of workmen to build
defenses with hundreds OF sandbags.
The waves threw them aside. rolled
In and tore the houses apart. Fifteen
buildings along Coney Island had been
damaged, including big bathing pavil-
ions and summer cottages. At Bright
ton Beach the boardwalk was demol-
ished and the waves surged around
the Brighton Beach hotel and wrecked
several small buildings near IT, Waves
broke more than 20 feet over the high
tide line at Rockaway Beach. causing
heavy damages to bungalows. baths
and the boardwalk. At Seaside eight
bungalows were carried away. Two
hotels at Arverne were damaged.
while Point Lookout, at Long Beach.
was Inundated. and partly washed
away. The wind was blowing so miles
An hour.
Over on the Jersey side heavy rain
and high wind continued. At Sandy
Hook enormous seas were breaking
over the north and east shores. Out
side the Hook the Russian liner
Dwinsk. from Newcastle via Halifax.
lay anchored. The steamer St Louis
from Savannah was I5 miles off Scot
land lightship and had suffered deck
damage and smashed windows. The
Francisco OF the Wilson line and sew
erai other vessels also lay out In the
rollers OF the Atlantic. waiting for a
moderation OF the gale before daring
10 try TO reach port.
For hours commuters between New
York and New Jersey had to travel
through the Hudson river tube. as the
ferries could not make their trips.
wir. communication between New
York and Pennsylvania points was
badly hnmpered. the worst conditions
eIisting between New York and Pitts,
burg. Allentown. Pa. was reported ai-
most isolated. Connections with Con-
necticut points also were crippled.