The Holly chieftain., 1914-12-11
LINERS FIGHT ss-MILE WIND A.
TERRIFIC STORM GRIPS
ATLANTIC COAST.
SEAS TEAR COTTAGES
NEW YORK HARBoR CLEARED
OF ALL CRAFT AND FERRIES
UNABLE TO CONTINUE.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Summary Of Mondays Storm.
New York.-wind ss miles an hour:
flooded; Coney Island loss 100000.
New Jersey.-Seabright $4,000 club
house expected to collapse: town In
peril: Atlantic City and other seaside
points heavily damaged.
Delaware.-Rehoboth, a seashore re-
age. S175.00o.
Rhode Island.-schooner strikes the
to iuer reach Crew snof; Of ss. NE savers un.0'e
Connecticut.--Worst wind and sleet
storm since 1907 paralyzes wire service.
New York.-Huge seas backed by q
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 .
velocity Of 68 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 1T
4s miles an hour, diminishing to 26
miles Monday night, with 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 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 rs 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 Is miles off Scot
land lightship and had suffered deck
damage and smashed windows. The
Francisco Of the Wilson line and sew
eral other vessels also lay out in the
rollers of the Atlantic, waiting for a
moderation of the gale before daring
to 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.
Wire communication between New
York and Pennsylvania points was
badly hampered, the worst conditions
existing between New York and Pitts
burg. Allentown, Pa, was reported al
necticut points also were crippled.