The Washington times., 1914-12-06
EAST COAST SWEPT
BY TERRIFIC GALE
Norfolk Streets Flooded and
Water DaShes Over the Sea
Wall at Fort Monroe.

For q s.-"ryF, Of sos mules ua~.'I Of
ape Haticras. tho Atlantic coast is
being dashed nv cyclone winds and
heavy rains. tn-t Govc already done
considerable" damage 10 small shipping.
md for a. time thr'ateIed destruction
cf the historic naval fr.Gg-" Consieila-
lion.
streets i'm Norfolk and other coast
tftioS arc flooded. The water Is flashing
over the uIaza 81 Forj Monroe. ard
.t0orts NJ Dana Sc ar" COMING flou Al
'7utir tifE-. Til" storm warnings sent
,rs BY tho Weather Bureau last T-iday
rUhLess prevented the amount e DAM
%" done 20 shipping from being much
-scalcr-
I'll Weather Bureau today ordered
Storm warnings displayed - al points
along the coast from Boston 10 Capc
fattCraS. Notifying The Nay Depart
sr"U; ard shipping interests that the
storm would probably reach gale
within tho next twcTt"-5o7r hours
Anxiety For the Constellation.
Anxiety prevailed ut he Nav De
rur,rent over the condition OF the friG-
are Constellation. which broke away
from the tag Ontario. near ThiWb!a
.-ho.l. ana WIS buGcted about severely
bv jhr him wind before it WIS possible
10 cast anchor.
The navy tUEs Ontario and IHrI=. two
s-11y tugs ana The revenue cutter
Itasca cv,utualiy succeeded I'm towing
e. safely into Hampton Roads. /; was
Icing iosvoG back % its station a. New
. -rt. r. l.. alter being OF Czhioition ira
9'tim0.c and Warrington. when the
sr"rDI oycrtpoE IL
reports reaching The weather Bureau,
rH' RcvcuUc Gutter Bureau. the Life
swing Service and wireless reports re-
-seivcl al the Arlington radio sta ton in-
GIca1e that IL many places the storm IS
EIg worst since 1919. although thus Ear
20 loss of lie has hcen reported
Ndyices from Norfolk state that a
seventy --lilc sale cau.t.d heavy prop
.-fy DAMAGE gn the water front The
streets 81 Che lower business secUon
.e-e inundated late Yesterday. Merchants
s.Cre compelled - use boats 20 leave
heir places % business.
Water Over Sea Wall.
A. Fort Monroe a terrific northeast
sll. drove water owe. the sea wall.
leaving ,he streets awash and paralyz-
Ing the street car service.
Greatest damage at Atlantic City was
done by the hcoding OF meadows back
o. the city. The wrecked oUteT eDd OF
lGe Tennessee avenue pier vas carried
s--Gy- The boardwalk and streets in
tAe vicinity were swept by a fifty-mile
sale the beach was swept by big seas
driven high on the sand.
Weather Bureau indications are for
Z continuance Of the storm for the next
tUeury-four hours. \ report issued at
noon today by bureau officials said:
-'IldiCa liens are for rains tonight and
Monday I'm the middle Atlantic States.
the CaTOiinaS. md Tennessee and the
tliC valley. @.d rain or snow in the
southern portion o. the region o. the
s.e1t lakes southern New York. and
SuuJnCTn New England. The tempera-
tire viii MOI change decidedly over the
eastern half Of the country in the next
-yenty-fouT hours
Storm warnings are displayed On
the Atlantic coast from Boston to Cape
iIattc.aS'
FOR Washington and vicinity q con-
IEguance pI rain and increased wind We
Lur.Jv is Indicated. The report saws:
Rain tonight and probably No nday.
-.roUE northeast winds.
'.otH.uE approaching the o.tic v-.Ich
rs SWEET the Atlantic coast L. P-e-
Ted DE wcatle- observers tor the
ap.ta-. h7weVgr. Iho1In Z n,-- pc sur
J.iSin- 70 note that Naa-HcT l.U~eaU in
s;rurueIt= place. the NH'o city ~ winds
sweeping Wash uGfou IoEay nj @c niles
an hour and ;h~t 'l,e 's.Tis .-estcGd y
reached q velocity of = niles an hour
within the last twcntE-toIr hours thor"
has been eiShl-Jen--s Of = lnch % l'aln-
fai here.