Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-07
BIG GALE BATTERS
EAST COAST CITIES
Seabright's Sea Wall Gone as
Storm HurIs Waves Through
the Streets.
WIND REACHES VELOCITY
OF II MILES AN HOUR
Wrecking of Vessels Reported From
New England-Norfolk Flooded.
New York Harbor Swept.

New England-N0r1olK flooueu'
New York Harbor Swept.
NEW YORK, December IA roaring
| northeaster today swept the Auantic
coast at sixty miles an hour, from North
Carolina to Maine.
| Chief among the many wrecks cast upon
the shore was an unknown warship with
four tunnels and a fighting top. which
| went ashore yesterday near Ocean CITY,
Nd The identity of the vessel was hid
| den by a cloak Of fog, but her desperate
plight was manifested by continual Shrek
| ing Of her whistle for help. which could
| not be given because of the high seas.
Lashed by the gale the ocean battered
| down the sea wall at Seabright. N. j.,
| during the night and placed the town In
imminent peril of destruction on the next
high tide Its streets were flooded. COM
| munication by rail was cut of. breakers
| were rolling over the chief thoroughfare
and undermining the foundations of the
principal buildings and there appeared
every prospect that the damage would be
great
New York bay and harbor was practt-
Cdlly Cleared OF all craft ny tu0 gaze.
One f1reboat was sunk at her pier. On
the New Jersey shore OF the Hudson
a new high-water mark was set. The
big waiting room OF the Lackawanna
terminal was flooded and nearly all
ferries discontinued.
Along the coast of New England the
gale was especially violent. At Point
Judith, R. l., a small schooner was torn
from her anchorage and thrown on the
breakwater. Life-savers seeking to
h Nfc civ -v,1a tod cOho
er which struck Tuckernuck shoa1 Sat-
urday have been unable for two days to
launch their boats.
Fireboat Is Sunk.
The gale swept New York harbor and
bay with great violence. Vessels ly-
ing at dock in some instances were
pounded against the piers. In one
case a fireboat, lying at a slip in ST.
George, Staten Island. was sunk in this
manner. The upper harbor was almost
cleared of craft.
Atlantic City Pounded.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., December Z.
The northeast storm which has been
raging for two days was still flashing
the New Jersey coast today, though
with less fury than yesterday. The
terrific pounding of the sea has caused
considerable damage, but in no one
place was it very serious, except at
tho Steel pier in this city. where the
music pavilion on the ocean end of that
structure is threatened with destruc-
ton. The piling under the hall has
been weakened, and if the storm does
not soon abate the big auditorium may
be wrecked.
The high water piled up by the storm
flooded parts Of Longport and Ventnor,
south Of Atlantic City, and washed
away a number of bulkheads protect
ing handsome summer residences:
The high water also invaded the
ocean end of several Atlantic City
streets.
Seabright Streets Flooded.
SEABRIGHT, N. j., December THE
turning Of the ebb tide here today found
Sea prights chief streets under water.
the railroad tracks covered by the ocean
for two miles and a storm-lashed sea
sweeping through breaks in the sea wall
constructed after the floods of last year
With high tide to come, the situation
was alarming and residents practically
abandoned hope of preventing great loss.
The tide was sweeping over the ground
| floors of houses and there appeared an
unbroken stretch of water between Nor
| mandie and the highlands for several
miles. Losses estimated at 100000 was
| caused by the storm during the night. All
business was suspended. The First Ma
tional Bank vaults were flooded two feet
deep. Waves broke over Ocean boule-
ward, skirting the shore, and washed the
earth from under many cottages. Several
were in danger of collapsing.
Schooners Driven Ashore.
POINT JUDITH, r. l.. December T.
An unidentified schooner which had
sought shelter in the harbor Of refuge
hero was torn adrift by the gale today
and tossed on the breakwater. on top of
| which five members of the crew climbed
for safety. Life-savers started for the
| breakwater in the face Of a sixty-mi1e
gale.
| NANTUCKET, Mass, December T.
| Flying spray, snow and rain shut off all
| view from shore today of the six-masted
schooner Alice NJ. Lawrence, which,
| with twenty-six men on board. struck on
the end Of Tuckernuck shoal Saturday.
| A wrecking tug from New London was
| reported as standing alongside the
| stranded craft. Life-saving crews were
unable to launch their surf boats be-
| cause of the terrific seas.
| PHILADELPHIA, December Three
deaths are reported as result of the
storm in this city. Many other persons
| received minor injuries Dy railing on
sleet-covered pavements. while damage to
property will approximate thousands Of
dollars Trees and wires were blown
down in all sections Of the city and troll
ley service on several lines was suspend
ed because of broken feed wires.
Michael F'rumgile was killed when no
stepped on a live wire; James Gallagher
| died from exposure. and William Ogle
slipped on ice while boarding train
and was crushed to death.
Lightships or Stations.
NORFOLK, Va, December Cape
Charles lightship has been towed to
the navy yard here by the buoy tender
orchid. The lightship went adrift in
SATURDAYS storm. Both the Cape
Charles and the Nantucket lightships
are off their stations and the govern
ment wireless is warning navigators of
the fact.
The old United States frigatc Con-
stellation, which was in danger of
grounding off Virginia Beach Saturday.
is now safe at the navy yard here.
The wind off the coast today was
forty-two miles an hour and the tides
are yerv high Much damage has been
done cottages at Ocean View.