New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-05
c.rmania Kept from Enter
ing Port Because OF
Storm and Fog.
BERMUDIAN IN, .oo
MINUS WIRELESS
n,t.vay Theatre, Cottage and
Forty Bungalows Destroyed
Hotels in Danger.

--hs CunaTc INV
- - land her passengers yes;er-
,,-eooon. was unable to come into
o. =. because the weather OnshOTe was
- he liking OF Captain James c
80. commander. He elected 20
about slowly and occasionally
SEE .,o~t in the mist and sleet on Fire
-. -,.he- than take chance in get
pne TO rori g.. s,.,,,.r -
:, che aid OF the burning Uranium
vo-,rrro several months ago. and
-.-, and precision with which he
,..,,,s his vessel in that disaster came
-. when his report was filed with
~. local Office Of the line
-, CarmanIa was sighted or Fire Isl
II d. -.eo a. n yesterday and prepare
rs~e made 90 dock her. some sixty
..,-,s officials and inspectors were held
..5.ross throughout tho day 20 handle
,.tsecaeo examinations. hut were dis
- b, BIO %. No.. when the marine oh
- -.no-,cd that tho Carmania had
nd, back 90 sea
r.-,ain Barr was 10 q 'og pocket all
ce-r seven other vessels encounter
-, the same sort OF weather came
e-ogeh and either anchored in Quaran-
,rs or proceeded 20 their piers.
vrhen The wind moderated and tho mist
,.sred The Carman.a steamed through
81, Narrovs archor.ng in Quarantine at
-.-a n mn Prominent among those on
,,,-5 we're g. q Garrison. Mrs. Charles
g aked Mrs simeon Ford. Mrs. Harold
..o-s, T. w Stillman. Andrew Furuseth
and A A McNab.
one NJ The vessels % set into port was
enc Opfbec liner Bermudian, from Bcr-
--sds She arrived with her wireless car
-el away and with 81 passengers i'll rs
result o. the storm.
Tho Bermudlan was several hours late.
die 70 tho fact that Captain j. W. Nc
Es-zie had great difficulty in keeping his
bearings in tho binding rain. Several
tine. ON Saturday night the captain
veered his ship toward the Jersey coast
and used his sounding instruments FOR
tbs purpose OF establishing his position.
LEAVING Bermuda late or December 81,
he vessel ran into a heavy nOrthwesterly
gale. which kept up until she passed into
the Gulf Stream region. For twelve hours
In the stream the Bermud.an had good
weather ana the passengers felt com
.ose6. Soon afterward the winds besan
90 blow and the ship 10 roll.
A succession Of winds from the north
eas, and west. then east by northeast.
STUCK the ship alternately and blew
across her decks and whistled through
her wireless Captain Mckenzie said the
storm was the worst he had ever expert
enced on the Atlantic coast, and told
how his men had 10 cling 10 the rails In
on eighty mile an hour wind.
Although the strands Of the wireless
offered little resistance. the swaying OF
The masts caused the lofty wires 20 crash
down 20 the decks, and for time the
.hp was without the use Of its aerial
messenger. A substitute apparatus was
finally put W.
s wind which blew With relentless and
rigorous persistence whipped the sen
higher uD the beaches Of ROckaway.
Arverne and neighboring resorts yester-
lav than IN any storm the oldest inhab!-
znts could remember. Several large
buildings and many smaller ones collapsed
and were swept into the ocean. The dam
axe u estimated AZ more than 100000.
The raid Of the sea is not ended. and mel
are being rushed 70 points where the bulk
heads show signs Of yielding 20 the attack.
Tie Pier Theatre. on the boardwalk AZ
Vernon avenue. Arverne. was beaten u
pieces iy the waves The Avery bachelor
apartments AZ Castor avenue. met like
'ate The Summerfeld Bathing Pavilion.
q Summerheld avenue. was badly dam
aged At zimmerman avenue forty small
bungalows were destroyed.
II tho Hammels section 81 Rockaway
Beach three story cottage at Pleasant
avenue was swallowed up by the ocean.
little further NJ tho beach the Kelley
cottage was destroyed The Carlton Hotel.
rear oy. IL IN danger. The Edgemere Club.
a. Edgemere. was damaged Men are
hard at work seeking 20 save the Lor-
rsine Hotel
Jersey City. the most serious loss being
caused by the hacking UP OF the sewers
Easements and cellars were flooded and
much damage was done 20 stock and ma
ehinery In the lowlands east and west OF
n. Heights
Tho gale PLAYED havoc with the electric
hsht wires. and the telephone and tele-
s'sph systems were partly crippled. Many
pa'eglass windows and electric signs
wire broken
Along tho BAY and Sound shores OF
Lons Island destruction reiened. Hun
ofeds OF pleasure craft, principally motor
coats. which were propped W along the
forefront. Jared badly. Dozens OF them
we're h',eC bodily from their wooden
'sppcrts and foateo further inland. while
o'hefs were beaten by the high waves and
were badly damaged.
fuly two hundred boats along a strip
thorefront al North Beach were dis
.-foed by the unusually high tide Hun
'eos o. feet Of a high sea wall was
"eahed away. and the boats were tossed
''ol' and TANNED together in confusion.
Considerable damage was done 20 the
-,e' o. boats Of the Wnlismsburgh Yacht
10 ana tho Drum Yacht Club. both at
-'0''h Beach. High water prevailed all
hg The Sound and low lands were
fooled
'e'ffal residences At Sea Gate were
ahscred when the high waves. wash
INTO the beach streets. weakened the
'o'hos'ions. The bulkhead had given
way the night before. and the homes OF
mhp Iorthio. Miss Margaret II. Camp