Evening star., 1915-01-13
Two Vessels Are Reported in
Distress Off the New
Jersey Shore.
SEVERE Transforms
CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE
Pennsylvania Streams Flood Mills on
Their Banks-Life Lost in
New York.


NEW YORK, January ia gale that
at times blew sixty miles an hour swept
the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras
to Maine last night, doing considera-
BILE damage A terrific rainstorm ragged
in virginia. MARYLAND. pennsylvania,
we" iork ana the we" eng sianu
Reports of damage and loss OF life are
coming in today.
The high winds vtrtua1lv wrecked
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a DIG gram elevator IN brookiyn' dow
ing out the entire front. Three persons
passing by were injured when several
thousand square feet of brick fell with
a crash Two 1.hora,s ,,er. h,o,,,, ~
oAo"" oiA
piank ieadlng ashore from barge at
In Manhattan a heavy derrick fell
over onto the roof of moving picture
tneater on Sd avenue. damaging the top
OF tne structure and causing panic
haS tss;r inc 5aaea aau,ence, IN Wnicn women
crowd rushed for the doors. No one was
seriously hurt.
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The four-masted schooner Florence
M. Belding. from Brunswick, Ca, for
New York, went ashore today four
teen miles north of R.rn...+ Oh. -
=. one nus
aooaro ere" OF nine men and $4,000
feet OF yellow pine. She Is owned by
the Heidritter Lumber COMPANY of
Elizabethport, N J.
bound from Galveston. offered to take
of the schooner's captain and crew.
but the captain replied that he and
his men were in no Immediate danger
and for the present would remain on
the vessel.
The American-Hawaiian liner Ken
tuckian. outbound for San francisco
reported by wireless today that the
four-masted schooner Henry 81 Little.
from Philadelphia for Providence. was
at anchor and in distress of Sandy
Hook.
Damage in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, January 13.-Re-
ports received today from the storm
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I've" Jersey SUI" 'nae oohsiuer aDie M
nor damage was oone ny nigh wind
while in many places the heavy rain
caused river. and creeks to overaow
Tha veather TO-DAY wa. clear,ne ana
the nleh water was Fapioiy receoihs.
In Philadelphia several houses were
unroofed, plate-glass windows were
blown in, signs and awnings torn from
done by the wind. Shipping on the
still by the dense fog which hung over
inches of rain had fallen IN to mido
night. Wire service from this CITY to
all points in the east was badly crippled.
ihe Scnuyiklii river was nigh from
ltS souae 1h;1.Sa'.hin e "a 1919 coai re-
f. va. ont Of its hanks cansine con.
siderable damage Textile mills along
the Schuylkill in this city were closed
because of water in their Easements.
In the northern parts of Pennsyl-
vania railroad traffic was impeded by
Exposed places at Atlantic City were
again damaged by high water and the
severe gale. The music hall on the
ocean end of the Steel Pier, which was
srtbep dsmansd e '1l tnd.M ,ass IT, nGnth, ;
seas Crashing against It. Portions OF
10. 1aroanad snd h;eh n.eta a Si.y
a part of the upper end of Atlantic
City.
The derailment OF the Washington
New M iork express at ferryviiie, Md,
The eneineer and the inini.inr ~ ~. y.
fireman. was due to the locomotive hit,
been ripped OF by the wind ten min
utes De1ore the passenger train came
New England States Swept.
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.sa. y. = 80. a. .e" nnsiano
Sesteru@S' a.'aiheo us Greatest strength
on the southeast coast at dawn today.
causing much damage in Rhode Island,
Connecticut and southeastern Massa
chusetts. Telephone and telegram