New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-05
Sixty-Mile Gale Hits
Coast; ROuts Heat Wave

gray cloud across the city all day long.
the sea along the Jersey coast rose
higher and higher each hour last night,
overturned a fishing boat and drowned
its captain, broke up a two-masted
schooner which had gone aground the
day before off Brigantine Beach and
threatened much damage to shore prop
critics before morning.
The waves did their first damage
upon the helpless schooner Tartar,
aground at Brigantine Beach, four
miles north Of Atlantic City. The
Tartar is fishing boat out Of Phila-
delphia, and was returning filled with
halibut when she struck. During the
early part Of the dav the captain and
his crew worked frantically at the
pumps in the hope of saving the ship.
ny noon the waves were breaking over
her beam. and her men were taken
ashore by lifesavers. Her seams were
opening when they left her, and when
darkness fell she appeared to be break
ing up rapidly.
Barnegat fishermen laughed at the
WIND, which was already kicking up
heavy sea yesterday morning, and sew
eral fishing boats put up sail and stag
gered out toward the pound nets lying
several miles off shore. Among these
was the craft commanded by Captain
Axel Jacobsen. who had with him six
men; The sixty-mile gale forced most
OF the Shippers to turn and run back
to shelter. Jacobsen fought his way
n 1, l.
forced him to start back.
Sea Smashes Craft.
With his auxiliary engine running.
he started for shore. The boat was
only a short distance out when the
engine went dead and the vessel swung
broadside to the waves. Captain Jacob
sen took his only chance and LEI go
his anchor, not knowing that his boat
was directly over the dangerous bar
off Seaside Park. His first warning
came when a roller lifted the craft and
slammed her down hard upon the rocks
beneath her keel. She opened up and
broke apart, throwing all her men into
the sea.
After q long struggle the six mem
bers of the crew fought their way
through the mighty breakers to shore,
where they were dragged from the
water by the folk who lined the beach.
Jacobsen was never seen otter his boat
broke up. IL is believed he was hit by
piece of wreckage and killed. Guards
patrolled the beach all last night in the
hope of finding his body. Two other
boats overturned in the surf. but their
crews came safely through the big
combers TO shore.
Fearing that the tremendous seas
would sweep their property at high
tide early this morning. owners of
shore dwellings in and about Atlantic
Highlands remained up all last nigh:
listening to the thunder of the sea that
crept closer and closer up the beach.
At This place the waves seemed to
have reached their greatest fury. From
early morning the breakers. which
came rolling swiftly in. rapidly in
creased in size. By afternoon great
clouds of spray were bursting over the
Central Railroad tracks near the High
lands. and large stones we're being
tucked out of the bulkheads by the
tide. II was felt that unless the storm
increased there would be little darger.
and all the afternoon trains ran on
schedule
Dwellers at the Highlands say the
storm promises to be RS bad ~ any
which rake4 that resort last winter. At
Atlantic City the seas were not large
and no damage was done. although on
both sides Of the resort the size Of the
breakers promised trouble before
morning.
Hot Wave in Rout
After a weeks siege of the city the
heat wave yesterday morning fed in
disorder before the rescuing banks of
storm clouds that came piling in from
the coast before a raw wind Men who
lately had gasped at the thought of
coat put one on, added vest and
topped all this with a rain coat with
out discomfort.
From its lofty eyrie at the 80 de-
gree mark at midnight of Monday, the
mercury volplaned violently, and TWEEN
ty-four hours later was below SO de-
grees, and still sinking. The confirmed
grumbler found something to complain
about even in yesterdays welcome
change There was a harsh. chilly wind
and a drizzle which hung over the city
all day and until late at night. The
Weather Bureau held out no hope of
an immediate settlement of the climate
somewhere between the two extremes
of yesterday and the day before. 1t is
probable that the storm will continue
to-day, with high northeast winds,
gradually shifting to northwest, and
followed by clearing.