New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-04
Sixty-Mile Gale Hits
Coast; ROuts Heat Wave

-
Driven in by the heavy northeast
gale, which blew broken banks of wet.
gray cloud across the city all day long,
the sea along the Jersey coast rose
7 higher and higher each hour last night,
overturned fishing boat and drowned
its captain, broke up 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-
deiphia, aud 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 shin.
BY 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
i"lnd' which vas already kicking up
heayy sea yesterday morning, and sew
eral tshlng 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
Ia 10
OF the Shippers 10 turn and run back
TO shelter. Jacobsen fought his way
i've miles off shore when the storm
, forced him to start back.
Sea Smashes Craft.
With his auxiliary engine running.
he started for shore. The boat was
only short distance out when the
engine went dead and the vessel swung
oroadside to the waves. Captain Jacob
sen took his only chance and let go
, his anchor, not knowing that his boat
was directly over the dangerous bar
of 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 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 after his boat
broke up. 1t is believed he was hit by
piece Of wreckage and killed. Guards
patroiled 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
combcrs 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:
nstening TO the thunder of the sea that
creDt 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 were being
sucked out of the bulkheads by the
slde. Il 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
torn promises to be rs bad as anv
which rake that resort last winter. At
Atlantic City the seas were not large
and no damage vas done. although on
10th 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 pilng in from
the coast before a raw wind. Men who
lately had gasped at the thought of a
coat put one on, added a vest and
topped all this with a rain coat with
out discomfort
From its lofty eyrie at the so de-
gree mark at midnight of Monday, the
mercury volpaned violently, and TWEEN
ty-four hours later was below 50 de-
grees, and still sinking. The confirmed
grumbler found something to complain
about even in yesterdays welcome
change. There was harsh, chilly wind
and a drizzle VIII ch 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.