The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-30
COOL SNAP STAYS;
STORM HITS JERSEY
Five Persons Rescued by L. S.
Life Guards in Heavy Surf
at COney.

When the weather bureau promised
that the present cold spell would vanish
into the Atlantic Ocean early to-day ii
lost another notch as q soothsayer. The
cold weather is still here and will be for
a few days ut least. Yesterday it grew
colder still. forcing the Thermometer
down to - degrees al > a. NJ, which Is
days of spring. The highest tempera-
ture for the entire twenty-four hours
was 90 at I +. NJ, making a NEAR tenn
perature for the day of 81 degrees. seven
degrees colder thar the average for last
year.
The almost constant drizzle of yester-
day aided materially in lowering the
temperature. and these conditions will
continue through to-day, according TO
the forecast. Tomorrow will be fair
breczes. which will turn to northwest
winds in the evening.
Mrs. Id SINGER, -. Mrs. Rebecca
Rudmansky. 80. AMI Samuel Rudaman-
sky, 10. all OF 1913 Surf avenue, and
Miss Goldie solomon. 20. and George
Brooks, 40, who live in bungalows on
the shore, narrowly escaped drowning
when a miniature tidal wave swept in
or Coney Island yesterday afternoon.
knocking down bathers and causing a
great deal OF fright up and dow the
beach. These five We're In the water
off the foot of Thirty-second street,
where the wave was heaviest. They
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dragged out beyond their depth. Henry
Shu!dlna and Samuel Johnson, life
guards IN the United States service,
stationed in a tent OF the beach, rescued
them ard cared COR them until they
We're able 20 20 10 their homes. Due
to the rain the crowd bathing when the
wave struck in was very light.
The chilli ate its way into the hearts
Of the amusement men at the city's
beaches. for there were few to spend.
Coney Island was almost as deserted as
the open spaces between the French and
German trenches, and at the bathing
beaches only the most hardy ventured
into the surf, The Brighton Beach line.
who's ten minute service is the pride Of
Brooklyn transit, ran only locals during
the day. some Of the hotels at the beach
resorts have had their steam heating
apparatus working since Saturday.
AsBCRY PARK, y. j., Aug. 29-Old
liners at Asbury Park, Bradley Beach
and other nearby shore places took to-
days wind and rain, one of the hardest
blows Of the season. to be the f%orerunner
of the annual severe northeastern which
usually strikes the Jersey coast about
this time OF year. The surf here and
at other beaches along the coast was
unusually high all day long, The rain
did not descend In torrents. but-what
was worse-it kept up "A continual driv-
Ing driZzle, making resort life miserable.
The surf did no damage because OF
the strength of the ~jetties and the enor-
nous quantity of sand piled up behind
them all summer. Fishermen II 9TH
ers, however, anticipating a three or
four day hard blow" made preparations
for the worst, lashlng things tight and
bringing In their boats and lobster pots.
MoNMOUrU BEACH, Aug. Gone of
the heaviest surfs OF the summer season
pounded the bulkheads along the coast
here this morning and far into the after
noon before the rain stopped and the
wine Neered arOund TO the northwest
\ small sized gale when the tide was full
his morning tossed up the sea i'm angry
fashion. For a time residents and cot
tdgers along the coast feared one of the
annual fan damaging storms. hut late
In the afternoon the danger seemed ia
nave passed.
The heavy sea was felt all along IN.
coast from Seabright to Long Branch.