Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-06
.F|FTY-M|LE GALE SWEEPS
NORTH ATLANTIC COAST
Hugo Ice Flocs Menace Transporta-
ton and Forces Vessels to
Seek Shelter.
STEAMER is DRIVEN ASHORE
Cold, Snow and Ice Tie Up Traffic
in New York Region and People
Arc Suffering for the Want Of
Fuel.
is DRIVEN ASHORE
fBy Asaciate,t Pr.rl

NEW YORK. Feb 5.-Huge waves
rolled up by y hf,y-mile gale were
still sweeping the North Atlantic Coas;
tonight. whlle cities and towns along
the shore were trying with indif-
fercnt success to dig themselves out
Damage done by the sea TO resorts and
summer homes along the New Jersey
and Long Island coasts was estimated
at hundreds OF thousands OF dollars
Shipping remained at anchor or moved
with the utmost caution In the land
rocked waterways around New York
huge ice iioes menaced navigation. The
steamer Maine Of the New England
Steamship Company. was driven ashore
on the north end OF Long Island and
four other sound liners were reported
The Maine. which carries five passen-
gers and a crew Of seventy, was re-
ported in no immediate danger. and Il
tug has been sent TO her relief.
Ice Ties Up Traffic.
Cold. snow, ice and high seas have
coal from the tidcwater reservoir at
Perth Amboy to New York and the city
faces fuel famine. which Will force
all its transportation lines TO suspend
operations unless the weather mod
crates swiftly.
While mountainous seas were batter
ing the coast, the highest tide ever
recorded In New York harbor caused
floods along the Hudson and Harlem
Rivers. f'erryhouses on the New York
and New Jersey sides OF the Hudson
were Hooded and water from the Erie
terminal dripDed into the Hudson tubes
at Jersey City. Homeward- bound com
muters fretted and fumed as they wait
ed for ferryboats 10 get them to the
schedule in reaching their destinations
Snow Drirted Eighteen Feet.
Twoscore big snow plows were at
work today op the New York Central,
between New York and Buffalo. Snow
has drifted from fifteen TO eighteen feet
deep in some of the big cuts. Through
hours late. suburban traffic. especially
on Long Island and Staten Island, was
seriously impet.ed.
Sea Bright. long target To-! The
other Northern New Jersey coast re-
sorts. II was estimated that the high
tide and heavy seas had done $3.50, 900
damage TO buikhcads, streets and resi-
denccs there. y recently complete
bulkhcad saved the main residence
part of the town. The railroad tracks
between Sea bright and Highla nds
were Hooded TO a depth Of two feet AMI
traiiic was suspended.
Summer Hotels Wrecked.
At Rockaway Beach two modern sum-
mer hotels, thirty bungalows, a forty
suite apartment house, lighthouses AMI
dozens of small structures wer.
washed into the sea.
Severai bathing pavilions were swept
away at Coney Island and the first
floor of the big Shelburne Hotel at
Brighton Beach was flooded.
Traffic in the snow-filed streets in
New York dwindlcd to 10 per cent OF
normal The strcet-cleaninS depart
ment asked an emergency appropria-
tion Of s150000 to clean the streets An
urgent appeal WAS made for workers,
and il was said 5000 would be hired
IL they could be found but that only
5000 were available. Lacking men TO
form shoveing gangs. $50 motor plows
are being used to clear the main ar
ieries of travel The health depart
ment has declared the accumulation
snow menace in the influenza cpl
demic.