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lonian, the Angus Inn and Jordan'?. In the
Macedonian Hotel the waves were *o high that
they swept glasses and i ant" from the bar.
The water was nearly a foot deep in the other
hotels, and the guests got out, fearine that they
■would be carried away. Nearly all of the hotels
lost their pavilions and bathing houses, and sus
tained other damages.
Henry Lohbar. of the Fort Schuyl*>r Road, in
W>st Chester, is mourning the KM* of a hotel.
The police at West Chester report that th* hotel
■which has for years been the resort of artillery
men garrisoned at the fort, was swept from Its
foundations and wrecked. All of the pavilion?,
bathing houses and outbuildings were also blown
Into the Sound.
PAVILIONS CARRIED TO SEA.
Private bathing houses owned by wealthy peo
ple on Premium Point and at Larchmont were
washed our to sea and pounded to pieces. The
dock at Fort Slocum. on Davids Island, was so
badly damaged that yachts were unable to land,
and no one was able to leave the garrison. At
Larchmont the large spindle at the breakwater
at the entrance to the Larchmont Yacht Club
harbor, was missing yesterday morning. An
empty three thousand gallon naphtha tank is
also floating somewhere in the Sound. The wind
wrested it from a small island near the yacht
club, and took it seaward. At Beck's Rye Beach
the waves demolished a part of the long pier
running into the Sound, and carried away bath
ing houses and pavilions. The lower floor of
the Rye Beach Hotel was flooded with water
two feet deep. The high tide extinguished the
fires in the power house of the Union Electric
Railway system at West Farms, and for seven
hours traffic on the road from West Farms to
Mount Vernon was at a standstill. Thousands
of passengers were forced to leave the cars and
walk miles through the rain to their homes.
HAN SWEPT A WAY WITH PIER
YTATCHERS BY FIRE ON SHORE POWBB
UH TO AID.
.ALL NIGHT LONG THET HEARD HIS CRIES
FOB HELP. WHILE DEATH
CAME NEARER.
Loner Branch. Iff. J.. Nov. 24 —One life was
lost in the wreck of the iron pier early this
morning by the tug Haddon. He was a stran
fer to the people here, and came with a party
of men ▼.-ho -walked out on the end of the pier to
view the full rigged British ship FtoCtheck,
-which had been driven ashore by the terrific
storm. He was at the extreme end of the pier
•when the Haddon was forced through the cen
tre. He cried lustily for assistance, but was
told to remain where he was until dawn, when
fee would be taken ashore. Soon after t> o'clock
this morning that part of the pier on which the
ur.rortunate man stood was swept away by the
•torm.
He ■R-as seen after daylight by those on shore.
but it was impossible to reach him. He cried
pitifully for help all through the night. He
seemed to be terrified by the huge waves which
broke over the pier, and evidently realized that
his footing would be swe-pt from him unless
help arrived soon. It was with great difficulty
that he clung to the piling. The waves dashed
against him with increasing force, and when h5
was seen thib morning he appeared to be weil
nlgh exhausted.
It was about 3 o'clock this morning when the
Iron pier broke in two. The Haddon had con
tinued to pound against it, and the piling and
superstructure were gradually weakened by the
fearful blows dealt them, until the tug finally
ploughed through the centre. Several men had
started out to the end of the pier to see what
was going on. Ail of these in the party were
not recognized by the officer on the pier. All
had their coat collars turned up. The man who
•was swept away, and whose identity has not
been established, walked out considerably in
advance of the others. The main body was led
by the policeman.
When about two hundred feet out from the
pavilion at the shore end the officer became
alarmed at the creaking and swaying of the
pier, and called a halt. A little further out the
wreck of the tug could be heard pounding
against the pier. While the men listened in the
darkness there came a ripping and tearing. and
realizing that the pier was giving: way the men
fled for their lives. A subsequent examination
•showed that the tug had gone through the pier
and was floating down the coast.
From the ocean end of the pier a man could
be heard calling for help. There was no way
of aiding him. as the gap was fully fifty feet
across. Those on shore called to him to do the
best he could until morning. A big fire was
lighted en the sands near the pier. The man
was not considered to be in any great danger.
as once before an iron pier had had the middle
torn out and the sea end stood. Early this
morning another terrible crash was heard above
the roar of the storm. The end of the pier had
■been swept away, taking the man with it. and
enly a few piles remained to show where the
pier had been. >
T AT'xrjj AXD rREW ox ROCKS.
SCATTER GO AEHORE ON BACKS OF RES
CUERS—SNUG HARBOR SUFFERS.
The. north shore of Staten Island came in for
Its share of the storm, and at New- Brighton
and Snug Harbor the gale was severe. One of
the large barges of the J. B. King Plaster Com
pany parted her lines at her dock at New-
Brighton and was carried against the bath
house at Sailor's Snug Harbor, wrecking the
■building An unknown two masted schooner
■went ashore early in the morning at West New-
Brighton, and after part of her cargo had been
taken off she was pulled from the rocks, ap
parently none the worse for her experience.
At Richmond-aye., Port Richmond, stood an
amused barn, owned by the La Forge estate, it
•was blown down and wrecked. A 26-foot steam
launch, the property of J. P. Folan. was carried
ashore on the rocks and is a total loss. -
The shed at Shooter's Island. in which the
Schooner yacht for the German Emperor is be
ing constructed by Townsend & Downey, was
blown down, but the yacht escaped injury.
The en* of the gasolene launch Ripple had an
experience soon after 6a. m. on Saturday. The
launch Is used as a ferryboat between Shooter's
iEland and Mariners' Harbor. It was in charge
of Frederick Euler. who was at the wheel. On
the boat -were Albert Christopher, John Ethrop,
"William Turner and John Thompson. The tide
■was running high. When the frail craft was
near the Stater. Island shore the engine re
fused to work, and the beat was at the mercy . [
the sea and wind. It was finally driven on the
rocks The crew Wore unable to leave the
vessel on account of the heavy surf, and stayed
on the boat until 11 o'clock, when they were
rescued by a party of men from Elm Park.
These men had to wade in the water out to the
boat and carry the shipwrecked men ashore on
their backs. The Ripple was caught in the
tide and hurled high and dry on the beach
within a few hundred feet ojC the street. To
float the boat again a trench will have to be
dug to the water's edge.
At the foot, of Morninjstar Road the carpen-
STBs
AT THE ARCADE.
sth Aye., Cor. 46th Street.
and at Steinway Hall.
107-109 East !4th Street,
STEINWAY & SONS
offer a superb stock cf pianos in both
regular styles and art cases.
* Orders for renting, tuning, polish
ing or moving pianos may be ad
dressed to either establishment
bar shop of William Fauks was blown down and
wrecked. A small schooner yacht was washed
up on the sidewalk Just above Mariners Har
bor, but was not seriously damaged.
:• was late in the afternoon yesterday before
cars of the Btaten Island Electric Company
could run at Mariners Harbor. For nearly a
half mile the tracks were undermined.
Th« storm did nuch damage to the wire? or
the New-York and New-Jersey Telephone Com
pany and the Staten Island Electric Light Com
1 any. A team of horses owned by Charles Kel
ler was killed on the Annadale Road yesterday
morning by a live electric light wire, which had
blown down.
The shores of the Staten Island Sound are cov
ered with wreckage of all kinds, but the most of
the damage was on the north and east shores.
which were exposed to the fury of the gale.
STORM GRIPS STATEN ISLAND
SCHOONERS GO ASHORE— ABBUCKMTS
FLOATING HOTEL BRINGS
ON COLLISION.
Kever before in many years did such a severe
storm visit Ptaten Island as that which struck
the north and east shores on Saturday and. con
tinuing up to yesterday, left in Its wake
damage to the amount of several thousand? or
dollars. Trees were uproot-d. houses unrooted.
signs blown down and small craft of all kinds
were washed ashore on the beaches, from the
r.orth to the south shore of the island. No one
is reported killed or injured.
The stoim becan its fury soon after 4 a. m.
on Saturday, when the rain fell in torrents and
the wind blew a sale. The first damage re
ports was at Clifton, where a large dock was
undermined and <iOO tons of coal, owned by the
Richmond Ice Company, was swept overboard
and lost. Strong chains had to be placed
around an engine of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit Company at Clifton to keep the engine
from gomg overttoard. The riding on which
it v.as standing was undermined.
The Btaten Island Electric Company terminal
at South Beach was undermined and the track
hung suspended in the a.r. It was late in the
afternoon before the damage wrs repaired and
traffic resumed. The board walk for nearly a
block was swept away and two small booths on
the edge of the walk were swept out into the
lay. Not in years has the tide been so high
along the north and south shores. The J. P.
Harvis. a large three-masted schooner that was
anchored at Becfatel's dock, at Stapleton. and
was fuily exposed to the storm, began to ride
heavily, and just before .". o'clock pulled up the
pile to which she was moored and drifted stern
on to the beach, near the long dock at Staple
ton. Word was sent to the Merritt-Chapman
Wrecking Company not far away. The wreck
ing steamer I. J. Merriti ran up to the schooner
and na.<sed h-- r a line, which prevented the
schooner from going further on to the beach.
She pounded heavily for 4 time, but late in the
day was hauled off and towed to a place of
safety.
THREE VESSELS IN A TANGLE.
At about the same time the Jacob A. Stamler,
the floating hotel of John K. Arbuckle. and the
schooner yacht Gitana. also owned by Mr. Ar
buckle, were having trouble. Directly opposite
was the Coast Survey steamer Manises, and in
front of the Stamler was the canalboat J. EL
Westcott. Suddenly the Stamler broke adrift,
and. before her crew could get out an extra
line, was drifted across the basin, carrying the
Gitana with her. The Gitana swung around.
and her boom swept the cabin of the Westcott
clean from the deck and dropped it on the dock.
The captain and his wife were in bed at the
time, but escaped injury. Carried by the strong
wind, the Stamler continued on across the basin,
driving the Gitana before her. The bowsprit
of the yacht fouled the cabin of the Manises
and ripped it from stern to bow. The crew on
the steamer tried in vain to release the vessel
Cram her perilous position, but were unable to
do so. and the yacht continued to grind against
the side of the boat until about 11 o'clock, when,
with the aid of members of the crow of the
Staten Island Yacht Club and the wrecking
steamer I. J. Merritt. the yacht was freed and
towed to her moorings. The yacht suffered
much damage, and it will take several thou
sand dollars to repair the Manises. The Stamler
escaped uninjured. When the Stamler broke
loose her lines cid not part, but she pulied the
piles from the dock to which she had been
fastened The tide in the basin was about ten
feet hich. the highest known in that section for
years.
CONNECTICUT'S HEAVY LOSS.
DAMAGE IN" MANY INSTANCES THE GREAT
EST IN STATE'S HISTORY.
New-Haven, Conn., Nov. 24.— The damage
done by the severe storm of the last twenty
four hours has been the greatest, in some in
stances, in the history of the State. Along the
waterfront the damage will reach $50,000 or
more.
At Shippan Point, in Stamford, several piers
connected with summer homes were carried
away by the unusually high tide, and the cel
lars of a number of buildings near the water
front were completely submerged. Along the
canal the water rose over the banks, and a con
siderable part of the lower end of the c it y was
inundated. The freight offices of the North and
East River Steamboat Company were flooded,
as were many of the shops along the canal.
John S. Hasseneau, a boatman, while making
hid way to the waterfiont. stumbled into the
boiler room of the Waterside mills. The water
which flooded the boiler room had become heat
ed, and Hassen^au was so badly scalded that he
was removed to the hospital in a serious condi
tion.
The Norwalk Tramway Company was com
pelled to suspend business this afternoon, be
cause the roadbed was washed from under the
rails. The damage to property in Stamford
will easily reach $7,000.
Milford probably suffered more than any
other town on the Connecticut shore, and the
damage is estimated at {10.000. The seawall
at Harwell's Beach, recently built, v.as com
pletely carried away At Fort Trumbull Beach
every bathing house v.as washed away, and the
banks and lawn? of the summer homes were
destroyed. The trolley car tracks between
Meadows End and Fort Trumbull are covered
with sand in some places, and in others the
tracks were left high and dry. their founda
tions having been washed away. Laurel Beach
suffered greatly, the pier and bulkhead being
wrecked.
At Greenwich this morning the tide was five
feet higher than usual, and everything on the
lowlands was carried away. Lumber yards were
Hooded, and huge piles of lumber toppled over
and floated out into the harbur. At Belle Haven
two piers owned by John P. Lafflin and John B
Barrett were swept away and carried on to
Byram Shore. At this place the macadam roads
were destroyed, and it will take $3,000 or $4,000
to repair them.
TRAIN STALLED BY FLOOD.
Matawan. N. J.. Nov. 24— This mornings
storm burst over Monmouth County in all its
fury just after daylight. The wind blew a gale.
The morning newspaper train on the New-
York and Long Branch Railroad, due at Mata
wan at 5:35 a. m., attempted to ford the tracks
at Morgan, which were inundated in several
feet of water, and became stalled at that point,
as the tracks were washed badly. The train is
still at Morgan The cars were not derailed, as
the engineer brought the train to a stop in the
midst of the flood when he found that the track
was giving away.
The tide subsided some toward noontime, and
it was found that the damage done to the road
bed was such as to stop all northbound traffic
.'or the entire day. Repairs cannot be made for
perhaps two days' time. New-York passengers
from all points south of South Amboy on the
New- York and Long Branch Railroad can only
reach New-York by going by way of Sea Girt.
Freehold and New-Brunswick Telegraph wires
are down in many places. Communication by
wire between here and New-York has been in>
possible.
KBW-TORK DAILY fEH*«S«. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1901.
IMPRISONED TN T HOME?,
TIDE FLOODS ELIZABETH — VESSELS
SMASHED AND CARRIED IXLAND
WRECKAGE LINES THE KILLS.
Elizabeth. N. J.. Nov. 24.-The northeast
hurricane that swept over Elizabeth last night
and to-day caused great damage along the
shore of the Kills at and for six miles below
Elizabethport, while in the memory of the old
est watermen the tide has never been higher.
It submerged the wharves and all the land in
the southern part of the city, where the in
habitants for hours were imprisoned in their
dwellings until the tide began to recede, and
several of them had to retreat to the upper
floors. Small craft were torn from their moor-
Ings by the gale and carried far Inland, while
many rowboats and oyster skiffs were dashed
to pieces against the piling of the wharves.
A large houseboat, owned by William and
Joseph Farren, was torn from her anchorage at
Jersey-st. and driven by the terrific wind among
a small fleet of rowboats and yachts, creating:
havoc. A handsome yacht, belonging to Wain
wright & Laurie, was completely shattered by
the impact of the houseboat, and driven high on
the shore, while several other craft were badly
damaged. The tide was over three feet deep
in South Front-st.. and rose almost to the top
of the bridge that spans the Elizabeth River at
its mouth.
The Sound Shore Railroad was submerged four
feet deeo. and trains over it and the Long
Branch Division of the Jersey Central had to
stop running for several hours owing to the
flooded condition of the roadbed. No trains on
the Newark and Elizabeth Branch of the Jer
sey Central could be run nutil 6:40 o'clock to
night. The tide also partly submerged the two
mile bridge over which the Central's main line
runs to New-York. The train from Long
Branch, on the Pennsylvania, due at Elizabeth
at 10:37 o'clock this morning, did not reach
there until 5:45 o'clock this afternoon, owing to
a big washout near Perth Amboy. Several
hundred empty oil barrels belonging to the
Swan & Finch and Borne & Scrymser companies
were carried away by the flood and piled up In
1 icturesque shapes against the Long Branch
Railroad and South Shore Railroad bridges that
span Morse's Creek. The workmen employed
on Sundays In factories at Tremley Point and
Carte ret were unable to reach their destinations.
The water invaded the factories along the
water from Elizabethport to Carteret. flooded
the engine rooms to the depth of four feet, put
out the fires and drove the engineers from their
posts. Big holes were eaten by the water in the
ground approach to the Elizabethport and
Staten Island ferry, and the fence surrounding
the ferry property was demolished by the wind.
At Heidriter Brothers' extensive lumber yard,
at the mouth of the Elizabeth River, large quan
tities of lumber were washed away and carried
a long distance by the flood, which extended
more than a mile inland to Bonnets Woods,
while on the Staten Island side the meadows
were submerged under water several feet, and
the flood reached to the high land adjoining
Richmond Terrace and washed over the trolley
tracks on the long docks leading to the ferry.
A hermit who occupies an old houseboat on
the Staten Island shore v. as driven to the roof
of his habitation by the rising tide. The sur
face of the Kills to-day presented a strange
sight, it being literally covered with floating
wreckage of every description. All the water
men at Elizabethport were kept busy for hours
trying to save their property and recover boats
that had been swept away from their anehorape.
Some oyster skiffs were carried inland dear to
Bonnets Woods. The plant of th.- Elizabath
town Gas Company, owned by Senator John
K>an. and situated on the Elizabeth River, was
inundated, and over one hundred and fifty bush
els of coke swept away. Th» EUsabethport and
Staten Island Ferry had to suspend operations
from S o'clock last night until near 10 o'clock
this morning, and people desiring to use it hart
to go to Port Richmond and take the ferry from
there to Bayonne. The water of the Kills was
lashed into fur.':;: 1 waves by the gale, and ren
dered navigation impossible.
The storage warehouses of the W. H. Rankln
Roofing Paper Company, on the Elizabeth River,
were badly flooded, as were the offices of the
New-Jersey Drydock Company, while Superin
tendent Thomas Drum's fast trotter was nearly i
drowned in his stall.
Telephone and telegraph service In Elizabeth |
and vicinity was badly crippled for several j
hours. ]
ASB CRY PARK SUFFERS.
TRAFFIC ON PENNSYLVANIA AND JER
SEY CENTRAL SUSPENDED -
STREETS FLOODED.
Asbury Park. N J , Nov. 24 (Special).— A
fierce northeaster has been raping along th«
Monmouth coa?t since Saturday evening, and
the shore front from Atlantic Highlan.li to
Point Pleasant Is strewn with wrecknse. T h?
wind reached a velocity of eighty miles an
hour and raus"i the breakers to roll in moun
tain high. A heavy rain acrompaniel the pnle
and created a washout at Morgans, on the line
of the New-York and Long Branch Railroad.
Traffic was entirely suspended on both the Penn
sylvania and the New-Jersey Central railroads,
preventing among other things the iistrihution
of the New-York Sunday newspapers to resi
dents of the shore towns.
Here in Asbury Park the gale unroofed the
Metropolitan arA Knickerbocker hotels ar.d
partly carried away the roof of the Lake Ave
nue Hotel. Trees were uprooted, signs blown
down, show windows shattered and the streets
flooded. Down on the 'Seach the huge breakers
damaged a portion of .'he fishing pier and the
Asbury-ave. pavilion. The beach was cut out at
several points, and In other places tons of sand
were blown in the board walk. At high tide to
night the sea swept completely over the board
walk and also into Deal Lake.
There was but slight damage over in Ocean
Grove. Down at Bradley Beach Larrahees fish
store house was demolished and the board walk
was ripped up at several points. The board walk
on the beach at AUenhurst was also partly
wrecked. The government life savers who pa
trol the shore front experienced great difficulty
in covering their lonely beats, and consequently
the usual patrol was doubled.
CAMPANIA FIGHTS GALES.
SHE LOSES AN ANCHOR OFF SANDY
HOOK AND IS COMPELLED TO
CRT'IPE UNTIL MORNING.
The Cunard liner Campania, Captain Henry-
Walker, arrived at Quarantine at noon yester
day, after a remarkably tempestuous voyage
from Liverpool. The Campania left. Liverpool
at 3:55 a. m. on last Sunday, being delayed
twelve hours on account cf fog. She left
Queenstown at 351 p. m. ;he same day, and
passed Fastnet Rock at 8:03 o'clock.
According to Captain Walker, the voyage was
a succession of gales and head seas. On ap
proaching the American coast the wind shifted
from northwest to north-northeast and blew a
hard gale, being accompanied by heavy seas
and rain squalls. Sandy Hook Lightship was
reached at 9:49 p. m. on Saturday, ar.d as the
weather was thick Captain Walker decided to
anchor, after consulting with the pilot. Soon
after the starboard anchor had been let go the
hoisting machine broke, and the anchor and
about one hundred fathoms of chain were lost.
Although the harbor lights were visible, it was
deemed best not to attempt the trip up the Bay
until morning, so Captain Walker cruised
around until daylight, always keeping the light
ship in sight.
The big liner stood the heavy weather well.
although the passengers were considerably
shaken up. The Campania came up the Bay in
the mornlnp, and was docked cany in the after
noon
The usual concert fnr the benefit of the United
SeameiTs Home took place in the saloon en
Friday evening, being presided over by John
Lowles. About £100 was collected for the char
ity. Captain Walker was presented with a set
of resolutions by the passengers in recognition
of hi? good seamanship in bringing the liner
safely through one of the roughest passages of
the season.
The Campania brought 348 cabin and —*~<
steerage passengers. Among the first cabin pas
sengers were the following: C. Stacey Clark.
Jennings S. Cox, Seymour Cunningham. R.
Bruce Emereon, George Eastman, Alexander
Fairlie. James H. Garrett. ML P. Grace, B S.
Guinness. X. W. James. Harry ML Jenks. W. V.
D Kelly, Fergus W. N. Latham. Lewis Cass
Ledyard. .Tohn Lowles. A. W. Mack, N. I. New
house D. O. C. Newton, Robert Opper.heim.
B. F. Osier, John H. Read, Don Ernesto de
Rferil. Colonel Thys, Senator De Voider. Dr. H.
T. Woodward and Dr. and Mrs. H. Claflin.
OVER A HUNDRED SAIL LOST
LARGE FLEET AT KEYrORT WRECKED
ON BEACH ANP "POCKS.
Keyport. N. J . Nov. 24— This place has suf
fered more to-day from tide and wind than ever
before in its history. A terrific storm burst pre
vious to midnight last night, and with daylight
came a gale that swept over Raritan Bay at the
rate of a Hundred miles an hour. The tide rose
until the docks along the waterfront were sev
eral foot below the water. More than a hundred
large sloops were in Keyport Harbor, besides a
large number of smaller craft. Owners of the
vessels stood upon the shore and were powerless
to save their property, a.« the vessels dragged
th"ir anchors and tore from their moorings.
The tide and wind swept oyster boats and
handsome sloops in a wrecked mass on the shore
and meadows. The Golden Gate, a large sloop
owned by Captain William E. Woolley. of this
place, was dished on the shore here and crashed
through a large storehouse building owned by-
Bauer & Hopkins. Many of the vessels, after
striking the docks and different obstacle?, sunk
at the mouth of Matawan Creek. Twenty-six
sloops found their fate upon the sandy beach of
Cliffwood shore.
From the mouth of Matawan Creek along the
Keyport shore, and on down the Raritan shore
as far as Sandy Hook, the beach is strewn with
the wreckage of many vessels. Storehouses,
docks and bathhouses were lifted from their
foundations and carried away with the tide.
Captain George M. Tilton. jr., of this place, was
one of the heaviest losers. Two large sloops, the
William H. Phillips and the Emma Jane, be
longing to him, were cast ashore and completely
wrecked. Two other sloops belonging to Tilton
were washed ashore, but not so badly damaged.
Thomas Brown's dock at Lockport was almost
completely wrecked by the tide. Two handsome
sloops were dashed against Brown's dock, and
now lie on the shore complete wrecks. Six sloops
lie under water at the- mouth of Mattawan Creek.
From the mouth of Oyster Creek, looking up
Matawan Creek, a dozen or more large sloops
can be counted as they lie in a wrecked condi
tion on the bca^h and meadows. There are
hundreds of others who lost small craft of all
descriptions.
FEED WIRE STOPS EXGIXE.
TORN" DOWN BY THE GALE, IT LIES
ACROSS THE TRACKS.
Hackensack, X. J.. Nov. '24 (Special). — The
wind blew a gala in this vicinity early this morn
ing. It not only biew trees down, but it laid low
two trolley poles on the trestle bridge at JLeouia.
over the Northern Railroad tracks. The heavy
feed Wire fell over the side of the bridge and
bung over the tracks directly in the way of the
railroad trains. As no one knew just where
the accident happened, it was impossible to
warn the approaching passenger train, due at
v 'inla from Nyack at 8 o'clock. The engineer
Called to see the overhanging wire on account
of th* rain, and the wire was «truck with con
siderable force.
The smokestack and headlight were torn from
the locomotive, and only the prompt appliance
of 'he air brakes saved the locomotive from
further damage The wire was finally broken,
but not before, nearly a dozen poles bad been
torn down by the collision.
At the time this happened a trolley car had
Just left Hackensack for Leonia, It stopped
suddenly on the meadows, near the Hackensack
River. The passengers remained on the car for
a short time, and then walked back. It was
seme time before the cause of the delay was
made known.
Superintendent Bacon first established stages
between Leonia and Hackensack, and ran them
hourly all day. They ■will continue to-morrow
until the- damage Is repaired. Cars may not be
running before this afternoon. A big force of
men were sent to the scene of disaster, and
were ordered to remain at work all night.
COKEY ISLAND SMALLER.
MANY THOUSAND SQUARE YARDS
WASHED AWAY -BROOKLYN
SUFFERS.
Coney Island, including the resorts known as
the West End. Brighton Beach and Manhattan
Beach, was severely damayed luring the early
hours yesterday morning by the high tide and
the heavy northeast gale The wind and rain
also resulted In minor accidents and devasta
tion throughout the Borough of Brooklyn. It
was at Coney Inland where the greatest amofint
of damage was done, and It is said that many
thousand square yards of that island were taken
out to sea by the heavy tide and beating waves.
At Manhattan Beach proper the damage was
restricted to the almost total destruction of the
promenade in front of the Manhattan Beacn
Hotel.
Between there and Brighton Beach the water
ran back over tne bulkheads, swept over the
tracks of the Long Island Railroad and found
an outlet again in the Sheepshead Bay inlet.
At Brighton Beach proper the promenade was
damaged. At the Parkway Baths, owned by W.
A. Engeman, of the Brighton Beach Racing
Association, the new board walk was entirely
ripped up. and piles driven down for a distance
<..f rifteen feet were pulled out and cast upon the
beach. On a portion of the breakwater was a
new electric engine which had been brought to
run a pile driver. It was housed over for the
winter. The storm tore away the housing, and
the engine was in danger last night of falling
into the water.
The board walk between Brighton Beach and
the Concourse was covered with all sorts of
debris and in places was ripped up and under
mined. The Ocean House, at the entrance to
the Brighton Bearh racetrack, was surrounded
by water, as was Mason's Hotel, at Sea Breeze
ave. and the Ocean Parkway. Large pieces of
the concrete of the Concourse were torn up and
washed hundreds of feet up the shore, as far
as Sea Breeze-aye The waves dashed over the
embankment and extended up the Ocean Park
way, over the tracks of the Coney Island and
Brooklyn Railroad, as far as the Church of Our
Guardian Angel. By noon yesterday the water
had subsided to a considerable extent, but ruia
was to be seep in every hand
From Manhattan Beach an o\erturned schoon
er, n two-master, could be seen on the shoals be
yond Rockaway Point. Neither at the Life Sav
ing Station nor at the police station was any
thing known about the wreck, when it came
ashore or what became of the crew. An effort
was made late in the afternoon to reach the
stranded schooner, but the waves were running
so high that the attempt was abandoned. In
quiries aiong the shore brought to light nobody
who had seen the schooner wrecked. Last night
the life savers were DatrollinE the beach looking;
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In Brooklyn proper no inconsiderable amount
of damage was done to the trolley, electric light
telegraph and telephone service by the falling or
wires and pales. The operators at Police Head
quarters were busy all day taking reports of
damage of this character. In most cases the
damage was alight. Thero were a number of
cellars flooded in the early morning hours, and
the Department of Highways had a force of
men out at daybreak removing fallen trees.
TWO MEN DROWNED.
BOAT CONTAINING FOUR OTHERS UP
SETS IN JAMAICA BAY.
Two men were drowned as a result Of the
storm in Queens Borough. They were John F
Dougherty, forty-one years old, of Farmers-^
aye.. Springfield, and William Rae. twenty-r.n«»
years old. of Spring-aye. and Bterrtdi Road.
Springfield. Roth were married. They, with
others, had a boathouse on the inlet from Ja
maica Bay known as Thurstons Creek. At the
height of the storm on Sunday morning the
boathouse was lifted from its spiling and was
carried out into the bay. Dougherty and Rae.
with John Lewis Stringer. Jesse Watts. Alfred
Higble and William Coler, put out in a IH-foot
rowboat. with the- intention 01 towing the house
back to the shore. In BOm« manner the boat
upset and all six were thrown Into the water.
Dougherty and Rae were drowned, but the
managed to reach the boathouse and
cling to it until it floated ashore later in the
day The bodies of the two men drifted ashore
about B o'clock last night, six hours after they
were drow M d
STORM MAKES FEW ISLET.
A FREAK OF THE HfRF.ICANE NEAR NAVE
SINK-WATEB DEEP ENOUGH FOR
STEAMERS.
Seabright. N J.. Nov 24— No trains reached
here to-day and non- may for several days The
couth tra*. k ::s washed away fot a quarter of a
mile, and south of Seabricht fifteen hundred
feet of the roadbed *s either washed away or
burled under the sands washed up by the gr-^at
breakers that rolled in during the night. A new
inlet from the ocean to the Shrewsbury Rivr
has formed near Narealnk, and an examination
Of it this afternoon indicates that it is deep
enough for the river steamers. The piers of a
number of wealthy K«w-York cottagers \\ ere
swept away, and the wind earned off a corner Of
th<3 roof of the Normandie Hotel. Fifteen fish
ermen's boats were wrecked, Seabrighi Is in
darkness, as the hich tide flooded the electric
lipht plant.
MORE RAIN TO-DAY.
Although yesterday's storm bad expended Its
energy before noon md by rh.it r.m.- ti^e velocity
of On wind bad dropped from Bfty-two miles an
hour to thirty-six, the prospects of c!»:;»r skies
to-day are not encouraginc. Rain and stationary
tf-mperature is the official forecast F-->r Tuesday,
however, fair weather la ;. ■: ■
At S a. m. yesterday the temperature was 41
degrees At s r no. the temperature was H and
the humidity 92. The total rainfall for the twenty
ii.ur boon ended jresterdaj noon was two inches.
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SOS BORX TO MRS. VAXDFRB[LT.
CHILD. WHICH WEIGHED EIGHT POT'NDS
AT BIRTH. AND MOTHER DOING WELL.
A boy was horn to Mr. and Mrs Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt at 10 o'clock last nicht at
their home. No. 721 Pifth-ave. The physician
in attendance was Dr. Ervin A Tucker, who
lives at No. IH> West Fifty-seventh-st.
According to Dr. Tucker, the child weighed
eight pounds at birth. At 1 o'clock this morning
the doctor said the mother ami infant were in
the best posslnle condition.
Dr Tucker reached his home from the Van
derbilt home at that hoar.
"It is a good big boy, and was born about 10
o'clock." he said. "Both mother and cMH are
doing splendidly, and are in the best of condi
tion."
Mrs Vanderbilt's mother. Mrs. French, was
with her daughter when the child was born.
Mrs. Vanderbilt was Miss Elsie French, the
daughter of Mr?. Ormond French. She w.is
married to Mr. Vanderbilt at Newport on Jan
uary 14. this year
CHILrS FIRST IROX STEAMES LAUNCHED.
Santiago. Chili. Nov. 21— The launching of the
flr^t iron steamer constructed in Chili occurred at
Valparaiso to-day, and was a great success. The
ceremony was attended by the President. Seftor
Jerman Rleseo, the Federal authorities and a lar^e
assemblage Of Sjaopte. The entire ship, from keel
to truck, was constructed in this country.
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when the balance of the
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Broad & 20 thSc
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Orientals, of which we have chosen t*o loa
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Thanksgiving preparations.
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Daghestaas & Capstans. &
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Color keys and foundations for every cc«
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