Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1915 — GALE OF DEATH STRIKES EAST COAST [ARTICLE]

GALE OF DEATH STRIKES EAST COAST

Terrific Storm Sweeps Over Long Island Sound, Wrecking Vessels and Taking Toll of Many Lives.

Terrific storms swept the Atlantic coast Wednesday afternoon, causing seven deaths, a score or more of serious accident and property damage agpregating about $500,000. More than three inches of rainfall was recorded, with wind velocity reaching a hurricane speed of 60 miles an hour. The storm was general over the eastern states. Three of the seven deaths recorded were the result of the foundering of two new schooners and a tub. In Atlantic City mountainous waves broke over the bulkheads on Ventour Beach, the incoming tide washing up avenues leading to the beaches and flooding the lawns of homes and private estates. Three buildings in the business section of Richmond collapsed. Damage estimated at $500,000 or more was done in Philadelphia and the surrounding country. In New York City the streets were ■> flooded and the surface car traffic was paralyzed during the morning. Estimates of the damage done along in New York ran into hundreds of thousands of dollars. In the new Manhattan subway seeping water caused a short circuit. The blaze was put out with fire extinguishers. At Conpy Island the big waves swept upon the ocean concourse and ran for a depth of several feet into the streets beyond. (Reports from Houghton, Mich., state that the steamer Harvey D. Goulder, bound from Ashland to South Chicago with 8,000 tons of iron ore, is on the reefs near Portage Lake Ship Canal. . The wind is battering the boat, which is leaking badly.