Show VESSELS ON THE MEADOWS Tie Elements Raged Wildly at Long Branch Long Branch N J April 11For twentyfour hours the most severe northeast gale with heavy rain and I snow in fourteen years has prevailed along the coast causing much damage to the bulkheads I At Morgan along the line of the New York and Long Branch railroad the tide was higher than it has been In ten years At Matawan and Keyport the tide backed up to such an extent that the meadows surrounding these places are I inundated and some of the sigi vessels which have been lying at their docks have broken loose and drifted out upon the meadows so that when the storm abates and the tide falls they will be left lying high and dry I The New Jersey railroad trains running run-ning t Seabright and Highlands have all been abandoned The tracks of I the company between these two points are total wrecks and portions of the wreck have been washed to sea Directly opposite the Highland Beach station the three masted schooner the Kate Marke came ashore this morning in was at first reported that the entire I crew were lost but later reports show that two of the men were saved I At Long Branch the tower of the i i Oceanic Fire company which contained a large fire bell was blown down I I The Madison Flats are receiving a r severe pounding and should the bulk heading in front of them go there I will be considerable chance of the embankment I em-bankment being carried away |