Show ST1M r SWEEPS G AST I Wind Attains Velocity Seventy I Seven-ty Miles an Hour NUMBER WRECKS REPORTED j In Wow York City Heavy Damage Occurred Plate Glass I Windows Were Shattered Church Spires Endangered and Ferry Service Hindered I New iTorlc Sept IrA juonn of Intense In-tense force swept up the New Jersey coasts over Now York today proutrat ing wlivrs und damaging shipping along the count The gale which was accompanied accom-panied by heavy rain began about 7 a m and lasted through the morning the wlivl attaining a velocity of sixty nillcH an hour J HEAVY 1 DAMAGE INFLICTED In this city plate gins windows were shattered by the wind cabs and truckn were overturned signs blown down and the safety of church spires endangered Ferry service was Interferred I with by the heavy seas and coast navigation mafic fvtromely perilous 1 A number of wrecks art reported During the t afternoon after-noon the storm blew itself out and the wind subsided 10 a gentle brece DIDLAVARE STORM I SWEPT Reports from lower Delaware are tot the to-t effect that a terrific wind and rainstorm rain-storm swept that section early today At Lewes the stack of the electric llgjn works was blown down amid several houses were unroofed Throughout the I territory fodder stacks were blown away and corn crops destroyed Outbuildings Out-buildings wore demolished and a number num-ber of houses unroofed Five lives were lost I OMNIBUS OVERTURNED In 1 Atlantic CiLy the wlml blew with such force that an omnibus won picked up and turned over with Its horse and driver DAMAGE J IN PHILADELPHIA In Atlantic City the damage wrought by the gale will amount to many thousands thou-sands of dollars The Hotel Strand is said to have been damaged to the extent ex-tent L of 520000 The old Empire theater the new JJartlett the Hotel Rudolph and Youngs hotel and Marlborough and Windsor were more or less damaged The summer residence nf J G Adams at Linwood was partially wrecked as well as many others on time mainland Several persons were Injured I |