were killed at points along the Hudson River when tow boats were destroyed. Crops were heavily damaged in Pennsylvania and upstate New York. Boats were wrecked and sunk in the Dunkirk area. In Brooklyn, where 13 houses under construction were destroyed, damage was "severe" and Gravesend Bay was "littered with the wrecks of small yachts and boats." In Coney Island, roofs were lifted off big buildings and carried for blocks. Waves topped the seawall by 15 feet at Battery Park. Damage was heavy at resorts on Long Island and it was the worst storm on the New England coast in 20 years. See also List of tropical cyclones List of Atlantic hurricanes List of New England hurricanes 1893 Cheniere Caminada Hurricane 1893 Charleston Hurricane Hurricane Matthew Dunbar Davis List of Florida hurricanes List of North Carolina hurricanes Notes References Further reading Satterthwait, Elisabeth Carpenter (1898). A Son of the Carolinas, A story of the Hurricane upon The Sea Islands. Philadelphia, Pa.: Henry Altemus. 273 pp. () – a historical-fiction account from the perspective of the people affected. External links Cyclone of 1893 NOAA Hurricane Track August 27 in Georgia history Beaufort County Public Library hurricane history North Florida & Coastal Georgia hurricanes, 1565–1899 UNISYS 1893 hurricane tracks 1893 Sea Islands 1893 Sea Islands (1893) 1893 Sea Islands Sea Islands Hurricane, 1893 Hurricanes in New York (state) Hurricanes in New Jersey Hurricanes in Maryland