The accident draws attention to widespread local Klan activity. The Point Pleasant Canal opens. Salt water intrudes into upper Barnegat Bay. Manasquan Inlet begins to close as Manasquan River waters rush down the new canal. In 1928 and 1929 the inlet no longer exists.
Fishermen are out of business.
Charles Jenkinson constructs Jenkinson's Pavilion and pool on beachfront property he bought two years ago. The boardwalk near the inlet is destroyed, as are numerous buildings. Part of the Leighton Hotel collapses. The Point Pleasant Beach rail yard, located directly north of Arnold Avenue, closes. It once had a turntable, ice house and water tanks.