New-York tribune., 1878-02-04
loss AT EocKAWAY AND C0NEY ISLAND.


MANN So NNfE Hplli~ DESTROY LD--bAMArL IS
TI'iArrD ~ OVER 10000.
The destruction of property at RockaWay
Ecach ly lLc rtcch .toIm. va, much greater tan at
nr,t supposed. Visitors 10 The beach. saturday. saw
abundant traces of Thc of The glic. cut
Ting away many Of the old land heaps. JLd io.!Hn@
ones. had changed the appearance, OF the shore
a. q considerable extent. whIio the beach strcwn
with fragments OF what were oJoo summer h"i,s,
pavilion, and bathing houses. -Four cedar posts mark
The spot where the hotel OF Lows bod ,e stood lt sum
ucr. The rest OF the building, which was valued al
5000 was scaicrcdn broken fragments along the beach
Dayiss pavilion. worth about $1,000. entirely
swept away. Alexander Lands hotel WITS nearly
washed ava, hy tue tide and remains topping over
hign sand bank. II "a mao better than TOTAL wreck
ANA was OuIit AT "A cUht ol 81 ,2CO
NotlinG left OF William wibel's pavilion but two
range ald hciNy iron .riuc. MI. WIbGi wis IN5 ~
The pdyihon wih MS wife aud child He waicned the
storm Thursday with nnch alreheisioi and al length
tLo enid the to thr house of TREND. lie
returned in aboni ten minutes 20 find The PAVILION loa
nS on among thr bfcaE'rs. "hc.r II Wa da'h' Il 10
pieces. He estimates hs loss ~ abont So 90 Louis
llammds hoc was Heated oil by he waves aud crushed
Ike an shell IL Wa one Ol tit halsOht,t houses
Inc beach, and was w"rth aho II 5000. The bath
ug houses attached "a II also CARRIE! OF. The
story collage Oi l1nls h"pl vas broken ~ Two Paris
ana hc south end was carried away wiIh nosi Of The
nulItuic. The damage ia abou, 5000. Thc Putnam
lionsc. hafr00m ana restaurant, wa. swept away.
nagcrus's platform. aud thc hotels of Charles Mcler
Peter strauss AMI \. Van kcur'n wNckcd. The
paY0ns Oi Albert lniahd ANA most Of tlc bathing
houses along The Leach were destroyed.
At Eai IOcEHWdy iLtfc rs MOI Hiucn damage except
to the batnng-hOuses. smiths hOt-l, Hog Island
bcacn was shattered ana all the bathing houses
swept away. The houscs The bay side Of HJckJway
Beach were unnjuTcd. Many property owners visited
the beach Saturday, and stated that they would pa up
new buildings without delay. The entire dcsirction OF
properly at IOCkiwaJ ~ estimated at about T,OoOO.
The work ~ repairing the dixie al Manhattan Beach,
Concy Island, begun Saturday. by Il force al 900
The bodies % the seven pcisous wtO were
drowned had been recovered Saturday with the cXcoi
ton of those of twO children. CpTOucr voorhees,, Of
GTycscnd, hcld inquest the bodies recovered. d.
&. COTbln. director Oi The NcY-IOik amt Manhattan
Beach Railway Company. slated that the lOss 10 the
pary nucl lees Than was 80 first supposed. Tnc
motel not damaged 10 any serious extent and tho en-
tire losses O the company viii not reach 500 The dam
are the railroad track be rcpai.ed AT cost Of
about 800. dixie, nuch higher stronger than
the old Onr will be built al The damage 10 prop
crty places COncy Island Bcacn estimated
$4,000. The heaylcs losers are W Egcman, Norton
A. Murray and the owners of the Vest EId Hotel wnch
was demolished. 4 new sand bar formed by the
storm AT the eastern end OF the Island.