The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-29
Hitllmond ljspStrll.
WEDNESDAY,. pEcEMBER 80, 1890


PAIR IT.
Nsv YORK. December 27.--The storm
wrought considerable damage on Zone!
island. A cutting northeast wind preva,ied
during Sunday evening, and at nigo ,ioeL
about 3 A. M. Monday-the bulkbead ana
platforms. against which the fuzzy OF tue
waves had spent itself. easily gave way. ne
wa,er flowed under Feltman's Hotter NJ Wcs'
Brighton without any iuinry TO ~, put
mari az the old wooden pier ABOUT m'ie
west q, Cables Hotel was carried away.
Two shaniies. one OF which was BATH
house. were carried out TO sea. The waves
carried of many wooden spiles which bad
been driven in front OF the iron pier, and
norton Of the bathing platform OF the west
brighton Hotel. The loss al west brigntoh
Is estimated at about soeO. ,s
II was on The eastern part OF tue is'ahu'
however, that the storm caused
THE GREATEST DAMAGE,
and along the beach toward Brighton the
sand was slrewn here and there, with tim-
her washed In with the tide. Boards iogs,
aad barrels were scattered In large quan'r
ties over the beach. Many pieces OF iron
were seen curiously twisted by Inc sct'oh
OF the waves as they were wrencoeo i'oln
tho bulkheads. Part OF the approach 10 IN"
carried away, aud the bnildiog itself was
pre,ty well shaken up. Eugeman's wooden
nie- escaped with the loosening OF seve-
raj niles. In front OF the Hotel Brighton
the summer house was surrounded by
water Yesterday, and a few steps further
east the storm had full scope. The waves
had ripped up the edges OF the pla'iorm
adjoining the hotel, so that the former
structure will have 10 be almost entirely re-
built. The platform connected with Enge-
mans bathing pavilion is 800 feet long, and
i'm front OF IL was bulkhead made OF rows
Of piles with a stone filing. Along It's
whole length the waves had torn OIL hve or
ten feet OF II.
THE SURF
had forced its way over the space that was
occupied bv bibulous persons during the
beer-drinking season, and covered the plat
form which formed a portion OF the long
nromenade between Brighton and Manhat-
ian Beaches. WOrkmen were busy yeSter-
day removing the timbers on the shore.
The traces OF the waves were left on the
beach. where they had flowed very far be-
yond their usual limit.
The loss at Brighton, it was stated. would
probably be covered by $1,000. The marine
railway running between Brighton Beach
and Manhattan Beach was completely sub
merged by the waves during toe storm, and
IFS lower portion was washed away. NO
great Jury was done to the bulkhead De-
tween EBgeman's pavilion and point
about midway from the East der0'. The
track was somewhat undermined. The re-
maIpder OF the track and bulkhead running
toward the Manhatau-Beach Hotel was
ruined. The waves had knocked the boards
OF the bulkhead into splInterS, OF. tearing
up a large part Of The timber, had furlously
tossed it against the platform, sbiverlng "
TO pieces. About 1900 feet OF bulkbead
were Injured. aud It's appearance yesterday
showed the destructive force OF the waves.
Into some places. where the sea had torn
out huge pieces from the bulkhead, large
quantities OF
FLOATING WRECK
had made their way. in other places the
hukbead was depressed into an immense
cavity, as il the weight OF the surf bad alote
been sufficient TO oveIc come its resistance.
The piles were completely undermined in
most Instances, and were washed away. The
long platform fronting the Manhattan Beach
Hotel suffered considerable damage. All
along The bulkbead on the beach were large
quantities Of doris, and in many pieces OF
timber could be seen galvanized bolts which
had been clipped in two very neatly In De-
ING torn from a bulkbead. A third OF the
railway embaDkment was washed away, and
with il the southern or outer track. TIE
platform OF the railway depot at the eastern
terminus was destroyed. The waves were
rushing under the structure yesterday Alter
noon.
The destruction of the bulkhead coulln-
ued eastward IN the direction OF the Man.
haitian Beach bathing pavilion, and In some
places the sea had made way for itself into
the land. The espanade, which forms
favorite promenade during the summer,
was DESTROYED here and there 10 the extent
of forty or fifty feet. Through the double
rows OF piles 90 which slanting boards are
boited facing the sea the waves forced their
way-where they had not torn up the bulk
head from its f0undations-aDd knocked
out a hole in the beach tbat was nearly
twenty feet deep aud seventy-fye feet wide,
running along the whole front Of the Nam
battaI- Beach Hotel. In the immediate
neiehborhood OF the bathng-payilion the
waves had washed out one hundred feet OF
land, and must have thrown their spray
over the drugstore near 0y.
THE MUSIC STAND
seemed TO be source of attraction also.
and the surf made its way TO within score
OF feet OF it, Into all the holes and chasms
Hoated remnsnis Of platform and bulkbead
until they were soon choked up. The am
phitheatre attached TO the bathiDg-payilon
was exposed TO the full force OF the waves.
The front platform was torn off, and the
bnilding was considerably undermined.
The waves ran so high that they dashed
through the upper windows OF the am
pblthealre, and the floor was sprn-
killed. with sand. The ground behind
the piles had been undermined and
a chasm several hundred feet long had been
formed. The large platform that was In
front Of the Oriental Hotel was found IN the
chasm. The temporary railway there was
destroyed. A score Of feet behind he bulk
head In several places the esplanade was
washed away by tbe-wayes. The force OIL
The surf must have been very great near the
Oriental Hotel. The little strip OF land be-
tween the ocean and sbeepsbead bay, east
OF the life saving station. had been covered
by the waves, and the roadway In many
places bad been seriously injured. dirt
car stood IN sand up TO the platform.
The estimates OF tue damage done to the
Manhattan Beach property were varied. A
man who is interested in the Manbatlan-
Beach Company said that the damage would
be covered easily by $4,000. visitor at
the beach yesterday morning said that nc
would not take 4 contract torepair the dam
age for less than $4,000. 1t Is said that
workmeu will repair at an early day the
rayages Ct the storm, and by means oil
stronger bulkheads prevent, II possible, O
recurrence Of such serious injury TO beach
property.