The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-29
High Tide on the Coast.

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COTTAGES DESTROYED. RAILWAY nn,nors
WRECKED, AND DocKs SWEPT AwAY--IoSo
BRANCH BLUFF FALLING INTO TIRE SEA,
New York Herald Of ycstcriay.l
Even old surfmen who have lived al,
their lives along the Long Branch coast
we're surprised yesterday morning nv Tho
bioh ocean tide which swept alonS the
shorc. They affirm that il is the highest
they have seen for forty years past. Wbe-
,bcf this he the case or not, il is certain
,ha, the extraordinarily high waters have
done great damage along the coast from
Seahrichi 10 Monmouth Beach, while i'm
The vicinity Of Long Branch the bulkheads
thsi were erected after the storm OF 1Ss0
~ a great cost have been converted into
mass Of mere wrcckagc. Valuable
lawns have Teen flooded, pleasure.
e.ardens invaded, and villas threatened
With destruction. AT Highlands station
the beach has been cut out and the tracks
81 The New Jersey Southern railroad lie
covered with Sand-hillS, which have stop
nod all traffic. At Bay View and Seaside
H. waters have invaded lands for miles
and DESTROYED thousands Of dollars worth
Of rropcrtv. At UerbctStown and sum-
NIT The bridges have been lifted up from
their supports. and will probably be en-
iirely swept away. Between Morgan'S and
south Amboy the waters have risen TO
within an inch OF the top OF the long trestle
,yjwsy bridge. At swan creek the docks
and entertainments have been washed away.
Supcrintcndcut Randolph, Of the New York
and Long Branch railroad, carried away
the cotiage-owncrs at Monmouth Beach in
y spccial train 10 Branchport, where con-
I N.if l. N.ts- Il
TIE SCENE AT MIDNIGHT.
shortly before midnight puffy clouds
were drifting across the sky. When they
missed onward and gave the moon Il
chance % shine the spectacle along the
damaged coast was grand. The white
cr,,tcd waves rolled In upon the torn
COAST and revealed great yawning rents in
,loc,S which in the early morning were
occupied by lines Of solid beach. At n-
,,yals some black. slow-heaving, ponder
o,. wave would roll irrSistibly inward,
and the boom of masses OF sand and earth
r,uld he heard mingling with the plash
and surge Of the water. When the waves
f,D back. preparing to advance still further
and with more destructive power, the de-
Jris OF wooden railingRnd wrecked bulk
heads could he seen neaylng among the
wbitcned crestS. For those on shore it
W., a period Of anxiety. They watched
every attack OF the sea with alarm. They
could almost forctell the time when their
ri,a,ant houses would first be left upon
The ed.e Of 4 ragged precipice and
then hur Ga down INTO the relentless
qby>,. Those residents along the shore
from Ions Branch to Sandy Hook who had
carly taken alarm at the inrOadS OF the sea
and c,csped by special trains 10 New York
were ha1nv i'm comparison with those who
were left list night gazing upon this
strangely crumbinS coast. In the forenoon
the bi.b bluff near the iron pier yielded TO
lrr-ptalcd assaults Of the ocean, and the
strong Ter ifsolitrembled. Captain Taylor
gathered q gang OF labOrcrS and set them TO
work u preserve the pier They worked
with viii. Almost a soon a. pile was
tom from its place by breakers piles were
chained across those which had still leen
able 10 resist successfully. Up to midnight
these manUuyr,> had preserved the pier.
II Ind been badly injured, however. The
luf in front OF the Mansion House was at
tackled early in the forenoon. Huge MASSES
Of ,.ud we're torn out OF il, and at mid
ui.ht tor. Of it were still laundering into
the SEA.
CREW RESCUED.
The Liie-Sayinc Stations from sandy
Hook down were on the alert all day and
nishi. No wrecks have yet been reported
north OF Banecat, but the beach on
the north side Of the inlet was di>-
covered to be opened up for mile and
a half. while the sea in the bay was rolling
with power terrific. The yacht William
Hathaway. containing party Of amateur
fishermen, which included Mr.. W. ID.
Campbell and Mr.. j. Elmer Green, was
Observed from the Liie-Saymg station
showing signal, Of distress in the forenoon.
The Yacht at the time was close upon the
,ed-C>. The Yacht Birdie Garden set out
70 her assistance with crew OF seven men,
and brought off the amateur fishermen.
The ,portsmen were thankful when they
ST loot on firm ground which the sea from
which they had been rescued was doing ltS
best apparently to destroy. The latest
dispatch states that the bluff at the Man.
sion House was falling in such masses that
D. 4i.n Vva- threatening the iron nipr.