Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-13
THE STORM ON THE GRAND BANKS.

From the arrivals the past twcnty-four
hours from Grand Banks intelligence of an
alarming disaster to the fishing feet has
been received. The most reliable and de-
finite news comes from the Gloucester
schooner Wachusett. She was anchored
about twenty miles southeast of the Vir-
ginus. She narrowly escaped the fury of
the storm and made for land. While COM
ing in she passed through q vast amount of
wreckage indicating destructive work of
the gale. The storm arose from eascwH Nd,
shortly after sunrise Sunday last. A heavy
sea rapidly piled up and became confused
and choppy by the wind veering to the
northeast. For thirty miles of the schoon-
er's course wreckage was encountered on
every side. Many dories were seen bottom
Up and oars, fish boards and other material
in large quantities were passed from time
to time. One French fishing brig alone lost
four dories with all hands. The vessels
chors lost. A general estimate based upon
the best information% atepresent obtaina''
BILE puts the loss of life Ut from sixty to
to eighty souls, while the damage to the
feet is incalculable. At she time the gale
sprang up there were, it is assumed, 1000
dories away at their travis, and it will be
fortunate if the extent of the disaster to
the great bank fleet is circumscribed with
in this report. sir.
AAS
COAST. 49,
ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 81.
Thousands of people visited the Sands
this morning to gaze on the scene of de-
struction caused by yesterdays high tides.
The damages yet cannot be fully estirna-
ted, but will amount to over $2G0,U00 Last
evening the remnants of the dilapidated
pier opposite the excursion houses were
carried away. The heavy surf forced the
water halfway up Pacific Avenae. The
broad walk from the ocean pier at Ken
lucky Avenue and North Carolina Avenue
is gone. The beach front is one mass of
debris, lighthouses, restaurants, photo
graph galleries, cigar stores and all BUSH
ness places in the central portion of the
city have been carried away altogether, or
much damaged. From North Carolina to
Tennessee Avenues about twenty feet of the
beach front is entirely washed away.
There is nothing to hold up the buildings
still standing, but the mass of debris WHICH
was forced under them and which broke
off the posts supporting the structure. The
ocean pier received terrible straining, but
it did not give way. Twenty-Five sections,
sixteen feet, in lepgth, of board wall, three
bath Houses. andsa large number of electric
light poles were dashed against the pier at
one time. The railroad to South Atlantic
City was so badly damaged that no trains
are running to-day. Large forces of men
are engaged in repairing the places not de-,
molished and removing the debris from
the beach.
I ! RED BANK, M, Asg. 81.
One hundred thousand dollars will not
repair the great damage done to railroad
and private property by the tidal waves of
yesterday and today. Sandy Hook, which
was yesterday a peninsula, is today an
island. The most reliable estimate made
of the damage to the property of the New
Jersey Southern Railway IS 100000 The
hull I, n I h,,fl% ~
road last spring just north of the Highlands,
at Navesink Station, and which cost $50, 900,
is almost complete wreck. The tracks of
the railroad run along on a narrow strip of
sand from Sandy Hook Cedars to Sea
Bright, separating the Atlantic Ocean from
Shrewsbury River. At the Highlands the
ocean has driven through this barrier, and
river sahd ocean intermingle. For miles
between distance one mile north of tho
Highlands and as far north as Sea
has been washed out in spots, while in 9TH
er places the tide has piled the sand of the
beach in pyramids from three to four feet
high upon the track. Along the beach from
Grove the tidal waves have dashed the sea
front, crumbling away yards of valuable
green swarded bluff. Al Berkeley, the next
summer resorts near Baynead, -twepsy
miles below Long Branch, there is a heavy
washout, stopping travel on lifelong
Branch & Philadelphta Railroad.
ssfs NEW YORK. Aug. a. n
~ The unusually high tide which has been
running for the past two days continued
yesterday. In the evening the cellars
along West and South streets were filled
with water, and in many cases it ran with
in half foot of the ground floor. At the
ferry slips the deck rails Of boats were sew
eral inches above the top of the Tenders of
tae dock, SO that a passenger could easily
step from the deck TO the tenders above
The cause of this high tide is mainly from
the stiff northeast wind which has been
blowing in from the ocean for the past for
ty-eight hours, and partly from the moon,
which is changing. 1t is expected that the
tide will run lower to-day, and in the means
time pumps are in demand among the res
idents along the river front. The tide was
the highest OF the season at Rockaway.