New-York tribune., 1884-01-10
sI,,kMS ON SEA AND LAND.
opr,rD.MAGE AT CoNEY ISLAND.

,,,p,NF RAILWAY DEsTR0YED-pART OF TIE
,rw IRON PIER GoNE-THE LOSS 100000
rbo storm and high tide of yesterday played SAD
- ON Coney Island and the entire beach, rom
Noton's Point to tie Oriental is strewn wllh urii'
.,-ood The wind came from the northeast ana seh'
.he sea rolling in with such force as 10 car
~ away everything within ITS reach
.roor Morris a veteran Gravesend fisherman, VINO
one of the oldest inhabitants OF the place. ue-
cared that in all his experience he had never seen
a heavier sea- nor a higher tide. Inc waIer sNcPV
over the Concourse between Nanderveers NJ WesU
p,,cbton and the Brighton Beach Hotel. and iett II
one mass of drftwOOd altcrnated with pools OF nan
S-,zop wafer. The sand-leas' or "beach-comhers"
ore roaming a rich harvest and hundreds oil ioads OIL
5ift.,rood have been carted away by them
Tho first thing to be carried away was the old
,roodon picr and pavilion in front of Engeman
uoteI The heavy timbers forming the pier were
Int down on III. new Iron Pier. belonging tc the
prgbton Beach Pier and 'Javiga ion Company.
The wafer was nearly up TO the flooring otthe p'er
on5 the timbers knocking against the iron supports
90 twisted hem that about thirty feet OF the sea
end of the pier was carried away
.ousiDr n damage of from $4,000 10 S2O'Ooo.
The wooden piles forming the guards at tho end OF
the old Iron Pier were considerably shaken but
otherwise that pier sustained no material damage
Betwcen Paul Bauers and NortOn's considerable
damage was done to the small hotels, and nearly all
the bath-houses were carried out to sea bodily
AT West Brighton all of Tillyou's bathing
houses are missing. aud Taylors photograph gar
lerv is total wreck. Some 500 piles which Paul
Bauer had been driving for some new oath
bonses were carried away and cast up
along the beach to become the prey Of
tho "sand 1cas" The sea sweptover the iloorot the
shelter houses at the end Of the boulevard leaving
tbe stems leading to the beach covered with sand.
and The floors two or three inches deep with mud
and drift. ...
At the Brighton Beach Hotel the waves swept up
IN thc steps, The plank flooring around the music
stand was partially torn up. and the breakwater
betwccn the music stand and the sea was de-
stroved so that the sea breaks almost under
the music-stand, leaving il in a Qrecarous condl-
tion. The photograph gallery at the brighton
Beach end of the ConconrSe Is wreck ana Inc
candy and fruit stand will have to he rebuff. Inc
sea broke completely over the breakwater IN troui
hf the Brighton bathing-pavillon. and the gangWay
from the hathing-hOuScS was partially deS Dyed
Inside the bathing-pavihon IS mass OF wfcckag,
and drjitwood The waves washed up against the
door of j. Laulakes rife-gallery at the eaSt cd OF
the bathing pavilion. BY hard work the proprietor
os HE 10 break the force of the surf, by throw
I'm hack the driftwoOd which hoated against ms
door. dog which was ~ the place look refuge on
the counter and could not be induced 10
The Marine Railway is thing of the past.
a,nDt 500 feet of it was washed away completely,
and the rest is wrecked completely that the road
vii have to be entirely reconstructed. An inlet
has been formed between the Brighton and Manhat-
tan hotels which shuts of communication between
between the two. The supply-road that runs
from the east end of the Brighton Beach bathing
houses was destroyed. 4 sand bank abont 10 feet
high which had stood between tho Ocean House
and the Brighton Beach Hotel for years was en-
tirelySwept away and the ground there Is as level
us il is on the beach.
The sea has swept away the front garden at the
Manhattan HOtol aud the cellar Is full OF
water The Oriental Hotel seems to be in the centre
of a vast lake.
j. ID. Coslgan. one of the Commissioners of High
ways. who lives at Sheepshead Bay. said that he
bad been to the Oriental and station
and there was truth in the story of loss OF
life number of Italians were in house on the
east end of the island when the tide overlook them
and they were rescued by the life-saving crew.
1t is estimated by the inhabitants that the dam
nge along the entire beach was not less than
R1OO GOO while some estimates place II as high as
E250,0O0