New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-27
SUMMER COTTAGES IN DANGER.
THE STORM ALONG THE JERSEY COAST.
DAMAGE DONE BY THE ANGRY WAVES EsTI'
MATED AT s35o,oo0

DAMAGE DONE by THE ANGRY WAVES EsTI-
MATED AT COO
Long Branch, Nov. o6.-The storm has caused
heavy damage along that part of the New-JeIsey
coast extending from Sandy Hook to Darnegat Bay
Inlet There arc 10 vessels ashore on this section
of tn coast reporter Of The Tribune travelled The
fifty miles Of coast which lies between tho HOOK
and the Inlet yesterday. There were no wfecAs 10
be seen. Up at spermacet Cove, near SANDY HOOK
large three-masted schooner was seen IN distress
She lies at anchor third Of mile of shore. MOST
Of hir sails had been torn to ribbons and she was
dragging her anchor She IS nearly opposite hfesav-
ing station No o The members of tho crew OF the
station made several efforts to out to the endahecre
vessel but they wero unable TO launch then hiebOat
as the surf was running six to eight feet hish'
All the telegraph wires and half of the poles
along the coast have been torn down, and the only
communication with New-York is by train Between
Sandy Hook and Long Branch the tracks OF the old
New.Jefscy Southern Railway arc under water al
several points as the extremely high tide forced the
water from the ocean the Sandy Hook peninsula
into the Shrewsbury River. At Sea Bright tho streets
and the west side of the town are under water ana
all yesterday afternoon the people were padduhs
about FIJI sllfs. -.
Owing to the heavy storm, the trip along the coast
was not an agreeable one The strong wind neafS
blew carriages over and carried away all the ss"S
and awnings In its pathway. Inc sun pooh"0u ~
Numbered on the beach Ike cannon sau'es ana scht
IT'S spray flying nearly one hundred feet ihiahu' ~
is almost impossible TO tell what tho damage wrought
hv ne storm will foot up, but IT is estimated al
from 900 to $4,000. Nearly every puiheau ot
The cottages between the Highlands Of Navesihh ana
rong Rrancb has been demolished, several cottages
have becu undermined and topped over lp'o inc
ocean and the beautiful lawns cut out ana carl'cu
of by the angry waves o-,,..
Tho cottage OF the Rev. DR.. Z. S. Gilbert at Gailee'
Monmouth Beach, was undermined by the sea- "hich
knocked rs plazzas into kndlIng wood and then toro
ont the foundation walls The cottage ich par' Vi
the way down the little bluff, where the sun ocsan
tearing It into pieces.
Near Dr. Gllbcrts cottage was the pleasant sum
1ncr home OF Mercer Bcasey the Chief Justice OF tue
state supreme Cour; OF New-Jersey. The waves 'ore
ont his bulkhead and then cut huge gaps ipto inc
broad level lawn. The surf soon ate away the la"h'
fore off the piazzas and broke into the basement
IT surgcd back and forth under the house. WIN IL
noyts that we're almost dcafenlng The walls soon
COCO NOV and when dusk came the large cottage
was on the point Of topping down upon inc SURF
into the -,
The two cottages of william G. Shipper, IT,, north
OF sea Bright had their heavy brick basement vans
torn out, and the water rushed backward anu ioi-
ward underneath them with such force ua' 'no wv"
structures trcmbled violently at every assault Ihese
are the two cottages formerly owned By Henry H.
F,tcken tbe New-York architect, which were almost
knocked TO pieces three years ago by heavy storm
similar TO this one. They will probably be total
wrecks by daylight
Tho broad artificial stone seawal along the cottage
property of AIinin Paul, at sea Bright became
prey to the waves and it was torn out IN Dig peoc''
which instantly disappeared in the sea Inc ia"i
of the cottage Of A. H. Calcf the Wall Street prONer'
e,gorcd heavily. The surf demolished the bulkheads
and then cut away and swallowed up strip OF MS
lawn over thirty feet wide. The bathing houses Vi
the Hotel Shrewsbury picked up by inc waves
and then hurled in pieces upon the peach W.,
mandle by-the-Sea, the summer hotel OF CoIohc reu
nand p Earle, between Sea Bright and the lllEh-
lands Of Navesink lost all its broad cement vans
and some of its bathing houses The large pavilion on
the beach has been undermined, and threatens 10 80
out to sea at high tide tonight
At Highland Beach, the new day resort OH 'nc
Sandy Hook peninsula, opposite the Highlands Vi
Navesink the waves making clean sweep oNer
into the Shrewsbury River. The bathing houses ana
nayrons have been undermined and will be carried
away If the surf does not subsidc. The hte cottage
of Thomas Dewitt, the section boss oil Inc Nc"-
Jersey Southern Railway, has been tumDed over
into the ocean and knocked 10 pieces By the sufl'
SIR Dewitt and his family stayed at lAic-saVhs
station No. last night and moved to btahcRPp 9,
today. The bulkheads of the cottages o. 9iFs. i
lam " shippcn. ST., Dr. Buckley, eX-Staie senator
Garrett a. Hobart, j. larsen Rhoades William l.
Stlonc' Wiliam H. Vredenbcrgh, James H. Hreden,,
bcrrh John McKesson, John McKesson, IT. Richard
DE Gray Mrs Hertcr George +. BAKER the late
Frederic A. Potts and Oliver Doud Byron, gave way
beneath the heavy blows Of the surf ana SAD inioads
were made into the cottage lawns Inc ~o eo',ascs
of NJ Il. Houghton undermined. one oi mem
now lies half way down the blum, Wbelc inc waves
are tearing 1t 10 fragments ,,,, 49,. 49,,
Al Long Branch most OF the bulkhcahs have been
damaged The beach IS covered with Wreckage or
ali Kinds There are several heavy SPAR, on The
beach which have evidently como from WRECKED YES
sells The great Ocean Pier has been damaged by
being struck by tho wrcckagc 49,. $3.50. -.
Al Asbuy Park the beach has 6ceh cur out Dut
the beach walk has far withsood the heavy blows
Of the surf. -, 80. . ,,,o.
from the ocean and torn away nearly all The heavy
oak bulkheading erected by the Government three
years ago, so as 10 keep the sea away nom me
foundations Of Liic-saving station 20 o. The station
PHiladcphia Nov. 90 (spcciaD.-A dispatch from
Atlantic CITY states that the Island IS now eA-
pcriencinc the highest tidal wave In years. IL eX-
tended from the Inlet TO BHgantinc Beach and Long
Port The principal lighthouses and amusenien,
pavions are destroyed. The Halfway House has
been lifted entirely from fits foundations. The water
backed up on the meadows TO great depth ana trains
cannot go out or arrive The estimated loss Is $780,
600
Cape May, Nov. o6-The great storm has done
little damage 10 the beach IN front OF the city, or 10
any improved property between here and Cape May
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