New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-28
DAMAGED BY THE ROARING ATLANTIC.
SLICES BY THE SURF

Long Branch Nov. 27.-The storm ragged heavily
all night and wrought additional damage along this
section Of the Ncw-Jersey ocean front. At high tide
the surf far up the beach and tore big gaps
in the blLH, knocked the bulkheads to flinders and
undermined bathing houses and swept them away in
pieces. Tho wind howled in good stiff gale over
head, while tho surf roarcd and Numbered at tho
foot OF the high bluff. At midnight the waves ran
so high that they washed the ends Of tho great
wroughtiron Ocean Pier and dashed their spray In
showers across Ocean-ave. Some of the heavy oak
planbs which constitute the flooring OF tho structure
werc torn loose, but the damage IS triAng. when
struck by the hugo pillows the pier trembled
shook from side 10 side.
Shortly after daylight the wind vecrcd around and
tho surf began TO subsde Nearly every bulkhoad
between tho Ocean Pier and the Fraackyn cottage
at Elberon, where Garfield died, damaged to
moro or less extort during the night The beach
covered with tmbers torn from bulkhcads, cot
tagcs and battling houses. Several thousand persons
came here 10 see what damage hal been done, and
Of the day the top OF tho bluff crowded with
sightsecrs. At Elberon the bulkheads OF tho ocean
fronts belonging Horace White, Robert B. Winthrop.
tho son-in-law of Mrs. Moses Taylor; Mrs. Mary A.
Lyddy, Mrs. Cornelius X. Garrison and ex-Collcctor
Thomas Murphy partially torn out and big holes
cut up into the lawns Tho bukhesd on the shore
front OF the old Amos Getting property nearly
all demolished and large slice of tho lawn fol
lowed the bathing houses and the little pavilion
the top OF the bluf down into the angry waters.
This is the cottage william Warner purchased
OF the millions Of dollars he got from the firm Of Grant
& Ward. lilo put in bukhcad only a few days
before he fed with his III gotten wealth.
At Monmouth Beach the heavy waves rushed In
and out OF the cottages which had been undermined
and toppled down the bluff 10 also rushed with
great force into tho holes in the brokon bulkheads
and tore loose the remaining timbers and sont them
far down tho beach. Huge pieces OF turf were torn
out OF the lawns and the sand underneath them was
quickly swallowed up In the boiling waters Tho low
lands on tho west side OF Ocean-ayc. we're stll sub
merged and the water three 10 four feet docp
In the cottages and stables.
At Sea Bright the waves during the night had torn
out portions OF the bulkheads Of Miss Ellen McLaren
T.. S. Auchincloss, James Munroe Allgor, william b.
Wells and Miilln Paul and the surf was foam!ng in
and out among the broken timbers with loud rc
ports.
a large gang of worhinsmcn was engaged in
digging the sand of TIE tracks Of Tho NcNJcrscy
Southern Railway Division OF the Central Railroad Of
New-Jorsey In many places tho tracks wcrc
covered with wet sand Piled three feet high. At
iliehGnd Beach the north bound track had been torn
up BY the waves for some distance and thrown on
top Of the six feet OF broken mbers, dirt and stones
which covered the south bound track IL Is estimated
that viii cost 100000 or more TO repair the road.