New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-28
COUNTING UP THE LOSSES BY THE STORM
THE LIST GROWING LARGER-PROBABLB WRECK
OF THE STEAMER ALLENTowN-THB
DAMAGE AT ATLANTIC CITY.


Cohassct Mass, Nov 27.-The damage by the fearful
storm which has ragged along tho south shore for
the last three days is far in of anything Of
the kind before known IN this nolghborhood, and a
careful inspection Of the property along the coast
limo from Cohasset 70 Windmill Point Hull shows It
TO DO much greater than indicated In Yesterday
dispatches. All day long wrcckagc Of various dc
scripions has been coming ashore along tho beaches,
more particularly at Sandy Covo.
Hugo tImbors, spars, cabin furniture, fine inside
furnishings chairs life preservcrs and other articles
appcrtanlng to steamers outht, and many Of them
stamped with the word Allentown have bcen
I'm the breakers off shore and found scattered along
the waterfront. This wrcckagc tells too plainly that
the fine iron steamer AlIcntown-the Philadelphia
steam collier-bas been broken up Of the
huge snhen lodges Of this port, always terror to
mariners. Captain Nathaniel W. Treat, one of Co
hasset's oldest scafaring men, and from whom tho
first ntmation of the disaster came, said that in
his opinion the vessel had foundcrcd either on Sea
Iedgos the Grampus which arc long sunhcn
lodges lying about one mile wcst-norhwcst from Nj
nots Light and about three miles from the nearest
point Of tho mainland If such IS tho case the
vessel must have gone down with all board within
a very few minutes after striking.
Since the early reports Of the supposed catas-
trophe many Of the villagers say that they dis
tinctly heard steamers whistle shortly after noon
Sunday, repeated at brief intervals for an hour
or more. The schooner Sasanoa, before reported as
stranded on Pleasant Beach, has gone TO pieces.
a trip along the water front to-day revealed much
damage to land property. Bathhouscs summer cot
t9ges and similar structures wrecked and their
ruins line the beaches Many Of the beautiful drives
10 the summer cottages arc either washed away or
badly quilted and covered with wreckaCe. The
greatest damage to land property Is along Crescent
Beach. between Green Hi and Gun Rock Along
this stretch is line Of from twenty to thirty small
There is not single of these that does net bear
marks of the terrible force Of the storm some of
them wore lifted from their foundations and carried
back several feet The total loss property on this
beach VIII reach many thousand dollars.
At the Atlantic House the damage by water to
carpets and ceilings IS estimated at from 81 600 10
$4,000. About Damon's Pavilion at the head OF
Nantasket, Long Beach, the shore Is strcwn with
wreckage from the schooncrs II. c. Hlcglnson and
Matte f. Eaton. This morning, Mrs. Brems vic Of
the Hggnson's steward, visited the scene and was
Frustrated by the spectacle OF the dead body her
husband dashed to the rigging, which all probability
Will so TO pieces before the body can be reached
The roadbed of the Nantasket Beach branch of the
Old Colony Railroad is entirely washed out. from
Hotel standish a point half mile northwest Of tho
Ocean House
Atlantic City. ". j.. Nov. 27 (speolaD.-Property-
owners on the beach front actively engaged IN
removing the debris which IS ell that remains of their
holdings. Thousands Of curiOsty-seecrs have viewed
the ruins 1t was at first thought that the northern
section OF the city, fronting tho ocean, had been
the chief sufferer, but subsequent examination OF the
southern section revealed the fact that the havoc in
that territory far exceeds that OF any other portion
The loss here, however, IS divided between many
owners while the devastation Of tho upper section IS
borne by but few. Tho city loses about $1,000 IN
board walks, while private board walk owners VIII
lose 5000 Alfred Adams, jr is sufferer to tho ex-
tent Of 81 300 and George W. Jackson viii lose at
least $4,000. Both were keepers OF bathing houses.
Other uptown Gnforunates suffered follows
Charles ]. Johnston, baths, $4,000 Jares I. Bew,
baths, $500; Alfred Adams, ST. baths, $500 Kiids
photograph gallery, $500; Rutter brothers, $500;
John Clements she'll store. 1000 All these build
n ,, were totally WRECKED The iron pier was
many houses several hundred feet distant from the
ocean had their Easements and ground floors com
plctciy Inundated by the extremc high tide. Tho
southern district thckly built up, and tho sight
presented since the gale subsidized IS startling \
hundred small houses have been broken to splnters
and tho debris IS floating here and there I'm The surf
perhaps thrown high on The beach. The losses here
range from $500 to $4,000. John Doyle, G. e.
Guvcrnator and William Bowker probably tho
heaviest losers. Below the city tho Half way House
IS totally Yrccked.
A careful estimate OF tho entire damage done in
the city places the figures at "a 500; and II may
possibly reach $4,000 Property-owners generally
Will rebuild DrOmDfV