The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-09-18
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION TO BEACH
HOTELS AND SHIPPING.

A New York dispatch or the llth
inst says: The great storm which
has been raging along the coast con-
tinues, and word comes from Coney island
that the tide this morning was higher
than last night The guests of the Man
haitian Beach and Oriental hotels were i'm
prsoned by water, and the West End
hotA was submerged. The beach at Man.
haitian has been washed away.
The mammouth bathing pavilion te--
longing Co Manhattan Bach is going
down before the laundering waves. The
old marine railway structure was carried
away early to-day and taken with an
awful crash over the new marine railway
fully 500 feet inland, carrying the latter
away bodily and overturning and smash
ing cars like kndling-wood. The old
Brighton Beach bathing pavilion followed
il with deafening crash and then drifted
with lightning rapidty and herculeau.
force against the new bath house, tearing
part OF that away. The brighton Beach
hotel is surrounded by over two feet Of
water. Fully 100 feet Of the lawn in
front Of the hotel has been eaten away
since last night ard from indications early
to-day it will all be gone before night
The Brighton Beach railroad is submerged.
In this city piers usually twelve feet.
above high-water mark have their decks.
washed, and East river front buildings
from Fiftieth TO Fourteenth street are.
flooded.
The storm has caused great damage
along the coast of Long island At Rock
away Beach the tide reached an unparal-
leled height. Bathing houses were washed
away and the waves broke in on the.
verandas OF the hotels. The short stretch
of railroad running between Rockaway
Beach, Arverne, and Far Rockaway was
submerged, portion of it was under
mined, and the trains had to be discon-
tinued. A bridge between Arverne and
RocEaway Beach was carried away. All
the small islands in Jamaica bay were
covered with water. Scarcely anything
could be seen of Hog island to-day at high
tide. All the buildings on the island had
been washed away. Fire island and Oak
island were cut OIL from all communica-
ton With the mainland by boat or tele-
graph. From the Babylon shore great
waves could lie seen breaking over both
islands
The new Morgan line steamer Elmar has
arrived from New Orleans. The storm
struck her on Monday night about one
mile north of Cape Hatteras. From that.
time till she almost reached Sandy Hook
she steamed in the teeth of a most terrific
storm. Heavy waves dashed the sides OF
the steamer and broke clear over her
deck. AT one time the waves arose clear
10 the top of her smokestacks, which stand
forty-fve feet out of the water. The
smokestacks looked like gigantic frosted
cakes as sue came into the harbor. They
were covered with salt. Capt +. a. Hor-
tor and First Officer B. A. Benson said
that tho storm was the most terrible one.
they have witnessed during the last four
teen years AT times they could not sec
the ships length. IL was impossible to
take any observations from the time Cape
Hatteras was reached until the vessel
arrived near the bar. The officers had to-
depend upon their knowledge of the course
and the soundings made.
The Wisconsin and the California had
similar experiences. Both secured pilots
with the greatest difficulty. The Califor-
MAS hfeboat was upset aud Chief Officer
Knuth, two seamen, and the pilot were
saved by life lines
Postmaster. Chester of Sea Isle City
made his way to the mainland and reports
things in very bad shape there. The sea
wall which was built TO protect the place
from the sea has been DESTROYED About
fifteen houses have been washed away in
GLIDING the Hewland house, the Star
house, and the Shakespeare hotel. The
Continental hotel which is the largest and
most important hotel there, is all right.
The Excursion house, which is directly on
the sea front, and the Surf house are said
by Mr.. Chester to he in danger of destruc-
ton. He does not report any loss of life.
The Townsend inlet bridge, which is a
very important structure and one that it
will be hard to replace, i reported to
have been washed away. Many miles of
railroad track have been carried away and
weeks will be required to place the lines
where they were before the storm.
Lewes DELI dispatch: The loss of life
in Delaware bay by the storm has been
almost as heavy as during the great bliz-
card of March, 1888. Three coal-laden
schooners the j. q l.. Bryan, the Walter
i. Parker and Kate +. Morse, have sunk
at Fourteen Foot bank, and of thirty three
persons on board only two are known to be
saved. IL is reported that two other
schooners have gone down at the buoy, a
short distance above Fourteen Foot bank,
with all hands on board. and il this rumor
should prove true it would swell the loss OF
life TO thirty five. The two survivors Of
the wrecks are Mate jacobson and Stew
ard Hunter Of the J. q l.. Bryan, whose
experience in battling for life has probably
been the most thrilling of any shipwreck
that has ever occurred in Delaware bay.
The men were tossed upon the angry wa
hatch seventeen miles from the scene Of
the wreck.
Advices from the Delaware breakwater
say that at least two-score vessels are now
beached. Both wooden piers were washed
away. The beach from Rehoboth to Lewes
is strewn with wrecks. 1t is thought at
least fifty lives were lost. Men were seen
clinging to the rigging of the fast sinking
vessels frantically yelling for help. The
life saving crew were po ~erless To render
assistance owning TO the fury of the gale.
1t was a terrible sight to witness, but no
human power could save them. Their
bodies were washed ashore this morning
and were buried In the sand along the
water. The loss to vessel property at the
breakwater will reach, it is thought,
$1,000, 900.
She Preached the Wrong Doctrine.