Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-09-12
ATLANTIC WAVES.
Awful Destruction Along the
Jersey Shore.
COAST STREWN WITH WRECKS
Many Vessels Run Ashore and Lives
of Crews and Passengers
Lost


Lost
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALp, I
PHILADELPHIA, September IL. - The
following dispatch, dated Atlantic City,
N. j., via Absecon, MI, has just been
received here: At IL o'clock the island
is nearly inundated. The severest storm
in twenty-five years is raging. The loss
here will be great. At intervals in the
last hour the velocity of the wind has
been at the rate Of 81 to 60 miles an hour.
The wind still blows from the North.
northeast with no prospect of changing.
The chief damage done is along the
beach. The seas are beating twenty feet
high above the inlet pavilions.
Plum's, Smiths and Rogers in
let hotels are lin imminent danger of
destruction. There are very few Sec
tons OF board walk standing on North
Carolina avenue. The Seaside bath
house went down before mountainous
wave. Jackson's bath houses are nearly
all gone. DR.. Vests drug store, Smith
4 Brady's baths and other pavilions are
all in ruins. Bew's bathing parlors and
summer bath houses are almost total
wreck. The Windsor hotel withstood
the morning tide, although the founda-
tons suffered greatly. Many of the
guests OF this house have, sough bit other
quarters. The Hotel Brighton has sus.
tanned no loss, although the lawn is COW
cred with water.
A chorf d;ofon moo ha1or, Io-o,I Dc,
woman holding a child in her arms
was lifted up by the wind and thrown into
the water. Walter Field jumped into the
water and rescued the couple. Two
large boarding houses, the Gladstone
and Cincinnati, each containing twenty
rooms, were raised from their founda-
tons and crushed like kindling wood.
Destruction at Longport is great, hut to
what extent is unknown now. No trains
for Philadelphia went ont upon either
road since 6 :55. All day the residents
of the city have been rowing out to the
unfortunate tenants of the houses
located beyondiBaltic avenue. They had to
be taken from the second story windows.
These people are principally colored and
poor. Several houses have been thrown
from their foundations, and it is unsafe
to live in them. Shortly after 8 o'clock
the tin roof of the United States Fire
Company blew off. A portion of i.
struck the feed wire of the electric light
and threw it onto the Gamewell fire. larm
wires. The current had to be cut off.
Great fear is entertained as to the result
OF the storm.
FIRE BREAKS NUT.
LOVERS POINT, N. j., Septembe H.
Communication has been established
between Atlantic City and the mainland
by means OF yachts and steamers. A
frightful state of affairs is shown. The
storm is still raging with undated fury,
and added to the fury of wind and waves
is that of fire.
| A steamer brought news that a fire
was raging in Atlantic City and that the
houses alongside the burning buildings
were being demolished to prevent a gen.
eral confagration.
A MORE FAVORABLE REPORT.
PHILADELPHIA, September 11.-Super-
intendent Dayton, of the West jersey
and the Camden and Atlantic railroad,
was seen tonight by an Associated Press
reporter and was able to give favorable
report as to the condition of affairs at
Atlantic City. When the tide receded
this afternoon gangs Of men made their
way from Pleasantville almost into At
lantic City over the Camden and Attain
tic railroad. Telegraphic communica-
ton was at the same time established to
within short distance of the water
bound city and the reports received
show that place to be in much better
shape than had been anticipated. Wild
rumors had gained circulation here to
the effect that confagration was raging
there. Dayton is informed that half a
dozen shanties on the beach at the ex-
treme southern end of the island were
all that burned. The damage cannot be
very great.
Communication was also had in
directly this afternoon with Sea Island
City. Postmaster Chester of that
place made his way to the main
land 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 and washed away, including the |
Newland House, Star House and Shake
spear hotel. The Continental hotel, |
which is the largest and most important |
hotel there, is all right. The Excursion
House and Surf House are said to be in
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Townsend bridge, very important
structure, and one hard to replace, is
washed away.
THE STORM AT oCEANsIDE.
SALISBURY, Nd, September like.
ports OF startling character are coming
in OF the storm at Oceanside, Md,
though the telegraph Office there is I'm.
occupied. The large columns supporting
the porches at the hote.s and cottages,
are washed away, doors and windows
are broken down and furniture is floating
about the beach. The seas last night
were breaking to the second story of the
Atlantic hotel and Congress Hall, and
huge waves were running through
the hotels six feet deep. The
furniture is floating in the rooms. There
is not vestige of bathhouse on the
beach. The life saving station was dam.
aged and the crew were preparing to de-
sert it last night. A special train was
sent over last night to rescue the dwellers
on the beach. The work was accom-.
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