Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-09-12
The Storm on the Coast.

The storm which has been raging for FIVE
days has played havoc with some of the isl.
and resorts about New York and on the
Jersey coast in the vicinity of Philadelphia.
Cape May see ms to have escaped with very
little damage, and the grave spprehenslons
| from Atlantic City have been somewhat re-
leved by later reports, though the damage
is very considerable. The city is sub.
merged and the only communication Is by
wading for miles through the flooded mead
ows. Not o train can reach or leave the
city for fully week. There ia no milk, no
vegetables. no meat and nothing ia left but
bread and water. Luckily the supply
of flour is plentiful. Coney Island. Mar
haitian Bach, and other New York summer
resorts Jared very badly. Vast sums OF
money which have been spent to make
these places attractive became loss in o
few hours. 1t ia doubtful if the Brighton
Beach race course can ever be restored.
At Long Branch the surf was 30
high that it washed the outer end
of the great ocean pier and tossed its
foam and spray two hundred feet in
land. The bluff has again been badly
damaged and it will cost fully $4,000 to
repair it. The worse cut in the bluff ia op.
posite the cite of the old East End Hotel,
north of the Hotel Brighton. Here the surf
has eaten half through Ocean avenue, and
every assault of the angry waters makes the
gap bigger At Ssabright, N. j., several
cottages were washed away. All the rail
| roads to Jersey shore resorts have sustained
|. heavy losses The beach from Rehoboth 10
Lewes is strewn with wrecks. IL is thought
at least SO lives were lost, Men were seen
clingiug to the rigging of the fact sinking
vessels, frantically yelling for help. The
life saving crew were powerless to render
assistance owing to the fury of the gale, 1t
was terrible sight to witness, but no bu.
man power could save them. Their bodies
were washed ashore yesterday morning and
were buried in the sand alorg the water
The loss TO vessel property at the Break
water will reach, it is thought, $500, 600
| At least two score vessels are now beached.
Both wooden piers were washed away.
From every point on the coast come de-
tails of wreck and destruction. The loss Of
| life In Delaware Bay has been almost as
heavy as during the great blizzard OF March
| 1883 Three coa-laden schooners, the j. q
! L. Bryan, the Walter F. Parker and Kate
E Morse, have sunk and of twenty. three
| persons on board only two are known to be
saved. IL was reported last night that two
other echcouers have gone down with all
hands on board, aud if this rumor should
prove true II would swell the loss of life to
thirty-Gve,
Telegraphic and rsilroad communication
with many coast points has been cut OF so
that the particulars are meagre. A great
deal Ct apprehension exists among maritime
interests for the safety of ships, some serious
disasters having been reported at the Della
ware Rrsakwater. While the storm abated
somewhat yesterday the conditions were
such that nine outward bound steamers car
ried their pilots to sea with them from New
York. At Ocean City, Md, the big break
ers did considerable damage, and the cot
tagers with difficulty got away from the
sea swept village. Many vessels are ashore
at Delaware Breakwater, and incoming
steamers report rough experiences in the
storm. There was but little actual damage
in Norfolk by the storm. but the losses of
the truckers were considerable. The wires
to Hatteras are down. 1t is reported that
the hotel at Nsg's Head. N. c., was blown
down Tuesday night and number OF per-
sons killed. The captains OF the steam
boats which arrived at Baltimore yesterday
reported high winds, heavy seas and rain
on the bay Tuesday night. All the steam
srs, with one exception, were from ak 10
twelve hours behind time,