Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-11
The Tidal Wave it is Thought Was
Caused BY a Hurricane.
RUNNING CHARGES OF BRIBERY.
California Gaugers Appointed-The
New Surveyor of the Port of
New York.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-uSIos.
TIDAL WAVE,
Grave Fears of Disaster to Shipping on
the Atlantic Coast.

| to shipping may be given, is pointed Out,
| This is the hurricane season, and grave
fears of disaster to shipping are entertained
New YORK, September lOsh.-Incomine
vessels are anXiously awaited for news oi
| the great storm at sea. which has been rag.
ing tor the past few days, and that it has
! been the worst of recent years is made evi.
dent by the high tides and storm which
| have done such great damage along the
| coast. In this city the cellars aud first floors
| Of buildings along the water. front are all
| Hooded. This morning the ferry boats are
| having difficulty in getting in the slips.
Reports of great damage done bv the
storm at high tide last night are coming in
and as the tide this morning is higher than
last night, it is evident that an enormous
amount of property was destroyed along
| the New Jersey coast. Low beaches were
submerged and railroad tracks injured
| Thousands of spectators watched the surf
which was the widest and highest known
| in years.
Atlantic City was completely cut off from
the main land. Many bathing houses
were ground up into kindling wood. Sew.
eraI pavilions were lifted bodily from their
| piling and destroyed.
Reports from Coney Island show this
was the worst storm ever known there. All
night long waves dashed over the break.
water at Manhattan and Brighton Beach
with tremendous roar. The marine rail.
way between the two places was entirely
| swept away. This morning not vestige
is lett OF the esplanade in front of the Man.
haitian Hotel, and the tide flows in and out
of the basement of the building. The race
| course was swept away.
In this city some piers were entirely GOV.
cred by the tide. Some, which are usually
twelve feet above high water, have their
decks licked by the angry waves. The bay
and rivers are exceedingly turbulent, owing
to high winds. Sailors say it is the greatest
flood in twenty-five years.
New YORK, September 10th.-It is be.
| lieved the gale was right in the track of the
ocean steamers and it is feared some OF
them, including the City of New York and
| Teutonic, have suffered.
| Telegraphic communication to Sandy
Hook is cut off. The outside harbor is Sc
rough and the weather is so thick that
| boats dare not venture out.
Word comes from Coney Island that the
| tide is higher this morning than last night.
Manhattan Beach and Oriental Hotels are
| flooded TO the doors and the occupants are
unable TO leave.
The West End Hotel is entirely sub
merged. The water is flowing over 10
Sheepshead bay. The beach at Manhattan
has been entirely washed away, and the
persons still there are badly frightened. A
Coney Island special says the mammoth
bathing pavilion belonging to Manhattan
Beach was beaten down by the laundering
waves. The old marine railway was car
ried away early to-day, and taken with an
awful crash over the new marine railway,
fully 300 feet inland, carrying the latter
away bodily, overturning and smashing
the cars like kindling wood
The old Brighton Beach bathing pavilion
followed with a deafening crash, drifting
with Herculean force against the new bath
house, tearing part of that away
Brighton Beach Hotel is surrounded by
over two feet of water. One hundred feet
of the lawn in front of the hotel was eaten
away since last night, and all will be gone
before night. The Brighton Beach railway
Is submerged. No trains are running
VESSELS ASHORE.
PHILADELPHIA, September 1Oth.-The
worst storm in five years prevails At the
Delaware breakwater the tide is very high
The Italian bark II Salvatore and the
schooner Charles Stickney are ashore
HEAVY STORMS PREVAILING IN PENNsYLNA-
MA AND DELAWARE.
PHILADELPHIA, September 1Oth.-A Sc
we're wiud-storm, accompanied by rain,
prevailed in this city and vicinity all day.
The fire-alarm, police, telegraph and tele-
phone wires are prostrated all over the city,
and the telegraph lines throughout the
State are reported to be in very bad shape.
The damaging storm which has prevailed
along the atlantic coast since Sunday still
continues, and reports received here indi-
cate the damage to railroad lines entering
Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean City and
other coast resorts very great. Only few
early trains succeeded in getting through
The meadows near Atlantic City are COW
cred with water, and trains were washed
away in places.
Early reports of the situation were made
to-day by railroad officials. The storm
carried away the telegraph-poles and the
wires it is supposed, as all communication
is cut off.
The water in the old Camden and At
lantic Excursion House, at Atlantic CITY, is
four or five feet high.
The latest reports were that the heavy
northwest wind was growing heavier, and
there was no sign of cessation.
Ocean City is almost entirely under
water, and the beach road, which is floated
in every high tide, is believed to be an en-
tire wreck.
On the Anglesea branch it was reported
that three railroad cars were turned on
their sides and that the passengers climbed
out the windows unhurt but very disconso-
late. They were compelled to make them
selves as comfortable as possible on the
sides of the cars. This report has not been
confirmed, but it is believed to be true
Grave fears are entertained for the prop
erty at Atlantic City, as well as for the
lives of residents, for there would be no
way of escape should the condition become
more threatening. While the railroad
trains cannot get out of the city it is not
likely that anything else could, except a
boat, and there are not boats enough there
to help one-tenth of the people.
The last report received by the Camden
and Atlantic Railroad officials was to the
effect that the water is rising in Atlantic
City and is on the low ground and partly
on the made ground, and grave apprehen-
sions are felt for the safety of the people
there.
Up to late hour tonight communica-
ton by telegraph had not been had With
any point on the coast between Delaware
Breakwater and Atlantic City.
At Lewes, Del, the wind had been blow
ing gale all day, and late at night it was
unabated. The tide was the highest since
1867.
Teegraphic communication with the
Breakwater was destroyed about 8 o'clock
this morning.
Both the wooden piers have been de-
stroyed and eleven schooners are ashore.
A special from Cape May to tie Inquirer
says: The heavy tide OF last night washed
over the beach drive east OF the Stockton
Hotel and filled the meadows on each side
of the city. The wind, which increased in
force through the night, made the tide of
the morning the highest for thirteen years.
The greatest apprehensions are felt con-
corning the tide which shall reach its high
est point tonight.
The cottage occupied by the widow of
the late General Phil Kearney and the
cottages about it were surrounded by water
a foot deep. On Poverty Beach, on which
is situated the Cold Spring Inlet Life Saw
ing Station. the waves went right across ii
and three times lifted the Governments
station of its underpinning, and'also CON-
pletely demolished the Cape May and
Sewell Point Railroad.