Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-11
STORM ON THE COAST
Damage Done By the Greatest
Gale of the Season.
THE ENTIRE COAST DEVASTATED.

Atlantic City and Cape May shut on
from Communication and In Danger OF
Dcstruction-A sceno Of wreck and
Dcaolation at Coney Island - Heavy
Losses All Along Tho Coast.
New YoRK. Sept. 1.-THE north At
lantic coast is under the control Of the
tiercest gale Of the year. Hundreds OF
thousands of dollars worth OF property
has been destroyed and it will be for
tllnate circumstance il. when all the re-
turns are in, serious loss of life is not
added to the story OF the destruction.
The severity of the gale Is much
| greater alon~ the coast As the wind is
from the n heast, veerlng to northerly,
the waters OF the ocean are being backed
up along the whole of the north Allan
&c coast with fearful force. In the
rivers the tide'is much higher. This IS
expected to be further increased unless
the wind should change. Along the
New Jersey and Long Island coasts, and
especially at Concy Island. tile sea is
dashing on the beach with terrific
power, carrying destruction on every
side.
A HowlIng Gale.
New York and Philadelphia, being
somewhat back from the coast. have not
felt the full force of the wind. Over
this city II has blown at q rate of thirty
miles an hour, increasing to thirty-six
miles by 0 o'clock. In Philadelphia the
wind whistled at forty mile rate Nor.
folk, Va, had q record of thirty-two
miles an hour. while at Hatteras it was
blowing so hard that the instrument
ceased to record it.
The center of the storm over the ocean
was off Hatteras. It was too distant 10
manifest its full effects on the coast. AT
the signal service Office in this city il is
believed that this Is the recurrence Of
the cyclone which was prevalent q day
or two ago over the West Indies. This
is supposed to have made its course to
sea by way OF the Bermudas, and is per-
haps over 1000 miles from shore. There
is little doubt on the part Of the signal
service officers that the incoming steam
ships will reap tho full benefit of the
gale.
TemDestuous Night.
The tide last night was SO high as TO
inundate the streets and cellars along
the river fronts. Few small CRATE ven
tlIred out of the docks. The waves
dashed high over the Battery wall. |
Ferryboats had difficulty in making
landings and numerous minor mishaps
occurred. A high wind and heavy rain |
prevailed. Old river men said they |
could not recollect a worse night for |
this time of the year.
Destruction at Coney leland.
NEW YoRK, Sept. 11.-Coney Island
Y scene of wreck and desofation.
Nearly one half of the island east of tho
iron pier is now submerged and the high /
tide and heavy surf are playing sad /
havoc with the remaining portion. The
angriest tide that has ever been expe-
rienced struck the island. CONSERVATION
reigned supreme everywhere. There is
even now not strip of beach to be seen
on the island. Water is pouring in vol
umes underneath the Manhattan hotel. /
The flower beds are inundated fully
foot. All of the lamp posts which Dor
dered the path next to the sea have been
literally torn from their foundations and
bent and broken as If they were straws
and dashed against the hotel piazza.
The great waves are dashing agafnst the
music stand and it bids fair to 20 down.
khe little strip of land between Brighton
and Manhattan has been eaten away.
The Manhattan and Oriental hotels stand
BY themselves on little island that is
Fast being eaten up. The mammoth
bathing pavilion belonging to the Man
haitian beach is being beaten down by
The laundering waves.
The Marine Railway Smashed.
The old marine railway structure was
carried away and was taken with an
awful crash over the new marine rail-
way, fully 300 feet inland, carving the
after away bodily ana overturnine and
'mashing cars like kindling wood. The
Did Brighton beach bathing navilion
ollowed 1t with a deafening crash and
he driftwood carried with lightning
ike lapidity and herecuIean force
against the new bath house. tearing
,art Of that away. The Brighton Beach +
lotel Is surrounded By over two feet Of
water. Fully 100 feet Of the lawn IN
rOnt Of the hotel has been eaten away.
The Brighton Beach railroad IS sub
merged. No trains are running. The
ingry waves dashed against Seidle's
music stand. each wave tearing away
'reat chunks of il at every burst