Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-09-13
Coney Island Nearly Submerged by a
Tidal Wave.
The Big Hotels i'll Danger of Being
Carried Away.
Property Suffers Serious Damage
Along the Coast.

| be seen ON Ine lSltlnu. W ater Is pouring
| in volumes underneath the Manhattan
hotel. The great waves are daShing
| against the music stand and bids fair
to go down before the day is over
The concrete walk directly in front of the
big building has been undermined and
| torn away. and every breaker carries tons
upon tons of water beneath the building
| 1t looked today aS if il was doomed. The
bulk-head has been torn up and rent
| aSunder.
The little strip of land between Brigh-
| ton and Manhattan has been eaten away,
and the ocean and SheepShead bay is con
| nected by fully FIVE feet of water extend
| ing to SheepShead. The Manhattan and
| Oriental hotels stand 10y themselves ON
little island that is fast being eaten up.
| The mammoth bathing pavilion belong
| ing to Manhattan beach is being beaten
| down by the laundering waves. The old
! Marine railway structure was carried away
| early today and was taken with an awful
| crash over the new Marine railway, fully
| 800 feet inland, carrying the latter away
| bodily, and overturning and claShmg cars
| like kindling wood. The old Brighton
| beach bathing pavilion followed it with
| deafening crash, and the driftwood carried
with lightning rapidity and Herculean
| force against the new bath house. tearing
| part of that away.
The Brighton Beach hotel is surrounded
| by over two feet of water, which extends
| as far us Sheepshead bay. No trains are
running. The angry waves dashed against
| Seidi's music stand. each wave tearing
| away great chunks of IT ut every burst.
| All efforts to save the structure have been
| abandoned. The little children society
| cottage, near the music stand, has given
| way. The waves are breaking under the
| elevated railroad station, and fears are en-
| tertained for its safety. Brighton Beach
| is nearly all under water, and is separated
| from kearn's hotel 10y FIVE feet of water.
| The Brighton race-course is two feet deep
with water, and the Jockeys and stablemen
| are panic-stricken. kearn's hotel is sur
rounded by water. The surf has reached
| Boder hotel. which was considered by the
proprietor as being too far back from the
| sea.
Every street within 5000 feet of the
beach formerly is flooded. The flooring of
| both the old iron pier and Doyle's iron pier
have been torn up bodily. No such time
has ever been experienced in the history
of the island. The great tidal wave made
its first appearance at precisely o'clock
! to-day. The wind was blowing a hurri
cane off shore As the morning advanced
| the hurricane increased to a perfect Cy
clone. Following the first great tidal
wave, the gigantic swells came swinging
and rolling in in rapid succession.
The damage 10y the storm along the
shore is very great. The few vessels that
have put into the bay for safety report
very heavy water and seas all along the
coast. Many of the local and coasting
steamers did not leave their dock among
! them being the Sandy Hook and Mon
mouth, which ply to Sandy Hook. The
! pilots of these two boats say they have not
witnessed such high seas so near shore i'll
many years. They also report many small
| boats adrift. 1t is reported that the wires
are all down at Sandy Hook and that tele-
| graphic communication with that point
| has been cut.
| The new railroad tracks at Auvergne-by
| the-Sea are entirely under water and the
| bridge to st. Lawrence has been washed
away.
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 10.-The unusually
| high tide here rose far above some of the
| docks located between the Pennsylvania
railroad and the Delaware, Lackawana
| Western. On PavOnia avenue the thorough
fare leading from the ferry, the water was
! two feet deep, and extended beyond the
! Erie's train sheds. The water was over
the wheels of the horse cars and passen
| gers were landed by means of temporary
| bridges The entire Erie frcl ght yards
We're entirely submerged and thousands of
barrels of flour are reported damaged.
New YORK, Sept. 1O.-Reports from up
| the Hudson show that the tide today was
! the highest it has been for many years.
| At PoughkeepsIe water covered the docks
for hundred feet from the usual water
| edge. A severe storm is raging along the
river tonight A strong. northeasterly gale
| and the high tides that have prevailed for
| the last two days has caused great damage
along the coast of Long Island. At Rock
| away beach the tide reached an unparalleled
| height today. Bathing houses were washed
| away. A short stretch Of railroad
running between ROckaway Beach avenue
| and Far ROckaway was submerged. A
portion of it was undermined and trains
| had to be discontinued. All the small
| island in Jamaica Bay was covered with
water and scarcely anything could be seen
| Of Hog island today at high tide. All the
dildings on the islands have been washed
away. Fire island and Oak island are cut
| off from all communication with the main
land by boat or telegraph. From the Baby
lon shore great waves could be seen break
| ing over both islands During the after
noon it was rumored that four cottages on
| Oak Island occupied by families from
| Babylon had been carried away. An effort
| was made to send boat TO the assistance
| of the occupants of the cottages. but the
| boat was beaten back by the wind and
| tide. At a late hour no definite news have
| been received concerning their fate. Sag
| Harbor was flooded. the water covered Long
Island railroad tracks and yards. All
towns along the shore report more or less
| damage.
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 10.-The worst
storm in five wears prevails at Delaware
| Breakwater. The tide is very high. The
Italian bark Salvatore and schooner
| Charles Stickney are ashore.
| A special from Cape May TO the In
| quirer says the heavy tide of last night
washed over the beach drive east of the
| Stockton hotel, and filed the meadows on
each side of the city. The wind which in
creased In force through the night made
| the tide this morning the highest for
! thirteen years. The greatest apprehension
| is felt concerning the tide which shall
reach Its highest point tonight. The
cottage occupied by the widow of the late
| Cen Phil Kearney and the cottages about
it were surrounded by water foot
deep. On Poverty beach ON which
is situated at the Cold Spring life saving
station the waves went right across it, and
| three times lifted the government s station
Oh under pining and also completely de
1nolished Cape May and Sewell's Point
railroad. Heavy seas in the meadows made
an inlet. as was expected, In the beach.
/ Just east Of the life saving station, and
now heavy volume of water is making
it deeIer every hour. The waves broke
over the yeranda flooring of the mineral
| springs hotel at Madison avenue, and
| swept directly into the house. The mead
ow east of the city is sea for miles up the
| country back of the beaches. The city is
| nearly all under water and many of the
| cottagers In the lower part of the town
had to abandon the first floor and take to
| the second.
At Cape May Point. Coulton Hall is un-
der mined and the sea has cut into the
whole front Of the place frcm fifty to one
hundred feet. The heavy seas have