The Portland daily press., 1889-09-11
THE OLDEST RESIDENTS ALL At SEA-.
=. w,u Take Them a Long Time to
Think Of Another Tide
Like the one Which Submerged New
York's shore Resorts.
property Loss Enormous-D Danger to
Life at Atlantic City.

The big storm and exceptionally high tide
which have done great damage on the coast
of New Jersey and to the southward reached
Massachusetts yesterday. but no great dam
age there has yet been reported. The storm
started in the West Indies, and is due here
today.
NEW YORK, September 10.-The greatest
tide that has ever been experienced struck
Coney Island at 6 o'clock this morning, and
increased in volume and fury until long past
8 O'Clock. CONSERVATION reigned -apreme
everywhere. Water poured In volumes un-
derneath Manhattan Beach Hotel, the flower
beds were Inundated fully foot, all of the
lampposts which bordered the path next to
the sea have been torn from their founda-
tions and bent and broken as If they were
straws and dashed against the hotel piazza.
The great waves dashed against the music
stand, and it is feared it will 20 down on the
return of the tide this evening. The con-
crete walk directly in front of the big build
ing has been undermined and torn away.
asunder. The cellar of the hotel at o'clock
this morning had five feet Of water In 1t. The
little strip of land between Brighton and
Manhattan has been eaten away, and the
ocean and Sheepshead Bay Is connected by
fully five feet of water, extending to Sleeps
head. Manhattan and Oriental hotels stand
by themselves on little island that is fast
being eaten up. The mammoth bathing pa
vilion belonging to Manhattan Beach, is be-
ing beaten down Fby the laundering waves.
The old marine railway structure was car
ried away early today, and was taken with
crash over the new marine railway fully 250
feet inland, carrying the latter away bodily
and oyerturning and smashing the cars like
kindling wood. The old Brighton Beach
bathing pavilion followed with deafe ming
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. Fully 200 feet OF
en- away, and from indications it will all be
gone before night. The Brighton Beach
railroad is submerged, and no trains are run
ming. The angry waves dashed against
Seidps music stand, each wave tearing away
great chunks of it at every burst. There is
no land between it and the sea, and the
mountainous waves thundered and crashed
against it free of distractions. All efforts
to save the structure have been abandoned.
The Chidrens Society cottage, near the aao ma
breaking under the elevated railroad station
and fears are entertained for its safety.
The storm worked considerable damage on
the North and East River fronts in New
York city, and the cellars of the warehouses
and tenements on both the east and west
sides of the lower part of the city are in
chaotic state. Some of the piers are entirely
covered by the tide, and some that are u.s.
ually II feet above high water mark have
their decks licked by the angry waves. The
lent state owing to the high winds. The
ferry boats and general flotilla were tossed
about, and white caps were visible as far as
the eye could reach. On the East river
front the buildings from Fiftieth street to
rise of water. The rock opposite Flftieth
street, which is always visible in extreme
high tides, is now under water, and the
spindle buoy on Pilgrim Rock. at Nineteenth
street, has for the tirst y fme peen alEcst Gov
is submerged, and the keepers We're engaged
early this morning in removing the patients
from the frame outbuildings In that part of
the island.
thirty years washed the east and south
shores at o'clock this morning. When the
water reached its height the surf broke over
the Stapleton flats, flooding the railroad
tracks and doing considerable damage along
the shores The surf broke against the old
Stapleton ferry landing, washing the greater
pleasure crafts were swamped at their moor
fngs. The floating bath lying at BechtePs
dock was wrecked. At South Beach the
tide broke over the banks, flooding the
meadows and the sea broke around the many
hotels, cutting them off from the mainland.
Several bathing houses were washed into the
sea. At Locker 81 Stabb's Hotel the surf
flooded the bar-room and the verandas OF the
Happy Home Hotel at the extreme end of
the beach were partially wrecked. There is
a large fleet of vessels anchored OFF Staple
ton and most of them were compelled to
drop an axtra anchor to save themselves
from going ashore.
The waves dash ever the Central Railroad
bridge and the lowlands of EliZabethport are
under water. Several factories on u south @
the city by the high tide, and at the New
JERSEY TRANSPORTATION Company'S docks
several boats were washed from their moor
ings and badly damaged.
At Jersey City the tide rose far above
some of the docks located between the Penn
sylvania railroad and the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western. On Pavonia avenue,
the thoroughfare leading from the ferry the
water was two feet and extended beyond the
Erie's train Sheds The horse cars were
over their wheels and passengers were land
ed by means of temporary bridges: The en-
tire Erie freight yard was entirely sub
merged and thousands Of barrels of flour are
reported damaged.
Rockaway Beach was strewn today from
one end to the other with a mass of drift,
and a large amount of destruction has been
done there by the severe storm this morning.
The excessive high tides since Sunday have
floated away nearly every portable article on
the beach, besides destroying numerous
small stands, booths and bath houses. The
tide was very high, and in many parts of the
hea oh this morning small boats were called
into use to get occupants of hotels and cot
tages to the mainland to enable them to
reach New York city. The surf ran so high
that showers of spray were thrown against
the hotel windows The waves broke over
the roof of the pavilion at the end OF the
iron pier when the water was at its highest
The proprietors of the many resorts in dan
ger of destruction took desperate chances TO
save their property, and some Of them came
very near losing their liyoS.