The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-11
A TERRIBLE STORM
1T causes Great Damage on
the Atlantic Coast.
Railroads Wrecked. yesseis Ashore
and Houses Washes Away-
Tidal Waves.

1 41AlLAnKLPaEa. Sept Ia severe wFns
storm. accompanied by rsin. pgsxa 80 IA
this csty aud vicinity al dsy. Fire Alsrua.
I fosies, telegraph ans ssse.ssaas sin ;
wsEe fsTastr&tgs4 a. over he cf1s. ana she
;elsgrspa lines throughout tie slate arg
FyspaFsea "a bs iE very tssa saas.e Tae
damaging ssarsns whlth prevailed sion
1 tae Aii&asSe ses,sg. SUNDAY. sua eaauasle.
Sad EeFs - hsTe saEstsEe damage io TIE
railroad lines catering Atlantic Cisv. Cs,~,
MAJ, oee an Cliy asd oihsr eo4s FessFss a.
very grea1 oaly les e2TlY Trans sas-
cessse1 IA getting ;hFoagh.
Iae q esdeSs hear Atlantic Clsy are cox
cred al IA sstef and the tracks vasl,esl
away la Ylaess- EzFiy REPORTS 81 she sisn-
alien rsAsie to-day by railroad osyrsaas .Sy
tsse SO IA caF1t. 4 aH&x tsfexrst,a ss,tas
and nireS. aad Z Is supposed ~ ssarnuuf-
cation has bsssn cgs oH. IAs water Is th,.
ed Ianaea aad Atlantic excnrsissa
fioe,ses al Atlantis city Is Iogf or ave lees
/ hsxfs.
The istsss reNoFts were that The hsayy
titzifieasi lE.tt N3s gragtag heavier As.a
.fieFe wAs Ae sssH ai ccsss4issa- teeau t'lty
y Ainsssst entirely unser sater. snd Ias.
hcsca reas, which j. fsoatta ever hfxl
iaix. l. tcaievsd % te aA eaiIre wreck.
un A9&issssa branch 10 was reported sha,
fhFse raiiEoas cars taraea ovtE on theig
sides. afsa that TIE passengers sftmt.cxf ouf
Of The windows unhars cut sesv .Itscanso-
late. as they were coTag ted 10 make them
selves as coH f0Fsa6l a. possible on the
sisies 81 ears. This rep1rs axs not tsss.u
confirmed. bus * j. believed 10 De frae
1rase isaEs are entertained foT :he prop
sftS AZ Aataniic tlts. - gsil e. for t3lr
lives os ttse rsSsaents Tor there aonla -
no way III rscspe sIgala the conc lylala k.s.
csstsis fnose taIeasening.
then fae railway train cannot get out
oA tae city II Is nos likely anything else
Soasd, except q boat. aud there are not
ooA5s enough there to help one tenth OF
toe ieoyass.
TIE last report received by the Camden
~ Atlantic hallway eteiais was To the
feet That the water was rising. Atisnti,.
City IS ols low grouud and psrily on Iaa,ie
gFeand, and grave ap,Fs hensfens are fen
iol tae safety of tbs people there
Ip 10 q late honF spprebensious were
Zen for the safely ~ tAe peopl. there
Communication by telegraph hsS not ts.sB
Lad IA any point Gn The c0sst befHetu "a
Delaware hreskwsfer aud Atlantic. AT
icses, Del, the wind has been Glowing a;
a gale al day sad late tonight was ana
hated The lice Was the iighsesg since
/ lso9. Trlegrspsic communication sifh
ne bseakwatvr was destroyed ab. .Ht 9
O'Clock this morning. Both Wooden piers
hASe bten DESTROYED aud eleven sehconers
are asho e.
4 spec al from Cape May to the Eneslrer
says the aeays iids last night washed over
ihe b aeh fifiye, east of the stockton hotel
aud ulsesi The meadows 90 each side of the
eity. The Wind, nich iac eased iu force
throughout the nsgAf. made the It'd Of The
morning the Eighed for hirteea Years
iho greatest sppsehensions srs i.lL.
A cots re oes,npied by the widow oi the
/ late 0enyrsti Phi kearnty aud cottages
stout II vi re sHFFoHn1ed ty water = loot
Ceep On FoxrrtS beach ou which : sita-
atetl the Cod spriug Inlet life ssViug sga
TOO, tue waves sent right across ID and
var g times lifted the goycrnneng staten
81 sts autit rgiaalng, sbd also com niefeiy
demolished tue Cape Mas & seweii's Point
raj wa
Heavy seas On file meadow mad an in
'tt, ~ vas eAyee e,i, II she beaeA suS eaw
~ the lie saving STATEN, ard v q hayy
Yosune o3 water = ms king IL deeper every
hour Waves broke over fAe vefAusia uenr-
srg 1t tli AineFas Spfings hotel az Madison
avenue nd swept DIR ciiy iato thc hsuSe
The mt asiox eass of ihe city is q ses for
miles, Ihe country back of the beach
water and maay rssiaen,sof COZ.
tages ia the lower part OF the town
hal 70 abandon tie FIRST liOor snd take to
the second
AZ cape May Point. Coultou hsl Is an.
strinln.a q. aud the sea has cut INTO the
100 4ett II ayy seas have wrecked The
pief where the steamers lssj, AID the ouly
mode ci travel from Cate May city io he
lolAt n hs carriages n 4d u wsguns. through
~" feet or 10 q waI'r Every yso ht on
the sCuIics. al different sailing points, are
shoreG aud several arc damaged
PHILADELPHIA, sept 10 - From Bay
head to GGrenega City the damage. s.stb
by wind and waves, has teen unpYece-
GSnled on the coast. Between the Seaside
PARK and Berkley the railroad has b,en
washed away 20 that no trains can Dc
run ~ noon today the ielea Faph ofer-
sior had to travel knee deep from The sia-
ton 20 reach Morris grocery store and ,he
Peoplr are leayiag a. fast as theF can mack
Hp sad get away. Hands at the Berklay
arms at Bersley a. T. been Gainazed and 4
portion of the ruAd carried away The
people there are alarmed for their safety
bcachagen, BafnaEat, Long Beach Clty
Harvey, Ceoar snd other poiIts ou
Long beach a'e iauuda-es, and she rail
way ;s wsshsd away IN many pisces.