New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-16
HAVOC ON THE JERSEY COAST.
RUINoUs WORK OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING.
AsBURY PARK THE CHIEF SUFFERER-SEvERAL
LAKES BURST THEIR BoUNDS-CELLARS
FLOODED. EMBANKMENTS DESTROYED.
AND WALLS EATEN AWAY
AND WALLS EATEN Awl

AND WALLS EATEN AWAY.
Asbury Park, N. j.. Aug 10 speciaD.-The raInstoru
OF last night was the thai has visited this
section OF the New-Jersey coast in the twenty
years. The rain fell in sheets from O'Clock until
after midnight. inside Of two hours huge ponds OF
water about two feet de,p had formed at the foot of
! every street running toward the sea- A number OF
wooden sidewalks were carried away. and cellars were
filed with the dirty water which poured into the
windows.
Wesley Lake, the little Of water which lies be-
tween Asbury Park and Ocean Grove is fed by brook
which rises in the sand hills mile west OF the twin
cities By the sea- At midnight this brook had be-
come raging torrent, which over1owed It's banks
and swept away many fences and several small build
ngs. The culvert under the embanlment of the
Ncw-York and Long Branch Railroad became chOked
up with tho wreckago carried down by the
stream. The water backed up over the
meadows until It covered nearly 100 of
land to depth OF six feet. The houses in
BIOwntown the cOOred settlement west Of the rail
road were flooded nearly to the top of tho
first floor and the inmates were compelled to seek
ether quarters In TaylOrs lumber yard tho water
rose within two feet of big shed I'm which was
stored lot of unslacked lime. The torrent under
mined the west side Of the railroad embanhment
and the track on the east sdo. number Of boats
lying between the railroad and Main-st. carried
down the stream and smashed to pieces There was
two feet of water the floor of the grocery store
OF A. II. Treat, in Man-S, aud part of his stock
cuined
1T was thought that Johnstown disaster on
small scale would be caused by the givingway of the
railroad embankment; but at daylight all danger was
over, and the water subsidsd rapidly, Tie stree
are badly cut out in places. KingsIey-st was So
deeply flooded that the electric cars had to stop
running The lightning flashed almost necessarily
during the six hours the storm ragged. The basement
OF the Hotel Albion at kingslcy-st and Second-ave.
was Hooded, and It's contents were ruined. The
water undermined the cellar walls of the house OF
Msrcus ID. Leroy, In Sewal[ave., SO that they fell
In, destroying everything in the cellar
Deal Lake overfOwed its banks this morning, so
that the tracks of the railroad were covered with
water Dr. Samuel Johnson, Of Ocean Grove, and
K. Ten Brock Stout, of Asbury Park the founders
Of Loeb ArbOur the north side Of the lake. tried
TO open the sIuiceway leading into the ocean. Dr.
johnson fell into the sluiceway, and severely injured
his SIDE by falling against cross timber. He
soon rescued. The water at the foot Of the lake
50 high that il entirely surrounded the house Of Life
Saving Crew No. .. The beach was badly cut out in
several places. Tho big pavilion at the foot OF
Asbury ave. was In great danger of being undermined
lightning and slightly damaged. The handsome lawns
OF the cottages In Lake-ave; which runs along the
gaps cut in them by the rain The new asphalt walk
Of the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association along
the lake. was undermined in several places and torn
away
Tho storm washed out nearly every street IN Long
Branch. Ocean ave. is deep with mud. to the great
disgust of tho cottagers who own carriages and OF the
hackmen The water which poured down from the
top of the bluff tore big gaps in the beach
The storm did much damage TO the boardwalk
along the sea-front at AvOnby -theSea Sylvan Lake
filed full Of water that 1t again tore out the
dyke al the ocean end. and ran out into the sea.
At Belmar no lttle damage was wrought. Silver
Lake OveriOwed fits banks flooding all the streets
near It, Tho cellar of the Surf House is full Of water.
HOUSE and nearly ruined it. The Crysta House was
so badly flooded that all the bOarders have left it.