Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-09-13
FURY OF THE STORM.
It Continues It's Relentless Work
Of Destruction.
NEWS FROM THE SEASIDE RESORTS


negat Ray Badly Damaged-A Long
List Of Marine Disasters.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 13.-The story
81 the great sea born cyclone Of Septem-
Der, 1889, is far from told. It ragged the
fourth day nearly as furiously as when
Z sent its first huge tides roaring against
the shores of the Atlantic. II may rage
bavagely again. For nearly 900 miles
along the coast, between Virginia and
Halifax. the winds have howled and the
rains descended and the tides beaten
with a combined fury never known in
this iatituae. 1t is impossible to esti-
mate the damage done to summer re-
sort property, but it viii reach far into
the millions.
The storm is still raging with violence
along the entire New Jersey coast from
Sandy Hook point TO Cape May City,
and mp the Delaware river as far north
as Trenton. Ii is, beyond question, the
most severe storm that has visited
that portion of the Atlantic coast within
the memory OF the present generation.
II Is impossible to estimate in dollars
and cents what the loss will be, but il
will run up into the millions. The con-
tour Of the coast has been changed to
remarkable degree in many places.
Sslantic City's Plight.
The place where the danger seemed
greatest, where thousands Of lives were
In peril, was Atlantic City, which on
Monday night was completely cut off
from communication with the rest of
the country by the floods over the salt
marshes. No trains could move in or
out Of the city until yesterday, and fears
were entertained that the people would
have little to eat except bread and
water. But railroad communication
has at last been restored to Atlantic
City the Pennsylvania railroad lthrouh
its roads, the West Jersey and Camden
and Atlantic) opening up communica-
ton. At 10 o'clock a tram was sent out
of Atlantic City, and at noon q train
was despatched from Camden to Attain
tic.
No lives were lost in Atlantic City,
nor was any serious destruction wrought
there by the storm, except along the
beach.
The Damage Done.
The greater portion of the board walk
and most of the structures along it was
damaged or destroyed, and at one time
nearly the whole Of the city was flooded
by the high tides. Lees ocean terrace
property already damaged by the waves,
was destroyed by fire. The restoration
of railroad communication will bring
great relief to the people at the seaside,
as provisions were beginning to run
short "A number of yachts are reported
20 have been wrecked in the thorough
fares and creeks at Atlantic City.
The Inlet house is safe, but the sur.
rounding property is much damaged.
Mr.. Frank Smith, of the Inlet house,
felegraphs that he and his family are all
right, and are as comfortable as possible
under the circumstances.
At Cape May.
There is really nothing new of Inn
portance from Cape May and Cape May
Point. AT Cape May proper the damage
is not large, being confined to the shift
ing of several sections of the board
walk and the undermining of the back
ing of the sea wall. Parts of the city
up the beach. east of the Stockton hotel
and along Cape Island creek, were so
inundated that the inhabitants of sew
eral cottages on the front, on Beach ave-
nue., had to be carried out through the
water ON the shoulders of hack drivers,
to the carriages in waiting. These FAM
lies took refuge for the time being in
the large hotels that have remained
open.
Hotels Swept Away at Sea Isle City.
1t is learned that at Sea Isle City two
hotels and about dozen cottages were
flooded to their third stories. Efforts
are being made to repair the railroad so
IS to get provisions to the place. 1t was
just as stormy Yesterday along the shore
as the day before, SO far as wind and
rain are concerned, but the tide was not
nearly SO ferocious and not SO high by
nearly two feet
Coney Island suffered little extra dam
age. The fall of the big amphitheatre
adjoining the bathing houses &C Brighton
Beach was the chief mishap.
The Oldest Iphabitant Nonplusscd.
Those who spent this last summer sea-
sen on the New jersey coast would be
surprised TO see the havoc that has been
wrought at the several resorts. The
fury Of the storm was such that even
those talkative fellows, the "oldest in
habitants, were amazed, and when
questioned by newspaper reporters were
found 20 be speeches. from awe and as
constituent A trip was taken by the
reporter along the coast from Sandy |
Hook point to the Barnegat bay bridge |
al the Pennsylvania railroad. Every
where were seen the marks of the raw
ages which wind and waves have caused |
among cottages, hotels, piers and rail- |
roads.
Not Over Vet.
The storm threatens 70 work still |
greater damage. aud it viii be nearly d |
week before the full extent of the loss
can be ascertained. The pretty little |
villages Of Sea Bright and Low Moor |
suffered terribly from the surf and from
the waters backed up into the south /
branch of the Shrewsbury river, on the 1
west side of the town.
The ocean hammered away at the /
Sandy Hook peninsula, opposite the foot. |
1T the highlands Of Navesink. until it /
succeeded il reoperring the passage into
the Shrewsbury river. which has been
closed sincethe days Of revolution. The /
waves tore out bu4kheads, carried away
the beautiful lawns which were the /
pride 81 tho summer c0ttagers. and top |
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