Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-09-19
NEWS SUMMARY.
CYCLONE AND TIDAL WAVE.
Coney Island a Scene of Desolation
and Ruin.
Many Buiidings Destroyed.

Many Buildings Destroyed.
The greatest tide ever experienced struck
Coney Island, on the Atlantic coast, about
six o'clock on the morning. OF September 10,
and the high tide aud heavy surf played
sad havoc Every strip OF beach on the
island was completely covered. Water
poured in volumes underneath the Manhat-
tan hotel. The great waves dashed against
the music stand and 1t went down in a few
hours. The cOacrete walk in front OF the
big building was undermined and torn
away, and every breaker carried tons upon
tons OF water beneath the building.
The little strip of land between Brighton
and Manhattan was eaten away, and the
ocean and Sheepshead bay are connected
by fully five feet of water, extending 10
Sheepshead. The Manhattan and Oriental
hotels stand by themselves on little island
that is fast being eaten up. The mammoth
bathing pavilion belonging to Manhattan
beach was beaten down by the laundering
waves. The old marine railway structure
was carried away and was taken with an
awful crash over the new marine railway,
fully three hundred feet inland, carrying
the latter away bodily, and overturning
and smashing cars like kindling wood. The
old Brighton beach bathing pavilion fol-
lowed IL with deafening crash, and the
drlftwood was carried with lightning rd-
pidity and herculean force against the new
tn house, carrying part of that away.
The Brighton beach hotel was surrounded
by over two feet of water, which extended
as far as Sheepshead bay. Fully 100 feet
Of the lawn in front of the hotel was eaten
away The Brighton beach railroad
was submerged. The angry waves dashed
against Seidrs music st nd, each wave
tearing away great chunks OF it at every
burst The little children society cottage
near the music stand was carried away.
Waves broke under the elevated road sta
ton and IL was ruined
IQrf,r BON, anF1tr oil .2ags
water, and was separated from Kearns'
hotel by five feet of water. The Brighton
beach race course was two feet feet deep
with water and the surf reached BoGer's
hotel, which was considered by the propri
etor as being too far back from the sea.
The two little houses on the concourse
in Prospect park were sunk in ten feet OF
water and dashed TO pieces. The entire
concourse was inundated, and the concrete
pavement torn up. The Min road by the
concourse was submerged, and nearly
every street within 1000 feet of the beach
formerly was flooded. The flooring of both
the Old iron pier and Doyle's iron pier was
torn up bod ~. No such time has been eX-
perienced in the history of the island.
The wind was blowing a hurricane off
shore As the morning advanced, the hnr-
ricaue increased 10 cyclone. Following
the first great tidal Wave, the gigantic
swells came swinging and rolling in in
Idlllu SuCttSSlOu.
The damage by storm along the water
front in New York was great. Along
South street and West street nearly all the
cellars were flooded and goods destroyed.
Vessels report heavy weather and seas all
along the coast. The landing stage at
Castle Garden was almost submerged, a
state of affairs never known before. The
lower end of Bltckwelrs island was sub
merged, and the keepers were compelled to
remove the patients from the frame build
ings in that portion of the island. The new
railroad tracks at Auvergne blythe sea
were entirely under water and the bridge
TO st. Lawrence was washed away.
The usually high tide at Jersey City rose
far above some of the docks located be-
tween the Pennsylvania railroad and the
Delaware, Lackawanna a. Western. On
Pavonia avenue, the thoroughfare leading
from the ferry, the water was two feet
deep, and extended beyond the Erie's train
shed. The water was over the wheels Of
the horse cars and the passengers were
landed by means of temporary bridges.
The entire Erie freight yard was entirely
submerged and thousands of barrels OF
-four are reported damaged