New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
MONMOUTH BEACH SUFFERS BADLY.

TIE EAvAGES OF TIE STORM VISIBLE ON
EVERY s1DE-MAYY COTTAGES DESTROYED.
Monmouth Beach, n j., Sept l2.-The wind
swept from the ocean across Monmouth Beach and
Low Moor all day with such tremendous force that
IL was with Great difficulty that pedestrians could
make any Roadway, and carriages threatened to
topple over every instant. The broad roadway was
stlcwn with all kinds Of fotSam. Here and there
re little gules cut across the roadway where
the sea had run in over the little bluff along the
ocean front and. sweeping down the lawns, had run
far beyond the west side of the road. The surf
carried with it boxes, barrels, pieces of boards,
scawccd and debris of all kinds. In several places
the surf piled this refuse up in the roadway to a
depth of three to five feet Scattered about the
roadway were seen huge timbers torn from bulk
heads, which had been carried 300 to 400 feet
inland by. the terrible surf The lawns Of the
cottages were covered with broken timbers tin
cans seaweed, cOrks and straw.
The surf was rushing inland with such force
that when it struck the cottage bulkheads il
doomed like a cannon and the spray few over the
cottages and fell in showers 200 feet inland.
Gangs of men and women servants were busily
engaged in packing up the valuables and furni-
lure Of the families who vacated the cottages
Yesterday. On the west side was an immense
inland lake formed by the south branch of the
Shrewsbury River which had overGowed its banks
and run over the lOwlands. The saltwater
bathing-houscs, wharves and lighthouses of the
rottagers on the bank Of the river are all sub
merged, and most of them will be total wrecks.
The water las backed up within a short
distance of the pretty Casino erected a few
wears ago by club of the cottagers.
The bulkhead of the large cottage of Brayton
ives the New.Yori banker and broker, has been
partially torn away and the surf was surging
pack and forth around both ends of it to-day and
tearing out the beautiful lawn. 1t looked as if
the beautiful Queen Anne cottage would be
knocked to pieces by the powerful waves This
cottage was occupied last summer by William
Mertns and family, of No. l6 West
Thirty.eighth-st New-York Mr. Mertins's servants
were busiIy engaged all day in removing his
goods to the railroad station for shipment 10 New
York Mr.. Ives had been informed by telegraph
of the danger of his cottage.
On the lot south of Mr.. Ives's cottage was a huge
mass Of broken bricks and twisted umbers.
Boards, beams, doors, windOw-frameS and various
kinds of household goods covered the lawn aS far
west as Ocean-ave. this lot of shivered timbers
and crushed furniture was all that remained OF
the pretty lit1le cottage OIL ueorge bia ig,id;
and shrieked through the timbers OF the wrecked
cottage as If rejoicing over the havoc wrought
by the storm, and SenI sinai Weathor-po"iuS "iO'
shingles sourrying out over oceah-aNt. IhIo une
Shrewsbury River This cottage was vacant last
hummer, A little heap of badly twisted ana
,plintered tmberS, broken glass ana paVUereu lui
niture marks the site Of the pretty cottage owned
nv A. +. Carpenter, of N,w-Yorll, that was de-
.trOyed by the waves yesterday morning;
Pieces of weaiher-boardS, broken nocr-pealns anu
shattered door frames scattered over tIle loI
ON which the cottage stood intact only TWO ua1
ago A window-frame and some sillhgIcs htu
been carried over into Ocean-aNc. bN Ihe waves
pnd Law in the middle of the roadway halI,cokere'e
with sand On some bushes hung the shreds OIL
pajr OF lace curtains. -
The bulkhead OF the cottage OF George +.
Baker the president OF the First National lhhK
~ New-York at North Long Branch has so lar
successfully withstood the terrible blows oil the
snrf This cottage is one Of the finest summer
homes ON the New-Jcrsey seacoast. The lower
story is OF brown sandstone. Inc upper stories
are covered with old-lashlOned Dutch tiles OF q
S Sfe color Mr. Bakers bulknead is the only
ono here that is filled in with stone. Tins alter
noon the surf was surgng in and out among the
stones with such force that the spray ana foam
vere scnt entirely over the cottage and half way
across Ocean-ave The cluster Of bnthing-houses
belonging 10 Mr. Bakers cottage has been washed
out 10 sea in small pieces.
Next 10 Mr. Bakers cottage toward Long Branch
Is the cottage erected by the hate Frederic Potts
the coal merchant. The surf had torn big gar
into the bulkheading and was pounding away ~
the lawn and tearing out the dirt By the carload
This eotttge was occupied last season bY j. A.
gtrasberg and family. OF New York. They vacated
IL ON Tuesday morning The cottage OF William
l.. Street occupied last summer by William lloey
the son Of John iloey the president. or the ADAMS
Express Company, is badly undermined, and the
surf runs under the foundations on the ocean side