New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
NEW-YORK. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, ISs9-TEN PAGES.
ROARING ON SEA AND LAND.
ANOTHER DAY OF FURIOUS STORM ALONG
THE JERSEY COAST,

LIVES LOST AT THE DELAWARE BREAK
wATER-THE BELEAGURED PEOPLE og
ATLANTIC oTTY-BLUFFs BATH.
HOUSES. HOTELS AND COT,
TAGEs STILL TUMBLING
INTO THE AWFUL
An extremely heavy, furious surf dashing madly
upon the New-Jersey coast; a gale Of fearful
velocity blowing increasingly from the northeast,
and ran-storm so severe that few people cared
TO venture out of doors though ever so well pro-
V1ded with waterproof garments, yesterday were
an unequiyocal answer to some of the published
statements that the fury of the storm had been
spent All day long the war of the elements was
continued, and late at night there evidence
that the worst of the storm had been experienced.
All along the coast from Sandy Hook to Barnegat
Bay long lines of huge combers broke upon the
shore causing havoc equally as great as on pre-
vious days OF the great storm.
At the Delaware Brcakwater the marks of a
great disaster were even more numerous than
on the previous day. Half hundred sail were
beached or sunk and there was no way of ascer-
tanning how many lives had been lost save that
in few cases one or two men who had escaped
from wreck stated that their shipmates were
lost
The fright and misery OF the people huddled
together on the high ground in Atlantic City were
relieved whom trains were able TO cross the
flooded marshes in the forenoon, carrying away
several hundred persons 1t was estimated that
at least $4,000 people would leave the city
before tomorrow night.
From daybreak, when The Tribunes reporters
to Iyo tboi o1onO tho ShOPp until
darkness set in and veiled from view the seethng
surf there was no essening of the ferocity of the
elements. While daylight lasted the sight from
all points along the coast was one of exceeding
grandeur As far out in the ocean as the eye could
reach great waves were seen TO form, break,
gather renewed strength, tower majestically
toward the leaden skies, break and reform again,
until the shore was reached, when they were
finally dashed with a sulen roar frightful to
hear, against the Long Branch bluff and the fiimsy
bulkheads constructed in front of the cottages or
upon the beach. Recedng, they carried with
them tons of earth and immense quantities OF
wooden debris from lighthouses, walks, cottages,
bulkheads and pavilons The sky was of leaden
hue and from the clouds fell a heavy rain, which,
with the spray from the surf, caught by the
strong breeze and whirled along in sheets like
A'N
of those persons who were compelled to be abroad.
Along Ocean.ave from Long Branch to Sea
Bright, the scenes called to mind descriptions
of the havoc wrought by the great Johnstown
flood The road was nearly hub-deep in mud, and
in most places almost submerged by the waters
y,lnc h had dashed over the lawns OF the cottages
and failed to find an outlet in the overfowing
Shrewsbury River. The avenue, which it has
been the proud boast of the Long Branch cottagers
vas he fIcst sea-drive in America, was otherwise
made unsghty by the heaps Of debris OF all
sorts with which it was strewn. Horse and man
found il equally hard to make headway against
the unfavorable conditions. Hundreds of tons OF
srayeed was strewn along the road and resting
vpon il was the foam blown from the waters
edge like huge flakes of snow.
On every hand were seen evidences of the
terrible force of the bilows. Here and there the
remains Of cottage were seen lying IN confused
heap. gables and tiles, floor plankngs and iron
,rorly MINGLED in an inextricable mass with house
hold furniture, cooking utensils, etc. AT other
seaside homes that were threatened with destruc-
tion men were engaged in placing props or re-
movinp such furniture as could be easily handled
in the storm. Along the waterfront proper "a
well-defned idea OF the fearful strength oil the
angry waves was obtained From Barnegat bay
70 Sandy Hook the encroachmentS oil the sea
were in places startling to contemplate. onV
few bulllhcads in all that stretch Oh coas1 were
seen TO be intact The others were oadly Droheh
and the banks behind them had been eaten away
in some places for depth inland Oh hlty leeO
and for hundreds OF yards north ana south I4iS
loft tho foundations of the cottages exposed to the
Jury of the waves, and many oil them "ere unuei
mined and placed in serious danger
LIt,4f sahn
Rrapcb i badly damaged. AT short intervals the
HIM ,ybicb MAS the pride OF the cotagers, had
becn cut into by the surf Tor distance oil from
tom n fiuv feet. and III places the wash-ouJ has
extended TO the middle OF tie road. Nhere' De
roro Tho beoiuning oil the storm. tie coast hdd
been comuaratively straight and even, miniature
bavs were cut and the shore-ne left about as
broken AS could we'll he imagined. A. Mon
Highland Beach, Sea Brgnt, Low MOOT i. 4io,t-
month Beach and Long Branch were Ie poiiloe
most seriously damaged between SdnoS hPUn 'ad 80
Karnenlt lav At these places DlAOWs u1lShcI
with extraordinary force Against the SHORE Sulhe
in and out among the plllng oil the DuIthta', 'n f
when the resistance to tneH H was oaSr,n s@ayeed.
fective. dashed over the blum, carry serwCTu5 ;5
hit. of batl-houSc,, etc. with tnehl, anu uidhLh9
the streets well-nigh lmpassaDe' Inc oiI M r6
OF Revolutionary times, that "dS IIo ~ i ;1tH md
waves on Wednesday, was InciedSeu III "uo,i l' ~Io
depth Yesterday, and large QUANTITIES OI MIecA"sS
were carried through il INTO the ShreWsoIlS' "a
upW inlet Yesterday was Cut
bodies of water "a mile north Of Highland Beach.
Two islands were thus made OF the old P5hIiSu1'
"a .i,,'ar- p,rr and Ocean Grove bravely with
stood ths onslaught of the elements, and sustained
less damage than any other two points mort horth & ot
Cape May City Point The 6eaG mas fdct been fro cGt
away 10 a uniform depth OF hiteth lecC bi Isotn
Deal Lake Inlet down through Asbury Park
~ tbe southern line of the Ocean Grove Camp,
Meeting Associations grounds a The famous uSe ooafa
walk the special pride OF Founder JdhGS a
Rradiev was slightly damaged and completely
Undermined, ] as was the music pavilion at the
foot Of Fi1th-ave. The fishing pier at Aso4Ey
d",na,n 10 con,narotiyelv slight. In the town
iaVoes ,Iso WAS as wrought among the flower beds by
the wind Near the caroase half d dozen GG oSaI SI
trees p9 tyore stripped Of many large limbs. The
rain and wind combined to beat down the frail
in