New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-13
THE CRUNBLING LONG BRANCH BLUFF.
YIELDING SLOWLY BUT SURELY TO THE TER

RIBIE FORCE or THE SEA.
Long Branch, Sept 12.-From early In the day
until Il became too dark TO distinguish objects at
distance Of more than a few feet many OF the cot
tagers who remain here weIc to be seen wandering
along the bluff and sadly viewing the havoc wrought
by the elements Many of those who went on this
tour of inspection men who have for some time
past been prominent in advocating the building OF a
permanent bulkhead TO protect the blnf, whlch was
Of all things their pride Its beauty IS spOleh now,
and there is nothing left 10 console them in thS1
quarter Turning TO the famous seadriVe they iouhu
only fresh cause for despair At several points inc
roadway had been so cut away practically to ruin
IT, To place IL I'm its former condition VIII cost many
thousands of dollars. 1t Will be long time before
the road can be cleared of the wreckage with when
# Is s,rewn. In the town proper comparatively
little damage was done, but the residents ana INC
cottagers and hotel guests still remaining were greatly
distressed, and only the more hardy ones Neh'uIou
out of doors Down at the Ocean Pier superintendent
Frank NJ. Taylor, sheltered from the wind by inc
company's Office STOOD and to nqurers declared that
no one would be allowed the pier that it was closed
for the season. lie said that in lis experience OF
thirty years on the New-Jcrsey coast he had never
seen a storm the fury of which equalled that oil inc
last few days. At one time on wednesday "ic
breakers dashed against the pier TO such heIshV anu
with such violence that the iron ratings on the ou'e
end and the roofs OF the sheds on IL were uai"s'N
slightly. On this point he said
IL never before saw the surf run. SO high' why
the roofs of The sheds which were damaged on INC
pier are sixty.tive feet above low-water marx
To-day many persons occupied their time IN pre-
pairing 10 return to their city homes. huhDel VI
families left here and every train carried seNcidi
who were driven away by the severity OF the s'ol'
The cuts IN the beautiful bluff along the east side
of Ocean-ave are much larger than they were ester
day. The big cut that began near the Grand We"
Hotel al Ocean and Sea View ayes now eAtehuS
nearly TO the north line Of the Hotel Brighton property
In one PLACE the cut extends halfway mo Ccedi'"'o
and lights are placed there al night so as TO act d
beacon 10 those who driving up or down 'lc Oo' ~
In front OF the old King cottages north OF inc GRAN"
View Hotel is another cut. Here the SUR has cAIcu
away the bluff for a distance of nearly t"o huAui0u
feet and for width OF i've 10 H'eeh ieo''
The bukheadng in front of the cottages Oh OllNer
Doud Byron was intact Up ia the mlddlo u TINS
afternoon On the bluff, opposite Leiahds OCed'
Hotel was a mass OF beams and bOaus' II was
the remains of the bathing houses That were 'orn
apart and hauled up to the top OF Inc DluH ~
gang Of men employed by Mr. Leland. The SUR
has taken several goodsized bites out of the blum
here but It is yet some distance from the eastern line
of Ocean-aNe. ,, L., ,,,.oue,,-od tte
banks and backed up into the stables OF te cottascs
ar North ong Branch and Monmouth Beach. over
at Pleasure nIE be Waves The water has over
Gowad tho lawns of the hotels OF w. W. wright
John L. r. Brown anu T. IidI'H Va W.
yrbarvcs have been swept away by the big waves:
Several dead bodies were seen to-day noatng amid
the wreckage that filed the SURF OWING 10 'he SIiI
he force of the waves attempt was made to bring
them ashore. ,-,-- A.. ...an-. =.
Several of the great timbes forming te 1eh1ers a.
,bc Steamboat landing on che south side OF the Dig
ocean pier have been partly torn loose and they swing
IN aud fro with the heavy waves. There Is a CUT III
Tho edge OF .hc bluff from the cottage OF the late
Judge Albert CaTdozo southwark for several hunureo
Sect This cut extends into Ocean ave. an average
width of ten feet Opposite !he summer home OF
Dr. Joseph \ Booth. brother OF hwin b4G,H; , n.e
actor tbe surf has cut rs way through the hlnh INTO
,bc roadway for some distance. The new bulkneadng
erected bv the town authorities from Cottage Place
20 tho Howland Hotel has 50 resisted successfully
No no,nding of the huge waves. No bukheads south
OF the West End Hotel have been injured 6y inc sea
There is SIN another cut into the bun nearly opposite
Iawcb,s Hotel and the sea is slowly cutting its way
toward the centre OF Ocean ave.