New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-18
ON THE NEW-JERSEY COAST.
THE ATLANTIC WAVES DO MUCH DAMAGE.
BULKHEADs SWEPT OUT TO SEA AND THE BLUFF
UNDERMINED BY THE wATER-Thh
TIDE OF THE YEAR.


The wind blew with great velocity lnsholc. lhlS
caused an exceedingly high surf, winch tolc !" anu
out among the bulkhcads Of the cottages pe'"ec"
Elberon and Sea Bright. The SURF ran so Suons
that the spray dashed clear across occa''''c' III
showers and spent its fury on the coltieeS vi 'i'
west side of that thoroughfa1e. Inc waves ran do
high as the flooring of the great ocean iei' an"
showers OF mist were flung hundleh IteV III 'i'u
air No one can tell tonight what lhe losS WIN
amount TO. The expensive bulkheads erccteo pS
the cottagers have been ripped TO pieces anu '''
boards and ping have been swept out 10 SD"
In n number of places the surf has cut i'i'o
Ocean-ave, and the roadway has toppeu "o",
into the boiling waters. IL ralhcd he"NiN "'
day and the strong surf thuhdered al" p'""
AZ the foot of the bluff. tearing the dlr. o"' "
the carload Old residents say thao 'hlS - '''
worst storm that they have known OF III many
wears There is no question Whatever p"' '".'
the coast-line of New-lerscy between SANDY HooN
and Barneqat Bay Inlet will he greatly ch'h-c'
biz the havoc wrought to-day by the angry waves
Whom q rcportcr Of The Tribune started ONT
this morning the wind was blowing Ici
gale from the northeast. ard the rain fei heavily
Fow nersons cared TO venture ont OF doors, ana
the streets of Long Brancn were deserted me
sea broke in huge comhers upon the SHOT, ScH"-
ing SPRAY high up into the air. Inc WIN "'" ;"
strongly that tie carriage swayed to ana iTo' an"
threatened to topple over every moment DOW"
under the bluif the surf boiled ana slapped ''e
edge of the bluff with such fury thai tlc SOM"
could he heard haif a mile inland. lhc '"F''n''
IF rain were caught up with the spray from '"'
surf and whirled IN sheets against 'hc i"''' -
those who faced the gale -,
The hulkhcads Of tic cottages Of Charles M"'-
ToI pcmhCrtOn and Henry
Uarbeck have been badly damaged The p"IN-
head Of Mr.. Harbccks cottage had been flied IN
with stone and was supposed 10 hc perfect pro-
,ection The waves tore in and ont OF Inc
,irhers and carried the heavy stones ont rs II tncV
vcrc chips At the foot of North Bath-aVc th'
surf tore the bluff ont TO width OF tw'INc OK
6r,con feet The employees of the cottaGerN
p,oved back into Otcan-avc the little paNIIiohS'
or summer houses, which stood on the "G-c OF Inv
huff Opposite the United States lio'cl' "hic"
s owned by Father Mcmahon. Of New-No 'hc
surf tore biz gaps into tn cbluii ond endangered
Ocean-ave.
Down near the Rowland Hotel the surf tore It's
way into the biuh, after Tippins ont 'he h'"NN
timbers erected nearly two years ago ny ofdei "I
the corporation authorities o. Long Branch Ina
heavy ping here also was undermined ny "''
water. torn away and carried out on IN" tops
# the breakers. The tmhcrs we're then pTou-H'
back hy rke waves AND used - battcrln@ ram
on the rest Of the bull,hcading. Up near the
Ocean Pier opposite the old Mansion House prop
crtv the waves dashed IN fury against the edge
Of the bluff swept the fragments OF the aT'lh'"-
stone wall out into the ocean, cut Dr. gaps IL
the bluff and dashed spray nearly 90 icct IN
and North of the pier the surf created consider
able havoc. II tore in and ont ana cut INTO
Ocean-ayc for several hundrc feet.
North Of Long Branch tho damage can hardly
nc estimated. In several places between the cot
taye Of Oliver Doud Byron and Scabright tie
surf tore over the blum swept across the lawns
Of the cottagers ard ran over into the Shrewshur,
River Occan-ave. was covered with debris Of
all kinds which had been brought ashore by the
waves.
Near the Episcopal Church Of s.. Peters H.
Gali!ce, at North Monmouth Beach the waves
made a clean sweep from the ocean over 70 the
river. so that Occan-ayc. was nearly "a
FOOT under water The tracks Of the New"
Jersey Southern Division OF the Central
Railroad OF Ncv-Jcrscy between Galo"
and Low Moor were undermined, thus emitting oil
travel between Long Branch and Sea Bu-h' The
>urf tore ont the bulllhcads Of the cottages Of j.
Iarscn Rhoadcs George X. Bla@den. Washing
ton f. Conner and Brayton Ives, The cN-prcsidcnt
of the Ncw-IorR Stock Exchange. II aaO under
mined the cottages owned by Benjamin Van
| Brun, and Jesse Rowland
II is impossible 10 tel what damage has been
wrought north Of sea I;ri-ht. 80 trains are run
| ming and all tic telegraph wires are down one
| Of the men from Lilc-sayins Station No. reports
that the railroad has been torn ont short distance
north of Highland Beach, and tie track has bee"
twisted into various sIapes. He said tat the surf
| lao .ff fffHtI l.
| over into the Shrewsbury River, and Threatened
| 10 cut inlet.
From Hdrcths West End Hotel south to FL
boron the surf did considerable damage. l. tore
out portion Of the bulkheads Of the cottages Of
Miss Lea, Mrs Jctmiah Curtis, George ". thilds
Mrs. Moses Taylor Mrs. John 7. Rowland, Mrs
| William ) Warner and Others.
At Deal Beach little damage was done by the
| surf. although here and there the blum was torn
out.
| At Asbury Park the surf cut ont the beach
ran high and strong up under the iAmon.
Board Walk Of James Bradley, founder OF the
town. ripped out the timbcrs and carried then
out to sea. Ii also undermined some of Mr. Brad
| icy's bathing houses ard hadl, Gamaecd nj, fish
| ing pier. The payions al the foot of Asbury
First and Fifth avcs, sustained solnr damage
| The wind blew perfect e1'c nearly all day a'
carried away l0l oil chlnpiS ana hi2i', al'
inroofcd several buildings In, wives Of the West
crn Cnion TELEGRAPH Company We're torn dowi
| and all dispatches both II Aebury Park and Lon
Branch, taken only subject Ia delay
TIE water cut ont the beach III Ocraa GROW
and tore ont portion # he Hoard walk.
At AVon-hy- thc-Sca the surf eighty damage
the new bulkhcadine erected last spring by Id
ward Batchclor, o. Philadelphia, founder Of tia
resort, and twisted the mouth of Shark Rive
Inlet a considerable distance north OF It's fornc
location.
At Belmar the surf wrought little or no damae,
At Spring Lake Beach the sea ran high tina
= | it carried away one Of the summer payillons am
| changed the inlet of Wreck Pond.
Il AZ Sea Girt and Point Pleasant City the onl
damage done was the tearing out OF the beacl
1t is rumoIed that suri has washed over the mario,
l | .trip OF land living between the Occnn and Barncaa