Bridgeton pioneer., 1890-10-30
The GREAT STORM.

The GREAT STORM.
HIGH WINDS ALONG TsgEJER-
SEY SHORE.
Considerable Damage Bone by
Wind aud Waves Along the
New Jersey Coast.
The sun peeped from behind the
broken clouds Saturday, and it's
glory was soon covering a country
that has been deluged with rain, and
swept with wind storms, amounting al
most to tornadoes, for several days.
Locally, the results of the storm
amount to little damage. A few fences
down, some damage to the farmers,
and breaks in the meadow banks, tell
the story. But all along The Jersey
coast the damage has been greatest
Railroad tracks have been submerged
with water, and trains have been de.
layed in making their schedule runs.
The ocean has made serious inroads,
and the wreakage has been quite con.
siderable.
At Atlantic City. the handsome new
board walk is safe. The meadows have
been inundated. and several houses on
the meadows have been toppled ov1.
A large ice schooner is stranded on he
meadows. AT Sea Isle City, there has
been much damage. The Ocean City
railroad is badly washed. and it viii
take several days to repair the cuts In
the road. Pleasantville suffered from
the waves, the oyster dock aa1 ship
ping houses being practically swept
away. Trains n the Brigatine Beach
road have not been running for forty
hours. The tracks of the Anglessa
railroad between Hereford and Beach
Creek, haye been torn up and carried
away, wrecking the road.
| At Asbury Park, the storm has been
of unprecedented severity. From
Fifth to Eighth avenues, the beach is
strewn With wreckage. The remain
ing section Of bath houses that with
stood the shock of the high tides Of
August last. succumbed to yesterday
mornings gale, and went literally to
|pieces, nothing being left of them save
splinters. At the famous fishing pier,
where the high tides of last August
r. iade such havoc. there is little 70
mark the former lines. For over
twenty feet the sea has eaten INTO the
bluff, and the sands that formerly
marked for stretch of four hundred
feet, one OF the finest bathing grounds
on the coast, are to-day obliterated.
In various parts of the town other
damage was done by the storm, nota-
bly, that at the Presbyterian Church,
where an immense oak was snappsd
off, and falling against the church
windows, completely demolished two
memorial panes.
At Pennsgrove the tide has been the
highest for twelve years, and consid-
able damage has been done to the sand
banks, and water covers the lower
portion of the town. Travel on the
Delaware River Railroad has been
stopped owing to washouts at Ped.
ricksto wn and Lenards.
| A despatch sent from Lewis, Del,
last night says: There is very high
sea on here tonight, al hough the
gale is slightly moderating. There
are great many vessels in he harber.
Outside the breakwater the sea is very
rough and dangerous. The life saving
crews are al ready to extend help
should any Of the vessels be driven
ashore. The cable to the break water
is disabled AMI no news can be OBJ
tanned from there.n
The storm of the last few days has
been very severe on the oystermen,
their boats snd business in Maurice
River Cove. Many of the oyster boats
had their sails split and ,spars, hooms
and gafes carried away.
The ''Elmin Cox went ashore on
Thursday, near Dividing Creeks, had
her sails split and had terrible wash
ing or the beach. The schooner
Irene" on NJ onday lost her mainmast,
and en- Friday lost her yawlboat.
No lives have been lost as far as
heard from.
The oysters are very badly packed,
especially in the sand, aud it ID feared
are much damaged.
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For Ninesy Days.