Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-10-30
a sToRm-swsPT COAST.

flshinx Assi risa.sr~ Heat. afs~x sh-
t"ass. Heat Hsa.~.. Hsth. uaa.~-. Ate.
Furnish fus.si foe ts~ Waves.
AsHUEr PARA. y J.. Oct G1-The
New jersey sca-coast tcwns received
their foil share % tho severe northeast
erly siorrn that set IN THURSDAY. All
day yesterday lt stormed STA No ahate-
mcRt Tie damage s9sfalnesl 70 ihc
shore tosus from Sauiy Hcck - fArnr-
gai Inlet - the severe siorn AMI heavy
ii4es vail foot up % thoasanis G: De-
lara The most severe damage ~ az sgS-
tAined AZ Nouuoath Bea-h- The sea cat
= gap into the hIgT and made q clean
sweep across she driveway Abou: thirty
feet side. The Galilea fisheries jass
south of Sea Bright we're in te-ribl.
state. the sea hzd washcI ana made
clean sweep among the hshinx houses
carrying destruction Sith IL In froat
Of the big octagOn House. AZ Sea Bright.
hrcakNatef an4 into the basement Of
the hotel
All along the Shrcwsbary river On
the other slls % the driveway The high
tide bad wrought sal havoc Every
thing that was in the reach OF the tile
was ssep: away. boat-hoasss. sumner
houses stables eoaid all be seen either
Adrtft or standing IN from cight 70 ten
feet of water. A; Normanlie-by-ths-
Sea. the cream sveps over the tracks o.,
the New Jersey Soathern railroad. and
made sEch h1d breaks that a. nine
o'clock yesterday morning irasic bal 10
b. susrea4ed- Much Of the biar 4.
Ashury Park was WASHED away. AMI az
uNcean Beach the lighthouses ot Mr.
>cohcli Nere carried away
Tho Ashary Park patrol of Life
Saving Station No 6 bah a Al sfeult time
on ihc!r bats The wia1 blew the rain
With - mach force ~ 20 make progress
almoSt impossible. aad aided 30 tho
rain vas the heavy spray from tho
breakers. which Increased the confession
At keyport tho storm ragged with
much severity. May ot the snail
oyster sloops we're driven ashore. and
the unusually high tide vAs the means
of doing considerable damage The
high tide caused much delay 70 travel
aicng the line of the New York ar!
Long Branch railroad
AZ Bay Way the tracks for halfa nile
werc submerged 20 a depth % txo fee.
In the kafitAH river draw the storul
ragged 80 fiercely that extra ru2rls were
placed along the tracks Guards we-~
also Pui oa from Morgan 10 Souih Aa.-
TOY - Natch the tracks
Th~ w-t-s. Ea~rcssh ~a N-- Ysrk CITY
NV NoEE. Oct The storm which
eame towu upon New York Ctr proved
% b. one % unusual severity The win1
hleT bali gale Which means thirty
gniles an hoaFi. and with il wasa heavy
rainfall a. the win4 vas on-shore /.
drove the waters o' the hay up into the
Moth and East rivers ant an ex.
traorlinarY tide EAs tho result
When the tide uas highes; the water a.
the Battery Ezs On = level With tho
top % the sez sail. ihree feet higher
than Il has been in years. aa1 tho
~atcr beg4n runaing into the cellars
along West street as far uptown as
Chambers street Soon il as over
the balkheais along the river
front 4 little later West street in the
neigEborhooI Of Vesey street vas
covered W5th Naser an1. a. usual
Evcreit's Hotel. a; the foot % Vesey
street.. was flooded There vas foot
AMI = half of z4ter on The diuinr-roor,
floor. aud thu Naiters Nere haSF clean
ing IL up The West Ead Hotel cellar.
AZ No tIo West street. vas fail
~ Nater. auI dozcas % uen
ooald b seen a. WOrk Elth hana-
pamps getting tho wate- oat og
the cellars % the haiIdin-s aIon-
the river frcnt streets and soaae times
atty o. oae hundred feet hack IN sAs
side sirre 4
West street. Eas in 4 shocking coa1i-
tion- Beiow Der street &. = torn ap
Aud hGs little pavement = left The
street Is : perfect sea % ml1 Wits half
Coating umhe-S While uavsmz blocks
az4 sstin<s arr scattered ahost in esery
holy's Eay- The black 2n1 sllnF aud
rgins eEery thing 3, toaehes. and
few people care % cross the street IN
less it i Absolutely necessary. The
shop keepers are aiscozsoia a:s. AID are
loo<in< ahe4d % the next tide. wlsh
fear Tor the conssg ueuces "a the East
hiVer u = the sane story floule1
cellars AL a msiiy strces. with the
water over tae balkhe3ls a. kExh fsde
PGnp5 are busy theFc. zEd the damage
Has h-sen priH=iF ally 10 the teza pea - the
oceupants q he bGil4in-x he Hack
ens2ck river sss higher than i Las
been FOR ! l0nS tine. the Uase- cover
ing the fcors - the manufacturing -
tAbiishmen,s a. Little Ferry. The
meadows wcre submerged ard soane %
the railroad tracks were under water.
Trains on the New York. Sgsqaehanas
Western road ran thr0aEh Nzter
most Of the Eay from Little Ferry r
West End
At Revere B~aeh-