The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-02
WAVES POUND THE COAST.
TIE RU1fPUs IHATA SIX DAYS STORM
CAN KICK CP.
Roar that Could he Heard Two Miles In.
LAND Buikhends Torn Out and the Const
Eaten Away in Many Places.


pus OF the New Jersey coast At the end tho
breakers come in like small mountains, and
they pounce upon and lick up great strips OF
beach more rapidly ovon than roaring flames
consume q tindcr-box tenement They tear
away great bulkheads Of masonry ms man
would tear sheet of paper. In other places
they pile up mountains OF sand that dozen
men could not remove in week. Long Branch
saw and felt their mighty power yesterday.
while the heavens poured down not less than
four varieties Of water at once. The wind
blew nearly sixty miles nm hour. That is not
o remarkable or an unusual wind for the New
Jersey coast. yet 1t seemed possessed OF some
mysterious power. for 1t tore of the roofs and
the stoops OF houses that had withstood much
more furious gales
1t lifted strong mon from their feet and
compelled them to run whether they would or
not Unassisted by the waves 1t picked up
loosencd boards from the walks and hurled
them up and down the streets. Through it all
it kept ur n shrieking like Western tornado.
1t shrieked even above the roar OF the mighty
waves. They could DO heard two miles away.
The severity OF tho gale was greatest ut high
tide yesterday morning. It had been snow
ing and halling and sleeting and raining oil
night. The nights tide had been the highest
of tho year. and the local sea dogs had pre-
dicted damage for the morning.
At daylight 1t was low tide. but less than a
quarter OF n mile from the bluff the waves
were running six and eight feet high. and now
and then one would break over the end Of the
big iron pier The wind had Just begun its
wickedness. and was playing in the street
with the stoop OF cottage There was u
heavy mist that made it impossible to see
more than mile or two Off shore. The surface
OF tho water for that mile was q mass Of
troubled white. with here and there a SPOT of
deep blue. Dozens OF sea gulls bravcd the
wind and darted hero and there. screaming
Accomplishments to the shrieks OF the wind.
The roaring Of the waves increased as the tide
came in.
Foot by foot the water crert up toward tho
base OF the bluM. At o'clock it was twenty
feet away. and an occasional big wave would
send its greedy swash to lick the earth en-
bankment. At s o'clock it was ten feet away.
and the swash Of every wave dashed against
the bank, At 9 o'clock it was close W, to tho
breks only few feet away. and srlashed tho
water high in the nir. 1t was high tide at 10
s ana Rs f nGTa to s d ns
re ps too END to s END The
il of until at least, twenty-five feet Of
broke over it. and when the water backed
of It carried with It, tumGIing and turning. the
down what was left Another wave took awey
the foundation o. a summer house. and an
the water rested and rncedc'l as It had come
in; t WIS low tide again at 9sl9Sk The
them heaps Of white foam that looked like cot
ton ana left it there, for the wind to carry up
TO- & s sash siey in' s f o 1874 s o. rs
predicted more damage when tho night tiiv
No information could be obtained yesterday
at Long Branch from sandy Hook beyond the
their tonsai!s torn away by the strong winds
Ind sought shelter a,I; in The harbot there; The
bpkhs%a o. M an Ma e9f2S t s
buikheadine Of ono of the Shippon cottages
out and into the sea The sTt
ocean front at Scatrsht, 1t swept in fury
around the bulkhead Of tho cottage Of J.. A.
waters it cut away his lawn until the sea front
porch was undermined. Men were set to work
t tenisht S easase was aomnat@y st h o
RI" sur! mad. a big cut q short ditanr,"
north Of Tra vi Vie 9ni Ernmsn In
butf. tore in behind the shore end Of the great
OF Cooper surf House. The KITCHEN, Of the
Surf House was undermined. and Mr.. Coonnrs
men removed tho ranges and furnaces. Tn,
sea made n big cut in the bluff south Of the
foot OF Chelsea avenue.
The telegraph wires between Long Branch
spatchcs were forwarded from Long Branch Ivy
train. The sea SWEPT over into the Shrews-
House. at Seabright. after tearing away the
beach.
ripped nn the, iioorinE II the IiT pavilion ii
James \: Bradley Mt the foot OF Asbury ave-
nue.. and then alto away the beach Of Ocean
At Point Pleasant City tho bathing houses
were, carried out TO sea. and the handsome
Knox Of the Presbyterian Theological semi
nary at Bloomfield. y. j.. went out into the
surf in small pieces.
AT COMFY ISLAND.
Early on Monday evening the. surf that rollel
upon the shore of Con"y Island was even and
untrouniel. GraJunlly. however. tho wind be-
whitecnpS before they broke and they kcrt
growing bigger and louder Concy Island ut
s ssaSn IL e'pk G with orig
but few people t. be inconvcnienccd by tho
storm, for the policemen sought shelter when
At first the bare taGst4fs and the lighter
h, E stood erect and ilrm but ttc by
constantly increasing. coming first in sharp.
f "s init E"s SSs. d r II owe tn
another tho flagstails tired OF the struggle. |
Yielded TO ths strain; bowed to the sale.
caught up by the wind and carried far away, |
The buildings swayed and groaneJ but stood |
erect until tho storm subsidized and then they |
rested. bearing tho marks Of the fray. l%iHs
new drifts.
The water presented magnificent. tt"rrify,,
ing SPECTACLE: AS tho wind Increased the surf
night. through the darkness and tho mist the |
waves assumed tremendous proportions. Like
angry giants they rolled in out Of the night.
growing, bigger and stronger as they ucared
the beach. On they came. towering nud frown-
jng. . rs 4 they would swallow ~ Tho Garth,
But slowly their proud crcsts would sink and, |
sending upa cloud of spray. they would fall
with a long. dull roar upon the beach. Then
itself among the sands.
some workinen in tho music hall at brighton
Beach Yesterday noticed that one o. tn" piles
had been washed away, and they thought that
the building might sink at any moment. The
damage was ut one" repaired.
FIRE ISLAND. March IA northeast storm
r1uallipe that Of the blizzard prevails here
and although IT has done no damage here, i
has caused heavy sea which is maxim great
inroads on the te beach cutting away sweep,
the ,neiGhhorhood Of the Surf Hotel til" ne.
saving crews are Keeping a sharp lookout for
storm tossed vessels, buf ccarcaiv ihinr is