New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-25
DAMAGE DONE IN NEW-JERSEY
COAST AND INLAND TOWNS SUFFER ALihE.
THE GREAT IRON PIER ALMOST DESTROY Ed
DESTRUCTION WROUGHT AT AsBuRf PARK
AND OCEAN GRovE-PANIc-sTRICKEN
GUESTS OF HoTEL-MANY
CRAFT GO ASHORE


CRAFT GO ASHORE.
Asburv Park n. j.. Aug. "a (SpeciaD.-The 'ernnc
norcaster that visited this coast last night ala
craa, dcal ~ damage. Some OF the oldtmers mere
@ ,,., ,no, have never known a storm that wrought
snch havoc in so short a time. There was no ihu-
nation n such fury In the heavy sealog ,"' ,iep'
I'm Yesterday afternoon enveloping everything Il"
cold wet mist. Late in the afternoon however ue
wind began to rise and rain fell through .ne Ios'
The force of the wind increased steadily unul aoon'
!. or O'Clock this morning. when IL was oo"'i'e az Wv
rate of sixty miles hour.
II was within the next hour or TWO Ina' he'iH
all the damage was done. Bath houses ana pa'iioh'
were shattered fragments, ana V'i' '"
hoard walk along the ocean mont oi Asou's 90
and ocean Grove torn ana "i''eu h'' '
rost fantastic shapes ocean Grove sunered m"c"
. o-o,, Than .sburv Park Lillagore's bathing
na,,,,or was wrecked by the combined force 81 WIFI
ona wave The restaurant connected WIN inc
paviliop was also demolished, ana adocu W 'le "''
of tangled wreckage left by the sea. "i'@Vo '0"'
water fountain lifted up and dasieo W peoeS vi
the beach The damage here includes 400 BATH houses
that were crushed by the Spree OF the sea- "r'
Lulagore estimates LIS loss at ~e'ooo. hosss pa
,uon AZ the other end OF the Ocean Grove Beach,
was narlv torn away, but did not suffer as much as
InIaaore,s Psch's photograph gallery here was
wreclxed The long stretch Of the board walk De-
tween these two pavtioDs built on heavy piles
huf
Of its length it is complete wreck In places large
st,ons Of Il were raised by the sea and earned Dach
n hundred feet into ocean-avo
II, both Ocean Grove and Asb,ry Park much oanase
was done by the uprootng OF large shaue trees "'''
were sent crashing against the sides OF cottages OF
else fell across the streets. In some cases co"hpo''
b,oosnc them The members OF the large tent colony
In ocean Grove In ptabe plight Inc storm
xvorked sad havoc with their frail structures 9ahy
~ the tents were torn into shreds, and their occu
pants with all their belongings, were 'horo"s'"S
drenched The tenters were In state OF Paiiio io"
midnight until 4 O'Clock this morning 'hhouseu oS
the storm they wandered about in their nish' cio'e
unt1 sympathizng neighbors in substantial co'aseo
took them In. The tents near Fletcher Lake s"here"
most Among those whose tents were wrecked are
George Drew Of New York; Mrs. J. Simpklhs' Ihi"
delpha: J. b. Sweet. Jersey City; NJ Murray Now"
York Thomas Quinn, New-iork; John "hi'hey'
New.York: Mrs John HOughton Perth Amboy' r.
E. Winsheld Newark; Mrs. E. J. Workman Newark
the Rev. James Matthews. Philadelphia; William
Matthews Frankinvile Penn; c. P. Tull. German
town. A. s Chapman Newark the Rev. Walter A.
A Gardner New York; John II. Huxley, Bayohhe'
r l. Earl Rutherford. y. j.; Mrs Z. Penuss' NN"-
York E. Megll, Trenton: J. c. Began MIS- lro'er
and Lizzie Foraker. Philadelphia; William oreh NeW
York. George W. Jacobs. Newark; Thomas "edoy'
trenton: Mrs. swartz Jersey City; Mrs. A. J. Ed
wards New-YorlS: spencer Thomas. Newark MIS-
butcher Arlington: 4. NJ Bailey and T.. W. lerI!'
Trenton and Walter Frost, Newark
Al Long BracCh the storm ragged IN all us Jury
From Hdreth's West End Hotel TO the Hotel bTlgn-
ION. and on To North Long Branch, the beach Is
rned high with the wrecsage OF pavllions and bath
bouses All along the front here the storm
PLAYED the widest pra9k'. Most Of the pa'nno"So'
that were not entirely demolished were turheu up
side down. The greater part OF them however "ei'
smashed into pieces just large enough for hrewoou'
Great gan, are eaten of the bluff. II some places
chcd ~ that II Is not Sale lor
carriage 10 pass The lawn In front OF TWO Vi Tue
cottages of Oliver Doud Byron was washed away III
sixty or seventy feet, and Mr.. Byrohs s'apes
were undermined. The bllkheads of the Madison na's
were torn out Cooper's restaurant was unrooI' al!
Van DYKE a Co.'S fish houses were undermined ana
nortly broken up The Ocean Hotel bathing GROUNDS
are a scene of ruin Pearson a Jnlio the propr'e
tors Of III, hotel had erected long row OF new houses
and Lad stocked them with suits Every mouse Is u'
uol'shod and the suits, which were valued at about
$500, lost.
Al North Long Branch Is the hull Of the schooner
Thomas w. Ravens wrecked last June. The nun was
sin intact and was quite distance from shore' iis'
rirh,.s Storm forced II far up the SANDY pedCh
that the bow spirit protrrdcs over the DUN i"o 'e
roadway. All, .,or
gang OF twenty men were AZ WORK Inv "-'
Noon ON the beach in front OF the Monmouth De"'"
(,nthouse at Monmouth Beach. gathering i'Uo d
heap boards joists and doors-an that rcm'n''u Vi
,h ,b,r,v ar forty bathing houses which we're Oh
the beach last evening.
The iron pier was almost totally de'loi'Hu'
This structure which long used by ire iron
Steamboat Company was built about 1879 by the
Ocean Pier Company, the CHIEF members Oh which
ver. Charles Leland. Warren Leland. 'r.-then III
charge Of the Ocean Hotel-ard the late Judge Jonh
Ttc,r The pier was originally l,4OO feet long, ana
- haltdolen places between Long Branch ana
sea bright. the angry sea SWep Gear UTsr The
Tniiroad tracks and cut of communication. so tnat
nassensers 10 and from the Atlantic lshlands 3oa,s
b%a Again between sea Bright and Rum
son Peach the sea u IISb Beach the trachs
were covered with deep DRIFTS OF sa ,o. on M
Theron the bluff was washed 9u nna many eyery one
of the cottages. A.. s.,,oco sos,,oS n done
Of Ocean roye Worst MoT a wSl at
,rherc ,he entire roof and large part Of me upPSr
story of the Hotel Co ng The W Spwns Of the storm
made it impossible for any Of the pS guests 81 '0f
,,Te We're women and children and The proprietor
feared panic among thorn To ioreSa ALL n ~" c IN "a
Iaer Il" Dhortom party In ia" parors on the hrst
HCor After an omnous lu IN o ih@ Sosn =" tbe bio
s'doei o in"s ban five seconds. The storm
TEND snalchea of the ., en,!Fe m rsSI anu
;s Tho cnond brew it not been for dI ns T'E y
Ing o IN as ne spn pieces Of timber w're forced
through the rooms Just below shnt ont Of cannon.
T he ,arge dining room and IN abont hall OF tne D
rooms the walls and ceilings were Iam t ~ third Of he
,as,S ucrc en- fsghtencd that they started lr 'h'
homes carly possible this morning. or, 9rop tb Hotel
Columbia was also badly shattered pirI ,o v u
roof OF the Monmouth House. at ,.rihg a d. CIV
torn of At t;it ans NJ iih' ilr 1 ~
fsere was comnaratlvely little damage done ,,rt,c
Of the peculiar features OF the storm VIZ ''' ~,
q the sparrows all along the coast: IGo" monn 81
them were found dead undcr Tn" tree, u' np ir
Al Long Branch IN particular 'he ho''i u,nas~ro
aidc uickpd them hV the DiilfOl. ~ i''9"'
psv there Is a fine grove OF great willows known a.
oW1l0w Grove" Dozens 81 the arC M trees WV
,o-n VI, bv the roots ovoriti~ne' ~
Red Bank, " j.. Aug. "a (SpeciaD.-The uaiilns
In this section by last nights storm was consul. -
ah,e ChtmnAys and trees were blown down IN
various parts Of the town. and windows were
blown out Of houses. 4 number Of small boats or
hun blown ashore and broken UP