The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-13
The Wild Waves LaShed the Shores
Like a Thousand Whips.
DAMAGE DONE AT VIRGINIA BEACH.
Pile Driver Lifted Up and Deposited
In the FIumc-Fishormcn Suffer
obs"rver Blundon Has Never Seen
Hts Like Eoiore-Af Ocean view
Among the Shipping.


All along the coast, the storm RACED
with Intense fury as the waters OF the
atlantic lashcd the shores like a thlios-
ana whips. Owing to the ample warE-
iilS given, nearly all the vessels got 9afc
70 shelter and consequently there was
nor as much wreckagc along the beach
as niSht be expected, nor WAS the dam
age as great as has been known in form
er years.
on the Virginia coast probably the
greatest harm was done at Virginia
Seach. Fishermen at that point say the
seas We're the highest they ever saw
ana their nets Were a total loss, amount
ing TO hundreds OF dollars
On each side ana in front of the hotel
considerable damage was done TO the
oulkheads. the sand being washed from
between the piles and the boards lifted
from position.
The water even rolled over the high
oanhs ana carried away part of the
BOARD walk, which extends along it,
oVerlook!ng the beach. Portions OF the
iroht yards Of many of the cottages dis
ippeafed rs If by magic, the hulllheads
IN front Of them being all, more or less.
damaged by the waves.
sihe heaviest individual loss, possibly,
was experienced by Mr.. Charles Bliy-
ems, who is putting in the new numc
from the ocean 10 the lake In the rear
OF Princess Anne Hotel The work
which was well under way. has been so
extensively damaged that ii can only be
repaired at great loss. The large pile
urlVer, which was resting upon a foun-
cation OF heavy timbers Il foot square
was lifted up bodily by the sea and
deposited into the iiume, about twelve
'eet lower down. Into the canal" was
piled from GOO 10 500 cubic yards OF sand
me portion thus buried being for most
part the recently constructed brick
Work. All the foundation timbers of the
pie driver We're washed away. rs wei
also the suction hose and much of tho
piping, the rest OF it being twisted and
nent so as to be of no further use. Mr.
bliVens does not know what his loss is
but declares that it will be heavy.
The hulliheads IN front of Mr.. Il. A.
Jodsons cottage was partially swept
away and the remainder Of it badly
damaged
-. The surf rolled up very close to Sea
Tack Life saving station and the build
ing was spattercd with spray.
On SUNDAY the Norfo!k ard Virginia
btach road carried six passenger
coaches TO the Beach filed with curious
and interested people. who witmessc6
the grand sight of tine surf breaking in
on the shore for several hours.
AZ several places south of Ocean Park
Hoiei the ocean broke through to the
fresh wafer lake and at one point made
a regular inlet from the Atlantic TO the
lake, and washing away a considerobie
strip OF thc bank.
AT OCEAN VIEW.
At Ocean View the storm. while not
so violent. held full sway and made q
magnificent spectacle. y large numbcr
9i Hsh nets were destroyed and several
boats We're swept away. The stems at
me bathhouac were washed away and
the structure to a certain extent under
mined. the bulkheads all along that por-
ton of the beach being badly damaged
HAD NEVER SEEN IT'S EQUAL.
OF Cane Henry the wind blew from
ioHty-iive to sixty miles an hour. and
Weather Observer Bundon says that i'm
ms seventeen years experience in coa aet
service he never saw the storm coualiel
The residence of Lighthouse Keener
Howell was partially submerged and he
had 10 seek other quarters, and the lifa.
saving station was in imminent dannar
or being swept away by the tide. which
Tapped its foundations.
TeleGraphic communication with Cape
Hatteras was cut off entirely.
The Dismal swamp Canal, which IS
being dredged out. was overfiowed and
the work damaged considerably, one Of
the dams. it is reported, having hnen
washed out
AMONG THE SHIPPERS.
In the harbor hundreds of vessels close
recfcd lay snug from the storm. and Ill
tie or no damage was done.
The New York. Philadelphia and Nor
folk steamer stayed at Old Point sat
urday night, not being able to proceed
to Cape Charles.
The Washington steamer Newport
News had rough passage up the Bav
Saturday night. but weathered the gale
and made her wharf in WASHINGTON
ahead of time. She pitched considerably
during the trip and a heavy sea broke
out several statcroom windows.
the steamer charlotte, from Balti-
more Sunday, brought information thai
a four-masted schooner had been beach
ed on the Eastern Shore.
The steamer Atlanta did not leave
here for Baltimore until Sunday morn
ing.
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