Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1896-10-17
VOLUME ALVI.
STORM ON THE COAST.
Another West India Hurricane
Sweeps UP the Atlantic
Leaving Destruction In Its Track-Im-
mense Damage Reported from Man
haitian Beach, Coney Island and
brighton Beach

New York, Oct. 12.-The West In
dian hurricane which arrived in thii
city yesterday is to-day blowing Of
: the coast, making the water boil, and
driving the breakers mountain higt
upon the coast. Its center this morn
ing was about 700 miles off the coast
at this point. This city and adjacent
coast lines on the outskirts have not
felt the full force of the hurricane, and
little damage has been done In this
vicinity.
Reports from the Long Island coast
received this afternoon say the storm
has increased in fury and that much
damage Is being done.
At 2:30 o'clock this morning mon
ster waye struck Seidl's concert hall
at Brightop. and tore away two-thifds
Of the structure. There is little hope
that the remainder can be saved.
The Brighton beach race-track sta
bles are flooded and the horses have
been removed. Rough estimates place
the financial loss along the Coney Is
land beach at $780, 900.
A large number of temporary struc-
lures along the water front were de-
stroyed. The boulevard was flooded
aa far as Neptune avenue.
The Ocean hotel, west of the
Brighton Beach hotel, was surrounded
by water and the portico inundated.
The foundation was injured and for a
time it seemed that the building
would be destroyed.
Wolberg's hotel, VanWert's fish res.
taurant, a pavilion in front of Pal.
mer's bathing house, Johnsons photo
graph gallery, the front of Louis
Stauch's bathing pavilion, Welsh's
bathing house, Tilyou's bicycle track
and Cotfec's Brighton plaza were all
damaged or totally destroyed,
Rankin's ice slide, which was dam
aged by the storm of a month ago, suf
fered again, and is now complete
wreck The Seaside Athletic club was
surrounded by water and the swing
ing bicycle carousel next to it was all
but ruined
The old iron pier that was believed
to be invincible, and that had been
buffeted by the storms of over 20 win
ters, was cut In two by the force of the
waves.
Manhattan Beach shared the disas-
ter Much of the ornanentation on
the grounds in front of the Manhattan
Beach hotel was swept away, and the
magnificent lawn In front of the Ori-
entail hotel was made dismal waste.
At Rockaway beach at least 20 ho.
tells and pavilions were carried away.
Seaside avenue is flooded and the resi-
dents are in a panic. Connections
with Far Rockaway are all cut off, as
the ocean and bay meet In several
places.
Life-savers have been called to Edg-
NOR, as the hotel is expected to be
wrecked.
The hotel at Hog Island was seen
going to sea at ten o'clock this morn
ing. Hog Island is all covered with
water and the ocean is running to the
main shore at Far Rockaway. Hotels
are three feet under water and num-
Der of families have been obliged to
vacate.
On the bay side docks, yachts large
and small are being wrecked and the
entire coast from Edgmor to Seaside
Is under water. The railroad track
from Seaside to Hollands is covered
with water.
Highest Water Since the Great Storm of
Eighty-Nine.
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trains bound east are stalled here or
have returned to Philadelphia. All
communication with Atlantic City is
cnt off, and gangs of men are trying
to repair the bad breaks in the road
beds of the Rending and West Jersey
railroads
At two o'clock the water rose to the
highest point since the great of storm
of 1889 and the high wind forced
the water in the bay against the
roads until the beds gave way and
in an hour or two deep cuts a
hundred feet long were washed out,
through which rivers of water poured
under the tracks in mighty torrents.
The breaks are the most serious that
have occurred on the Meadows for
years and it may be day or two be-
fore railway communication is estab-
lished with Atlantic City. The wind
isstill fresh from the northeast and
this evening fears are entertained that
the next high water may greatly in
crease the damage already done.
The Worst Known for Many Years ut AS