Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-13
gELEGRAPHIC.
BY WIND And WAVES.
Considerable Destruction along The
Atlantic Coast.
u,rurSo RESORTS DESTROYED.
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Srw YoRiS, oci. IA veritable
hurricane swep, over this section Of
the country yesterday and today, the
visd blowing with terrible force
,ssching At Sandy hook n velocity OF
,syenly.nv miles per hour last night.
The tides Iose TO a height many feet
gratsf than has been seen for years,
AID tho waves all along tho Atlantic
ess,, swept In with force that carried
.yefythlng before them and did dam
age TO the amount OF many hundreds
Of thousands Of dollars. Sandy Hook
and points alonR tho Jersey coast ielt
the fury Of Tho storm most OF all, bot
Coney island experienced, 20 Tor ~
la teen learned, the most d'feiul tC-
suits. Tue beaches wefo swept clean;
tsyiliions were overturned aud car
lied seward; bathing houses aud
board walks on tho famous Island were
torn up and piled high beyond the
COST line, or carried out 10 sVa. At
brighton beach the stone walks In
itont OF tho big hotel were under
water, and toward the and OF the after.
noon tho famous seidl concert hail
vas inundated and partially carried
away, The well kept lawns In front
otthe Oriental hotel ana Manhattan
beach hotel were laid waste ana the
iouef PORTIONS Of the hotels flooded.
IunumsIable small buildings wofc
simply picked up bodily aud carried
away by Wind or wavey.
AZ Ear Rlckaway tue fury OF tho
qals was indsecribable. Thoso houses
which wefo built on piles In sand
we're washed away, anu those higher
40 aud which fpr yeafs have been out
oi reach OF tho highest udeS, were 10.
dsy flooded.
Along tho Jersey coast, most OF tho
damage done was to piers aud 10
bfsakwatefe. Preparations had heou
inside, ns fofowarnings OF tho storm
nad been given some days before. A.
yet very little damage 10 shipping hss
teen reported, Tor, on account OF warn.
ings, many craft delayed sailing, and
others that had cleared made ior n
sale anchorage.
Hog island during the afternoon
added smother big section TO that por-
ton which had previously gone 10 son,
y
tnd several other adjoining district n
cut Of existence altogether.
The ferry mouse, dock aud pavilion
Q. the Far Hoekavay Improvement
esmpsuy were totally wrecked.
Al Sandy Hook, vh"ro even the
breath Of n bf.eze can be twisted into
gals, last nighps blow was n bowling
hurricsse. Tue waves broke higher
than ever before, and At one time the
old tower, which incoming ani oulg3-
Tag ships signal, shook aud totserei a,
though II would be blown over.
The storm was the lmost devastating
that has visited Ses Isle Cily tlnee
thu great storm Of 1859, which wss
accompanied BY tidal wave. Tbs
streets were flooded ana mauy hotels
aud cottages along the narrow strip Of
sand between Townsend aud Cotbon'l
inlet were wrecked OF badly damaged
AT ATLANTIC CITY.
ATLANTIC CiiY, ". j., Oct. a.
Ths storm which uuTst upon this par
VI the country yesterday morninT
continues tonight with no sign o.
AbatipH. Reports from outlying die
triolb show that much damage hal
been done along the coast Of tho high
ildes. Tonight the city " shut OF
from tho outside world, both the Road
ing and PennslvAnia Railroad com
paniss posting notices that trains ooulS
not be run In or out OF the city.
AT BOSTON.
BORON. Masa., Oct. l2.-rhs Wee
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