The herald., 1896-10-13

tune avenue. Several houses at the in
tersection Of the Concourse and Boule-
ward ware washed away. The waves,
r1inning mountains high, battered the
plaza In front of the Brighton Beach
hoset and tore away a part of the con-
cert pavilion.
The oollapse of the Ocean house ap-
poars to - q matter of few hours.
At 2:30 O'Clock a monster wave struck
the Concord pavilion, Brighton Beach,
tearing away two-thirds of the struc-
ture. The Brighton Beach race track
stables are flooded and the horses have
been removed to stables along the
Boulevard. A rough estimate of the
financial loss along the Coney Island
beach places it at 100000.
Hog island during the afternoon ad-
aed another big section to that portion
which had previously gone to sea and
another such storm would wipe it and
several other adjoining districts out of
existence.
The ferry house, dock and pavilion of
the Far Rockaway Improvement conf
pany were totally wrecked. The Ca
sino, the United States hotel and the
Tackapausha house and the Dolphin
hotel were among those. buildings which
had at least two feet of water on their
ground floors.
At Averne several summer cottages
were lifted from their foundations and
completely wrecked.
In New Jersey all the low lands We're
under water and the usual wash-out Of
railroads lying along the coast are re-
ported
At Sandy Hook, where even the
breath of a breeze can be twisted into a
gale, last nights blow was a bowling
hurricane. The waves broke higheS
than ever before. and at one time the
old tower which incoming and out-go-
ing ships signal, shook and tottered as
though it would be blown over.
The storm was the most devastating
that has visited Sea Isle City since the
great storm of 1889, which was accom-
panied by a tidal wave. The streets
were flooded and many hotels and cot
tages along the narrow strip Of sand be-
tween Townsend and Corsons inlet
were wrecked or badly damaged. Last
night the sea attacked the beach in
front of the Brunswick hotel, the finest
structure on that portion of the coast.
Today it completed it's work. Early in
the afternoon the front of the building
began to sag. 1t dropped lower and
lower as the waves beat up against 1t,
and in the middle of the afternoon the
structure fell in, mass of ruins.
North Of Sea Isle City the fronts of
many cottages have been undermined;
some of the cottages have already fallen
and others are ready to fall. Many ca
tastrophes must come when the sea re-
sures its pounding at high tide.
At Long Branch the new iron pier,
which many times during the day was
shaken to its very foundation, so far has
stood the test. 1t is thought 1t may go
before morning If the force of the waves
is not lessened.
All day long the wind blew a gale Of
fifty miles at Asbury Park. High tide at
noon seemed to be at the maximum
Hundreds Of people lined the shores
watching the destruction that came with
every wave. Everything within reach
of the waves was used as a battering
ram to break down the structures on
the beach. The great board walk was
pounded to pieces in many places. From
Deal lake to the boundary line it is a
which marks the spot where the New
Era went down in the early days of AS
bury Park, was undermined by the
waves and toppled over into the sea-
The Davis studio on the beach was
caught up by the waves and carried
outward and then shattered by the
breakers. The beach is strewn with
wreckage.
The scenes in Egg Harbor City, N. j.,
were distressing. The wind blew hur-
ricane all day and all night and all day
again Many houses were unroofed and
many people were forced into the
streets. Tonight a mail train managed
to get through after a blockade of about
thirty-eight hours. In that section of
the state tonight instead of abating the
gale seems to be increasing.
Among the craft reported sunk or
damaged Is the schooner yacht Novel
cite, which was driven ashore. The
yacht is badly damaged and is likely to
go to pieces.
The storm along the sound was very
severe, but not as disastrous as on the
ocean coast line.
ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Oct 1.-THE
storm which burst upon this part of the
country shows no sign of abating. Re-
ports coming in from outlying districts
show that much damage has been
done along the coast by the high tides.
The city is cut off from the outside
world, both railroad companies posting
notices that trains could not be run IN
or out of the city. This afternoon Chas.
Mason and his family were driven out
of their home by the water A similar
case is reported from Chelsea, where
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitaker were taken in
q boat from their home ON "hummocks. u
About o'clock tonight the brigantine
steamboat wharf, 300 feet in length, was
washed away and a frame building ad-
Joining the Inflated Casino where the
Elk disaster happened two years ago
was torn down by the waves The
wreck of the schooner Metcalf, which did
80 much damage to the iron pier, came
ashore today.
AT BOSTON
BOSTON, Oct. 1.-THE West India
hurricane which has swept the New
England coast the past thirty-six hours
with almost unparalleled severity is
: subsiding tonight. Not vessel of any
description has left port since last Sat.
urday afternoon. Every point along the
coast from Newport to Eastport re-