The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-10-14
ECHOES OF THE STORM
1t Created Great Havoc Along tho
New Jersey Coast.
SEVERAL PLACES INUNDATED.
Not Only Have New Bays Been Formed
Along the Coast, but Old Shoals and Bars
Have In Many Places Been Pounded
Away-Property Loss Incalculablo.

Not Only Have New bays Bcen FORMED
Along the Coast, but Old Shoals and Bars
Have in Many Places Been Pounded
Away-property Loss Incalculablo.
NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-The great storm
of '96 has not been relegated to the annals
of the past, and the story has not half been
told No one has so far been able to eSt.
mato the damage wrought by the wind
and the waves nor to say how far reach
ing was the fury Of the gale. But as far
as the eye can see from any point along
the shores Of Long Island, along the Ior.
sey coast in over the lOwlands and in
some instances over tho highlands, wher.
ever one may turn, there are the evidences
that hurricane has boon passing through
this section of tho country. 1t was the
tail of n storm that came from the indies
broad and destructive lifted the seas to u
giant height and forced in the waters with
u sweep that carried them high over the
land to begin tho work that tho wind and
rain would finish.
For two days and u night the gallo blow
with ever increasing fury, and yesterday
there was steady downpour of rain to
complete the miserable devastation III
ready well done Thousands spent the day
at the beaches, not to enjoy the sunshine
and the merry places at the seaside, but to
view tho work of destruction and to look
upon the piles of twisted rafters, broken
spiles, upturned pavilions, ovcrthrown
cottages and the ruins of resorts Of amuse-
ment that in former days were the pride
and tho joy of those who have made the
beach their summer horne. Handsome
lawns that have bcautinc afhc grounds Of
the hotels at the beaches hayo been torn
up like plowcd fields, and on Monday,
when the storm was at its height, tho
hugo structures them selves in many places
were threatened by the waves.
A brighton Beach and at Manhattan,
at Edgemerc, at Far Rocknway, and at II
dozen other points along the sea line, the
fast incoming waters swept under tho
very foundations Of the buildings, and
more than once they shook and shivored
under the terrific pounding of the seas.
One hotel did go down, unable to stand
the forces turned against It, That was tho
Brunswick, at Sea Isle City, the 1lnost
structure Of its kind in that section. How
many smaller buildings We're caught up
by tho wind and wrecked, or inundated, is
up to the present moment an unknown
quantity. 1t is certain, however, that tho
number is large, if for no other reason
than the reports that havo already come in
arc to the OBJECT that in some sections
whole districts on the coast were clean
swept of tho franc buildings that for years
have served for every purpose from bath
house to a home.
Nor was it along the coast alone that
the fury Of tho gale manifested itself. Jcr-
scy City was In places practically mum
dated. Boats were valuable acquisition,
both for purposes OF removal and for pur-
poses Of luconotion. The railroads in
that section of New Jersey were sufferers
to the extent Of suspending business for u
period ana many of the smaller towns in
that state had to be content with lone
some existence for all traffic in and out
OF those places was stopped
The wires of Sandy Hook We're down for
many hours, and when communication
was again established it was only to learn :
that never before had snCh ~ hurricane
been experienced. Fortunately people and
dwellings alike at the old Hook wero built
for storms, and the damage thore was
slight, il tho scare was great House
holders ut Ashury Park and Long Branch
for the summer visitors had long since
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But Cuney Island was the greatest suf-
fcrer. Ono may not now stroll through
the well remembered walks fronting on
the beach, but he may climb woarlly over
the masses of ruins that mark tho old
paths or stand afur and view tho wrecked
ppyiliOnsnu nd Nutor chutpS and ice slides,