The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-13
Asbury Park and Long Branch Suffer
Losses to the Extent Of Tens Of
Thousands Of DOllarS-HOtelS and
Partitions Washed Away at Rocka.
Way--Train and Telegraph Ser
vice lnterfered with at All Points
Along the New Jersey Coast.

hurricane which arrived in this city
yesterday is today bowling off the
coast, making the water boil and driV-
ing the breakers mountains high upon
the coast
At Red Bank. N. j.. number OF
boats were blown on the river shore
there is more or less damage to some
there is more or less damage to some
of the summer docks and buikheads. Ii
It reported that the steamboat wharf 1t
Fair Haven was badly damaged. The
outlet is again cut through near Nor
mandie by -the-sea, between Sea Bright
and the Highlands.
At Sandy Hook the gale was more
severely felt than for years. At Bar
negat, N. j.. considerable damage has
been done to shipping and property
along the coast. The schooner yacht
Novelette,. of Philadelphia, is ashore
and a number of small craft have been
badly damaged. The railroad track
along the beach has been washed out.
Asbury Park and Long Branch have
suffered to the extent of tens of thous-
ands of dollars and the damage con-
tinues with every incoming wave Al
Asbury Park the waves are beating
heavily against the famous board walk,
carrying destruction in their wake. AT
the foot of Sixth avenue several sum
mer houses have been raised and the
granite monument. marking the spot
where the New Era was wrecked IN
1854. has tOppled over and been wreck
ed The Fifth avenue pavilion Is IN
great danger. The studio of the latt
Theodore Davis, in which he designed
the dinner set for the White HouS"
during the administration Of President
tln..
shortly after u o'clock and topplcd over
into the angry waves. The Asbliy ave
nue pavilion has also been damaged.
The waves are running over Ocean
avenue. Long Branch, and large chunks
of famous drives ;.re washed OUT at
every wave. Sea Bright is also catch
ing the full force of the storm. The Bel
mar paviliuns are in danger of destruc-
ton.
At go this afternoon monster wave
struck Seidls' concert hall at Brighton
Beech and tore away tWo-thlrdS OI the
structure. There is little hope that the
remainder can DE- saved. The Brighton
Beach race track stables are Hooded
and the horses have been removed
Rough estimates place financial loss
along the COney Island beach at $780,
OOO A large number Of structures
The old iron pier that was believed to be
invincible, and which had been buffeted
by the storms of over twenty winters
was cut i'm two by the force Of tn"
waves.
Manhattan Beach shared the disas.
ter Much OF the urnaInentatiun on the
grounds in front of the Manhattan
Beach hotel was swept away. and the
magnificent lawn in front of the Orien-
tai hotel was made Il dismal waste
AT Rockaway Beach at least twenty
hotels and pavilions were carried away,
RAILROAD TRAFFIC. SUSPENDED.
Sea ISL. City. N. j.. Oct. 12-The
storm still RACES here with unabat.d
fury and this morning the seas were
rushing in against the sea wall on the
beach front and on through across the
town to the meadows, which for mills
are raging, surging body Of water.
All along the beach front the waves
have piled up wreckage and drift. Th"
boardwalk still remains intact but it
is feared at high water the damage will
be increased.
All traffic on the South and West
Jersey railroads is suspended. The
former road has had no trains in since
Saturday night. and reports are cur
rent that the entire road from Corsons
inlet to the main land is gone. The
last train on the West Jersey came in
Sunday morning. There are many bad
washouts between this city and the
main land.
Ocean City is isolated, and the wires
to that place fail to work The seas
break heavy and they have a clear
sweep across half mile Of land from
the ocean to the bay. The cottages
adjacent to the hotel presents a sorry
sight. Fences are down, verandas are
sunk, crushed and torn from their sup
ports and fears are entertained for the
big hotel itself. 1t will take many days
to repair the damage done since last
night The storm still RACES more furi-
ously than ever.
Five Mile beach resorts Of Anglesea,
Wildwood and Holly Beach are entire
ly cut off from the outside world. The
damage to property at those resorts is
reported as being large.
Washouts on the Seven Mile beach
branch of the West Jersey railroad are
reported and the Five Mile beach rail-
road Is almost entirely gone
DISASTROUS HIGH TIDE.
The high tide this afternoon will long
be remembered, for never have break
ers rushed in shore with such force as
they did for three hours from IL o'clock
until after 2. Shortly after noon the
sea tore away sections Of the board
walk and demolished fences and ver-
andas of many cottages on the front.
Then they undermined the Hotel
Brunswick, which is located on the
beach, and in a few minutes it col
lapsed, a broken, ragged mass of tim
bers In falling the building carried
with 1t the house of Mrs. German. of
Philadelphia, which, too. is a complete
wreck. The railroads are badly washed
out.
The havoc Of the sea was the greatest
in the vicinity Of Continental hotel.
Cottages owned by Charles Glassa, A.
c. Wagner, NJ. c. Kelley, Charles VOL
ters, Errecker estate, Samuel Well,