The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-13
FUN FOR NEPTUNE, BUT ROUGH
ON THE "SAD SEA
DOGS"
LINERS GIVEN A SHAKING.
FROM THE GALE ON THE
ATLANTIC.
CONEY ISLAND SWEPT BY BILLows
Great Damage Done All Along the
Famous Beach by Unparalleled
High Seas.

NEW YORK, Oct. IA veritable
hurricane has swept over this section
Of the country. Yesterday and today
the wind blew with terrific force, reach
ing, at Sandy Hook, velocity of rs
miles an hour last night. The tides
rose to height many feet greater than
has been seen for years, and the waves,
all along the Atlantic coast, were
swept in by force that carried every
thing before them and did damage to
the amount of many hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars. Sandy Hook and points
along the Jersey coast felt the fury
of the storm most of all, but Coney
island experienced so far as has yet
been learned the most direfuI results
The beaches were swept clean, paviI-
ions We're overturned and carried sea-
ward, bathing houses and board walks,
everything not far inland on the famous
island was torn up and piled high be-
yond the coast lines, or carried out
to sea.
AT Brighton Beach the stone walks
in front Of the big hotel were under
water and toward the end of this after
noon the famous Seidl concert hall was
inundated and partially carried away.
The Well-kept lawns in front of the
Oriental hotel and Manhattan Beach
hotel were laid waste and the lower
portions Of the hotels flooded. Innu-
merable small buildings were simply
picked up bodily and carried away by
wind and waves.
At Rockaway the fury Of the gale
was indescribable. Those houses which
were built on piles in sand were wash
ed away and those higher up, which
for years have been out of reach of
the highest tides, We're today flooded.
Along the Jersey coast most of the
damage done was to piers and to break
waters. Preparations had been made
as warnings of the storm had
been given some days before. AS yet
very little damage to shipping has
been reported, for on account of warn
ings many crafts delayed sailing, and
others that had cleared returned for q
safe anchorage.
Hog Island, during the afternoon,
added another big section to that por-
tion which had previously gone to
sea and another such storm would
wipe it and several other adjoining
districts out of existence altogether.
The ferry house, dock, board walk
and pavilion of the Far RockaWay I'M
provement company were totally
wrecked The Casino, the United
States hotel, the Tackapausha house
and the Dolphin hotel were among
those buildings which had at least two
feet of water on their ground floors.
At Wave Crest, the damage will
amount to about $4,000, and a great
deal Of damage was done at Edge
mere. This afternoon the tide had
risen so high as to threaten to under
mine the Edgemere hotel. At Averne.
several summer cottages We're lifted
from their foundations and completely
wrecked. In New Jersey all the low
lands were under water and the usual
Washouts of railroads lying along the
coast are reported. In this particular
the electric roads suffered most
At Sandy Hook, where even the
breath of a breeze can be twisted into
gale, last nights blow was a howl
ing hurricane. The waves broke higher
than ever before and at one time the
old tower. which incoming and out
going ships signal, shook and tottered
as though it would be blown over This
was towards morning when 1t is esti-
mated the gale was speeding along in
the vicinity Of rs miles an hour
The storm was the most devastating
that has visited Sea Isle City since
the great storm of 1889, which was ac-
streets We're flooded and many hotels
and cottages along the narrow strip
of sand between Townsend and Cor
sons InletS were wrecked or badly
damaged Last night the sea attacked
the beach in front of the Brunswick
hotel the finest structure on that por-
tion of the coast. Today 1t completed
its work. Early in the afternoon the
front of the building began to sag. It
6FnaYQd a nd fIe
beat up against it and in the middle
of the afternoon, the structure fell in
a mass of ruins.
North of Sea Isle City, the fronts of
many of the cottages have been un-
dermined. Sea Isle City has been en-
tirely cut off from train connection
Life saving crews have been on the
alert ever since the storm began. They
Rave been able to do little in the way
OF averting the damage and nave been
required to do little in the way of
saving life.
At Long Branch the new iron pier.
which many times during the day was
shaken to it's very foundation, so far
has stood the test. It is thought that
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. Every movable
thing within the reach of the waves
vas uSou as a DaLIoflnS ram TO Dredk
down the structures on the beach The
great board walk was poanded to
Pieces in many places. The scenes in
Egg Harbor City, N. j., were distress
ing The wind blew a. hurricane all
cay and all night and all day again.
Many houses were unroofed and many
people were forced into the streets
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. She is owned in Phil
adelphia. and had been recently over
hauled there.
At Atlantic City the storm continues
tonight with no signs Of abating. Re
ports coming in from outlying districts
show that much damage has been done
along the coast by the high tides. This
afternoon Charles Mason and his fam
lily were driven out of their home by
the water A similar case is reported
from Chelsea, where Mr.. and Mrs.
Whittakers were taken in boat from
their home on "Hummock About
o'clock tonight the steamboat wharf
was washed away and a frame build
ing adjoining the Inflated Casino,
where the Elk disaster happened two
years ago, was torn down by the
waves.