The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-13
STORM AT CAPE NAY.

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STORM AT CAPE MAY.
Cape May, Oct. 12-The tide over
Cape May meadows last night five feet
deep. accompanied by a heavy beating
sea. At South Cape May the sea car
ried away the beach bulwarks and
large sections of the avenue roadbed
and jeopardized several cottages on its
border. The road for several hundred
feet was undermined by the surf. Cape
May proper has escaped with few
hundred dollars damage. The storm is
the worst for five years. Telegraph
communication Is seriously interrupted
and no news has been received from
other cape shore resorts.
Tonichts high tide and heavy sea
washed the remnant of Beach avenue
al South cape May into the sea. The
waves broke against the houses, cutting
ont the underpinning and sweeping
away the fences and trolley tracks.
St. Peters chapel at Cape May Point
has lost part of its support and may
drop on the strand before morning.
East Cape May beach was swept by
the sea and the trolley road bed
washed out.
The board walk in front of this city
was damaged, portions of it being
washed away.
The damage to the shore line from
Cape May Point 20 sewell's Point Is
estimated at 100000.
pleasantville, N. j., Oct. ,12.-An
trains bound east are stalled here or
have returned to Philadelphia. All
communication with Atlantic City is
cut off, and gangs of men are trying to
repair the bad breaks in the roadbeds
of the Reading and West Jersey rail-
roads. At . o'clock this afternoon the
water rose to the highest point since
the great storm of 1889 and the high
wind forced the waves against the
roads until the beds gave way. and In
an hour or two, deep cuts hundred
feet long We're washed out, through
which rivers of water poured under the
tracks in mighty torrents. The breaks
are the most serious that have occurred
on the meadows for years and 1t may be
day or two before railroad commune
cation Is established with Atlantic City.
The wind Is still fresh from the north
est and this evening fears are enter
tanned that the next high water will
greatly increase the damage already
some
WONDERLAND" COLLAPSED.
Atlantic City, NJ, Oct. 12.-The
storm and high .ide this morning fur
iher injured the iron pier and took an
"tn3r section of the structure away, to-
S|Sether with the big music pavilion. A
part of the old board walk, in Chelsea,
has been washed down and the yachts
mems wharf, at the inlet, 200 feet in
length, has been completely destroyed.
The south track of the Reading rail-
road over the meadows is washed away.
Tor hundred or more feet, and there Is
also WaShout on the Camden and At
lan;ic railroad, trains being held at
I'leasantville.
Werner's wonderland" building COL
lapsed this afternoon and the exhibits
and building are total loss. Rich
ards bath houses, in Ventno, have
been destroyed and the steamboat pier
ON the Brigantine Beach, 300 feet in
length. is gone. sections Of it having
been carried out to sea.
Commodore Harry II. Finer, Of the
Cricket fleet, In company with Charles
Jeliries and William Hayday, left on
4 fishing trip on Friday up the bay,
and have not been heard from since.
Their friends in this city are much
alarmed for their safety.
ON MASSACHUSETTS COAST.
Gloucester. Mass, Oct, H.
The northeast storm which COM
menced yesterday morning, grad
last night the wind reached hurricane
ioEce. For many years no such sea has
been seen along the coast which is an
Indication that the storm is very Sc
we're off coast.
NJ further disasters are reported.
The hurricane signals are still dis
played and the intensity Of the storm
has not yet abated.
Boston, Oct. 12.-That the present gale
VIII prove disastrous to shipping is ex-
pscted to be shown by the reports Of the
next few days. More or less damage has
already been sustained. Particularly
among the pleasure craft In this yicin-
ity 1t has been very heavy.
YACHT BLOWN ASHORE.
Freeport, l.. l.. Oct. 12.-The gale.
which has been blowing here since yes
terday blew the yacht Moslem ashore
at Point Lookout Beach today, She
Is the property of the Prospect Cunning
club Great damage has been done ia
the beach in this vicinity.