The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-10-16
OLDOCEAN'S RAGE
Ets Effect on the Eastern Coast
Not Half Told.
TIDES RISE HIGHER THAN EVER.

Carrying the Destroying Btiiows TO Poinss
Inland Always Considered Safe--A Scene
of Devastation Left by the Wind and Sea
Great Havoc la TIE Jersey Lowlan<is.
But Coney Islam ne Chief Sufferer.
New York, Oct 1.-the great storm
of SO has not been delegated to the
: annals of the past. and the story has
not half been told. No one has SO far
been able to estimate the damage
wrought by the wind and the waves,
nor to say how far-reaching 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 Jer-
sey coast, in over the low lands-and in
some instances the highlands-wher-
ever one may turnthere, are proofs that
a hurricane has been passing through
this section of the country. 1t was the
tail of a storm that came from the In
dies, broad and destructive; lifted the
seas to giant height and forced in thu
waters with a sweep that carried them
high over the land to begin the work
the wind and rain would finish. For
two days and night the gale blew
with ever-increasing fury, and yester-
day there was a steady down-pour OF
rain to complete the devastation al
ready so well done.
Whole Districts Swept Clean.
Thousands spent the day at the
beaches working at the devastation.
At Brighton Beach and at Manhattan,
at Edgemere, at Far Rockaway and at
int oil ha In
the incoming waters swept under the
very foundations of the buildings. One
aotel did go down. 1t was the Bruins
wick, at Sea Isle City, the finest struc-
ture of it's kind in that section. The
reports that have already come, in are
to the effect that in some sections
whole districts on the coast were clean
swept of the frame buildings Jersey
City was in places practically mum
dated. Boats were valuable acquisi-
ton yesterday. The railroads in that
section Of New Jersey were sufferers to
the extent of suspending business for
period, and many towns in the state
were cut off.
Coney Island the Worst Sufferer.
Householders at Asbury Park and
Long Branch gathered to watch the
fury of the seas, wonder-stricken and
amazed at the greatness of the waters.
But Coney Island was the greatest
sufferer. One may not now stroll the
aforementioned walks fronting on the
beach, but he may climb YEARLY over
the masses of ruins that mark the old
paths, or stand afar and view the
wrecked pavilions and water-chutes
and ice-slides. Seidlitz's concert hall at
Brighton is totally destroyed. The
ruins of two walls are all that mark
the huge structure which crashed in
under the terrific force of water hurled
against It, 1t Is believed that several
hundred thousand dollars would not
cover the value of the places thus de.
stroyed.
Tides Make q New Record.
Monday the tide was higher than
anybody remembered 1t to be, but early
yesterday morning, long before sun
rise, 1t had again reached a maximum
still higher than at the previous flood.
1t only needed this to complete the
devastation along the beaches. The
seas simply swept over the adjoining
districts, hundreds of feet beyond what
long ago had been fixed as the line
Of safety. AS a result dwellings were
flooded and yesterday some Of them