The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-15
WIND AND WAVES.
Combined They Play Havoc Along
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Combined They Play Havoc Along
. ri. the Atlantic Coast.
81 New York, Oct. IA veritable hur-
ricane has swept over this section OF q
the country yesterday and to-day.
The wind blew with terrific force,
reaching, at Sandy Hook, a velocity Of
seVenty-fve miles an hour last night.
The tides rose to a height many feet
greater than has been seen for years
and the waves all along the Atlantic
coast swept in by a force that carried
everything before them and did dam
age to the amount of many hundreds
of thousands of dollars. Sandy Hook
and points along the Jersey coast felt q
the fury of the storm most of all, but
Coney Island experienced so far as 4
has yet been learned the most direful
results The beaches were swept q
Clean pavilions We're overturned and
carried seward, bathing houses and
board walks, everything not far I'M
land on the famous island, was torn
up and piled high beyond the coast
line, or was carried out to sea. AT
Brighton Beach the stone walks in
front OF the big hotel were under water
and toward the end of the day the
famous Seidl concert hall was inun-
dated and partially carried away. The II
we'll kept lawns in front of the ORR
entail hotel and Manhattan Beach
hotel were laid waste and the lower
portions of the hotels flooded. In-s
Vulnerable small buildings were simply
picked up bodily and carried away by
wind or waves. At Far RockaWay the
fury of the gale was indescribable.
sIhose houses which were built on 4
piles in sand were washed away and
those higher up, which for years have
been out of reach of the highest tides
We're to-day flooded. Along the Jersey
coast most Of the damage done was
to piers and to breakwaters Prepare
tons had been made as foreWaIningS
of the storm had been given the day
before. AS yet very little damage to
shipping has been reported, for on ac-
count OF warnings many crafts de-
layed sailing, and others that had
cleared returned for a safe anchora ge.
Many Buildings Destroyed
Hog Island added another big sec
ton to that portion which had preyi-
ously gone to sea, and another such
storm would wipe it and several other
adjoining districts out Of existence al
together. ~
Ire ferry house, dock, board walk
and pavilion of the Far Rockaways
Improvement company were totally
wrecked. The Casino, the United
States hotel, the Tackapausha house
and the Dolphin hotel We're 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. A great
deal Of damage was done at Edge
mere, and to-day the tide had risen SO
high as to threaten to undermine the
Edgemere hotel This huge structure
was thought to occupy a place of safe
ty, but nothing seemed to be safe ii
to-day's rush of the waves. The water
swept up and made breech in the
sand all along the 400 feet Of frontage
OF the hotel. It washed its way under
meath the buildings, and at one time
threatened it's destruction.
at Averne several summer cottages
We're lifted from their foundations and
completely wrecked. At this place also
several hundred yards Of track was:
washed away. In New Jersey all the
low lands were under water and the s
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 bowling
hurricane. It was fearful night for
the observer and for all who had
reason to venture within sight of the
seas. The waves broke higher than
ever before and at one time the old
tower, which incoming and outgoing
ships signal, shook and tottered as
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was toward morning, when it is esti-S
mated the gale was speeding along in
the vicinity Of seyenty-fve miles an
hour. g
The storm was the most devastating
that has visited Sea Isle City since the
great storm OF 1889 which was ac-
companied by tidal wave. Tha
streets were flooded and many hotels
and cottages along the narrow strip Of
sand between Townsend and Carson,s
Inlet were wrecked or badly DANA ged