The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-13
Brcskers Bite Into the Beach and
Swallow Houses and Piers
Undermined. Lawns De.
strOycd and Rcsidences Carried
Oat to Sea-At Sandy Hook tho
uorrtcane sweeps by at Seventy
ave Miles an Hour, and Shakes
the Old Signal Tower to Its Foun-
datioAs-Sea Isle City. BriShtO
and Long Branch Suffer Heavily
s-Ercme ndous Tides ON the Jer-
fsey Cos ast--Steamers Heed the Sig
nala and Escape the Fary Of the
Storm.


cane has swept ever this sscvi5a OF the
coantry today. the wind blowing with ter
rfac force. reaching ar Sandy HOOK
velocity of seventy Ave miles per hour last
night. The tides rose 10 height many
feet greater than has been seen for years.
ani tho waves all along the Atlantic coast
swept in with force that carried every
thing before them and did damage 70 she
amount of many hundreds OF thousands
OF doi.ars. Sandy Hook and points along
the Jersey coast felt the fury OF the storm
most OF all.
HIT Coney Island experienced. so far
as has been learned. the most direful re-
suits. The beaches were sweps clean, pa
vihons were overturned and carried sea-
ward. bathing houses and board walks
were carried far inland and Piled high be-
yoad the coast line or carried cut to sea-
At Brighton Beach, the stone walks IN
front OF Brighton were under water, ana
toward the end of the afternoon the IA
nous SeidI concert hah 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 Hood
ed Innunerabie small buildings were
simply picked up bodily and carried away
by wind or waves.
AT Far Rockaway the fury of the gale
was indescribab.e. Those houses whicn
were built on piles in the sand were
washed away. and those higher up. which
Cor years have been out of the reach OF
the highes, tide, were today hooded
Along the Jersey coast most Of the dam
age done was 10 piers and to breakwaters.
Prepa rationS had been made. as forewarsl-
ings Of the storm had been given some
days before. As yet very little damage
to shipping has been reported. for on ac-
count OF the warnings many crafts delayed
sailing. and others that had cleared re-
turned for a safe anchorage.
No vessels left this port this morning.
The only vessels arriving up 10 10 O'Clock
We're the steamer Menemsha from Middles-
boro, the steamer Nacoyhe from Savan-
nan the Seminole from Charleston. Two
Old Dominion boats from Norfolk and
Richmond, due yesterday have not arrived.
The ether steamers due yesterday are the
Alliance from Coon. Elmore from New
Orleans ard the steamers due today are
the Schiedam from Amsterdam. Anchorsa
from Glasgow. Civic from Liverpool, Croft
from Dundee. LANDAU City from Swansea.
lstrea from Smyrna.
The North German Lloyd steamers from
Bremen and Cherbourg. and the Kaiser
Wilhelm from Genoa and Gibraltar ar
rived almost simultaneously at quarantine
this evening Both had hove TO for sew
Sf al oAkS4Ut tAtc Oai Aps "a
chance 20 cross. The steam station boat
Alaska had anchored all night under shell
ter of Sandy Hook and made four unsuc-
cessful attempts 20 return 70 her station
between the l!shtships this morning. Each
time the tall waves swept her deck and
the flying spume shut of sight from her
captain. Finally at half past three. on the
NTH attempt the Alaska regained her sta
ton. Shortly Afterwards the big liners
Aller. Kaiser Wilhelm. Civic and An
chorla, which had been hove TO well OF
shore. turned their heads toward the light
ship and pilots were put on board The
A.ic- had stormy passage almost from
The time OF leaving. Yesterday morning.
when near Nantatuck. the wind increased
20 a furious gale, blowing with force
OF eleven degrees, Beaufort scale. II was
from the northwest ard the course OF the
ship was direct in before II. The Aiier was
off Fire island a: about 1880 this morn
ing. She slowed sp her engines and slow
iy crept TO the neighhorhcctf of the light
ship. The Kaiser Willie N TT had gener-
ally fne weather frcm Glaraitar until
terday when the hurricane overlook her.
She plunged and rolled n he huge seas,
making all hands uncomfortable. but sus-
taired no damage. Among the passengers
on board were seventy members OF Colo
mel Napleson's imperial opera company.
Hog Island during the afternoon added
another bsg section to the portion which
had previously gone 70 sea. and another
such storm would wipe II and several
other adjoining districts out OF existence
altogether.
The ferry house. dock and pavilion of
the Far Rockaway Improvement Com
pany were totally wrecked The Casino.
the United States hotel and tho Tacxs-
pausha house and The Dolphin hotel were
among those buildings which had at least
two feet OF water on their ground floors.
Al Averne several summer cottages
were lifted from their foundations and
completely wrecked
In New Jersey all the iowlanSs were tir-
der water. and the usual wash0uts Of rail-
roads lying along the coast are reported.
AT Sandy Hook. where even the breath
of 4 breeze can he twisted frto n gale last
nights blow vas howlsng hurricane.
The waves broke higher than ever before.
ard At one tine the old tower which IN
coming and outgoing ships sigma. shook
and tottered as though ii would DC blown
over.
The storm was the most devastating
thar has visited Sea Isle City since TIE
great storm of 1885. whieh was accom-
PANIED by n tidal wave. The streets were
fooaeH. and many hate.s and cottages
along the narrow strip Of sand between
Townsend and CorSoa's tnlets were
wrecked o. cz3sy GarnaESi. Last Nt2D'
the sea attacked the beach in front Of tha
Brunswick hotel. tas finest structure on
that portion OF the coast. Today il con-
pletei its work. Early IN the afternoon
the front os the building began 20 sag IL
dro2pe-, loSer and lower as the waves bsa;
up against II. and IN the middle OF the
afternoon the structure fe.l IN, mass Q:
ruins.
North Of Sea Isle CITY the fronts of many
cottages have been un5erF1Iuef. some ot
the cottages have already fallen. ard
others are ready u fai. Many ca,as-
tropics must come when the sea resumes
i;s pounding al high tsde.
A. Long Branch xhe nsw iron pier. which
many times during the 9ay was shaken 20
iss foundation. 50 far has stood the test.
II tS thought IL may e1 before morning II
The force of me wind IS not less-nsd- All
day leBr the wind b.ex gaze of fifty
niles at Ashury Park HiEE tie at noon
seemed - be al TIE maximum Hundreds
OF people Hnea ra@ shores watching the de-
sfructson thas carn@ with every wave.
Everything within reach Of the waves
was us~d as = hasfsrinx ram 20 break
down the structures on the beach. Tts
great hsfsi board walk was pounded &c
pieces n many places. From Deal Lake "a
the boundary is-e Il Is s corrplsts wreck
TIE marble raonGnen. which marks TIA