Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-13

| OdndSe-AL COney island, Jne
8each was Swept Clean, Every
thing Being Carried Away Sc
we're Along the Jersey Coast
New York, October IA veritable
hurricane has swept over this section Of
! the country yesterday ana to-day. The
wind blew with terrific force, reaching
at Sandy Hook a velocity Of IS 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 with force
that carried everything before them and
! G.1 damage amounting to millions Of
dollars. Sandy Hook and points al.
H.Ong the Jersey coast felt the fury OF
the storm most of all, bu, COney Island
experienced, so far as has ye, been learn
| Cd, the most direful results. The baeches
were swept clean, payiliOns were over
turned and carried seaWard, bathing
! houses ald board walks, everything not
/ far inland on the famous island, was
torn up and piled high beyond the coast
/ line, or were carried OuL 10 sea. At
| Brighton Beach the stone walks in front
OF the big hotel were under water and
/ towards the enl OF this forenoon the
/ famous Seidl concert hall was inundated
and partially carried away. The we'll
/ kept lawns in front OF the Orienta,
hotel anu Manhattan Beach hotel were
: laid waste and The lower portions Of the
h0te.s flooded Innumerabie small
/ buildings were Simply picked up bodily
/ and carried away by wind or waves.
Al Far ROckaWay the fury Of the gale
was indescribable. Those houses which
were built on piles in sand were washed
! away, and those higher up, which for
/ years have been OUT Of reach OF the
/ higheSt tides, were to-day Hooded
Along the Jersey coast most Of the
/ damage done was to pers and TO break
| waters. Preparations h@d been made,
! as fore warnings of the storm had been
/ given some days before. AS yet very
/ little damage 10 shipping has been re-
/ ported, for on accOunt OF warnings
many craft delayed sailing and others
| that had cleared returned for a safe an
/ chOrage.
COnoy Islands beach was swept by
/ the waves OF Jhe highest ide in the his
/ tory OF the famous resort last night and
/ to-day. A large number OF temporary
! structures along the front were destroy
! ed. The boulevard was flooded IS far
/ as Neptune avenue. The shelter houses
at the intersection of the cOncOurSe and
| boulevard were washed away. Waves
running mountains nigh battered the
/ plaza in front of the Brighton Beach
/ Hotel and tore away part OF the concert
pavilion in which Anton SeidlS Orches-
/ ira gives its performances. The Ocean
/ Hotel west of the Brighton Beach HO-
| tel. was surrounded by water and its
! foundations were racked. Numerous
bathing pav.lions and amusement
houses in West Brighton were either
| wrecked or damaged, among the latter
| being the club house Of the Seaside Ath-
| letic Club. The Old iron pier that was
/ believed to invincible and that had been
/ buffeted by the storms of over twenty
winters, was cut in Two by the mighty
I impact of the waves. At o'clock the
storm was SUI working havoc, wrecking
/ everything wi min reach on the beach
| and the outcome cannot be anticipated
| The collapse ef the Ocean House appears
to be but matter of few hours. 1t is
entirely surrounded by water, and the
occupants are moving out their belong
ings. Manhattan Beach shared the dis
aster with other sections of the island.
Much OF the ornamenJation on the
grounds in front OF the Manhattan Beach
Hotel was swept away and The mag
nificent lawn in from, Of the swell Orl-
entail hotel was made a dismal waste.
Hog Island, during the afternoon, add
ed another big section 20 that portion
which had previously gone to sea, and
another such storm wuld wipe i. and
several other adjoining districts out OF
existence altogether.
The ferry house, dock, boardwalk and
pavilion Of the Far Rockaway Improve
ment Company was totally wrecked.
The casino. the United States Hotel, the
Tackapausha House and the Dolphin Ho-
tel were among those buildings which
had at leas. two feet of water on their
ground floors.
Al Wave Crest the damage will amount
70 about S50.O00. Nearly all the i'm
provements made by the Lancaster I'm
urovement Company near this place
within the last two years are Wasned
away. piled up in broken masses or
buried under tons Of sand.
A great deal of damage was done al
Fdgemere. and this afternoon the tda
had risen so high as to threaten TO un-
dermine the Edgemere Hotel The huge
structure was thought TO occupy place
Of safety. but nothing seemed TO be saie
i'm to-dav's rush of the waves. ne
water swept ND and cut a breech IN the
sond long the 400 feet of frontage OF
the hotel II washed its way underneath
49, bniiding and at one time threatened
its destruction. -. ,,44ooos
AT Averne. several summer co.'aseS
were lifted from their foundations anu
comnletely wrecked. Al this place sew
eraI hundred yards Of track was w9sneu
- In New Jersey ali the IoWIands
49,. - rnder water and the usual wash
onts of railroads lying along me coast
are reported. - electric roads
suffered most. tto b,.oo+b
Al sandy Hook where even lhe oIea,n
- 800 can be twisted into gaze
Iost NIGHTS blow was hoWilng nuIIi-
l.,5, - r was q fearful night TOT 'le
observer o and for all who had reason ne 10
venture within sight Of the sea seas ,.f,re ine
waves broke higher than ever DeI2re t;lS
and qt one time the o-S 1oWeI' W. -
1nC inCor,;rC ~ o-' and outgoing ships signal
lsooI- ,i,Col,-' nd rortered as thought It would
he b,ovyn over. This was toWaICs HOI--
inc when it 3 estimated the gale was
snsa5ing sT9 along in the vicinity OF sew
entv-fve miles an hour