The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

Passengers Delayed for Seven Hours
Much Property Lost.

ATLANTIC CITY, y. j.. oct lZ.-Pas-
sengers on the New rIeld local train
over the W est Jersey railroad. bound Tor
this city, h4d an cAciuag experience to-
day. Ihe train was uylnS 10 cross
the meauONS over tracks submerged IN
three or TOUR feet of water by the stream
ana WAS halted near che tower. where
the fatal railroad wreck occurred last
Juiy, because me nrcs IN the engine were
eNtinguisned by water. acre tnc tram
was stalled in the midst of q sea from
10 o clock y. NJ. until 4. NJ.
Wcrncr's w JnderlAnu building col
lapsed this afternoon and the exhibits
and building are Total loss. Ricnards'
bath houses on Ncntno nave been de-
strOycd. ara the steamboat pier on Brig
anime beach, three hundred feet in
length. Is gone, sections OF n having been
carried OUT 10 see.
The storm has further injured the
iron pier and taken another section OF
the structure away, together wtth the
big music pavilion. a part OF the old
board walk in Chelsea has been washed
down, and the yachtmen wharf. ~ the
inlet. two hundred feet IN length. mas
b,en completely destroyed.
SEA ISLE, CITY, y. j.. oct. l2.-Thc
high tide this afternoon will long be re-
mombercd, Tor never have breakers rush
ed inshore with such force as they did
for three hours from II o'clock until after
=. shortly after noon The sea tore away
u section OF the board walk and demOl-
ished fences ami Nerandas OF many cot
dermined the Hotel Brunswick. which Is
located on the beach. and IN few min
utes it collapsed, "A broken. ragged mass
OF timbers. IL. falling IL carried with IL
the house Of Mr.. German. OF Philadcl-
phia. which, too, Is a complete wreck.
The havoc OF the seas was the greatest
up i'm the vicinity OF the Continental HO-
tel. cottages owned by Charles Glass. \.
&. Wagner. NJ j. Kelly, and others, bad
ly damaged by the breakers. The storm
shows no signs OF abatement tonight,
and nigh water is auNiOusly awaited. Re
ports say several houses have been ruin
ed by the inroads OF the sea al Holly
Beach. No trains reached here. and are
not likely for some days. as all roads are
badly hurt.
NEW YORK. oct. l2-Reports from
the Long Island ccsst received this after
room say the storms has Increased In
fury and that much damage Is being
done.
At 2.sO o'clock this morning n non
ster wave struck SIders Concert Hal,.
at BRIGHTON. and tore away two-thirds
OF the Brighton structure. The other
viii be lost
The Brighton Beach Race Track sta
hes are Hooded and the horses have
been removed Rough estimates place
financial loss along the ,oney Islam at
5000, The Ocean iiotei west OF the
Brighton Beach Hotel was surrounded by
foundation. The foundation was injured,
end for a time It seemed II would 20
destroyed. Tut was not
The Seaside athletic club was sur
rounded by water. and the swinging BIZ
cycle carousal next to It was all but rum
ed.
The old iron pier that was believed 10
be invincible. and that had buf1eted the
storms OF over twenty winters, was cut
I'm two by the force Of the waves.
Many Atlantic Beach houses shared
the disaster. Much Of the Ornamental
ton in front Of the Manhattan Beach
Hotel was swept away.
At Rockaway Beach twenty hotels ana
pavilions were carried away.
The hotel al Hog Island was going 10
sea at 10 O'Clock this morning. Hog
Island is covered with water, and the
ocean is running very high.a
On the bay side docks. yachts. large
and small. are being wrecked, and the
entire coast from Edgemere 20 the sea-
side is under water.
Hammels. Seaside. and Avenue are half
under water.
II the wind keeps up tonight half tho
beach will be swept away.