Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-01
STORM ECHOES
Ten Thousand Dollars Damage to
Virginia Beach Fisheries.
Nots, Poles ma Fi<hpona. washed
Aw"y-wrcohoge washed ashore
D"mnEe Mt ocean Wow ana Ola
Point Comfort.

Inc ravases Of the storm OF Monday
night and yesterday morning at yir-
slnia Beach represent thousands of
dollars loss. The damages to the bulk
heauing are not SO very great, but the
principal loss falls on the fisheries.
During the storm the sight was a
grand one as the fierce, pillows beat flu
rlously on the shore and the spray was
thrown far inland.
DAMAGE TO BULKHEADs.
at the Princess Anne about forty
feet OF board walk were washed away,
anu the strong bulkhead damaged to
that extent. The flume and ali else
there were uninjured
AZ the Atlantic Hotel about two hun
dred 1eet OF board walk were wrecked
ana washed away and the bulkhead
padiy damaged. The waters also in
Vaded the hotel site and washed under
the structure. The damage to the
hotel, If any, has not yet been ascer-
tanned. The board walk leading to the
Cnatauqua grounds, with its trestles,
is SAID to be uninjured, and no damage
is reported as having occurred to the
Chatauqun buildings.
The metal roof on one corner of the
De Jarnette cottage was blown of, but
the other cottages seem to have es-
capped without damage worthy Of men,
ton.
LOSS TO THE FISHERIES.
The heaviest loss falls on the fisheries,
as the storm played sad havoc with
fish-ponds, nets and poles. The losses
TO the fisheries direct and conse-
quential, 1t is estimated, will approx
mate $4,000
The direct loss on nets and poles Is
roughly summarized as follows: Price
d James. $4,000; Payne, Simmons and
Dozier; Cason. and ID. Stormont. 1000
each 1t Is estimated the labor cost to
replace the fisheries will be about $1,000.
ana Incidental losses In Interruption 10
business, NC, are figured ut q few thou
sand more. The catch has been good
lately, and the nsh-ponds were we'll
filled.
FIGUREHEAD COMES ASHORE.
Yesterday morning, while the waves
were still dashing hercely. Manager
FRANK p. Morton, of the Princess
Anne. saw peculiar object tossing
against the bulkhead near the hotel
bath-house. With considerable effort
he finally secured it, and 1t turned out
to be the carved and gilded figurehcad
of n ship. The ngurehead represents
the head of All eagle. and IL about a
foot and half long. The terrible force
of the waves is shown by the s.-inch
iron bar that held the figurchead In
place. This bar is twisted as If 1t were
wire. This relic, cast up by the sea,
Is on exhibition in the hotel office, and
it is hoped that Its mystery may be
solved
WHERE IS THE ARLINGTON?
AS Mr.. and Mrs. Matthews, of New
York, who are guests of the Princess
Anne. were strolling along the beach
yesterday in the direction OF Sea Tack
life-saving station. they discovered a
small quantity Of wreckage from a YES
sci OF some kind.
One of the pieces OF wreckage bore
the name "ariington." These relics |
are probably from the Kate Darlington.
Capt North. the story OF whose battle |
with the waves is told elsewhere in this |
issue OF the Virginian-P Pilot.
LOSS AT OCEAN VIEW.
The damage at Ocean View was
slight along by the hotel, but the waves
made considerable ravages along in
front of the cottages between the hotel
and Willoughhy Spit. The bulkhead in
front of many cottages was washed
aMnY and 4 number of private bath
houses were also Wrecked and carried
out.
Down on the narrow portion of Will
loughby Spit the waters ragged from
Hampton Roads TO Willoughby Bay.
and the railway track was badly dam
aged. The first train to the Spit yes
terday morning only got as far as
Fourteenth street, on the Spit a force
OF forty to fifty laborers were at once
sent down, and the track was straight
cned and repaired. Each succeeding
train went on farther, and by 1 p. m.
the train reached the switch, near the
platform at the Spit
The steamer Granite City sustained
some damage to her guard rail.
The old unused pier at the Spit felt
inc lnii force of the waves, and about