, 1903-10-14
THE BIG TIDE

of the Oldest resident of Five Mile Beach
washed the shores of the island last
Saturday, October 10th, 1908. The rain
commenced early Friday morning and
continued with considerable severity
until well into the night, flooding the
streets with several inches of water.
On Saturday the tide reached its high
est point about eleven o'clock in the
forenoon, the ocean being dashed into a
fury by a stiff easterly wind, but no
rain TO speak of accompanied it.
AT Wildwood practically no damage
was done. The tide reached a short
distance in the street on Wildwood,
Oak and Cedar avenues, washing a lot
of sand upon the trolley tracks and
upon the stone pavements on Atlantic
avenue, but not a single foot of the stone
or cement pavements was displaced.
The boardwalk is standing intact and
to all appearances the Wildwood Ca
sino and Bakers pavilion are not dam
aged in the least
Holly Beach did not fare so well.
The sea made great inroads from Burke
to Leaning avenues, undermining sew
eral small buildings that stood on the
beach front. The bath houses and
summer pavilion at the foot of Andrew
avenue belonging to A. w. Elmquist
was washed down and ground TO pieces.
At the foot of Taylor avenue a small
building was washed down. Thomas
Montgomery's small building at the
foot of Rio Grande avenue, which was
recently repaired and newly rooted and
| painted, succumbed to the waves and
the furniture was scattered here and
there. The basement of the Gladstone
was somewhat damaged by the seeth-
ing waters, butthe building itselfstands
intact. Pacific avenue from Burke to
Leaning II was all under water,
in some places to the depth of a foot.
In some respects the storm was a ben
eft, as a vast amount of sand was piled
up on the beach front, which is very
noticeable at the foot of the streets.
The advocates of the %jetties, which were
built some months ago, claim that they
were the cause of the sand piling up
this way. Back in the sounds the
small boats and sailing vessels Were
torn from their moorings and either
damaged or filled with water. The
yacht Tidal Wave, owned by MI. Blum,
was dashed against the bridge, filled
with water and considerably damaged.
AT Anglesea the storm did not do the
damage expected of such a high tide.
The water came in on Walnut avenue
and pretty near the post office and the
life saving station. The porch steps at
the residence of Postmaster Jason Buck
were partly washed away. The storm
left considerable debris lying about the
streets. A part of the pier at Hotel
Royal was washed away and some
damage done to the small buildings
about the property. With the eXcep-
ton of Charles Mace, possibly, the
greatest amount of damage at Anglesea
was sustained by the owners of the
yachts anchored in the harbor. The
j. A. Gault went ashore in front of the
Royal. The Vincent was left high and
dry on the beach between Hotel Royal
and the life saving station with a bad
hole stove in on one side. On Monday
Monday workmen were engaged in
jacking her up so that she could be
repaired. The Sallie b. went ashore on
the beach above the residence of ex-
Mayor Munro. The yacht owned by
contractor Ellsworth Hewitt was left
high on the beach up toward the Here
ford club house.
The train service ON the island was
suspended from Saturday morning IN
til Tuesday morning. The train went
out as usual on Saturday morning.
Upon returning with the freight it was
stalled at Grassy Sound by the rising
waters and remained there until Mon
day. The wrecking train came down
on Monday and the track repaired so
that the train made its way to Holly
Beach about eleven O'Clock on Monday
evening. The train went out on Tues
day morning as usual. No mail was
received from Friday night until Mon
dow of moan DnGtTn actpr I,iVpupV left
Wildwood Monday morning at $50
O'Clock with the outgoing mail, driving
to Rio Grande with it, and returning
at noon with the much sought after
mail. Daily papers were at a premium
on Saturday and Sunday. None were
received except a stray IN or two
brought over by travellers who came
across the bridge.
STORM NOTES.
Judge Voorhees, and Undertaken In
gersoll were caught off shore on Satur-
day and walked across the meadows
on the railroad track. They had quite
an experience and trudged through
water up to their hips a part of the dis
lance. They had their guns along and
killed eighteen mud hens on their
journey.
Charles E. Warner and Mr.. Wilder
We're caught away from the island dur
ing the storm. They came through to
Cape May from Philadelphia Sunday
morning and were driven from the Cape
over the county bridge and arrived III
Wildwood Sunday afternoon in a
drenching rain.
Sidney H. Ogden, of Bridgeton, was
another traveller caught by the storm.
He was returning from Barre, VT,
where he has been since July, and got
down as far as Sea Isle junction on
Saturday evening. He found a warm
welcome awaiting him at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Dampman at Rio
Grande, where he stayed all night.
On Sunday he procured a carriage and
was driven to Severn Hall, his objec-
tive point.