Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-16
MENACING SURF
SWEEPS WALKS
At LONG BEACH
Giant Waves Roar About Pier,
and Seaside Park Houses
Are ImperiIed
RAILWAY BUSHES employees
Twenty Residences May Be
Caught in Breakers if PeCu-
liar Storm Continues

LONG BEACH, Sept 16.-A heavy
sea and high ground swells, similar to
those which washed out portion of
the Long Beach pier July 4, are doing
great damage here tonight and it Is
reported that another high tide will
result in fifteen or more houses near
Seaside park being washed away.
Efforts are being made to check the
ravages of the waves by building tenn
porary bulkheads along the water
front at the most exposed points. and
the Pacific Electric company issued
orders to rush a gang of $50 section
men to the scene OF the damage early
in the morning, but up until the tide
began to run out late last evening lit
tie effective good was done.
The ocean began to eat into the side
walks, which stretch from the Long
Beach bath house to Seaside park, at
high tide yesterday afternoon. In a
short time over a mile of bulkhead and
sidewalk was destroyed, there being
now scarcely a vestige of over mile
of concrete sidewalk In sight.
1t is feared that the Burke apart
ment house, a three story structure
standing at the foot of Magnolia ave-
nue. west of the Virginia hotel, will
crumble. 1t was deserted for the
night and an effort will be made to
build q bulkhead around it in the morn
ing. Johns grocery, small frame
affair opposite the Burke, was flooded
early yesterday and might have been
washed to sea had not its owner Sc
cured a house-moving outfit and
dragged it up the street out of danger.
TWENTY HOUSES IN PERIL
At II o'clock last evening A. L.
Hall of 1901 West Seaside boulevard
telephoned the authorities at Long
Beach that the section in which he
resided was in such danger that
should another equally high tide come
before provisions for checking its raw
ages were made, fifteen or twenty res
idences would be destroyed. 1t is
probable that the Pacific Electric sec
ton hands will devote their time to
repairing this section.
The Ell Rodeo club house. near the
Burke apartments, had to be vacated
last evening, and the furniture was
moved to shelter in the Virginia hotel.
The thirty-foot sidewalk in front of
the Virginia is partly destroyed, as
we'll as most of that extending be-
hand the first row of stores on the
pike. The roller coaster" and "doub-
lie Whirl" amusement devices are in
the foundations of both being badly
shattered. The lunch pavilion on the
sand below the bandstand is in ruins,
and it will probably be entirely washed
away at the next high water.
TELEGRAPH POLES BROKEN
Toward Seaside park the fury of
the waves seemed to be greatest, and
in this section even telegraph and
electric light poles were washed down.
All available men are being kept on
duty at these points doing all in their
power to check the onslaught of water
The water will keep getting higher
at each high tide until Sunday after
noon, when it will begin to recede. 1t
is feared that a great deal of damage
will be done before that time. Ad-
vantage will be taken at low tide and
temporary bUlkheads will be built.
So far the pier has suffered little
harm, but fear is entertained as to
it's ability to withstand any more bat
terings in it's weakened condition
such as it did yesterday afternoon.