The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-04
CENTRAL EASTSWEPT
BY BIC SNOWSTORM;;
WARNINGS SENT OUT
New Jersey Coast Points
Threatened With Worst
Experience in Years.
Stories of Suffering

New York January s--Mnh a 20
mile gale from the northeast driving
huge sens against bulkheads already
weakened or broken through by the
New Jersey const points today and to-
night underwent perhaps their worst
experience In many years. A high surf
ran along the entire coast and some
feared that with the coming of high
tide toward morning the sens would
wash over much of the railway which
did not suffer in the previous storm.
So far, no loss of life has been reported
The damage to property already mounts
ell into the hundreds of thousands. Most
of this has been done to dwellings and
other structures.
Seabright, as in the storm of two weeks
ago. bore the brunt of the present storm
as the result of its exposed position on a
narrow sand spit between the ocean and
the Shrewsbury river. Today bulkheads
that had withstood the previous storm
game way, additional sections were flood
ed and more summer dwellings were
wrecked or badly undermined. The Oc-
tagon hotel. damaged already to the ex-
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st. Peters Church in Danger
The old st. Peters church at Galilee is
in an exposed position and is in danger
of going into the seas. The bulkhead was
badly damaged and the lawn washed out
Fishermen worked hard to save the
church. Along the bulkhead the waves
beat with tremendous force. Frequently
they rose to a height of 80 feet when they
broke When da rSness came little prog
ress had been made by workers along
shore 10 stop the seas ravages with tenn
porary bulkheadng.
Bulkheads at Normandie gave way and
all train service on the Highland division
of the Central Railroad of New Jersey
was discontinued. Many telephone wires
are down.
At Asbury Park no great damage had
been done up to a late hour
on Long Island, as we'll as on the Jer-
sey coast, the situation In many places
was regarded as critical. Many Of the
temporary bul<heads erected after the
storm on Christmas night have been
swept out 10 sea, with the result that
much property is at the mercy of the
high waves As far as Rockaway Beach
many small houses have been washed out
to sea and for time several of the large
summer hotels were in danger. Hasty re-
Inducements of their foundations averted
great loss. Most piers have been de-
stroyed and many boats lost
Edgemeres entire water front Is In peril,
huge seas washing over the 1S-foot bulk
heads which protect the place. In what is
known as the Hammells section every
breakwater is down and many buildings
are in danger of collapsing. Late to-
night the meadows north of Long Beach
were under water.
The rising of the tide at midnight
brought new ruin to Seabright. Tho
water spread across the railroad tracks
in the heart of the town to the main
street, which was flooded to the depth
of two feet. and spread until all parts
of the village were inundated. Befoe
the tide had reached the flood stage 4
current was flowing through dooryards
and highways from the ocean into the
Shrewsbury river. 1000 feet away Cot
tage after cottage fell as the waters UNI
dern1ined their foundations. Some of
these were costly summer residences.
SO alarming was the situation that
the townspeople generally an hour after
midnight had boats In their yards ready
for use, should the waters encroach
faIsher. At that time the tide seemed
to be rising. but the wind was going
down and shifting to the north.
Pittsburg. Pa. January 3-The storm
which broke over eastern Ohio and west
ern Pennsylvania last night increa sed in
intensity late today. moving down into
West Virginia and causing great damage
to telegraph and telephone wires. Many
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