The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-05

thought TO be In great peril. Many bags
OF sand We're brought and piled upop the
heading in front of this and other houses.
but single breaker often swept away
an hours accumulation.
W. O. Besler vice-presdent and general
manager OF the Central Railroad Of New
Jersey. came 20 Seabright this afternoon
on a special train composed Of An observa-
ton locomotive and "A single car. Atlas.
Ocean Cut Through Peninsula.
Mr.. Beslei had found his railroad en-
tirely out OF commission at Normandie,
north OF Seabright There the ocean had
made a clean breach through the peninsula
formed by the Shrewsbury and the sea
heavy tide was flowing from the Shrews-
bury out into the ocean and the gap had
every appearance OF being permanent. IL
is possible that the railroad will have to
bridge 1t when II rebuilds its track NJ
this point.
Life savers OF the Seabright life saw
ing station. mile north OF Seabright.
working under Keeper Albert Mount, tried
hard to keep the two Hall cottages out
Of the ocean. They did not succeed.
North Of the Octagon Hotel. in the
centre OF Seahright, are cottages belonging
10 the following persons which have been
snatched out 10 sea or 80 mangled as 10
be considered a total loss, Mrs. Louis
Fitzgerald, T. &. Camp, W. Gage Brady,
Mrs. NJ. Natal, J. l.. Dardon Mrs. l.
Joseph They represent property loss
OF about $4,000.
Other places TO the north. some Of which
will be lost and all OF which have SUI
fered the loss of bulkheads worth from
$500 TO $4,000 apiece, are the c. Atterbury
estate, two houses l.. c. Murray the Sea-
bright Beach club Mrs T. w Mason
Mrs. w. W. Shipper. j. j. Manning
Il. o. Anderson. Charles schweinler, John
Achelis, $. $. Carvalho, Mrs G. L. Wyeth
w. W. Shipper estate. John A. Suther-
ford. c. a. Boston. Mrs. G. A. Rncoast
c. w Hendricks and A. II, Calef.
Houses south of tho Octagon. where
broken bulkheads and missing lawns will
compel the expenditure Of hundreds and
IN some cases thousands are owned By
w. J. R!ker. Samuel R.ker, Sr.. c. ID
Halsey, w. 7. Walker. J. a. Scrymser
Mrs. c. d. Bayiis. J. NJ Cornell. Mrs
i. $. Moore. J. Il. Hoyt, l.. c. Cass. C. z
Rhoades. W. ID. Walbrid<s. James N
Beck and Allen r. Tuck.
The Rumson road. which was In pass
able shape and the whole length OF Ocean
avenue from Long Branch north were
filed with motors, wagons and people
afoot from daybreak-all headed for Sea
bright. The automobiles splashcd ahead
regardless or wet UidkHStps
seas of mud farm wagons hlled WITT
hay and red checked women went ahead
a lively gait women clutching at the'i
skirts ran through the puddles-so'ne'
times a foot or two deep-to hail a pass
ing stage In which there appeared 10 p'
room for one more. A great, incessan
stream OF people kept up toward the nortf
all day.
In Seabright there were by noon 10000
...it coming min
ute. The coaches OF the three trains OF
the New Jersey Central were TANNED Il
suffocat,on. Az the trains had to proceed
slowly, with many stops and much back
ing because of the bad condition OF tn
track, people hoped Off and ON yer,
much at will between stations. Camerai
were aimed In every direction.
See Hotel Topple Into Sea.
II was just after II this morning wher
the crowds lining Ocean avenue abreast
Of the Octagon Hotel noticed a SHAKING
and then heard, or saw. the swapping OF
telegraph and telephone wires running
into the big five stored hosiery that had
faced the ocean there for thirty-fve years
Men had worked half the night and al
tho morning to get everything out OF tht
place from the cellar to the gingerbread
ornamented caves.
'The hotsrs soingi' shouted soms o,
the crowd who saw the wires part.
moment later II went--all at once, al
most OF the houses have gone here these
two days past. The sidewalks crumpiet
in and out, the big beams OF the frame
snapped and twisted and dropped
through floors, n binding white cloud OF
wallplas ter blew over the heart OF the
village and the old Octagon was out Il