The Penn's Grove record., 1914-01-09

~ w bdRSu ~ - 1Aup3faLlV6 LnaI new,
strong b~ulkheading be built at once
along the ocean 'front.' The SUM on
hand would hardly built 500 feet of
the best bnlkhead. A mile or two OF
it is needed. Those Seabrighters who
were not fighting . save their homes
or the homes of others and had q
chance to 60 north or south learned
that while their town wal the worst
hit the whole peninsula from Long
Branch to Atlantic Highlands and San
dy Hook was being gouged out BY
the ocean. At Monmouth Beach the
damage was mostly to bulkheads and
the decking e them, used as a
boardwalk. w. G. Besler, vice-presi1
dent and general manager of the Gem
trail Railroad Of New Jersey, went to
Seabright on a special train composed
OF an observation locomotive and a
single car, Atlas
Mr.. Besler had found his railroad
entirely out Of commission at Norman-
die north Of Seabright. There the
ocean had made a clean breach
through the peninsula formed by the
Shrewsbury and the sea; a heavy tide
was flowing from the Shrewsbury out
into the and the gap had every
appearance Of being permanent. 1t
is possible that the railroad viii have
to bridge it when 1t rebuilds its track
at this point. The Rumson road,
which was in passable shape, and the
whole length Of Ocean avenue from
Long Branch north were filed with
motors, wagons and people afoot from
daybreak-ali headed for Seabright.
The automobiles splashed ahead re-
CARELESS Of wet magnetos and break
ing seas If mud; farm wagons filed
with hay and red checked women went
ahead a lively gait; women clutch
ing at their skirts ran through the
puddles-sometimes a foot or two deep
TO hail a passing stage IN which
there appeared to be room for one
more. a great, incessant stream of
people kept up toward the north all
day. In Seabright there were by noon
10000 sightseers, with more coming
every minute. The coaches OF the
three trains of the New Jersey Cen
trail were jammed to suffocation. AS
the trains had to proceed slowly, with
many stops and much backing because
of the bad condition OF the track, peo-
pie hoped off and on very much at
will between stations. Cameras were
aimed in every direction. Long Branch
was not overlooked by the storm
Damage to the extent of $4,000 was
done. The big gap in the bluff at
Ocean and Sea. View Avenues was en-
larged when 100 feet Of ~bulkheading
was ripped out. Opposite the Hotel
Tallahassee the retaining wall was
torn away, together with 100 feet OF
bulkheading. The Tallahassee bath
houses were also partially wrecked.
While the storm was at its height ON
s turady night, an electric light wire
k Adled a blaze in a large boarding
hot se owned by Morris Schneider on
Monks Avenue. Twenty rooms on the
third floor were destroyed with a loss
Of $15,800.
Five hundred feet OF the Million Dol
lar Pier at Atlantic City were washed
out, and many storekeepers on the
beach front have suffered heavy losses
from the flooding Of their easements.
At Ventnor, near Atlantic City, the
boardwalk was broken down, and sec
tions of the concrete bulkheads were
~dislodged. The wave which broke
over this bulkhead tore up concrete
sidewalks at Savannah avenue and
buried the Atlantic avenue tracks un-
der a mass Of debriss A late change
in the direction of the wind from
northeast to northwest saved Absecon
Island from further damage by the
storm. Damage to several piers, the
breaking Of bulkheads, and the food
ing Of cottages and paVilions caused
an estimated loss Of $35, 900. The to-
tai loss in Atlantic City and vicinity
as a result Of the storm will probably
reach 100000. "A company of men
was kept at work night and day at.
tempting to save the famous wooden
elephant at Margate City.