Evening journal., 1920-02-07
REHOBOTH FOLK
Will REBUILD
Continued from First Page

think this lumber can be used In re
building and repairing, and II so, will
save thousands OF dollars that would
need 10 be expended on new wood. All
that remains Of the boardwalk is fair
ly continuous double row Of pilings'
with frequent big gaps.
The oak buikhead without doubt saw
ed the ocean front cottages. Last sum
mer there were several gaps in the
lbulkhead and at these points the sea
rushed in and tore away yards OF sand
bank in irregular bites, leaving some
/ of the cottages at a salient Cement
and additional wood bulRheads have
kent the land In front OF the Benjamin
| F. Shaw cottage intact, so that ms
property gives the effect OF being
peninsula. The bulkhead between the
lNcCullough and Shaw cottages has
been entirely swept out 10 sea or piled
Iup as lumber on the beach; There are
two other small gaps. and the bulkheau
is gone from the foot OF Rehoboth ave
nue.. Elsewhere. while the bulkhead
Is In place IL Is leaning far forward to
wards the sea, and in several places
breaking up under the action or the
waves. otherwise, as told previously
the chief damage is the collapse OF the
Cooper cottage, whose walls are lying
on ion OF one another like a pack OF
cards. the iorn-away. and sagging front
porch OF the Mccullough cottage, ana
Inc southern end Of the Belhaven Hotel
front porch.
The sand bank has been cut away 10
within two or three yards OF the
porches Of the Mccullough, Baer, Par
! sons and Buckson cottages, ana ciose
nm ia the Belhaven Hotel porch and tne
/ Ruddell and Harper cottages. Inc ianu
remains intact in front OF the DlocK OF
Catholic church property, though the
| thrown-tp plsnks have knocked many
palings from the white fence IN front
In the open space between the NC
Cullough and Baer cottages, the sea mas
eaten from % TO 30 yards into the sahu
bank in irregular chunks.
one curiosity Of the storm IS Drlch
dry well. in front Of the Baer cottage
from which the surrounding SAND was
washed by the sea, leaving II standihs
isoiafed on the beach like a round brlch
chimney. Although the action OF the
,I,oves was furious around It ana no
mortar was used 10 hold these bricks
,ocetber not a solitary brick in tha'
d,S, veil has been knocked out OF place.
before the Baer cottage was moved
hsck thls well stood in its Dack yeTu
and buckets OF butter and mllK Wers
lowered into II 20 keep cool.
The Y. w. c. A. cottage was ilo'eu
hoclr only two weeks ago. There Is
= safe distance between it and the sea
with the exception OF this ana the
shaw cottage. all other ocean-facins
cottsqes between the Hotel Henlop,en
s,d Inc Catholic block will have to De
moved back or risk sure ueslIu0'iya -,
in the next big northeast gar ~ ~
most cases cottages have moNeu Jan
until there is no further rootl' w
Parsons cottage being moved DacA o",s
last spring. The owners VIII nave J..
seek blocks further inland ana move ,',
40 them. G. w. Mccullough, OF Nl-
mineton. and Joseph Harper, OF Chester
vesferdav arranged for the inland re-
,ooval of their cottages. to be done III.
lnoediatelv. Mr.. Mccullough VIII local,
~ Virginia avenue. near The lake. MT
uarner will 20 back 500 feet, ABOUT ~
line from his present location. ne
,,,recLed barge buried in the sand pc
-. 6ie nlace. the bulkhead and heaNs
,,ent foundations saved his cottage
,,,io,,s,b tho waters battered at lt'
Soors S,sn He was surprised to ma ln'
suas ~ ~ the cottage perfectly dry OF
wednesday night. -. 80. oo,tog.
c,., years ago. there were 5uV ieet ~, ~
t,yesn n and the sea. one OF me- '.','
',,Ssons who was born In the COY
80 win probably point TO spyt y
as seon Atlantic as his Ditiipi@aC' @
tie ~ ~ has grown TO be a man. Mr
and Mrs. Harper returnie.u 70 s'''
- I chester yesterday afternoon. - III.
~ colonel Edmund Mltcheli anu y, ,,oi, a.,
s.,,cbier Mrs. Sol REFS are az NJ. p,..
ootiaee for the weekend. WS,osl Dur
90 nroprietor Of the hotel ,icniopen' s
In uJn, came down to look over nis p'op'
W. Ia returned TO washington
er1S, The Cooper cottage had very l'ss. ~,
ndotion' IA which. is believed 70 De ui'
nooson Ioo.U9 n failed to withstand the Eau saly
resSvT sm peboboih was out early on Wea
o.. "a, ,oornipg 70 see the gale at ~
boichf hut IL was not possipic u 80. -
,,'i,bin nJ = hundred yards OF the edge o
NJ hluff because Of the giant Dreahgr' pre-. .l'
s,,.oeninc sue T,I far over. Tuesday night th'
snraI tossed high over the Be.lnavel ave,
End md, ocean front cottages, ana az , llIne'
almost I'm as high as the Hotel henlopen g en-
pIanks and clam shells were tosseu W
=, on Rehoboth avenue as far as Horn
pavilion. The pavilion itself was ,, 1000 1000.
ed for an inch OF two over It's iour
and a window at the back was DioW'
in. Charles {. Horn, the proprietor
usually spends the winter in Philadet
mia. but Ia and Mrs. Horn are remain
ing in their cottage this winter TO over
, see improvements being made in I'M
pavilion. One oddity Of tho storm Wa
noticed by Mr.. Horn near their cottage
, A wild. white duck, rare ara sh.
visitor. settled in the lake and remalne'
there for several hours. It did not Il,
away when they went out TO look al u
The bird probably was exhausted IRON
the storm.
!, a survey OF Dewey Beach, below