Smyrna times., 1920-02-11
I'M VISITS SMYRNA
rIITTLE DAMAGE DONE
l,yD BEACH SAVED BY
/. '',C rCF IN THE RIVER.
|. Industry Especially at Leip-
I.asr. Materially-RehOboth
|'..,opd Much as Reported

Del0w .J.v a nOrtheaster OF biz
months tendencies that carried th'
hail into drifts making
luture rot unfit for travel and ty
business generally. Fortu
Prices 4. snow was light and witt
and sleet clung to the
{, nave ,,,rly as fast as it fell. The
damage was along the At
,,board from New England to
IDia capes. Atlantic City,
Nv RehobOth and other sea
ts suffered great damage.
tides even affected the bay
s,,;4 ots along the Delaware
~lV , Vodfand Beach was saved
,,r,S pr destruction by the ice
.rr which protected the bank
O,, my he tides from making in
Oott eS he cottages. As it was the
|,;IIo Egh and covered the marsh
i. appear like a body of
ou, Vny muskrats were drowned
uted. High tides prevail all
|Dol,,, Delaware bay shore. Min
| n Al eIergs were formed at
Beach. Kits Hammock and
~, - Creek and MahOn's Light.
Beach it was reported that
,oI+,, Is we're from eight to ten
ght. No cottages fOItu-
|aa,ir, re been washed away or
aed At Little Creek the
soot,i lied the J. 7. Lowe store.
,nd,r Is lighthouse the wind and
beat heavily, and the walk
CON hthOuse, which is built on
Tho, over the marsh was torn
the ice beating against it.
on5 over three feet of water
|nsiva raEh Owing to the high
L Keeper Oi the MahOn's light
nRIahEe a boat to reach
h land supplies. Most of
We? ter boats are lying at Little
MfTG is known, there has
room los Of life along the bay
t the
Al'rat Industry Hurt Badly
riOdS lac high tides prevailed for
aE and both causeways ad-
t the ne town were covered with /
shed leet deep. Thousands of |
the we're reported over the /
Lepslc, and predictions .
IS IN trappers that it will ruin /
business for the lest of
with With the price of rat
in a each, and the meat of the
this Angng anywhere from 20
apiece, the loss of musk
nifty tine will mean consider
a9ers.
,end .6sI Not So Badly Wrecked.
Lie AOslding of the furious
Ia lashed Rehoboth for two
'ked sal idea could be gained
The damage which it left
Vltn = It was found that the
vas total loss, half of
nut nut 'uard Station had been
deG Va, the cement bulkhead
oI a'ken had been swaved
Pnd' the force of the Sand
saRst it by the waves. The
l''sl itself suffered a lit
a' storm but several piers
Tie dance pavilion WERE
\. lAe bulk of the damage
II. BY private cottages. The
one block south Of
SeIehaven was entirely
~. lne building of the Y. NJ
I. ,a'nore, located on the
ity Just below was al
l'sly y, destroyed. The old
|. .,.. building was badly dam
4. wages Of Mrs. Morris.
b ", y and Mrs. FeweIl y, wero ll7'
,,l ~ Inc Wetterburn cot
u IN two by the storm
n Lighthouse Immovable II.
t. earlier reports, l1..,'I HeOs fD1e
Il q SAID to be safe. The
ts05s SAND cliff on which
sg an 1na !, for a time it
sae ,,. al through the two
li~sS '@ y the light never
a II tS.. ae crew had re-
a'd At tsl, ts., Personal effects,
N lo,,su 'ls,r post. The re-
ssbotS' !, to private prop
Some beach which, ac-
apD,,,.' estimates would
gTD,r'',@@ately D. n 100000,
ssr Ba,+a 4. R. Burton, of
ae ,s01 ,taso1 was in Reho-
,lisss S,sd that the dam
noe ~ ts.a. and would not
q D,isa1 man $4,000. He
ID s'pal \ losses were
cooper cot