The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-02-22
Storm Damage
Here Reported
Very Small
Rising Tides Flood Many
Houses Along Bay
Front
SHORE ROAD COVERED
IN MANY PLACES
Electric and Phone Service
Observation-Disclosures Busy
Repairing Poles and Wires
Car Service Halted

Pleasantville escaped with small
loss following the winters worst
nor easter which came over the
weekend, causing damage estimat-
ed to be many thousands, if not in
TO the millions of dollars, in the
South Jersey resort sections. With
its hub city. the Mainland towns
also were fortunate enough to re-
port their damage)as small as the
storm abated.
Police were called out twice, once
to rescue a colored family who were
flooded out Of their home at the end
of the Old Turnpike by the rising
tide, and a second time to the s.
Shore road near Decatur avenue,
where a large Ansley Park real es-
tate sign was reported to be en-
dangering pedestrians.
Although the damage done was
reported small, the wind, which
came with the sleet and rain short
" after l o'clock Saturday after
noon reaching first a 45 mile, and
then 81 mile velocity early Sun
day morning, caused no little in
convenience ami worry to Mainland
folks.
The rising tide flooded houses
along the bay front. excepting the
Fox development. where sidewalks.
cellars and all developed streets
and sections withstood the tide and
storm
Summer houses. many Of them
occupied even during the winter
months, at the end Of Edgewater
aseIs.e. were flooded. ia some cases
the tide washing more than 4 yard
above the lower floor The mead
ows were a sea Of water all during
the storm. flooding over the trolley
tracks, and making travel by cars
impossible until Sunday night
The water flooded the Shore road
at the end OF The Suburban trolley
system at Absecon, making it i'm
possible for motorists to pass that
spot. and forcing them to detour by
way of the Absecon boulevard The
fence at many places along the Abb
secon boulevard was down, while
'eaweed and debris was piled half
way across the ninety foot highway,
tossed by the tide OF Sunday morn
ing.
Both electric and the telephone
companies suffered from the storm.
In many cases poles were blown
down, one dropping across the
Shore road in Somers Point at ten
o'clock Saturday night. where it en-
dangered passing motorists for a
Will :, until it was pulled out Of the
way No great damage was report
ed TO the public. however
Phone ana lighting service was
spasmodic over weekend, in many
instances wires being down. Elm
ployees of both companies worked
all Sunday, from early in the morn.
ing until a late hour at night in an
effort to give service to the ,ublic.
The Shore road, at certain
stretches, was flooded from curb
TO curb Sunday, in many cases over
flowing into cellars which happen
ed to be lower than the curb level.
Hugh holes were ripped into the
road, as the elements worked on
the paving, and the passing auto
mobiles tore it from its bed.
Scores Of machines were stuck in
all sections of the Mainland by the
storm as their ignition systems be.
came damp. and the cars refused to
go Taxi drivers and garages had
busy time towing these ears in.
Early Sunday morning practically
every car on the Shore road baG
another car in tow.
Old residents of this city declare
that the storm caused the tide to
rise righer than they remember it
TO have risen for a number of years
past. 1t forced all cars. electric
lines too. to suspend their service
between the resort and this city
from late Saturday night until an
early hour Sunday afternoon
The tracks were completely flood
ed. The Suburban system, whose
tracks are lower than those Of the
Electric and Shore Fast suffered
most, being forced to discontinue
its operations for the longest
period.