Evening star., 1933-08-25
CAPITAL BELIEVED
SAFE FROM FLOOD;
LOSS NEARBY MOUNTS

dredS OF thousands OF collars. IL was
estimated by residents in that sector
The quarter mile pier at Seaside
where steamboats, from Baltimore
landed, was demolished in the gale
The tiny steam locomotive constructed
several years ago to haul passengers
back and forth from the steamboats, t
the park. regarded as one of the most
novel attractions at the beach, sank.
The State road bridge running sc
feet from North Beach across the water
to Seaside Park shifted in the storm
and was closed to traffic.
A crabhouSe recently constructed was
washed inland 300 wards and its pier de-
molished
Damage at North Beach.
At North Beach the dance pavilion
Capt Oscar Marshall's pier and crab
house, St. JoSeph's camp, a Summer
cottage for boys conducted by Father
Adams of Washington; boardwalks ano
streets. were also laid waste.
Three houses at North Beach were
washed from their foundation and
swept away 100 yards into marsh land
Lights and phone service at all Of the
beaches were cut of, while many cot
tages were flooded.
A volunteer rescue squad was formed
at North Beach during the height OF
the storm by State Policeman w. C.
McVey and the town police chief H. G
Haddaway, to administer restoratives tc
hysterical vacationistS. They also re-
moved a number OF persons whose
homes were flooded to the town hall
and cottages on higher ground. Many
boats were washed from the beach tc
points 200 yards inland.
Many automobiles and trucks. includ-
ing a number from Washington, were
marooned on a strip of land between
West Beach and Seaside Park. West
Beach escaped with lighter damage
than any of the beaches in that imme-
diate sector, the damage being confined
to the ripping of shingles from the
roofs of houses. the flooding OF several
cottages and destruction of several side
walks.
Concessions Escape.
None of the concessions at any OF
the parks in the Chesapeake Beach was
badly damaged and all of them re-
sumed operation after the storm abated.
Railroad service between the beach and
washington was discontinued early
Wednesday morning, because Of wash
outs along the line. it was learned last
night. Two trains were stranded at
the beach as result.
It was learned that the steamboat
wharf at Solomon'S Island collapsed
early yesterday, after being weakened
by the storm. A new automobile which
was stored in the shed on the wharf
at the time sank in the bay, and has
not been recovered.
The huge rollers, driven shoreward
by the terrific gale, wrought great dam
age to the shore line at all of the
beaches in the old Chesapeake Beach
area.
Other property damage reported at
various places along the west shore OF
the bay was as follows:
New Plum Point-Three 40-foot cabin
cruisers, six outboard motor boats and
a seasled demolished or washed away
Two concessions battered to pieces.
Twenty-Five feet OF shcre!ine destroyed.
Two cottages flooded and roofs of others
badly damaged The dance partition,
tea house and bath house escaped
damage.
Old Plum Point-Seven small boats
wrecked Joseph Dickson's Boat
House demolished. Two wharves car
ried away. Bath house battered to
pieces.
Neeld Estate-Houses flooded in 4
and inches Of water
Dares Beach Damage.
Dares Beach-Ten speedboats, one
small motor boat and two 30-foot cabin
Embankment leading to beach eaten
away for Is feet. Four beat houses
wrecked. Two outboard motor beat
engines lost. Steps leading from the
Dares Beach settlement to the bay
washed away. number of cottages
flooded. One cottage crumbled down
the embankment and was DESTROYED
when its foundation gave way. Eight
outboard motor boat engines were saved
a short time before the boat houses
were washed away.
Calvert Beach-Waterline put out OF
service when an artesian hydrant was
blown down. Several roads washed
out. Shingles torn from the roofs OF
several homes. Four rowboats battered
to pieces.
Dowell-Several boats torn from their
moorings and washed away. A num-
ber of rowboats badly damaged. App
proximately SO small wharyes, lnclud-
, ing those which served Solomons Is
land High School, destroyed.
Olivet and Drum Point-Two houses
wrecked and another washed into the
, creek. Ten wharves wrecked and dam
aged.
Plum Point-Several rowboats and
small inboard motor boats washed
away.
Boat House Destroyed.
Cove Point-One boat house de-
stroyed. Several cottages flooded and q
forest skirting the beach virtually torn
to pieces.
It was said by number Of veteran
boatmen that virtually every wharf on
the West Shore Of the bay was destroyed
| by the gale, which at one time reached
a velocity of So miles an hour and
| which wrought the greatest storm DAM
! ge in the history Of Southern Mary
land.
Water washed out the foundation OF
| the road on the south side Of Lyons
Greek Bridge at the Anne Arundel and
Prince Georges County line and State
road workers were compelled to rein
force the highway.
Long Beach-Several small boats
washed from their moorings. Number
Of cottages flooded.
Moro than . seam - oub6aGes vese