The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-01-13
l956MAKINGPROM DELIVERY
ON BALANCE OF BAD WEATHER
PROMISED BY WILD OLD 1856
Snow. SIee+ and Cold Rains Follow High Winds
and Tides Along the Coast Unusually High
Winds and Waters Result in Some Seashore
Damage At Usual Treacherous Spots; Roads
flooded

SSAAA
on a lot of the kind of weather
generated by the three wild women
of 1866 namely, Connie, Diane and
lone. The new and lusty 1856 has
been doing her share during the
past two weeks, and we hope she
soon gets all this leftover
weather out of the way.
The most recent lot of weather
set in on Thursday with strong
gales from the sea which forced
unusually high tides upon the
beach. A week before, Cape Hat
teras had seen the quite unfamiliar
sight of snow, and which had gen.
orally appeared everywhere in
northeastern Carolina.
But on Thursday of this week
high tide suddenly came up, ran
over low spots on the bank of the
beach, and ran for some miles down
the manmade valley built by high
way engineers in which to locate
the road on Hatteras island. Since
no adequate drainage was provided,
and such water deposited therein
must wait for natural seepage to
drain it off, traffic was halted
down to a minimum, for few people
wish to drive cars through salt
water.
Rodanthe people for this reason,
postponed the Old Christmas cele-
bration, from Thursday until Fri
day night.
Heavy seas up and down the
coast had created lot of trouble
A Navy Destroyer Escort had gone
ashore at Cape Henry. In trying
to get the ship off, a tugboat was
also grounded, and both so con-
tinue. High seas continued to ham
mer away on the beach as the
storm increased in force through
Sunday, and at Kitty Hawk sew
eral houses were damaged. These
were houses built on a narrow
ledge of beach near the ocean.
Seas ran over the beach near
New Inlet's old location and cut
the road out for distance of forty
feet. Water flooded sections OF
road near Avon, Buxton, and Ro-
danthe. Deep water delayed car
transportation, since many people
waited for the tide to abate and
allow the water to drain off before
bringing their cars out.
In the Kitty Hawk area four
cottages were undermined and
went into the ocean. High seas also
undermined other cottages, max
ing q total of nine. The cottages
were not occupied and Coast
Guardsmen removed contents from
six cottages.
High seas were said to have re-
suited from hurricane offshore,
half way to Bermuda. The Diamond
Shoals ightship had reported
winds in excess of 60 miles during
Saturday night, Rain, sleet and
snow followed. Hatteras and Ocra-
coke witnessed their first real cold
weather in many years. Coast
Guard men rendered fine service
everywhere the few stations re-
main.
At Kitty Hawk cottages washed
away belonging to Albert Toler
of Kitty Hawk, James Lehman
and Ralph Gartman of Portsmouth
and Prince Purdy of Williamson.
Cottages undermined but not lost
belonged to Mrs. Eva White, and
Eugene Webb of Kitty Hawk, R.
r. Graham of Hampton, Va, E.
l.. Pierce and K. L. Miller of
,Edenton.
Late Facts About Storm Damage
Five low priced houses built on
a narrow bluff overlooking the
ocean just south of the old Kitty
Hawk Coast Guard Station were
destroyed and the bank has washed
away in that immediate area to
within 80 feet or less of Highway
1853.
z Value of the property lost
amounted to only a few thousand
of the more than Is million dollars
of taxable property, most Of it on
the Dare Beaches in this coastal
county. While five houses were
destroyed more than 1000 other
beach homes, hotels and places of
business were not damaged. As
matter Of fact while the ocean
washed away the high bank to
some extent in the Kitty Hawk
Beach area, the beach was actually
built up on many other parts of
the shore.
Capt. and Mrs. C. p. Midget Of
the First Colony Inn, for example,
reported that the. current storm
whcih is now passing to the north
eastward built up the beach that
was washed away at their hostelry
Sduring the late summer and carly
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