Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-09-22 | Page 2 | Hurricane Wreaks Fury on Playground of Rich

Hurricane Hurri an ann W Wreaks re kB Fury I On n Playground r d of Kiel NEWPORT R. R I. I Sept 22 INS INS Battered Battered and smashed as as as though a giant hand had clenched and then relaxed its grip thi d palatial playground of Am Ameri Americas America's as a's social socia leaders today was trans trans- t ans- ans form formed d into a shambles of twisted wreckage by the eastward sweep I of the tropical hurricane r n Bailey Beach neach Viking Beach neach Third Beach neach Newport Beach names familiar to the social register and th the breath of life to society columnists columnists all all these and more were ripped to demolition on as gales and andI I tidal waves wrought their destructive destructive destructive de de- de- de fury Only the forlorn framework of the main entrance remains at Bailey Beach Swept aw away y smashed to matchwood are the swanky bathing pavilions not only at t Bailey Beach but the other resorts as well Canoe sheds and solariums office buildings buildings buildings build build- ings and locker rooms rooms all all these have been razed as completely as if ifa ifa ifa a fleet of bombing planes had swept the southern Rhode Island shore Exclusive Ocean drive ordinarily a traffic artery for quiet purring limousines is a desolate debris- debris strewn thoroughfare The sea walls and the famed Cliff walk are all storm scarred from the battering of giant seas which swept away huge slices of the sea walls and biting deep into the changed much of the contour of Cliff walk And stretching inland from the beaches the sun smiles today on ona ona ona a scene of indescribable wreckage where once had been a a. garden gardenspot gardenspot gardenspot spot of breathtaking beauty Ground floors of exclusive mansions mansions mansions man man- falling prey to the surging seas Giant trees nurtured for years uprooted and splintered Hedges and shrubs and summer flower houses entangled in topsy topsy- confusion Gardeners' Gardeners cottages cottages cottages cot cot- servants' servants quarters and picturesque picturesque pic plc- garages slammed flat upon I the ground