A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=53011 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Philadelphia Inquirer Article Date: February 6 1920 Article Description: February 1920 Coastal Storm Article Text: Rehoboth Beach, Del., Feb 6, 1920: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware's only seashore resort, has lost all of its beach front, the entire stretch of boardwalk and thousands of dollars worth of cottages, from the wind and waves, which are still raging. Especially, the lower end of the beach, known as Dewey Beach, suffered. There twenty-five of twenty-eight cottages have been washed away. At Rehoboth Beach the life saving station and the Baltimore YMCA Summer House are gone. Houses on the northern end of the beach are still standng but the fine front yards and cement sidewalks are washed away. The crew of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse have removed their things and expect to see the old lighthouse swept out to sea during the 10 o'clock high tide tonight. It is impossible to ascertain the real damage at Rehoboth Beach, as at every tide a few more cottages are gone. Automobile travel is impossible to the beach as the water is over the canal bridge and only by the railroad tracks can the trip be made. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com