(MARI)TIME WARP! 1893: A STORMY SUMMER TRIFLE

Welcome to Toms River Seaport Society’s (Mari)Time-Warp, taking our supporters back through the nautical history of the Barnegat Bay and Toms River watershed areas!

This time we reprint a vignette into stormy summer life of our area, August 1893, courtesy the Philadelphia Inquirer and Newspapers.com.

Toms River, N.J., Aug. 26.-- Wednesday night's storm gave some of the summer guests here a slight taste of what stormy weather means along the coast. A fierce northeast wind, with driving rain and high tides, caught several cruising parties from here out upon the bay. One party, composed of a number of college lads, who were spending the week upon the water, en route for Atlantic City, had experience enough to last them for some time.

An interesting game of base ball, which attracted many people from neighboring resorts, took place on Tuesday afternoon between the Toms River and Bay Head nines. Notwithstanding that the lads of the visiting team were encouraged by a bevy of fair spectators who had sailed down from Bay Head to see the victory Toms River won by a score of 11 to 5.

A pretty lawn festival and fair was held on Tuesday evening on the grounds adjoining the Presbyterian Church. Many of the summer guests were interested in this fair, and a large sum was netted for the church. The bright lights, many colored buntings and other accessories made a pretty scene.

Arrangements are being perfected for another regatta of the Toms River Yacht Club, which will take place early in September. Some new craft have been launched since the June race, and it is expected that they will figure in the contest. The yachtsmen are accordingly getting the fast boats in trim for the race, and the most exciting contest in the history of the catboat is expected. Barnegat Bay is the sailing ground which has developed this class and rig of yachts to their greatest speed, and the Toms River fleet has yet been unmatched for speed by any outsider.

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