Just found this. the house with a jeep on its side was my grandmother's at 3917 Central. It had a first floor originally also which was washed away by the storm, leaving only the top floor. Amazingly, not much was damaged inside! Glassware was unbroken in the cabinets but the fridge had taken a bit a walk out the kitchen and around a corner into the living room! We still have the goblets and a few other mementos of the old house. She rebuilt on the same lot the following year. A great place.
Lillian, that's our family home that the ur top floor is up against. My older brother confirms your description as he went inside and saw the dishes untouched in the cabinets.
Wow, so glad my great grandparents bungalow at 6 Second Street survived. We came down from Philly in the following summer. The house is long ago torn down and replaced by a minor monstrosity as was the compound that contained our traditional summer rental at 225 Bay Ave. We stayed on the first of three floors. For many years, the third floor was unsafe due to the storm. It was finally fixed and rented out. Now two apartment buildings sit sideways facing each other. Terrible! We so enjoyed the unobstructed view of the mainland through the cove next to the marina across the street. We used to follow the red light of the Cape May County Rescue Squad ambulance across the 9th Street double drawbridges to Shore Memorial Hospital, where I got my first stitches.
I remember chatting on the phone with my girlfriend who had moved to OC. The waves were lapping at the back door of their house. I lived in Somers Point and we lost a few branches off our trees.
Just found this. the house with a jeep on its side was my grandmother's at 3917 Central. It had a first floor originally also which was washed away by the storm, leaving only the top floor. Amazingly, not much was damaged inside! Glassware was unbroken in the cabinets but the fridge had taken a bit a walk out the kitchen and around a corner into the living room! We still have the goblets and a few other mementos of the old house. She rebuilt on the same lot the following year. A great place.
Lillian, that's our family home that the ur top floor is up against. My older brother confirms your description as he went inside and saw the dishes untouched in the cabinets.
Wow, so glad my great grandparents bungalow at 6 Second Street survived. We came down from Philly in the following summer. The house is long ago torn down and replaced by a minor monstrosity as was the compound that contained our traditional summer rental at 225 Bay Ave. We stayed on the first of three floors. For many years, the third floor was unsafe due to the storm. It was finally fixed and rented out. Now two apartment buildings sit sideways facing each other. Terrible! We so enjoyed the unobstructed view of the mainland through the cove next to the marina across the street. We used to follow the red light of the Cape May County Rescue Squad ambulance across the 9th Street double drawbridges to Shore Memorial Hospital, where I got my first stitches.
I remember chatting on the phone with my girlfriend who had moved to OC. The waves were lapping at the back door of their house. I lived in Somers Point and we lost a few branches off our trees.