The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . i Ms. z OSW« ao wa_ x H a < X o H ABERYSTWYTH 365 brunt of the storm and suffered most waves struck the sea-wall a little belowVictoria House School and ran along the face to apoint where the wall makes a bend slightly north-ward, when the waves were thrown up to animmense height and tons of water fell on to thepavement on the sea side and rushed in rollingwaves to the houses opposite, battering down therailings, smashing in doors and windows, andentering the basements. Sometimes a long line ofwater, hundreds of feet long,
The South Wales coast from Chepstow to Aberystwyth . i Ms. z OSW« ao wa_ x H a < X o H ABERYSTWYTH 365 brunt of the storm and suffered most waves struck the sea-wall a little belowVictoria House School and ran along the face to apoint where the wall makes a bend slightly north-ward, when the waves were thrown up to animmense height and tons of water fell on to thepavement on the sea side and rushed in rollingwaves to the houses opposite, battering down therailings, smashing in doors and windows, andentering the basements. Sometimes a long line ofwater, hundreds of feet long, rose in the air afterimpact with the sea-wall. At other times anisolated mass of water rose and was broken up bythe wind in blinding spray which completely hidthe Hostel and adjoining houses from view. Be-tween eight and nine oclock, when the tide was atits height, a tremendous sea struck the high electriclamps and three were knocked out, leaving the endof the Terrace in darkness. The lamp near theQueens Hotel was also extinguished ; but the oneopposite
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