Norfolk Landmark, October 14, 1896

COBB'S ISLAND UNDER THE SEA.

Weather -- Northeast storms

All Buildings Save Three Demolished.

No Lives Lost.

Cape Charles, Va., October 13.

A special messenger from Cobb's Island this afternoon brought the information that Cobb's Island was entirely submerged yesterday at high tide. The hotel was entirely demolished and partly washed to sea. All buildings save three were demolished or washed away. The only buildings remaining are the life-saving station, a cottage belonging to Mr. Ashby Jones, of Richmond, Va., and a cottage belonging to Thomas Smith. The latter was built by Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr., of New York, about three years ago. The beach was washed so that an ordinary tide now washes over the island. Nearly all of the inhabitants of the island have left. No lives were lost. Cobb's Island has been a famous Summer resort for forty years. Nothing has yet been heard from Hog Island, where, it is feared, serious damage has been done.