Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-08-14

patch from New York stating that the
plymouth Rock would leave the pier at
fourAo clock with four hundred passen-
gers. Y
{In'New York, after the circulation of
the false story, the Geographic and
newspaper offices were so light by panic
stricken persons, who could find no con-
firmation of their fears. This fact in
part prevented rush Of anxious people
to pier IS at the time the Plymouth
rock was due, but when her whistle was
heard as she approached the pier, q few
minutes after nine o'clock, not a few
troubled facts cleared up, and many
were the elated greetings from friends
in waiting as the pas, engers landed. A
dispatch from Long Branch, received
late last evening, stated that the wind
and surf were rising, and that much dam
age was expected along the shore.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 13.-The half
past seven o'clock a. m. Long Branch
train from Philadelphia this morning
met with an accident, just beyond the
Burlington County railroad Junction,
which caused by the heavy rain wash
ing away the track. The engine and
baggage car were thrown off the
rails. The engineer and fireman were
the only persons injured, and they but
slightly.
The storm last night was severe at
Cape May and Atlantic City, but no
damage was done. The track of the
Baltimore railroad was washed out near
Rock Run, and the country is over
flowed. The track was repaired by a
railroad gang. The Pennsylvania rail-
road track, near Palmyra, N. j., was
washed away, and trains were delayed,
but large force of workmen repaired
the track by noon. At Newark, Del.
the creek had overfowed and washed
out the Baltimore railroad track near
the culvert for sixty yards. Passengers
from Baltimore by the night train were
transferred at the gap. The repairs
were completed by noon, and trains are
passing over as, usual. gt s,.sr.rtrret
At Lancaster, Penn, the city water
works We're considerably damaged. The
Golfer dams We're carried away, and sew
eral small bridges were washed off. No
damage was done by the storm at Beth
lehem, Mauch Chunk, Westminster, or
Pottsville, though the rivers are all
high.
Much damage has been done about
Philadelphia by the storm from the
breaking of culverts and the flooding of
cellars. In Camden, also. there has
been similar damage.
The break in the railroad track. near
Merchantyille, interrupts, the traffic be
tween Mount Holly and Long Branch.
The passengers for Long Branch had to
return to this city, all the cars but two
having run off the track The Pullman
car went into the gap, compelling the
passengers to crawl out through the
windows. None of them were injured.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 13.-The culvet and
a portion Of the track of the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail-
road near Elkton station, was washed
away by the heavy rain last night, de-
laying all the trains. The Air Line
train from New York, due here at five
o'clock this morning, did not reach this
city until quarter after twelve p. m. 1t
took large force OF workmen three
hours to repair the break. Trains are
now running regularly gtThe branch
road from Perryville to Port Deposit
also suffered from the storm, large
masses of rock being washed upon the
track and the culvet carried away, com
pletely obstructing travel. ..s-!t