The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-10

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Tho PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company's
,..t.. .,t.r the Raritan river at Ncw Bruins
r.. ! ono Of the oldest structures ~ ts
,,finNf- ..unt-v. was. in great part. DESTROYED
n,fr,., .rrdIy morning. The question il an
,,.r onn whether il was erected III 1892 or
t.l-ti scitan'vihod ato ofit-constrUciion was
,,a.rfftr ih. latter year Butt originally of
,.t.rn.. and $50 covered in that it was well
,r.i.. 4 from the Weather. It's timbcrs had he
lrvu- Under and when touched 10y the
I'm f'- 70 -ffl fiom MS wundorousy rapil.
Alton minutes n"'urr d %, lock \. VI. the watch
man Robert Morgan, walking ON the track.
coming from the southern end " the bridge to-
v.rltn. north. tiacd smoke curling ny from
r.d.ab IDS th' roof oyer the truss framework
oftnc.iru .turr WIS icrmcd-a, roin, In the
e.-.-prn oHst oi tho temporary trcs'lcwork re-
,Y.it.tnadraw over the Delaware and Raritnu
canal. Analon-thc bridge. at distances fifty
tataran worc stationed big tanks full OF WA
,er and lil. krs wcro Kept conveniently ready.
sim. % bucket and nllng it with wntcr. Nor
eanran Ilwu hclow the dock 20 tight the fire.
luth0furc be- could reach the inperllcd point
r.anlmes had gained such Roadway that all he
c.uil 40 would nanif,'-'ly be- Of no await and il
vaA g- much as %" could achieve To- effect his
ri. rayt the alarm, and In fcw minutes the
rrs Department " New Brunswick responded.
,, Fam 80 however rendered the engines
row,rlr,-. In November last. tho railroad
rsf,n.luy began the construction 81 n new iron
hrls,. io r.ria,o mis- old and dangerous
wan1en one rs the first and most pressing
g., IL ,r0- ,i,emed desirable, To- nut mn before
H., cn.n' mo of navigation the new draw over
he Delaware aud IAritan canal For this pur-
ru,e about lUn feet ~ the eastern track. on the
XXI wn"l.n draw having hoon torn away its
,i,.o wq. temporarily filed 10y trcetlcwork
abaut loo f,.t long and merely wide enough To
g. o. A.. lAt al
s,iN IA, rr. rnriune could NOT mass some Of
s'"..e WI ,., ,,, tSn lnan,u ITO, b,i,,c
NH IN = fglf milo away. down stream. reached
H.. rth,rm 'nI nf Tho rniirnnd hridre. md en-.
trin,. II IN The level 81 the old wagon wav be-
,,sJ ,b, ,rusk ,uoir n vigorous INT short re-.
sI.ttns" a. inc Notwithstanding flames. But
,oe nga, m " gsg Ss W" " '2 naS srT f fCr
in.n +, v,'rt will niV1ntai.c. fenr II tha frD 81
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