The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-10-04
THE EASTERN nELrGF.
The Heaviest Rain-storn Known for Yenrs
Great Damage to property-sovornl
Lives Lost.

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The Heaviest Rain-storn Known for Yenrs
Great Damage to property-sov 4
Lives Lost.
PATERSON, N. J., September %.
One Of the most oxtroordinory storms with |
in the recollection Of the present generation
hus prevailed I'm and about Paterson the past /
two days, and to-days storm was accompanied |
by the loss Of life The rain fell heavily most |
of the day, the rain gauge showing a total fall
of A97 inches for the first twenty-four hours
np to nine a. m. to-day, and two inches had
fallen during Friday. To-day the rain came
down with still greater force, and between
one and two p. m the rain gauge showed a fall
Of 806 inches, making the total for the day
5.02 inches About three p. m. the rain slaoken-
cd, but still came down steadily during the
evening. The total fall for the thirty-slx hours
up TO nine o'clock tonight was fifteen
inches. During last night the river rose
four and half feet, and the water began
pouring over the falls once more. All day to-
day the river rose steadily, and during the aft
ernOon the water got higher at the rate of
eighteen inches per hour, so that tonight it
was higher than at any time since the memor-
able flood of 1910, which was the highest on
record. The Oldham Brook, the principal
tributary of the Passuic near Paterson, just
above the city. rose with great rapidity, and
/ about two p. m. burst through the mill-dam at
/ Oldhum. Tho torrent thus suddenly released
rushed furiously down the stream, sweeping
all before it, including several bridges and
| part Of the horse-rniIrold track A brick and
stone arch bridge erected by the county at a
cost Of 5000 ten years ago and recently re-
/ paired at cost Of 5000 more, on Redwoods
avenue, near the city ulms-house was under
mined and washed away by the resistless food
! DR.. Myers, the city physician, driving up to
the institution and to visit the smallpox pa
| tients, got to the bridge as the flood was beat
ing suvagely against it. He urged his horse
| over, and had barely reached the other side
/ when he heard behind him terrific roar, and
/ looking back saw the whole bridge tumbled
into the stream and carried down the channel
A massive retaining wall of stone adjoining
the bridge to protect the alms-house property
| from enCroachments 10y the stream also went
down tn a rush, and in q twiukliug the mad
| torrent was eating It's way into the sand-bank
on which the aIms-housc rests.
Martin Rosster, q gentleman aged about
seventy, lived i'm pleasant cottage along the
river bank, near the outlet of the Oldham
Brook, with bis family and had some fine
stock on his farm. About three o'clock he
tried to drive along tho doad near the river,
when the flood came down with such a sud
den rush that before he could get out Of its
way he was swept into the swift current of the
river, and, with horse and wagon, was whirled
down and out Of silh5 before any one could
extend him helping hand
An the cellars along the river below the falls
were flooded, and several of the adjacent mills
had their lower floors fllad with water, to the
great damage Of their machinery. The shops
of the great locomotive works had to shut
down on account of the great flood.
The flood dashed with such violence against
the Lincoln bridge, above the city that it fin
ally gave way, and went down with q mighty
crash. The bridge consisted OF two iron spans,
very substantially built one span about lIO
feet and the other about ninety feet resting
on an island in the river The bridge cost
about 100000 i'm ALL 1t was one of the best
bridges in the country, the masonry and super
structure being OF the most substantial charac-
ter The Hohokus stream also felt the effects of
the great storm, and last night Zabrisde's Mill,
mt HOhOkus which was aboht to be converted
into a rubber factory went down the stream,
involving loss of perhaps $4,000. The heavy
rains have inundated all the meadow section
of the city of Hobo1cn. Houses are cut of
from the streets by sheets OF water, and the
occupants are Obliged to sail on rifts to get
from the sidewalks to their front doors. The
ravine road sewer VIII ch empties near the
meadows yielded to the increased pressure
and burst this morning. This burst let all the
water from Jersey City Heights out upon the
meadows and increased the discontinue OF
those residing there.
JERSEY CITY, September "a.
There has been immense damage in Hudson
County, N J. Entire sections of Jersey City
and Hobollen are inundated Cellars and base
ments are flooded. The inhabitants are talk
ing refuge on the upper floors. The Jersey
avenue wooden pavement was hurled into the
mouths of the sewers, completely choking
them. The waters, backing, swept into the
houses, destroying carpets etc. Morris Cana
is overaowed and the tow-paths washed. A
section Of one Ofthe main sewers, twenty-eigh
} by six feet was lifted bodily out Of place, anC
the rushing waters dashed into the air thirty
, feet DwCllers on the Meadows were res
The new tunnel Of the New York. Ontario s
Western Railroad was damaged between o,
eco and SlOJ,OU.
Creek a freight train was preCiptHted into
the stream. Edward WghbCT, the conductor
was Killed. George CurIe, the engineer, anl
Francis Burke, fireman, probably fatally in
jured.
PLAINFTELD, ". J., September "A.
French's dam, the last dam butO one remain
ing in Green Brook, this city, gave way at ter
o'clock last night. The flood then carried
away two frame buildings at Somerset street
e a large hole was washed through French
four-story carriage factory. Fred Moore,
boy, was lost CT one bridge. In Bound Brool
the water rose suddenly, flowing ten feet deel
through the main street. lined ON both side
with stores. The water rose over the show
= cases, and a large amount Of goods was ruined
In the Ramsey Hotel the water is almost to tn
top of the bar One family were rescued from
a house bya boat The Elm Park Hotel is sui
: merged almost to the roof.
The flood is the highest known in Bount
Brook 1t was nearly three feet higher thai
: that of July, 1855, which was the greatest pre-
7 viOusly recorded. More loss will be sutfcre
by the Bound Brook people from flood thal
2 by the fire which destroyed the greater part o
the town some months ago.
The damage caused by the heavy rains II
. other portions of New Jersey, i'm Connection
1 | Pennsylvania, North Carolina, etc., is yer
great, and the rainfall in many sections j
! Unprecedented. Nearly eleven inches fell a
: / Philadelphia i'm scvCnty-twO hours.