Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-25
ESPECIAL TO THE RECORD UNION.
DOMES TIC.
The Great Ere.hefs.

Il 1tlre sections OF Jersey City and H0boken
were inundated, cellars and Easements being
flooded. The inhabitants are taking refuge
on the upper floors. On jersey avenue the
wooden pavement was hurled iato TIE
mo1th OF the sewers, completely choking
them and the waters backing up, swept
into the houses, destroying carpets, etc.
The Morris canal overfijwed and the tow
paths were washed away. A section of one
OF the main sewers, % By feet, was forced
bodily out of place, and the rushing waters
dashed into the air thirty f,et. Dwellers on
the meadows were rescued by boats and RATS.
In Weehswken the lookup was flooded to
depth Of three feet. The macadamized road
was ruined for distance of mile and hall
The water mains and reservoir were greatly
damaged. The new tunnel on the New York,
Ontario and Western Railroad was damaged
between $50 900 and 500, 900 The western
outlet Of the tunnel opens into an open cut
about three.quarters Of mile long, with
walls 90 feet high, which gave way, and an
immense amount OF sand and rocks YVES
swept into the cut. Two large steam
shovels sDd about eighteen cars were buried
out OF sight. The constructing track
was covered with rock and sand
t. the depth of six feet. After the land
slide, the blacksmith shop and boiler.Ioom
tumbled into the cuS. A number of shafts
are partially flooded. Il will take two months
of hard work to repair ii e damage A wash
out 900 feet To- G is reDorted on the short
city railroad between Rutherford and Sad.
der river. A large force of men aad two
construction trains have bsen at work oil day
repairing damages. A wsshous twenty-five
feet long occurred near Hackensack bridge,
and another wAshout is reported on tine lice
OF the Northern Railroad. One milk train
was twenty.four hours late. and another did
not arrive at all. The Erie Railroad will
have all the trains running regularly to-nor.
row.
PLAINFIELD IN. j., September a h.
trench's dam, the last dam but one remain.
ing on Green brook, 10 this city, gave way at
| 10 O'Clock last tight. The food then carried
away two frame buildings on Somerset street.
| A large hoe was washed through Fr,nch's
| tour-storY carriage works. The remaining
| arches Ct the Grove street bridge were swept
| away, as we'll as most of the other bridges
! between the city and Green brook. Three
| stone bridges on Cedar brook were demol.
ished, and two ove,howed, cutting off com
tnunlcation with laigs part OF the city.
Fred Moon, boy, Was lost off one of the
bridges. Stony brook, by overflow, DESTROYED
q large section Ct Somerset street, cutting off
the only th"rouehfare for the people Of Wash
ington valley iu bound. The brook rose sutl-
dealy, howing tea feet desp through Main
street, lined both side with stores. The watt
rose over the show cases, and q large amount Of
goods were ruled. La the Ramsie Hotel the
water was slmsst to the top of the bar.
Oae family was rescued from the house by
boat The Elm Park Hotel was submerged
almost to the top of tie roof. At Enstein's
woo'e1 mills the water rose over the looms
twill take month to get the mills in opera
ton sgain. Two hundred operatives are thus
idle. The Lehigh Valley Rairoe1 hs;ess
aud long stre sack washed away.
The Gaia. Railroad Of New jersey was
=, oselh0wed to depth f three feet, and the
depot platforms washed away. The banks of
the Delaware and Raiitsn Canal gave way,
aid the river bec3me one stream. Ons lock
was DESTROYED. the water overtopped the
| Western u Il IN switch hoard, and some poles
were Frustrated. The food was the highest
ever known.
TRENTON IN. j., September 2i.h.-The
freshet here caused damage of about $500.
600. Assanpenk creek overhowed, forming a
lake about s. mile long and about 600 yards
wide. The current rushed to the Delaware
river, causing havoc on the way. The rub
Der mill. potteiies, slaughter. houses, ice.
houses dwellings, barns, stables, outhousss
and sheds were submerged, and many carried
| OF Railroad tracks, depats and bridges
were washed away. Travel is interrupted.
Small boats sailed around the main dspots,
and the csrs vera submerged. William
Christopher, aged u. was drowned.
BoRDERTowN IN. j., September 24sh.-A
| wss6Out is reporie few miles from here on
the Pennsylvania K abroad. An eng ne was
overturned, with number of passenger cars
and ditched. A wall built in 1881 went down
last night.
NV BRUNSWICK IN. j., September 2ith.
| The lower part of the city is deIuged, and
thousands of dollars worth of property lost.
The rainfall in fiji y-eisht hours was over
1 trtaa 4 h. i
| houses in the lower Burnet street are dam.
eyed. The water is up to thu counter and
the goods are aft at. People sre in boats on
| the lower street, and the bridges are thronged
with people gazing at the food.
PRINCETON IN. J.) September 24th.-
| Bridges were washed away here, lumber
yards fi)sted eff, mill properties badly dam.
aged, roadwAys made impossible, live stock
drowned and railroad trayel suspended The
: canal bridges are wrecked and the canal bank
has givea away.
New York, September "a sh.-L.st nights
trains did not get here till this afternoon.
PoUGHKEEPsIE IN. ", September oath
The Storm was severe along the Hudson. The
New York Central Railroad has only a single
track betwfel Spuyte1 Duyvil and Iairtieth
street, New York. The streams a,e filled
with wreckase.
SYRACUSE IN. W September 9Th
Canal navigation is rtsu ned again. Thirty
soldiers were drowned il the railroad di1aster
yesterday.
WATERBURY lorn J. September "A h.
| Three inches Of rain fell in three hours here
Saturday night The streets were iuundi ted.
and cellars flooded. the HID streets are i'm.
p2ssa5ie for teams. n .ugatuck river has
oveltl)ved. The supports of the costly iron
bridge in process Of construction were washed
n h., L. IN
a loss of Sl5. Geo.
NORTH ADAMS (Mass.) September 9th
Two w9shOuts on the Troy and Greenfield
Railroad delayed the Boston sleeper six
hours; Several bridges were carried away.
! L he Hoosac river rose four feet higher than
| usual. The dam constructing at Rsedsboro
is damaged sl2 006. The Troy and Boston
Railroad is under water.
FREDERICKSBURG IVA J September 2ith.-
-Four mills on the lower Rappahanock near
Wares wharf were washed away by the ter
r,ble rain.ssorm. Great damage was done to
crops and other property. The storm ex.
tended fifty miles Inward from the ,ast.
Turned Back by lee.
WASHINGTON, September 24th.-General
| Hszeo, Chief of the Signal Service Bure III,
has adviees that Il e supply expedition which
started in the 8 Gamer Neptune from st,
Johns, n. F., July S;h of this ear, with ad.
ditiOnal stores for L'eu.e nant Gil ee ey 3 party
| returned Saturday to st. Johns having been
| unable to reach Lieutenant e.ley's vessel
! She Iephrss solid ice barrier ex: tending from
| Cape Eugledeld to Ross Bay. Lieutenant
Gree ey's stat is in latitude 81 degrees 40
minutes, while the vessel only reached lati.
| tude 10 degrees 20 minutes. The party re.
manned until September h, at which date
| ice formed to depth OF four inches, and to
remain longer would be to remsin for the
! win!e.. TIE Neptune was enabled to estab-
! lish deoots to secure Lieutenant Greeley's
| SAFE retreat, should it become necessary 3
year or two hence. No anxiety for the safety
| of Lien e1snt Gree,ey's party is entertain ed
! TGey ale amply supplied with store, of all
| kinds for at least two years. Tbs impossi
bility of annually reaching the station was
foreseea and provided for.
Excitement In Dakota.
| GRAND FoREs, September 2tth-Great ex-
| element has been created 10 DEVILS l.. X
| county by survey OF the land on the nor h
shore of the lake, forty By twenty miles, now
| in progress under the direction Cf Lieuten.
| ant Scott, with view of Incorporating it in
| the Fort Totten reservation. The land has
already been teizsd upon by squatters, who
made exten i've improvements for speculative
| purposes. Indignation meetings are being
| held and protests are being entered at Wash.
ington. AS orders coms from the War De-
psrtment to General Terry, and the survey
is being msde under his direction, = reporter
called at Fort Smelling to-day. where it was
| learned. IN the absence Of General Terry.
| from the officers these that the intention Of
the Government in setting aside thu reser-
vstion is to protect the rights Of actual
settlers, and not permit clique of few
persons to gobble the choicest tract of
land in all Dakota. In the opinion of the
officers a. the fort. the hue and cry alleged to
| have been made by the mass meeting O. citi.
z,ns at Devils Lake city WAS merely the
trick of clique which squatted in that vi.
cinity for the purpose of securing possession
of the very territory which tn. Government is