The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-09-28

were removed to John E. Smiths.
From the looks of the remainder Of
the wall it would not take much
pressure to cave it in
There is a difference Of opinion
among the Coolest inhabitants" as 10
whether this is the greatest food With
in their recollection, and also to tie
exact dates Of other foods. Aboat
1869 there was a heavy freshet and
some claim that the water rose higher
than it did last week, but to set them
right we would say that we have it
from the best authority that the wster
last week reached level at least Sim
ches higher than in 1869. There was
one alse about 1910, when the abre-
said "oldest inhabitant" rowed pat
teau from the iron bridge to J,hn
Simpsons (now Peter Lynch's) .or-
ner. That was rouser, they say,but
men with a better memory Cor mag
ination) talk Of one few years pre-
vious to that which beat them all.
We imagine, however, that the town
laid nearly dozen feet lower than at
the present time, which fact is not
taken into consideration when such
statements are made. At
sMITHvILLE
the anxiety of II. B. Smith Machine
Company was great, as serious damage
was apprehended from the vast volume
Of water. Aside from flooding the
lower floors of the buildings, however,
no serious damage was done. Super
intendent Storey and others were
about all night watching for the first
signs Of approaching danger.
LUMBERToN.
The heavy rain from Thursday
until Saturday night Of last week was
the cause Of quite serious freshet
such as has not been witnessed here
for many years, SO say our Oldest in
habitants. The scene witnessed here
on Sunday morning was one of great
excitement, men, women and children
were seen coming from every direction
to witness the great body Of water
that was flooding the streets, yards
and cellars in the vicinity of the creek.
Some persons living near the creek
will undoubtedly sustain quite loss
on account of the damage done by
great overflow of water. The boat
house belonging to Mr.. Mendenhall
came floating down the creek on Sat-
urday evening and lodged against the
railroad bridge where it remained
until Sunday morning when it was
taken out by some of the young men
of our place. Several persons were
obliged to remove their horses from
their stables to those on higher ground.
The morning services in the church
had to be dispensed with on account
Of the freshet, and a street preacher
might have been in order to fill the
bill. Two of our citizens charted a
boat to go on an excursion after milk,
each one Of them was armed with a
kettle, one acted as pilot, the other as
captain, the deck hands remaining on
the outside. AS they attempted to
round the horn the boat came sud-
denly in contact with some obstacle
bringing it to a standstill thereby
causing the pilot to make trial of
the depth Of the water, while the
captain, being more fortunate, landed
on his beam end in the stern of the
boat, causing quite a scene Of mer-
liment to the bystanders. The
lumber for building an addition to
the shoe factory of Messrs. Ried &
Pritchard was in danger of being car
ried away by the food, but the work.
men by their united efforts succeeded
in saving the greater portion Of it.
The family living on the island were
obliged to leave their residence dur
ing Saturday night and seek a place
of safety,
IN THE COUNTY.
The $50 P. NJ. train from Phila.
for Trenton by way of Burlington,
plunged into a wash-out just above
Kinkora. Strange to say no one was
fatally injured bat passengers and
employees were considerably shaken
up. The engineer, Joseph Thomp-
son, and the baggage-master, Asher
Lovett, both of Bordentown, were
slightly injured. The train was
going at high rate of speed and
that alone prevented fatal accident.
The engine, tender and smoking ear
passed over the washout in safety
but the wheels were torn off. The
engine plunged down the embark
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