Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-10-05
FLOODS AT THE EAST.

FLOODS AT THE EAST.
The Heaviest Rain-storn Known for Years
Great Damage to Property-several
Lives Lost.
PATERSON, N. j., September %.
One of the most extraordinary storms W tn
| in the recollection of the present generation
has prevailed in and about Paterson tnc 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 all
of 4.95 inches for the first twenty-four hours
| up to nine a. 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. IN. the rain gauge showed fall
/ Of 306 inches, making the total for the day
| 5.92 inches About three p. m. the rain Siacken
ed, but still came down steadily during the
eve ing. The total fall for the thirty-siX hours
up to nine ecloekr, Tonight was fifteen
| inches. During last night the river rose
| four and half feet, and the water began
pouring over the falls onee 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 memoir
| able flood of 1910, which was the highest
record. The Oldham Brook, the principal
tributary of the Passaic near Paterson, just
| above the city, rose with great rapidity, and
| Oldham. The torrent thus suddenly released
| rushed furiously down the stream, sweeping
| all before it, including several bridges and
| part of the horse-rairoad track. A brick and
stone arch bridge erected by the county at
| cost of $1,000 ten years ago, and recently re-
| paired at cost of $1,000 more, Redwoods
avenue, near the city alms-house, was under
mined and washedsaway by the resistiess 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 savagely against it. He urged his horse
| over, and had barely reached the other side
| when he heard behind him a terrific roar, and
! looking back saw the whole. bridge ~tumbled
| into the stream and carried down the channel.
| A massive reta ming wall of stone adjoining
the bridge to protect the al1ns-house property
| from entertainments by the stream also went
| down it'll rush, and in a twinkling the mad
| torrent was eating its way into the sand-bank
| on which the alms-house rests.
| Martin RosSiter, gentleman aged about
| seventy, lived in pleasant cottage along the
| river bank, near the outlet of the Oldham
| Brook, with his family, and had some fine
| stock on his farm. About three o'clock he
| tried to drive along the doad near the river,
when the Hood came down with such sud-
| den rush that beforehe could getsout of its
| way he was swept into the swift current OF the
river. and, with horse and wagon, was whirled
uOWn ana cut OF Slgnt before any one cOulu
| extend him a helping hand. ~
All the cellars along the river below the falls
| were flooded and several of the Adjacent mills
| had their lower floors filled 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. 90 N'@
| The flood dashed with such violence agains,
the Lincoln bridge, above the city, that it fin
| ally gave way. and went down with a mighty
| crash The bridge consisted of two iron
very substantially built, one span about 40
| feet and the other about ninety feet, resting
! on island in the river. The bridge cost
| about SCI, 900 in 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 Zabriskie's Mill.
at Hohokus, which was about to be converted
| into a rubber factory went down the stream,
| involving a loss of perhaps $4,000 The heavy
rains have inundated all the meadow section
OF the city of Hoboken. Houses are cut off
from the streets by sheets of water, and the
occupants obliged to sail on RATS to get
from the sidewalks to their front doors. The
ravine road sewer oh 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, September2i.
There has been immense damage in Hudson
County, N. j. Entire sections of Jersey City
and Hoboken 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 chok ng
them. The waters, backing, swept into the
houses, destroying carpets, etc. Morris Canal
| is overlooked, and the tow-paths washed. A
nfoy of oir, aiy,f
by six feet was lifted bodily out of place, and
| the rushing waters dashed into the air thirty
| feet. Dwellers on the Meadows were res
cued by boats and RATS.
! The new tunnel of the New York, Ontario s.
Western Railroad was damaged between S o.
| GOO and 100000.
By the giving way of bridge over Berry's
Creek freight train was precipitated into
| the stream. Edward Weber. the conductor,
| was killed. George Currie, the engineer, and
| Francis Burke, fireman, probably fatally in
| iured.
| PLAINFIELD, N. j.. September "a.
! Frenchs dam, the last dam but one remain
| ing in Green Brook, this city. gave way at ten
| o'clock last night The flood then carried
| away two frame buildings at Somerset street
| A large hole was washed through French's
| four-story carriage factory. Fred Moore,
| boy was lost off one bridge. In Bound Brook
| the water rose suddenly, flowing ten feet deep
| through the main street, lined on both sides
| 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 the
| top of the bar. One family were rescued from
| a house by "a boat. The Elm Park Hotel is sub
| merged almost to the roof. 81 :3<sst
| The flood is the highest known in Bound
Brook. 1t was nearly three feet higher than
| that of July, 1865. which the greatest pre-
| viously recorded. More loss will be suffered
| by the Bound Brook people from food than
| by the fire which destroyed the greater part of
| the town some months ago. f3fEt .EE3
The damage caused by the heavy rains in
| other portions of New Jersey, in Connecticut,
| Pennsylvania, North Carolina, etc., is very