Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-08-07
GREAT DESTRUCTION.

GREAT DESTRUCTION.
FLOODS ln'lnhate Number OF New Jer-
sey Towns. Sweeping Away Muc!, VAL
liable Property and Driving Families
from Their Homes - Heavy Losses in
Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia.
PLA1NF1EL0. N. j., Aug. 1.-The damage
ny the great storm OF Tuesday night is
much greater than was at first supposed
Nearly dozen dams in this vicinity wore
washed away The first dam to break was
at Feltsillc, five miles north of here. The
break occurred ut / O'clock aud the
rush OF water carried away and alb
solutely oblitcratod two smaller dams
below 1t ut Seolcy's mill, causing n loss
OF $4,000. The water rushed on down to
Scotch Plains completely inundating the
village. Cellars werc flooded and all the
bridges were swept away. The baptist
church here is badly damaged and tile old
cemetery surrounding it is badly washed
out. III MANY places exposing the graves
A. ID. Sheparus place was complete
ly flooded. The Derby fur mill
here lost $4,000 III stock and la:l-
chincry. The great body of water divided,
part OF 1t forcing its %ay for mile across
the folds until it reached Cedar brook, u
little stream running through the eastern
portion OF Plantield The brook became
| river and then lake and portion of Plain
folds choicest resident lots was under
water up to tho second stcry OF the houses
The heaviest loscI hele Is Job Mole, the
| mayor OF the town. who owns more than 4
| hundred OF these handsome re.,iJcuce
dwellings,. His property is damaged to the
extent of $4,000 The Park Avenue Bap-
list Church was threatened with
! destruction. The foundation at the
rear was washed out, but tie
building is safe, though damaged Many
gallant rcscues were made in this part of
the town Of people who, becoming fright
cncd, attempted to leave their houses and
! were caught in the flood. Eugane Lane,
| assistant fire chief. was swept down the
| stream while out III boat assisting Others
! but was rescued by means of ropes thrown
| to him.
The breaking OF the Tiers dam threat
ened to cut a big swath through the BUSH
| ness portion OF the town as a brook
| which runs through that part of the
| place is bridged over with build
| ings on Somerset street The space
! underneath was not sufficient to carry
off the water, and it backed up into the
| street Somerset street was six feet under
water, Martins blacksmith-shop and sew
eral smaller buildings were lifted and
! thrown in heap into the middle of the
street French's mill was undermined and
stands suspended over yawning gap His
| carriage factory is tottering and may fall
Blimm's Hotel stands with it's foundations
| exposed 1t the bottom. Hiram's carriage
factory is badly damaged and Ryerdson's
carriage repository was damaged $4,000
| On Somerset street there is a gully thirty
! feet wide and twenty deep. The gas mains
are broken and the sewers disconnected
| The breaking of Wilson's dam in Wash
ington valley let down All immense body of
water to the dim at Watumpka falls
| Little damage was done until the
masonry, which was built supplementary
to the natural falls gave way, when 4
large mass OF water thirty feet high
fairly leaped against the falls Masonry
and rocks tumbied together. and what was
once picturesque resort is absolute.
~ gone. Coddington's ice-houses. barns
and mills were swept away, in.
volving a loss of $3O.OOa Stony
brook goes through farming country
west of the town, so that the subsequent
damage was slight. OF the ffty-two
large bridges in Union County thirty are
| said to be gone, involving loss to the
county OF more than $40, 900. No lives were
! lost
The dam at Van Syckle's mill pond at
MilbuTn broke early Wednesday morning,
| end the escaping water drove hundreds Of
people from their homes. Household goods
and other property were carried away. The
people fed in terror 1t is impossible to
drive over the thoroughtare.
PATERSON, N. j., Aug. 1.-The lower part
Of this city is partially submerged Huge
powders have been washed down into the
lower streets and front yards Blocks CT
street curbing have been washed out and
sidewalks undermined The culvert near
the county bridge has been washed away.
The Passaic river is rising rapidly. The
| Paterson mills along the river banks have
water in the cellars and wheel-pits Opera
tions will be suspended The dam at Hell
cdon is liable to burst at any moment.
NEWARK, n. j., Aug. 1.-Reports from
| all over Essex County indicate that the
stornl is still raging, and thai
tic damage will be much greater
than was thought Bloomfield sui
fcrcd most severely by the breaking
OF Frit%'s dam Fifty families were driver
from their houses, but no lives were lost
The water is subsiding and the
people arc returning to theil
houses The dam across the river al
Bc'lcville broke Tuesday night and flooded
Mills street and did considerable damage tc
properly in the low section OF the town IL
tho Oranges the water is subsiding A
confectioncr from this city named Mon
c)uld was driving across the bridge
ut Nailcwood Tuesday night when tbs
structure was carried away. He wa:
carried down with the torrent, together
| ,rii f1,o
finally rescued by y crowd OF mel
from South Orange.
| IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-The heavy rain
which set in early on Tuesday evening anc