Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-31
HEAVY RAINS NORTH.
PORTIONS OF NEW YORK AND NEW
JERSEY DELUGED.
Trains Delayed, Streets Overlooked. and
Houses Washed Away-People Terrified
and Fleeing to High Ground.
rBy telegraph % the pIspateh.l

NEw YORK, July sO-Unusuallv severe
rains prevailed here and in this vicinity to-
day and this evening, at times partaking of
the nature of cloud-bursts. The following
telegram has been received:
NHrdrk, ". J., July 30.-The most dis
astrous storm that has visited this vicinity
occurred this afternoon and evening. In
this city cellars were flooded and sewers
bursted. Work had to be suspended in the
factories in the lower section. A washout
occurred on the Morris and Essex railroad
az South Orange and trains We're de-
layed for many hours. In South
Orange several buildings, including the
post-Office, are carried away and 250 barrels
Of -four were washed away out Of 'ne
of the stOrehouses. In Orange valley the
water is Up TO the second-story windows,
and great damage has been done TO the
stock in numerous hat-factories. People
were compelled to paddle around on
planks. and to swim in order TO get 20
places Of safety on high ground. Bloomfield
and Nlontclair report great damage
10 property. No lives are known 10
have been lost. The greatest alarm prevails
around Millburn. Above Orange Is a re-
servoir dam which is not regarded as safe.
Should It burst it would overflow Millburn
and other small towns along the Railway
river, which is the source, and the damage
o'clock tonight the dam is reported all
right, but the inhabitants of the towns
are preparing 10 move to high grounds.
Nearly every road in the country is i'm
passsble, as all bridges have been washed
away.
The greatest flood ever known at Plain
field followed a heavy rainfall this At
ternoon. Washouts and broken dams are
the result At 4 o'clock the dam AZ Stony
hraa.k aIpr-a Tho (traaf, -vullnK pfIla -
WAY. carrying with It the Covingtons' lee
houses and many barns and seriously
undermining the mills. At $40 o'clock
the dam on Green brook, in the heart
of the town, also gave way and
caused much damage. Many wooden
buildings were carried away. \ number
of the largest business buildings in town
were threatened with total destruction.
French's mill and carrlage-factory were
badly damaged. Shortly after o'clock an
immense dam at West6eld, back Of Scotch
Plains, collapsed, and an additional
| body Of water was thrown in the
valley below. Green brook could not
contain the water, and it rushed across 10
Cedar creek and thence through the finest
residence portion Of Plainhcld. The damage
here is very great. two or three square
miles Of thickly-sertled territory being
submerged. There were many gallant res
cues OF life.
CYCLONE ACCOMPANIED By A ROARING
SOUND.
PoUGHEEEPs1E, n. Y. July 30.--At about
7 o'clock this morning q cyclone struck
Ellis Corners, Ulster county four miles
west Of Highland. destroying a large
amount of property and injuring a num-
Der of persons. The cyclone, which was
accompanied by a roaring sound which
terrified the people, seemed 20 come from
funnel-shaped cloud. Matthew Hart"ourts
vineyard was completely ruined, and every
tree in his apple-orchard was rooted up,
the trees being carried away as though
they were mere feathers. A house and
barn If John Nelson were struck and COM
pletely demolished, broken timbers beng
carried hundreds of feet. Nelson and hIs
wife were blown out of the house along
with flying timbers, and both were serious
". but not fatally, injured. Two barns
belonging TO Patrick NcGowan were totally
destroyed. NcGowqu. who is eighty years
old. was so badly injured that no hopes
Of his recovery are entertained. There
being no more buildings ~ the
path of the tornado. mo- other serious
damage was done. Bed-quilts and dresses
belonging TO Mrs. Nelson were found IN
pond four miles from the scene Of the accl-
dent. Huge timbers were also found stuck
up IN the mountains some distance away.
The loss viii be very heavy.