Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-31
NewS DY 'eIegrapn FROK ALL QUARTERS. GREAT DAMAGE REPORTED, Heavy Storms in Our Neigh.
 boring States.
 AcYcLoNE IN ULSTER COUNTY,N.Y Failure of a Big Boot and Shoe Concern in Boston. THE BEHRING'S SEA SEIZURES. 1
ACYcLoNE IN ULSTER CouNTY,N.Y.
THE BEHRING'S SEA SEIZURES.
Arrangements for the Pres ident's Trip to Bar Harbor.
TERRIFIC STORMS.

l TERRIFIC STORMS.
 Great Damage Reported From Oul NeighborIng States-A Dam Give, Away at Plainheld, N. J.-Newark Also Flooded-A Cyclone in New l YOrk-Railroad Trains Delayed by Wnshouts-Great Devastation in massachusetts and New Hampshire NEW YORK, July 30.-Unusually sever, ] storms have occurred in this vicinity to- day ! and this evening. Rain fell in torrents, al though there was but little lightning. Al Plainfeld, N. J., Coddington's dam on Stony Brook gave way and the large body of wate, carried away the Coddington ice houses and
 threatened the Greenvale mills with destruc. tion. The damage along the course of this
 stream will be heavy, many barns and other
 buildings having been washed away. Siers'
 dam on Green Brook collapsed, precipitatina
 great body of water directly through the
 center of Plainfeld. Green brook divides the counties of Somerset and Union. and running as it does directly through the town center, is built entirely over. Somerset street was completely flooded and many
 buildings were washed away and demolished. Several houses situated along the brook were flooded and the inhabitants compelled to move at short order. All the cellars and first floors on Somerset street are flooded and the damage to property will be great The great cut on the Jersey Central railroad at Fan- wood was also flooded by afternoon, the tracks being entirely submerged. Freight and coal trains are held at Plainfield.
 NEWARK, N. J., BADLY FLOODED.
 At Newark, N. J., cellars were flooded and sewers burst. Work had to be suspended in the factories in the lower section. A wesh. out occurred on the Mol iis a Essex railroad at South Orange, and trains were delayed for many hours. In South Orange several build ings, including the postoffice, were carried away, and e50 barrels of flour were washed out of one storehouse.
 In Orange valley the water is up to the second story windows, and great damage has been done to the stock in the numerous hat factories there. People are compelled to paddle around on blanks and to swim in order to get to places of safety on bigh ground.
 Bloomfield and Montolair report great damage to property. No lives are known to have been lost.
 THE ORANGE DAM IN CR.IIoAL CONDITION.
 The greatest alarm prevails around MIL burn. Above it is the Orangewater reservoir dam which is not regarded g safe Should it burst it would overflow Millburn and other small towns along the Railway river, of which 1t is the source, and the damage would reach ss far es Railway. At ten o'clock to- night the dam ws reported all right, but the inhabitants of the towns were preparing to move to high ground. Nearly every road i1 ha ntrx, oho :, es all the bridges have been wsshed away.
 TERRIFIC CYCLONE IN ULsTE COUNTY.
 This morning cyclone struck Ellis Cor ners, Ulster county, destroying a large amount of property and injuring a number of persons.
 The cyclone, which was accompanied by @ roaring sound which terrified the people, seemed to come from a funnel shaped cloud, Matthew Harcourt's vineyard was completely ruined and every tree in his apple orchard was rooted up, the trees being carried away es though they were feathers. The house and barn of Johu Nelson were struck and completely demolished, broken timbers being carried hundreds of feet. MT. Nelson and his wife were blown out of the house along with the flying timbers and both were seri- ously but not fatally injured. Two bal ns belonging to Patrick McGowan were totally destroyed. MT. McGowan, who is eighty years old, was so badly injured that no hopes of his recovery are entertained. Bed quilts and dresses belonging to Mrs. Nelson were found in pond four miles from the scene of the accident. Huge timbers were also found stuck up in the mountains some distance away. The loss will be very heavy. On the Hudson River valley the rain to-day was very heavy. Thers was washout on the Hudson River railroad track at RiveIlale which de- tained trains about an hour. Telegraph wires were interfered with.
 IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAssAcHusE.
 CONCORD. N. H., July 30-A rain storm and high wind did several thousand dollars damage here this afternoon. The roof of COmins' furniture storehouee wes taken off and stock valued at s12,OOO badly damaged by rain. The houses of very Rev. J. E. Barry, Mrs. Mary Shsckford, Mrs. Blodcett, Abner Blodgett Mrs. Hanlon Kenna and the State arsenal were unroofed and several barns razed to the ground An elm tree 125 years old was torn up by the roots and blown across Main street, impeding travel several hours.
 HAvERHILL, Mass, July 30.-The storm which visited this section this afternoon came suddenly with the force of a cyclone. Its path was about half mile wide, within which trees were up.rooted, fences levelled, houses unroofed and wires blown down. At Elm corner large tree was up rooted, delay ing travel for some time. During the passage of the storm 1t was 80 dark that business was nearly suspended. It was the seyerest storm while 1t lested, that has visited here in mary years.
 NEW YORK, July 30.-It was reported at 10 o'clock tonight that Fritz's dam on Parrow brock, Bloomfield, near Orange, had given away, flooding and entirely destroying Ep- pley's Park, which was recently laid out at a cost of $40, 900. The damage in Essex county Morris county received here intimate that even greater damage has been done there.