The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-14
HOBOKHN'S GRIP.
The Cable Breaks and
Hundreds Have to
Walk.

Hudson County Railway snapped at the
Henderson street station. At that time
one of tho cars approached the break in
the cable. Two huge pieces of iron fell
to the street beneath, narrowly missing
two young girls, one of whom tainted
The excitement in the car was great.
The trouble was temporarily fixed after
half an hours delay. The dummy
engines were called into use to propel the
cars over the road Even this accommo-
dation was discontinued at six O'Clock
this morning and thousands of passen-
gers from the Heights made their way
over the lowlands of Hoboken on their
way to New York.
The car which left the Hoboken ferry
at half-past eight was crowded to its ut
most capacity. The car stopped at the
Washington and Willow street station
and took on more passengers. At the
Henderson street station, which is the
last one before the Hill is reached. ABOUT
a half dozen persons were waiting. The
gripman tried to siacken up. There was
grating sound and he felt that some
thing was wrong. He applied one of the
other devices for stopping which are
brought into use only when necessity re-
quires. Suddenly there was terrible
crash.
The passengers in the car arose and
quietly brought the car to standst1ll
and ailayed their fears. Then there was
more excitement caused by the cry OF
woman in the street below, and it was
thought that.some one had fallen or was
severely hurt by the falling iron:
Two young girls. who refused to give
their names, were passing on Ferry street
just beneath the railroad station. They
were about two feet apart when huge
piece of the grip of the car grazed their
foreheads and buried itself in the ground.
Both of the young women screamed and
one of them tainted.
A crowd collected, attracted by the
stoppage of the cars, and when the
young woman was seen lying on the
road 1t was thought that she was dead
and the greatest excitem ent prevailed.
1t was rumored three persons were killed
The young woman was carried into a
house near by where she was resusci-
tated, and left with her companion.
The crowd in the car in the meanwhile
got out and walked to their respective
destinations. AS soon as the cable gave
out the engines on the Heights were
stopped, and the dummy engines which
are used after midnight were brought
into use.
At half past six o'clock this morning
the road was again shut down. This is
the busiest time of the day. Hundreds of
people from Jersey City Heights, West
Hcboken, Union Hill and the other parts
of the Hill were sent down the Hill on the
platform of the old elevator. This was
taxed to its utmost capacity, and great
| many fearing an accident went down the
steps and thence through First street to
| the Ferry. Those who went down the
elevator were compelled to walk couple
I; OK blocks On Ferry street to the cars in
| waiting.
At the office of the company this morn
! ing one of the officials informed me that
| the road would be in operation again to-
| night The stoppage was caused by the
breaking of the cable. This is the first
| time that the road has been stopped in
sixteen months, the officials say, and they
| feel rather put out.
! The accident happened at an inauspi-
cious time, us the streets in the vicinity
of the OLD elevator are being graded and
| the car tracks leading thereto had been
| torn up.
| It Ought to Have Been Ten Years.
| A human monster who has been fright
ening women in the upper part of Hobo
ken tor some weeks. was cleverly cap
| tured by Policeman Werner on Saturday
night. The police have known the fel-
| low, but could never get the women to
make complaint, as they shunned noto-
| riety. The fellow was caught in the act
| on Saturday night.
| AT about nine o'clock DIR. Elder tele-
| phoned to the police station that the fell
| low was at his dirty tricks again. Police.
| man Werner was sent TO Washington and
Seventh streets, where DIR. Elder pointed
him out Werner hid himself in wood
| yard in the vicinity and watched. Two
young women walked along the street
talking together. The man gazed fur
lively up and down the street ana there
being no one in sight he acted outrage
ously. Policeman Werner had seeI
enough He instantly collared the brute
and could scarcely refrain from clubbing
his head off
At the station house the policeman pre-
ferred a charge of indecent exposure
against him. He gave his name as Frank
Marzett, aged twenty-four, carpenter,
of No. 2l7 Seventeenth street, Jersey City
| Yesterday morning DR.. Elders Seryan
girl swore that Marzett had exposed him.
self in her presence, but this morning she
refused TO appear in court and press the
charge, and the fellow was discharged OIL
the payment of $40 fine.
Those Fatal Meadows.
The sooner the stagnant meadows ii
the lower part of Hoboken nre filled il
the better it will be for the life and limb;
| of the residents in that section. No bet
ter argument for the location of count,
park in this section could be adduceC
than the sudden and terrible taking OF
of two young lives in the cesspools whicl
abound there.
One night. less than six months ago
Willie Nodine. bright little six-year-old
Lao, was sent from his fathers house, u
Fourteenth and Clinton streets. to bu,
the evening papers. The lad never re
turned alive. A couple of days later hi
body was found stuck in the mud in tn
meadows within fifteen feet of his home
| The supposition was that the boy wa
returning with the papers when the.
blew out of his hand into the meadows
and while trying to get them back he wa
drowned
Now there is another sad accident or
| the fatal meadows. On Friday Afternoon
four-year-old Annie Gehrd left her home
No. 1877 Monroe street, to play with som
companions. At dusk she had not re
turned and her father. who buried hi
wife about n week ago, was almost dis
tracted The police were notified ant
Sergeant Rathjen advised the father tt
search the meadows.
Yesterday afternoon the father bega
to rake the muddy bottom of the mead
ows Pretty soon the rake struck some
thing soft, and the body of the missin
child came to the surface. Its littl
hands were over Its head as if in suppl
cation. The little one's body was carrie
into the house, and was looked upon b
hundreds of sympathzing neighbors yes
terday, The place where the child's bod
was found is within twenty five feet c
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