New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-26
HAVOC IL THE ORANGES.


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I7-tnc Orange, snow began to fall soon ar or ma
NIGHT and A. daylight the telcphon' ana ''cE.mp"
,,ir.. were hug, rope, 81 elhtcrng crystal ms
,,,u. weight wfuueIr havoc and destruction to the
rlc upr. The first pole to fall Wa IA the rear "t
a.. ,r,p,., .t,ton WHERE 30 wires were Strung.
IN, pole broke short oil close below the cross "h'
and era he'd down the freight house. Inc a'o'l
Iain va, too much for the other poles To s'uu' an"
i'm oui,il succession, Ike a row OF brchN' ''' "''l
trunk line pol along the Delaware, La'Aa"ahha ana
western Railroad fcu the whole distance TO south
orange "a distance Of three miles. In the mean
,iu,, a similar scene wa taking place along the
limo ~ the road east TO ROseyille The paper ana
milk train from New York, due In orange at . 80
a M, Wao cuugl. az Brick Church station ana II
va, not III nearly noon that the wreck was 'Ic'''u
away ~ that the train could % on It's way y
wrrcking train followed to clear the trach' ana So'
.a.,,, hc. vern two falling pole, and badly tangled
mn IN the wire. Along the whole lrhsth OF Ne
road as far South Orange, nothing was 10 NC
e.n lint a tangled mass Of wire with poles lying on
and acros, the track in all imaginable po'l'loh'' Inc
.,, I'M, raie e. were smashed in nearly every cas-.
TIA. main damage was caused by the tall poles of the
New York and New Jersey Telephone Company. 90 TO
go feet high, which fell across the tracks upon inc
lower lines of The western Union lc'sI"P"' ''"'"
ing them in the fall.
an over the Oranges wherever the trunk lines
Of the telephone company ran, the same ds'ru' ION
wa, seen. The damage was specially great Ill paS
and Washington st,., and in General ani PARK ayes
Tho extent of the destruction may be Judged from
t. fact that out Of The 400 telephone circuits in the
Orange system, only four escaped destruction. ana
,Io. vrcr. short ones. The entire telegraph service
,,o vippd ort and Orange Gu oil from commune
,i.r with The outer world. The city fire alarm
.v,tcm was strung on the poles of the telephone
,u,n,ny and was destroyed with the telephone sys-
IN, Th, circuits of the Essex County Electric Com
ry which has the city lighting contract. were
o,,noratiyey intact, account of the lower poles
, l,,o,r wires But on account Of the hundreds
:, h,nken wires crossing the lines, the company de
,,d moi 10 run its circuits and the city was in
darkness las night
,s.i.tant superintendent Frank j. Griffith, OF the
Doiavar, Iackawanna ana western road, was early
-, M, scene and directed the sanga OF men who
- va auav the wreclagc. OsgOod ;. Wiley, the
ciuarintendent OF the local telephone station, had
~, force of men at work, but could do little beyond
John Weber OF the Orange Cross Town
omId lad a narrow escape from death. lie drv
I've, a. enovplongh to clear tile track, and at the
Inc OF the Erie Railroad huge pole iell across the
~ ut smashing the plough and knocking Mr. Weber
- Had II fallen second sooner lie could hardly
Iat. cscapcd. Numbers OF chlmneyS were tOpplcd
over by the wire, in their fall and many hoNcs were
NOR ID. IRON, hi, the entire loss viii fall the
,oIcgraph and telephone companies. Conservative
c,tinintes place the number OF poles down III tic
or,ngcs at between 300 and $50, aud there are prob
ably from 800 10 700 miles OF wire hopcessy tangled
and useless. . 49, ,,,.. ,.. ,u ,
s,r,us effort 10 clear ITS lines from crosses that
thr city can be lighted tonight. The manager 0i the
New Jersey Postal Telegraph sent "A large force OF
ilnemen 10 repair lines the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western road Is making strong efforts TO get
wire through BY sringing II from trees Till the poles
can be restored, and the Western Union actively al