New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-22
STORM-SWEPT NEW-JERSEY
WASHOUT on THE JERSEY GENITAL
DAMAGE DY HIGH TIDES on THE ELIZABETH
WATERFRONT.

WATERFRONT.
The storm on Thursday night did much oah'se
along the waterfront at Elizabeth Several caia
boats and a big schooner were torn from thclr hoor
ings and dashed against the drawbridge over 'HV
Elizabeth River at its mouth. The bridge was ioro'
open and considerably damaged one man II MO
Ing and 1t Is feared that he has been knocked o,'
board aud drowned. At the staten Island One''''''
Works over 100 tons Of coke were washed ov'ro'',u
from the wharf The high tide swept over inc emu,
OF the coal ple;s and carried large qnahoues Vi "'
coal into the Kills. number OF sinai .i' a
torn from their anchoragcs ard sent "u'"'' "'"'
several Of then were smashed ,,,,
large new three-story house at Fith anu f''''
stu. was blown down; the damage Will pe "Oo"
$500. oo ,,,,n or
Tho messengers from Newark on the ii 'io 'raih vi
the Jersey Central, for Elizabeth had 'hruihe ca
percnce In the meadows near the Ne"'''rSe' 'o'N',
Club track. The train plunged ln'o "ashou. a,u
the water put out the engine IRE anu stun" ~.
train Conductor Jackson had to wade through water
ncsr,v four feet deep In places back TO the siShai
tower Of the Lehgh Valley Railroad ana telegraph "
Newark for assistance. hiiu-car WAS SUN "o
and OH this the passengers and crew OF the 'ra AFTER
wad,nc several hundred yards we're conveyed 10
Newark.
The washout is about quarter Of mile long ana
the train reached the middle Of the pond before 1t
was stopped.
No trains could be run yesterday over the Newark
branch. between that city and Elizabeth, although
men were working all day repair the damage one
track was fixed that the race trains from Ncw-lorH
could reach the Jockey Club grounds.
The oil tanks belonging to Borne, Schrymser d Co..
on south Froat-st ovcrfowed during the storm The
oil hoated on the water in Staten Island Souha an
day Yesterday About o'clock last evening a baio'
more and Ohio freight train running over the NH
Bridge set fire 10 the OIL but the fire ola not reaon
any OF the oil tanks along the Soun1 sixty iec' Oh
polfi marp
have to be rebuilt, and communication by i''h VIII"
Staten Island Is cut of.
The heavy rain and fierce wind lh"rSoa! "sH
caused an unusually high tide at Newark. i"e i'e'
dovs on the east side OF the Passac RIVER were over
flowed. and a large portion OF the river panK near
Thrd-st., Harrison, was washed away. inc ""'"'"
occurred shortly after midnight Inc families oi
Thomas Kellett Thomas Broslin Benjamin lew anu
Mrs Groran were driven from their homes by ,he
rising water. The principal damage Done was a.
Alfred Dryers lampblack works, on flrs''s'" 'ie
water flowed into the lower floor OF nc factory ana
csmpSe Bark Works the engines and boiler room.
were flooded. The night engineer had 10 a"huo" '"'
nights storm Sd cCTdST%sr and ,sS
at Railway The hallway RTg5 rsbi all the streets
near the river were flooded To the depth o: thrcS
Stories Of their homes and rescued with boas-
The cellars on Mainst.. Mon-ave Lewis iIer t any
Hsyd6cE sis. we're all filled with water. All the GuI
buildings. cowsheds and small stables on ..,e river
hanks Of lower Railway have been tloated away. ono
The storm OF Thursday and THURSDAY nigHt WE ,,, U
az the most severe that has swept over New .
wick fof a long time. AT the steamuoat 90" ~.
highest tide known in years was expeflehSnu. Vow.
stcnmboat freight houses and many cellars w" h
nooded At the Raitan River rnilroad STALLION 1ne :
tops were blown OFF two freight cars. Inc DIV t
tnuse of the New Brunswick Boat club was bio"n MN
lie nier and lodged between two trees II vas n Daus
damaged During the night AN abandoneo NUN "a
oshsd rom lis moorincs near Perth Amboy ar swept
int the Raritan River railroad bridge tearing n",N
The paiincs which supported the nothbohl u",, 40. ro
o M thrtysix feet The stringpieces held the
track in position, and before morning Two f'is p'Sc
over the gap In safety.