The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-10
NIGHT OF DISASTER
The Fiercest Storm in Many
Years Sweeps Over
Jersey City.
DEADLY ELECTRIC WRECK
Trolley Lines Broken and
Horses and Men Shocked
By the Vagrant
Lightning.
FEARFUL CALAMITY IN NEW YORK
Building Blown Down on Two
Dwelling Houses = Many
Lives Lost.

Last nights storm was the SeVereSt
experienced in this city for many years.
The heavy wind played havoc with the
trolley, telephone, telegraph, fire and po
lice wires.
The record of casualties up to six
O'Clock this morning was two horses in
stantly killed, third practically roasted
alive, man knocked insensible by
shock and smash up.
The accidents began at one o'clock this
morning and kept up in rapid succession
until half past five o'clock. The first one
occurred at the junction of Wayne and
Henderson streets, where the Henderson
street trolley line crosses the Erie street
line. Car No. 15 came tearing down
Wayne street, while the motorman in
charge of No. 2 of the Henderson street
line was trying to reduce the record to
Pavonia ferry. The result was terrific
collision in which the side of the Erie
street car was wrecked and the front of
the Henderson street car stove in. Both
motors had to be sent to the repair shop
at once. Fortunately no one was hurt
INSTANTLY KILLED.
At three o'clock as milk wagons were
lining up on Exchange place waiting
to be admitted to the ferry house, one
of the live wires =, Of f. the the net net work d.
on the head of a horse. owned by II.
Kingston, of No. SO and 81 Centre street,
Newark. The animal made a mad
plunge forward and ,dropped dead The
driver was standing beside the animal
when the wire fell He received a shock
which sent him reeling into the gutter.
dition and carried into ,Taylor's Hotel.
AS soon as he recovered he was taken
in charge by friends and removed to his
home before his name could be ascer-
tanned, The fallen wire was repaired as
quickly as possible, and the linemen
were about to depart when a second
wire fell across the back of a horse at
George Crete of No. 276 Cherry street,
New York. The animal dropped to its
knees in an instant, finally rolling over
at the same time neighing pitfully.
Everyone about the scene was afraid to
touch the wire and for fully five minutes
the horse lay in, the street, struggling,
while the terrible current burned the
flesh off its ribs. Policeman Bennett
was finally summoned. He ended the
beasts misery by shooting it.
At five O'Clock as Frank Dorzapp.
milkman, of No. 1863 Seventh street, was
driving through Erie street, live. wire
suddenly dropped on his horses head.
Death was instantaneous.
At six o'clock the wire at Jersey ave-
nue. and Montgomery street fell. The
bright flash of light that followed freigh-
tened team Of horses attached to
truck loaded with hogs. The horses ran
away, wrecking the truck against pile
of brick at the corner Of Jersey avenue
The telephone, telegraph and electric
light wires in Taylors Hotel were COM
pletely burned out by becoming crossed
with a trolley wire in front or the
TROLLEY WIRES DOWN
Telephone and telegraph wires became
of the city, and seriously crippled the
service The work of destruction began
about half-past twelve this morning, and
since that time extra forces of inemen
atrtp ia IN era A
five o'clock this morning the wind up
rooted a big tree in front of the saloon
of Mrs. Baker at No. 2l3 Warren street
and sent it crashing through the plate
glass windows, doing damage to the ex-
tent of several hundred dollars. Wayne
street was rendered almost impossible
by the heavy bancheS which had been
snapped from trees.
The cover of a scuttle on the house at
No. 245 Henderson street was blown into
the street, passing Internationally close
to truckInan. who saw in time to
avoid being struck. Along West Side ave
nue., near Belmont avenue, large trees
were blown down One feIl across the
car tracks and stopped travel until sawed
in two and removed
AFRAID 70 CROSS THE GAP.
At the Washington street gap, work
boats until a heavy hawser' was stretched
across SO as to prevent the possibility of
being blown out into the bay.
Along the river front piers were flooded,
which had been prepared for shipment.
In Sussex, Essex and Morris streets,
cellars and easements were flooded to the
depth of three and four feet, occupants
of the Easements being driven to the
upper floors.
Pavonia avenue, as usual was flooded,
compelling horse and trolley cars to
stop at Barnum street Passengers
reached the ferry by walking through the
Erie Railroad train shed. The Summit
avenue line across the Meadows Was sub
tte,t,.
height as to compel passengers to stand
up on the seats inside the car, the fioof
being covered to the depth Of an inch.
In the parks. hundreds of dead spar
rows were found, killed evidently by hav-
ing been blown off the limbs of trees ii
IN HUDSON CRY.
In the Hudson City section the high
wind did considerable damage. The New
York avenue sewer for once, did very
we'll, and very little, if any, damage was
done to the cellars along the avenue.
Four large trees were blown down, but
no fatal accidents are reported. One of
the trees fell across the car tracks Oh
New York avenue. near. the Paterson
an hour This occurred at about Z 80 AM
this morning, while people We're on their
way to business, and much grufnbling
gers at the delay of the railroad author
tiles in removing the obstruction. The
other trees fell on Thorne, Charles and
BOWerS Streets, anu iI1ut Those DOCKS
impossible for vehicles. The shutters on
several houses were blown off, and in
several cases window panes were
smashed
THE BERGEN SECTION
The damage on the Hill was not very
great. Bergen avenue and other heavily
shaded streets are strewn with branches.
Two old trees were blown down in front
of the Bergen Reformed Church. They
fell across the tracks OF the Traction
Company and opstructed tra1Ilc for some
and removed them as speedily as possi-
BILE. One of the large plate glass win
dows in Lyons & Ziegar's drug store was
blown in: 1t smashed number Of bottles
and articles that were on exhibition
What the glass didn't break the rain
spoiled. Perlee Bros, of Monticello and
Communipaw avenues also lost a large
window A window in the garret of the
Arcanum building was smashed.
On the West Side the Traction Com
pany experienced the same trout}e that
has met them every time there has been
heavy storm. The tracks between
The scrofulous taint which may have been