Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-03-29
,psrRUCTION BY CYCLONE.
.vo,oue sweeps over South
H,;aee tom Doing Thousands
-. n"llars worth OF Damage
so valuable Property.

Inst at Q o'clock THURSDAY morning
.n,,d the crashing of thunder and the
% a,ore of continuous lightning, howl
s'r s obstructive cyclone swept over the
1 .onntrv. doing great damage to pro-
nerty In its path.
belt of several hundred feet in
.z,a,h was swept over by more severe
,ro,one than seemed to prevail In
o,ber places, and the car barn of the
sonth Jersey Traction Company SEEM
ID to be In the centre of the wind
storms pathway.
wat,hman Terry was at the barn
working under one Of the moter cars
~ Tho time. He noticed that the wind
bepan blowing first gently, and then
more severe, and the swapping and
cracking alarmed him, and he jumped
from the pit under the car and started
n make his exit. No sooner had he
onened one of the big front doors than
the bowling cy clone swept down upon
the building, and in an instant the air
was filled with flying timbers, bricks,
splinters and lumber. Fifty feet OF the
south wall went down, falling outward
and the great heavy roof beams crash
ed down, pinnipg down several cars,
utterly destroying. one Of them and
running two others.
In moment more several OF those
who live near we're upon the scene,
and word was quickly sent to Super
intendent Deloury. He secured con-
yeyance, went down to the barn to
investigate the matter of damage, and
then began the employment of a large
gang of men to clear away the debris.
A PIONEER reporter was early upon
the scene, and watched the work OF
clearing away the damages. Treas
urer Bacon, with high rubber boots,
a storm coat, and slouch hat was d.
recting the work. All of the conduc-
tors and motormen, besides many
others were at work, and rapid pro-
gress was made with the work.
Just one-half of the car barn baa
been swept away. The south wall was
lying outward, almost intact. The
north wall was still standing. The
roof had been torn in many sections,
and had been carried some fifty feet
or more east of the structure. Several
the great "a" roof beams had fallen
down upon the cars and had mashed
them badly. One of the local Brill
cars was completely demolished. This
car was standing nearest the front of
the building. All the roof and pretty
much the entire sides of the car were
gone. The motors were greatly dam.
aged, and the track beneath the cars
had been bent and broken.
Directly behind this car was St.
Louis local coach. This car was al
most as badly ruined, being rendered
entirely useless, although there may
not be so mueh damage to the machir-
cry under the floor. Directly behind
this was another Brill car which was
rendered useless by the considerable
damage, although the car was not
completely ruined. A big Millville
car behind this was slightly damaged.
0nly two of the motor cars were un-
harmed, a pike car, and one OF the
1t. Louis cars.
A large crowd of people were soon
gathered upon the scene, and they
watched with great interest the work
OF removal OF the debris which was con.
unued without any delay. In the rain.
There were no cars that could be
gotten out of the damaged barn. ow-
ing to all the destruction being at the
entrance. Superintendent Deloury i'm
mediately put himself in communica-
tlon with Millville, and ordered a car
sent over here for the pike line.
At this writing 1t Is impossible to
even attempt to figure upon the loss
Of the company, but it means several
thousand OF dollars. Several new cars
afe likely to be purchased to take the
place OF those destroyed.
OTHER DAMAGE.
considerable damage was done down
aoout the oil cloth factory. An OF
noose on the high bluff, west of the
uAln building, was completely des-
'toyed and leveled to the ground. The
'ool OF the factory was also much dam
aseo. This Is unfortunate, as prepar-
a'o"s have been in progress to resume
work at this place.
Audiam Hand who lives at 3O4 South
VENUE experienced a strange expert
,u'e last night. He had a wagon stand
s IN che lane in the rear of his house
s,s u .ne cyclone picked up one of the
!. uS boards of the wagon, and carried
y y, w''u Dreadful velocity to the house
A., saefe it strnck endwise and was