Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-08
BY FIRE AND FLOOD.

Immense Damage Done ut Bound Brook,
New Jcrscv-Only One Life Lost.
Somerville, n. J., February while
the loss of property at Bound Brook
last night by fire and flood will be well
up 10 expectation, it is now reasonably
certain that but one life was lost. This
man, whose name was Miller, perish
ed in the attempt to aid people in dis
tress. The RaritGn river was over %
feet higher than its normal condition
last night. The river and the canal
were 200 yards apart before the water
began to rise Yesterday afternoon were
all one last night. The food was caus-
ed by the heavy rainfall, overlooking
the Raritan. The water in the mead
ow brook, about a quarter of a mile
from the heart of Bound Brook. also
overlooked its banks. The three main
blocks in the village We're flooded with
water and while The citizens were try
ing to rescue people from houses that
were in danger of being swept away
in their houses by the food. fire was
discovered. 1t was first seen in the
lumber yard OF J.. D. Cook & Co. Citi-
zens were unable TO do anything in the
direction of fighting the flames or res
cUing property, because of the swift
ness OF the current of water rushing
through the streets, which threatened
to carry men off their feet. Under
these conditions the fire had simply to
burn itself out 1t is thought that
twenty houses have either been de-
s.rOyed by the fire or were wrecked by
the flood Many small Outhouses be-
longing to farmers on the outskirts of
Bound Brook were carried away by the
flood and were swept down the Rari-
tan river.
Communication with Bound Brook
has been partly resumed this afternoon.
The waters C. the Rau--an river have re-
coded and they are about four feet high
on the main street of the town. The
fire which broke out at the time the
food was at lis he.gh lid over 100000
damage. People driven from Their
hcmss by the fire and flood took refuge
az first i'm die Presbyte ian Church. but
the flames spread to that ed:ice and the
inmates were obliged to ls2ve t. All
escaped.
NIorI.s,own. n. J., February THE
residents CT the lower section Of this
town we're KEEP, IN a state o. terror last
night by the floods caused by the break
ing of the P0cah0n,3s dam in the up
Fer end CT Mo-r.stcwn. The water rush
ed into the valley. sweeping everything
before e. The people had to take to
the upper stories OF thej- hous1s and re-
main there until ,isy could be removed
in bo3ts. The water in the streets rose
TO a depth of from seven to ten feet.
No lives we-a lost. The lake dam had
for q long time been in a dilap.dated
c-nG'-cn, ready to bleak during any
severe storm.
New York. February THE storm
wa.cl began "wednesday night and
RACED with hurricane force all through
YES. s~day continued to-day, report hay-
ing experienced the full force Of the
sa3-m. Throughout the county and
particularly in New Jersey traffic is
much impaded by waslouts. The Rah-
way river owe flowed It's banks and the
streets of Railway are flooded. For
mIes around the lowlalds also We're
entirely submerged. On some farms
along the Middlesex county line the
farmers were compelled 10 move their
1--we stock TO places Of safety.