Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-02-07
ELEMENTS ON THE RAMPAGE
A Furious Wind Storm Followed by
Disastrous Deluge Of
Rain.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE IN new JERSEY
Rivers Swollen Out of Their Banks
Dams Giving Way--Cities Flooded
Many Lives Lost by Falling
of a Rotten Bridge.

Sommerville, N. j., Feb. 7.-While tn
loss of property at Bound Brook las
night by fire and food will be well up tt
the expectation, based on the meagre in
formation obtainable in season for thu
morning papers, it is now reasonably
certain that but one life was lost.
A man named Miller entered row
boat intending to rescue family, whom
the rising waters had driven to take re
fuge in the upper part of their home
about 100 feet back of the Raritan river
The swift current upset the boat, an6
Miller was not seen again.
Last night when the last messenger
left Bound Brook, the flood had begun
to subside. The water had spread back.
wards from the river about 1000 feet and
tho residents had been forced to take re.
fnge in the upper stories of their houses
At 3 O'Clock this morning the water
WAS nearly ten feet high IN Main street.
The food was caused by heavy rain
fall oyertlowing the Rarltan river.
SURROUNDING COUNTRY FLOODED.
Meadow Brook, about quarter of a
mile from the heart of Bound Brook, was
also overtlowed. The surrounding coun.
try for quarter of mile on each side OF
the heart of the village was flooded.
The three main blocks of the city were
flooded, and, while the citizens were try
irg to rescue the people from their
houses, a fire was discovered in the lum-
Der yard of L. d. Cook d Go.
Sommerfeld and Plainfield were asked
f,,r csoto 49, laI e.
Bound Brook but the roads were impas-
sible. The fire had simply to burn itself
out.
Tt is thought that twenty houses have
been destroyed by fire and flood.
There are reports current of loss of life
in Bound Brook. beyond that of Miller,
but the basis of the rumors can not be
ascertained.
The telegraph operators at the Lehigh
Valley and Central railroad depots for a
time sent messages while standing in
water up to their knees, but finally had to
leave their posts.
The water put out the fires in the Rari-
tan water works, leaving Raritan and
Somer valley without water.
HURLED INTO THE TORRENT.
Plainfield, N. J.-While looomotiv
was making an Intellectual effort to draw
flat car carrying fire engine TO Bound
Brook last night, 1t ran upon a man,
probably from Bound Brook, whom the
overflow had driven to the higher ground
upon which the track is built. He was
hurled into the torrent and swept away.
BRIDGE HORROR AT BRISTOL.
Bristol, Conn.-Three men were killed
by the fall of Pequabeck river bridge
during the great storm last night. The
bodies we're recovered to-day. The vic
Tins are:
Martin Curry
Daniel O'Brien.
Nicholas Rich.
There were thirteen men on the bridge
when it went down.
The ten survivors sustained painful in
juries.
The men constituted a gang of en-
gineers, mechanics and laborers, engaged
in strengthening the bridge which had re-
Gently been condemned as unsafe.
FEARED THAT EVEN MORE WE'RE LOST.
This afternoon CONSERVATION was
caused by the discovery that on the
bridge at the fateful moment there were
twenty one men instead of thirteen. Seven
men are missing.
Searchers feel confident that in the
Plainfield pond there are several bodies.
The pond is covered with ice.
POCAHoNTAs LAKE DAM GAVE WAY.
Morristown, N. 1.-THE residents of
Lower Stringtown were kept in state
of terror all night by floods caused by
the breaking of Pocahontas lake dam
in the upper end of town.
The water rushed into the valley, sweep
ing everything before it. The people
had to take to the upper stories and re-
main there until they could.be removed in
boats.
The water in the streets rose to depth
of from seven to ten feet. No lives were
lost.
The most serious damage was done to
the Hygiene Ice company, electric light
power house and the Cody and Seely
estates.
FURY OF THE STORM MODERATED.
New York.-The storm, which began
ON Wednesday night and reached hurri-
cane force yesterday, continues to-day,
but greatly moderated.