New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-08

the tracks sufficiently clear OF mud and stones IN
the cuts Rockaway to run trains. On the
Boonton branch OF the culverts badly
washed that 1t viii be necessary to rebuild 1t. AT
Boonton the coal sheds and trestle OF Ellis f. Myers
were washed away. and the turn-table was wrecked
Several freight cars washed into the river
At Dover the canal bank broke and flooded the
business portion OF the town. and hre-engines were
pressed into service TO pump out the cellars The
coal yard Of the Morristown Coal Company. at the
yard Of the Rockaway Valley Railroad is covered
with water. and the track runs through pond for
a mile or more.
At Whippany. McEwan Brothers lost paper valued
at 5000 and their two dams washed away
Muir's dam, Jaqui's dam Speedwe dam and the
Shotgun dam gone Reports coming in every
hour OF the damage done throughout the county
When the food struck McEwan Brothers mills the
doors OF the main machinery-room, which - GO feet
wide by 200 long. burst open. and the room in
undated TO a depth OF four feet. The fires put
out. and the machinery was covered with debris and
immense cakes of ice. AT the Caledonia MIL. owned
by the same Arm. the waters swept the fume away
and had it not been for temporary dam erected in
front of the St0ckrJOn. the manufactured stock
would have been total loss. The damage to this
Patrick Farrelly, president OF the American News
Company, the bridge washed away and damage
done 10 the amount Of 5000
When Pocahontas dam broke the timbers and
cakes of ice broke through Mnirs dam and washed
OF at least $1,000 Cenre-st and Coe-ave.: in Nor
Ridgedale-ave blocks OF ice fifteen square were
left in dooryards 800 feet from the channel OF the
river. The food had a humorous side While John
Cannon and others watching PocahOntas dam
an Italian woman came out OF the shanty just be-
low the dam, formerly known the ''old soap fac
tory wringing her hands and crying that her child
was drowning Without an nstants hesitation Gan
non threw Off his coat and swan from the bank
along the raceway to the house ard brought the lit
tie one safely to her mother who turned and be-
ra brave fellow for not bringing three four
chickens that drowning in the kitchen.
AT o'clock last evening three reporters procured
a boat and started out to give assistance TO
Interview the people In the houses in Coe-ave.
They m.sca the strength of the current and
were thrown against the house OF William Horse
field With considerable difficulty they scrambled
In through the window. Just as they were preparing
10 leave a big cake of Ice struck the building with
such force that the part in which they were stand
ing went down with a crash. There was rush for
The front rooms and just the last man got out
The roof fell, A stove which was In the room was
smashed 10 bits showing what would have been the
fate of those who were standing there on.y a mo
ment before As II was they were prisoners i0r
time with no hope of immediate rescue: Whi WINE
wade or swim out, the boat being under the wreck
of the house they employed their time IN wrtlng
out the story Of the flood They were heid prisone
until after 10 O'Clock when by means OF ropes they
half swan ha.f waded 10 land. and mace dasn LOT
the nearest telegraph office. None OF them cares u
repeat the experience . .,or.
The dam at Pocohontas that gave way was more
than ten feet high. This morning there ID not .