New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-22
SWEPT By THE WINDS.
MUCH DAMAGE IN NORTHERN NEW-JEH-
sEY BY YESTERDAYS STORM

upRoorED TREES CRASH THROUGH SEVERAL
HousEs-rouR MEN INJURED BY LIGHT
MING IN PAssAIc-sTREETs WASHED
OUT BY THE RAIN.
Nutley June q (SpeciaD.-A cyclone struck
| Franklin at 1870 O'Clock this afternoon Ihe ciouus
gathered about o'clock and were followed by
! heavy fall Of rain. Between and O'CLOCK three
showers gathered one from the west. one from the
/ east and the third from the south. At 4SO O'Clock
the three showers met and the rain fell in torrents.
! accompanied by binding flashes OF lightning ana
deAfening pea!s OF thunder With the rain came
a wind Of cyclonc proportions The air wh.ch was
sitting was filed with debris OF all kinds
! Nutley in the vicinity of the Nutley station OF
! the Erie Ralway received the brunt Of the WIND,
| which came from the west IN eccentric waves.
Part OF the roof was torn off the stone station and
| states were thrown hundreds of yards away. IN
Whitford-ave about hundred yards from the
station a chestnut tree about three feet IN diam
eter was torn out by the roots and sent crashing
against the house of Aren't H. Schuyler, tearing
Off the whole front OF the building and crushihs
| the veranda into kindling wood. c. H. Ray ana
John j. Ledy, who I've near by, ran 10 the mousse
knowing tina, no one except the children and SER
wants were in the house Mr.. and Mrs Schuy-
Ter are visiting friends in Connecticut They fouha
! the girls and children unhurt but hysterlcai' Out
soon quoted them. In the rear or the schuyler
house a large ire. was twisted off, about fifteen
feet from the ground. on the grounds of the
| Nutlcy Field club a number Of stately trees were
torn out by the roots and thrown down. On High
field Lane trees were twisted and torn TO pieces.
The railroad crossing lIishheld Lane was COW
| cred with debris and had 10 be cleared before
| trains could pass. A. Nutey Station the roar or
| the wind was frghtful. and the worst part OF the
| rain fell in thai vicinity Evidently cloud buist
over fHghhe.d Lane and Passaic-ave., as roads
wore badly washed ont. Chairman Abram Blum
and Committeeman Adrian Larkin, accompanied By
] III. no. mt. horo
a tour Of inspection and had the roads cleared Of
| trees and debris. Men with axes worked unui
| everything was cleared away
The wires Of the Nu,ley Electric Company were
torn down in different part Of the town. Traffic was
stopped for TWO hours. Along the Passalc
| River the road vas strewn with fallen trees and
fences Lightning Struck tree in Chestnut-si.
IN from. OF j. Henzs Bakery and splnered u to
the ground. The storm Was the worst even eN-
pcrierced In Franklin Township.
Rutherford. June p CSpeciaD.-The storm TINS
afternoon cft a track OF destruction through Ruth
erforl The wind WAS high and did more damage
than tho lightning. \ big chestnut tree at Mort-
more-avc aud Elliott Place was blown across the
house ~ \. Aspnwall. crushing in the roof. Inc
house is owned by II. Y. Klynor. y large maple
tree In Tark-avc East Rutherford. near the Erie
railway station. was uprooted and fell across tho
wires u the Paterson Passaic and Rutherford Eec-
trio Railway carrying one 10 the ground The line
was blocked FOR half hour, when the tree was
chopped UP and removed.
THO cipola on the Carlstadt station Of the New
Jersey and No7s-Yo Railway WAS struck by light
ming and shattered Lightning also struck the nag
POLE o. the Rurts building, in Depot Square, max
lnr spiintcrs Of Il. Tho awnings on the Copeland
Dugl.ng opposite The c'station. showed market
cff.cts Of tho gale.
A chldrcn's service was being held In the Church
~ Onr Father during the height OF the storm. when
a high vout,ator was blown open by the "nd' ana
c la" P.'I@ . sta p mo howeyef F.nces and
,-r.. 4, tho rclsl. forhOod suffered severely. ami
s,rno - the roads were washed out badly
P,ssaic juno 81 (SpeciaO.-As result OF this
af,crnoou'. tornado four men are PROSTATE in this
ci.y Tho wind blew hurricane uprooting trees
ahisking signs from their moorngs and threatening
90 overthrow troiicy-rars Trio storm was accom-
panied by tho most vivid lightning.
X 4 ; Hav,ns. Alfred Farnham. Fletcher XII
roir and Frank Newell members Of tho Aquenock
Boat cub were IN the clubhouse preparing FOR the
laRn party 20 be- given hy that organization on
wednesday. The house was struck by bolt AMI
thc four men were rendered unconscious and are
under the care Of physicians Tho boath0ls" was
practically ruined
A. Carlton II!i one OF the buildings Of the stand
arr Bleaching Company was struck and a hole torn
10 tho rluf the Doors removed. and much OF tho
machinery spoiled. The Nut!cy and Newark nne
~ .rai.s-rars WAS tied up for TWO and haf hours
49, result ~ the burning out % the generators tn
the power house. The lightning played about th'
wires penetrating the building flashing about thu
machinery. and burning ont %" armatures In four
iynamos Passenger for Newark were Transferred
hy stae, from Nlucy 10 Franklin Two buildings
besides the hoafholse We're also struck IN this city
The house ~ John Wood IN sherman-st.. and an
other building owned 10y him IN Burgess Place. now
.n UI.r4D ~ erection. 49," struck ana considerably
damaged. 80 on. was hurt.
Spring Valley y j.. June Q tspe-iaD.-A heavy
| thuu I~rstorm. accompanied by intensely sharp
lightning wind aud hail. passed over this place
about O'Clock this afternoon. and did considerable
damage 20 persons buildings and crops. The water
ran down the streets In floods. and several win
dows were broken by the hailstones. which were
| nearly as large hickory nuts
The house OF John Briggs was struck by light
Ming and considerably damaged. Mr.. Briggs and
his family os four were sitting IN the house az ,he
time Hs s.n william. was struck by the light
Ming and seriously injured. His right side Was
burned from his neck 70 the sole OF his foot. the
shoe on the right foot being torn or and the man
rendered unconscious II ia thought that ne VII
die. fTls father badly shocked also. but not
1eri0Gsiy injured , 49, .A
,ralk A, Woodbridge and delayed trains. Light
ming also struck house Al Pearl h4Nrr anu
shocked the inmates. but caused no serious dhhaS
During the shower the house ~ George GOsWHli. a
| L,rher n, Nlveredge struck twice by lightning
end came near being destroyed. Inc pohrus Were
Urn from tho side Of the building and broken ny
AZ II they hal been made o, paper Although
struck twice. strange to say, tho house dld not
,aka nro A friend OF Goswald who was vsitinB
! him was severely shocked by the lightning Cos
wald and his family escaped injury.