New-York tribune., 1896-02-07
NEV-JERSEY FLOODED.
RAILWAY TRACKS AND STREETS SUB
MERGED.
4 wAsHot~r oN THE ERIE ROAD N ORANGE
TRAFFIC IMPEDED EVERYWHERE AND
MANY sr-nrRB>HrrEs UNABLE To TRAY
EI.-TIIE PASSAlC. RNkITAN AND
DELAWARE RIVERS DAN
GEROUsLY HlGH.

Trc wind ara rain yesterday caused cohs'"''" '"o'e
1,rr,,o and ,roubl. alona the Jersey coas'. and
throughout the STATE there we're reports OF haNot
wrough, Streets railroads and trolley lnes were
eIthc- so food ii badly washed out 'ha' """'9
was lmpodcd stopped. Trains on a" the 'oA''s
with the exception OF tn" Pennsylvania MAJ" NM
were hehinG The Pennsylvania was delAye'. III It's
local travel bn. the through trains arrived al anu
deparied from Jersey city on tine.
The sal. marshes Of Hudson and Bc~gcn countes
yer. flooded and the railroad tracks were ba.eN
above water The lido fe,i ONLY nine inches Il
Newark and only sly at Hoookeh and Jersey CHy'
60 that practically the first tide OF the day heh
over until the incoming one arrived. ms coupler
with tho torrents of water which poured down
toward Newark Bay through the Passalc ana
HackeDaack rivers. converted the swamps into
great lake From Marion back Of Jersey city,
after the rain ceased. the waters of the Passsic
and Hackensack had met. ana "a far as cou!d be
seen there not sight OF the earth on the
lowlands except the embankments OF the railroads
These with their shining rails, stretched away for
miles
Along the Atlantic Coast. from Cape May to the
Highlands. the beat with terrible fury against
the sand, and bluffs. and caused considerable al
teraton in the coast line AT Long Branch the
surf very high. ana had the 81. Paul been s;l
resting the beach there when the storm broke
she would without doubt have been carried
against the DUH, lOt TO dHcHO.S "Ou'u HdN' H'iu
her against the great that broke about where
she had lain.
LACKAWANNA TRACKS SUBMERGED
Early IN tha storm the Lackawanna Railroad had
trouble at South Orange Not far from the South
Orange depot there is a small brook. which passes
under the railroad and drains considerable low
lying land and finally enters the Railway River
Yesterday morning the water rushed down SO fast
that the tunnel under South Orange-ave was not
large enough TO carry the water through, and the
mass backed up until FOR hundreds OF yards on
either side of the railroad track there was water
from three TO five feet deep There Is dam just
beyond the track on the west and this caused
much of the trouble. The railroad tracks finally
became submerged and debris OF all kinds be gan
TO pile on the tracks The division superintendent
asked the owner Of the dam 10 allow its destruction
ao the water could take its natural course instead
Of being detected. This was refused, 50 gang OF
men from the railroad broke down part OF the
dam This allowed the water to spread. and for
more than A mile a lake was formed. 1t extended
70 the South Orange Field Club grounds. The
new running and cycle track and the athletic
field were two feet under water.
A WASHOUT on THE ERIE.
There was washout Of I50 feet along the Watch
ung Division Of the Erie Railroad Hgh-st
Orange. The Second River runs alongside OF the
track and the water which poured from the river
against the track undermined 1t. The i2is train
from Orange TO New-York passed over the under
mined space In safety. but the last coach passed