The evening times., 1900-07-09
CYCLONE IN NEW JERSEY.
Fierce Windst0rm Does Great DAM
age in Many Places

JERSEY CITY. n. J.. July Am cleo
tricaI storm yesterday did great damage
| throughout ;he State. AT Egg Harbor City
the sanitarium in the course OF erection
for DR.. George Schmidt was completely de-
stroyed.
The wind literally tore the unprotected
structure to pieces and scattered its timf-
bers in every direction.
Shade trees by the dozen we're torn up by
the roots ard carried far from their origi-
nal locations.
The factory building occupied By the No-
ven Label Company was lifted from its
fou3dation stones and nearly toppled over
Reports from the nearby farming district
Indicate great losses in truck gardens and
orchards
Residents Of Smithburg and Turkey. near
Freehold, were terrorized by hurricane.
| The approach OF the storm sounded like q
steam thresheF. Villagers rushed into the
streets and saw tie cyclone coming down
the road. cutting everything in its path.
Trees were uproOted and carried rods; corn
| in the field was cut as with a sickle;
fences were knocked down like tenpias
and telephone and telegraph wires scatter
ed. Hailstones as big as robins eggs fell
completely covering the ground, and with
such force that hardly pane Of glass was
left intact in any OF the houses.
At Turkey the house OF Frank Hen
Erickson was unroofed and his barn seat
tered. hardly a timber remaining standing
Slate from The roof so gashed his horse
grazing in the front yard that il viii have
to be killed Tie roof OF Andrew Lam
bertson's barn WIS carried half a mile
md n 81 Frr~,. l.
new Morris house. and that Of Austin
layton were damaged. hole being cut
through Layton's roof.
AT SmiJhbuTg several barns and houses
we're unrofec and horses and COWS killed.
The storm came from the southeast.
\ wind storm that uprCOted trees and
tore dean trolley wires, electric light and
telephone lines. swept over Bricgeton
early in the afternoon. and 4 terrific
thunderstorm followed . half-hour later
that exceeded anything Of the kind seen
hereabouts for many years past The
electrical wires we're tzizted and wrapped
into hopeless knots. and had to be cut
away 20 prevent setting fire 10 buildings by
contact
Half the telephones and as many electric
lights were out OF service, and the trolley
service was only restored after gangs Of
men had restrung the wires aid removed
! trees from the trscls Nearly every block
was robbed OF one CT more trees and most
OF them fell directly across the car tracks
During heavy windstoTm, which passed
over this city. the yacht sailed BY William
Wescott was twice overturned before har-
I Dor could be reached Fortunately. there
was but one man in the boat besides the
captain The occupants succeeded In
| righting the craft after the first upset, but
a sudden gust Is over second tine, and
! blew II on shore The men ciung 10 the
( boat and reached shore safely.
Near Mays Landing 4 tree wss blown
| through the home OF George BjeTlinK and
I Andrew Su2llUOod. and the place Was
I wrecked.
| The storm did great damage 20 or
! chsrds ard truck patches for miles around
and the storm increased in violence IS II
I passed eastward.
| 4 large factory building newly erected
/ a. the George Jonas glass bottle works al
I Minstola was blown down and ruined by
/ tie furious Win5stoTm- Loss Is about
/ Sc, ,00O.