The Jersey City news., 1901-07-06
WE'RE LUCKY.
Yesterdays Storm Blew
Over Us and Did Al
most No Damage.
COOLED The CITY OFF A BIT
A Few Cellars Flooded and
Limbs of Trees Broken,
That's All.
COOLED THE CITY OFF A BIT

This section was visited yesterday by
heavy shower of rain thaG same with
little warning and with the intensity al
most of a tornado or cloudburst For over
an hour the rain descended in torrents.
The sky began to- cloud over shortly De-
fore two o'clock and within few min
uIes it grew almost black. There was dis
tant rumbling of thunder and flashes OF
lightning. But while the rain poured
steadily there was comparatively little
wind, otherwise considerable damage
would have been done.
The police returns from all seven pre-
cincts are absolutely barren of casualties
or damages due to the storm. Jersey City
escaped the fierce bombardment and
havoc of the lightning made close by
While the rain was not accompanied by
Iwind it's steady downfall cooled the at
Fmosphere, and all who could, made for
ppen doorways or windows to drink in the
fresh moist air.
In many of the tenement houses down
lown every window was filed with groups
Of faces lighted up with the glow of
thanksgiving. Some of the children re-
mained throughout the shower in the
streets and yards. They were like chill
dren taking a bath in the surf and enjoy
ed even the drenching like so many young
ducks
Throughout the afternoon the rain con-
tinued but not with the steady violence
of the first hour There were intermittent
showers of drenching rain.
The streets in certain sections were
flooded, but not for any length of time
Surface water was soon drawn off by the
5se@~f Tla dry
ground greedily drank up the puddles that
formed on unpaved soil.
Though the rain poured in torrents dur
ing yesterday afternoons continuous
showers but little damage was done in the
Hudson City section. This Is due to the
fact that the storm was not accompanied
by violent wind. The heavy rain beat
down some branches from the trees and
in some sections the streets were literally
covered with them More dirt was washed
out of the embankments of the cut IN
Paiisade avenue, between Newark and
Hoboken avenues.
For awhile some of the, streets were
flooded on account of the choking up OF
sewers, but they weres soon drained NO
damages of note were reported at the sta
ton houses. The only notable result OF
the storm in that section was the WASH
ing away of some of the brick work OF
the Rayine Road sewer under the Pah-
sade avenue bridge. The road reaches
down at that point toward the meadows
in a sort of gorge or hollow and surface
water went pouring down through 1t ike
a milirace during the storm
The volume spent itself on the meadows.
These were overfown by the surface
drainage from the Heights and the con-
slant heavy fall of rain. The little
streams and rivulets that were DRIED up
during the heated spell were overrun and
the ducks and chickens of the squatters
are today revelling in mud and water
where a few days before they were walk
ing over the cracked and sundried beds OF
the various streams.
In Newark avenue at Sixth street, in the
vicinity of the Pennsylvania Railroad
trestle. the flood rendered the thorough
fare almost useless to pedestrians. The
us1lal logs, planks and rocks had to pc
resorted to by them in efforts to cross
the big puddle. The surface water runs
down the Newark avenue hill and the
vicinity is relieved only by box sewer
that will not accommodate the accumula-
tion of water alter a heavy rain.
Many of the cellars on the Heights and
over in the Horseshoe were flooded as
usual after a storm, but no damage OF
any consequence has been reported.
There were no reports made to the police
on the Heights of damage done by the
severe storm OF yesterday afternoon. Some
trees were blown down and few cellars
flooded. but nothing of a serious nature
bavond this was heard of from the effects
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