Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-08-30
HURRICANE IN SOME PLACES.
Most Damage Was Done in Jersey
City-Many Buildings wrecked
All Traffic StOpped-No Lives Lost
or Injured as Far as Known--In
Pennsylvania.

New York, Aug. ga violent an
protracted rainstorm, accompanied b,
wind, which in some sections ar
preached the proportions Of hurri
cane, swept over New York city, West
chester county and the northeastern
portion of New Jersey. The mos
damage SO far reported was at Jerse,
City, where many buildings wer,
wrecked, including church ant
theater.
Rain tell intermittently all morning
At $3.50 Jersey City began to expert
ence the worst storm in its history
Blasts CT wind carried widespread de
struction. Two wind storms seeming
ly met in the neighborhood of New
ark avenue and Barrow street and 4;
cyclonic condition resulted. Horses
standing In Newark avenue and the
wagons to which they were hitchet
were blown over. Telegraph poles
and wire fell A moment or two later
the steeple Of st. Mary's Roman Cath
Ole church, the largest in the city
fell backward upon the church, strik
ing the roof. Piles of the brick spire
crashed through the roof and down
upon the lawn.
Two miles from st. Mary's church
and nearly on line with it on New
ark avenue. Is the Bijou theater. "The
Man Who Dared" company was re
hearsing for an opening of the theater
for the season. Two lions that arc
used in the play were in cage on the
stage when sudden rush of wind
made the building tremble. Warning
cries caused the performers to leave
the stage not a moment too soon
Bricks came down from the high walls
running the stage and bending the
lions cage. The lions roared in ter
lor. AS the performers rushed out o
shout was raised in the street that the
lions were loose and the crowd which
had seeked shelter in the corridor fed
panic stricken. The lions did not es-
cape, but their cages were hit and
the beasts were cut by the bricks.
On the south side Of Newark avenue
opposite the theater, the roofs of ~
three-story buildings were ripped off
The storm struck St Matthews Luth
eran church. demolishing the roof ano
the steeple. Van Worst park, in the
heart Of the business district, was the
scene of the storms fiercest work
There the growths of many decades
were uprooted or broken off as though
they we're made of pipe clay. A piece
Of the roof Of the Union League club
opposite the park. was lifted and car
ried over to the park and dropped on
the ground.
No persons were killed or injured so
far as known. The storm in New York
city was confined to heavy downpour
of rain with violent wind. It was
heaviest In the Bronx. where the
streets were flooded. The cut through
the Harlem division, where the New
York Central runs, close to Williams
burg. was flooded from two to three
feet. There was much sand on the
railroad tracks and trains were unable
to get out. At the One Hundred and
street station the plat
form on the downtown side Of the
railroad was lifted and washed out
to the tracks. This. with the water,
blocked all the south-bound trains for
a time.
Philadelphia, Aug. 26.--Reports re
ceived In this city tonight state that
the heavy rains which have fallen dur
ing the past week throughout the
state have resulted in the most disas-
trous foods experienced in many
years.
At Mauch Chunk the storm was at
tended by four fatalities. Jessie
prominent citizen of
Mauch Chunk. and three boys named
McLaffry, Mckinley and Johnson, were
standing on bridge spanning Mauch
Chunk creek. when the supports col.
apsed and the four were precipitated
INTO the water and drowned. The
stream had become a raging torrent
BY the bursting of dam. The Mauch |
Chunk creek Is Is feet above its nor
nal mark and the towns in Carbon |
county along its course have suffered
much damage. Bridges, culverts and
riches are destroyed and the loss to |
he borough and to the property hold
RS will be many thousands of dollars. |
BUSINESS is at standstill.