The sun., 1901-08-25

Telegraph and Trolley Poles ami
and Fire Departments Crippled Path
Of storm Was About Hail a Mile vide.
and E,erything In Its path I'm Jersey
t1ty Was Wrecked steeple Blown an
Church Families Homeless and Pe-
lice Lines Msin,ained About Totter-
ting Walls Heavy Floods Of Rain DO
Great Damage In Many Jrrse, Towns.
Acroe- the Greenvlle section of Jersey
City from Newark BAY to New York Bay
a tract Of land about five miles In length
and about n quarter Of n mile In width
was almost entirely devastated yesterday 10y
a tornado which extended northeast up
the Hudson River at least "a far a. Non-
kers. The path OF the storm was marked
by houses unroofed and razed to the ground
by the destruction Of farm produce. and
by injuries Co many people For more
than an hour after the tornado had passed
the main line Of the New Jersey Central
Railroad was completely blocked and tele-
graphic communication between somer-
Vile and Jersey city was stopped except
one wire which. despite the fact that for
several miles Il was embedded IN the mud.
still worked.
II was about twenty minutes before
4 o'clock when the tornado burst over
Greenville For ten minutes OF more
before that time the inhabitants Of the
district had been filed with apprehension
Of a storm Of more than usual vigor lie
cau-. of the formation 81 huge banks of
4 Il Al. Il hue
Almost before the housewives could close
their windows the storm was upon them.
According 20 the descriptions given last
night by some of the inhabitants ot the
district, the storm travelled from tho south
ern end OF Newark Bay toward the north
east, hitting hyonne and Grcenville and
passing into New York bay and up the
coast Behind Il was lef, an almost inde-
scribable path NJ destruction. The only
wonder Of IL H. that no lives were lost on the
spot. Two men who were conveyed TO
tho Jersey City Hospital suffering from
injuries. however. will probably die
DAMAGE IN GREESvILLE.
A terrace Of four brick houses, 24o to 252
Princeton avenue. first felt the effect Of the
tornado a. IL swept across the Bayonne
natA. lnttf nohrf'N Nfif uu'pN'l'b or'
completely as though their leaden roofs
had been ripped of by wreckcrs' tools. Tho
lead was torn otf in great sheets and blown
for about fifty feet into tho roadway. Along
with the roof were carried raftcrs and sup
ports in such quantity a. to block trsffic
upon the avenue. Through the openings
In tho roof the rain poured, doing many
hundreds Of dollars OF damage 10 the Ire
longing- Of the tenants. so great was the
destruction done to the four houses that
Capt Nugent Of the Fifth precinct, after
a cursory examination ordered the tenants
to vacate. He drew rope lines around the
houses and stationed policemen at inter-
walls along the block To prevent people ap-
preaching the walls. which now and again
were seen 90 sway as they we're caught
by the wind. The tenants who were elected
took refuge In the houses OF neighbors.
From Princeton avenue tho tornado
swept across the tracks OF the main line
OF tho Central Railroad
mrs JERSEY CENTRAL.
II threw down strongly joisted signal
posts and bent into all kinds of shapes
iron switch signals. Between the railroad
and the Morris Canal the storm struck
n farmhouse occupied by George Engel
and his wife and three children. Like
n pack of cards the house was demolished
and the roof and second story were carried
fully 200 feet With bricks. mortar and
timhers were mixed bidding. furniture
and crockery, and n space of fully an
acre OF ground vas s,rcvn With wreck
age Mr. and Mrs Engel were badly in
urcd. The man was buried beneath heaps
OF debris and IL Was only after an hours
efforts by large gang Of men that he was
dragged OUT. His collarbone. several
of his ribs and one OF his legs were frac.
tured. He was removed to the Jersey City
Hospital.
Mrs Engrl was also ~ severely hurt a. 20
nec.~-itA,. her removal to the hospital
Her thrre children escaped injury and
were taken in charge 10y people living in
the district.
pIDST sToP roR rAITH CURE CHUhCH.
lust across the canal from the Engel
farm To- the Mount Zion Church of tho Faith
C,iri-,s Il is long rambling building
surrounded by several cottages occupied
by followers of the sect A. though IL
had h---n luih % tissue paTer tho church
cr,,mhl,-d l-eforo the storm After the
tornado had J.ar~ed. ~ hooked like a luml-r
h.ap III. co,tAge of Michael Eaton. th.
car. ,ak.r of the church. was also Destroyed
\, va. a two-siory affair When the storm
brck. kA,on was dowus,aif- and hi- ~ife
and hsr five v~ar-oid bov w-rr on the urt-t
noo-
4 had no warning ~ th- Storm Mr.
p.,sn said lasi night The tir-t ! heard
of n vas a Nhistiins boi-e hkr a. casins