The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-12
NO, THANKS, SAYS PATERSON.
A $4,000, 900 LOSS, BUT "WERE NOT
PASSING AROUND THE HAT"
Mayor HinchlifYe Caring for tho Sufferers
by tho Fourth Great Calamity That
Has Defallen the City. and His VIE
Helping-Fatal Attempts at Rescue.


Has Defallen the City and His WIFE
Helplns-Fstal Attempt at Rescue.
PATERSON, N. j.. Oct. 1l--Unless there
should be another heavy rainfall. or some
thing Unforeseen should happen. there
will be no further damage by tho food
in this city. In the last twenty-four hours
the Passaio has receded almost twenty
inches. It 10 expected that the river will
continue to subside rapidly.
Tonight, however. tho city b shsiter1ng
and feeding 1900 homeless persona 70 u
estimated that 5000 persons have been
made temporarily homeless, but more than
two-thirds Of them are being cared for by
their friends.
Paterson, fire swept. tornado swept ana
now for the second time food swept has
had plenty Of experience In caring fue the
victims Of its disasters, and b taking the
present situation philosopHically There
is no hustle or confusion In organizing
relief committees. They seem~to b stand
ing bodies
Paterson will take caro- Of hsp own"
ia what Mayor Hinohliffe said to-day. On
similar occasions the Mayor has made tho
same remark, and he did not 60 astray
When it was found that Apollo Hall could
not accommodate the homeless the Mayor
teegraphed to Gov. Murphy for permits
sion to use the Fifth Regiment armory.
which was readily granted. Tho charitable
organizations and corps Of trained nurses
are looking after those In the armory.
Mrs. Hnchliffe. the Mayors wife, has
charge Of supplying the provisions. Chill
dren with skin diseases are treated In a
room in the armory and tho sick arc sent
to the hospitals. A company Of the regi-
ment In command of Major Hilton ID on
duty to see that there is no disorder.
Mayor Hinchliffe said to-day that it
ss5 900 to care for these unfortunates until
Thursday. when 1t is expected they will
be able to return to their homes. The
property damage Ia estimated by the Mayor
at over 81 900 900. 1t is the mill and factory
section that has been principally hurt by
the flood.
"We are not passing around the hat,
said the Mayor, 1and guess we'll pull
through this
Thousands came from all over New
Jersey to see the raging falls. The sight
seers came In automobiles, carriages or
any kind Of a vehicle that would carry
them.
They found that tho wash from the falls
had eaten away some Of Spruce street HILL
charging the basin on one side of the falls
The roadway over the hill has sagged on
the basin side. The bridge over the chasm
has been closed. The spray from the falls
was hundred feet high. Tho picture was
worth going many miles to see.
There were several rescues to-day and in
one resouer lost his life. James Pahst
his wife and child were imDrisoned in thou
home in Bergen street Fritz Funk ard
Henry Schroon of Hawthorne started n
a boat to rescue them. The boat was upset
Schroon, good swimmer, got to tree
and held on. Funk WAS drowned.
A saloonkeeper who had a rowboat re-
fused, it is said, to allow several men TO
take it to save Schroon. So the men cen
the Pabst family. and then chased the
saloonkeeper several blocks.
Seven men employed IN Kearns Bros.
dye works on Shady street had been unable
to leave the place since Friday. The river
had risen thirty feet and the current was
very swift William Kearns offered n
reward to any one who would save the
men. Capt William Cook Of the chemical
engine and Driver John Breen of Engine 9
were capsized in making the attempt.
Charles and Leopold Mutter had also
started in a rowboat for the dye works,
but when they saw the firernen overturned,
picked them up and took them ashore.
Then they continued on their original
mission and got alongside Of the dye works.
The seven men were on the roof OF the
building, twenty feet above the rowboat.
The Mutter brothers threw up a rope,
which was fastened to the chimney. The
men then slid down the rope to the row.
boat. They were sent to St. Joseph's
Hospital