The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-13
PATERSON SHORT or FOOD.
SMALLER GROCERY AND PRO-
VISION DEALERS SOLD OUT.
Nearly q thousand Homeless Are snes-
tered in Armory--Water 10 Recedlns'
However, and Danger 10 Past-bridScs
Washed Away and Roads Rayhes.


PATERSON, N. j., Oct. 12.--The river Has
not subsidized sufficiently to permit GOOD
estimate of the damage done, but enough u
apparent The water Is slowly receding
from the Edison works and all danger OF
an electric famine is passed. At the Beattie
Hill this morning at 0 O'Clock there was
recession of twenty-one inches from the
highest point reached by the food, and
there has been slow but steady lowering
since that time. There was also = fall OF
about twenty-one inches shown at the
society's dam at the falls at noon to-day
from the highest point reached.
Spruce street hill is still the danger point
Of the flooded district and the employees OF
the Passaic Water Company ara gathered
near the gates at Spruce street and tho
River road, ready to act in case the expected
burst, which would wreax havoc among the
manufacturing establishments IN the valley.
comes
At 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon two
story frame building at jefferson and Water
streets, occupied by Joseph Greer. mason.
fell and Greer was buried in the ruins. He
had been warned in time to leave the house,
but refused to do so. On Saturday night no
found it was impossible for him to get out.
He made signals number OF times to 10
taken out, but none could get pear tho
building.
Greenwood Lake is still intact, but the
damage wrought by the food amounts 70
thousands of collars. Cranberry Marsh,
the floating island near Sterling Forest
O. ation, broke from it's anchorage early on
Saturday and floated down the lake TO
Coopers, dist snce Of three miles. House,
summer cottages suffered severe damage.
Wires are down AZ d all eleo rio Cemnunica-
ton Is cut OF from the summer resort.
The water was four feet higher than any
presiou record.
The financial loss that will fall upon
Passaic county from the ravages OF the
food is appalling 10 cont emPlate. IT is
culveris have been destroyed, while In
places the macaoamized roads have been
completely oblil era' &c, the food leaving
In their places gul.ies from four to ten feet
deep. The BrowertOwn road Is COM
pie ely gone.
Early this morning the drawbridg &c at
Rul herford and Union avenues, Ee%ow
Paasaic, went down. 1t cost in the neigh
b0rhood OF $4,000. Upward Of fifty small
iron bridges have been carried away. while
the destruction Of large and expensive
ones in this city will run the money loss
into hundreds OF thousands.
Road Inspector Pettigrew. Bridge In
spector Mclaughlin and County Engineer
Whitmore went out this morning to ascer-
tain the condition Of affairs 80 that they
may make q report at a special meeting OF
the Board OF Freeholders on Thursday.
The chairmen CT all tonurir1 ees from the
different townships have been request ed
to mako reports at that time. County
Engineer Whitmore estimated tho cost Of
the bridges so far recorded lost as $500 900.
The supply Of meat and provisions 10
running short. Many Of the smaller grocery
and provision eeslers have run out o! stock
The only milk supply received since Friday
came over the Lackawenua road and ID
less than one-fourth Of the daily consunp-
ton
Tho Fifth Regiment Armory. where the
relief work is being carried on, present ell
u busy Sene this morning. Last night
members Of tho Unite Charities Organiza- :
tion fed the sufferers and provided them
with all the bedding on hand. about 2s0
mattresses and pillows. The Public Ser
vice CORPORATION sent about 250 more mat
tresses and bedding this morning. Con.
sidersblv more than eCO persons were fed
and housed there last night, and this num-
Der was increased to-day TO nearly l,0OO'