Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-17
CYCLONE IN
SOUTH AMBOY.
Much Damage Done Throughout
the Borough Destruction
Along Shore.

The storm of Wednesday left havoc
in it's wake. Trees were blown down
all over the borough. windows smash
ed in, shutters blown off, in in fact
everything that could be done by a
furious wind and rain storm in the
way of damage, was done with one
exception. 1t has not yet been learn
cd that any houses were blown down.
At Melrose, near Mechanicsville, a
new house, partially weatherboarded,
was blown to the ground. On Dor.
dentown avenue, Mr.. Freischneck,
living next to the hot houses kept by
George Walker, climbed up a ladder
in his bare feet to see to some win.
dows that were broken in the side of
his house when q lot of glass came
flying from the hot house in his direc-
ton and just missed striking his feet,
so he made lucky escape from having
his feet badly cut. Most of the glass
of the large hothouse was broken.
On Second street the residents think
the storm king had a particular spite
against them. The rain entered the
houses from ell points and what were
p~rettily furnished parlors, ETC., in the
!. beginning, in the end looked almost
as if a cyclone had struck them. One
tree went crashing into the side of a
house, windows were broken and trees
had fallen In every direction, while
some were bent over ready to break
off. One party lost a fine cherry tree
that had stood some of the worst
storms in the past.
The wheel of the windmill on Mrs.
Edwin Applegate's property, on Bor-
dentown avenue, blew off and a dis
lance away. Windows were smashed
in one end of Mr.. Charles S%tratton's
were out of town. The chimney was
blown down and the bricks went
crashing through the house. The tin
roof of the house owned and occupied
by Mrs. George Lahue, on Borden
town avenue, not far from the sand
docks, rolled up and only a portion of
the roof of the house was left covered.
Several windows were smashed also.
Whitehead Brothers. sand shed roofs
we're blown off. One end of the new
terra Gotta company's building was
blown in, and the men working there
thought there was an earthquake.
Mr.. Meinzer lost a fine young tree In
front of his house on Bordentown
avenu A limb of a tree on Broad
way hung over an electric wire and
was fast wearing the outside insula-
tion of. when, before any damage was
done, parties came along and cut off
the large limb.
The trolley cars did good work,
considering, and they very quickly
had their repair cars at work here.
AT Swan Hill pine trees were laid low
and q barn on the Morgan property,
owned by H. O. Perrine, was unroof-
ed and one side stove in. In several
of the houses facing the bay, vessels
! had to be set in the parlors to catch
the rain as it came through the cell
ings for the water ran through the
windows and soaked the upper rooms.
The shore was strewn with garbage
that had washed up on it, and quanti-
ties of wood. Fred Llttell's yacht,
Proper Sport, which was anchored
above the steamboat dock, pulled the
stem out and sank. Scully's water
boat broke loose from the borough
dock, where 1t was tied, and went
ashore. Mont Willet's sail skiff broke
her mast off and upset lying at anchor.
Stephenson s sloop yacht upset at her
kmooring in front of the club house,
Edward Bloodgood Sr. s oyster skiff
lad a hole stove in the bottom and
unk, and all the rest Of the small
j boats, skiffs etc., sunk with little
kazpage done to them. Ex-Surrogate
mans naptha launch yacht Cygnet
<, and everything movable was
he'd overheard. A compass was
Re that Mr.. Furman valued very
khly, The box containing it was
bund, but the compass was missing,
he said he would be willing to give
double it's value to anyone who might
find it.
The steamboat William v. Wilson,
that runs from Port Monmouth, N. D.,
! to New York, broke her steering gear
about two miles this side of the Mar
rows, che drifted up to the Great
Beds, where she put out Two anchors.
They were hardly able to hold her.
She had a number of passengers aboard
who were all seasick. AS she gave no
signals of distress, parties on shore