The Penn's Grove record., 1903-10-16

ware avenue from vine to Dock streets.
Owing to the flooding Of the tracks
of the Pennsylvania Railroad ~ Arens
ton. lust north Of the new Delaware
River bridge, traf1c on that4hue pe-
tween Philadelphia and New York WIS
wholly suspended for twelve hours
A severe northeast storm ragged on
the Atlantic coast oil day. and at A.
lantic City about $4,000 damage WAS
done by wind and waves. Shipping
and other property all along the coast
from Norfolk northward also suffered.
From the Schuylkill, upper Delaware
and S~usouehanna valleys reports come
Of high water and resulting damage.
Wrecks were reported from coast
wise cities from Rhode Island to Vir-
ginia. The wind was sixty miles an
hour at Block Island. At Woods Hot
three men in a catboat were blown out
to sea. The revenue cutter Gresham
went after them, but had to return to
port for repairs.
At Atlantic City the board walk was
torn and washed away, including 500
feet of Young's pier. At Townsend's
Inlet the big hotel was undermined.
The Delaware and SchuyIkilI rivers
overlooked their banks and Fairm0int
Park, in Philadelphia, was seriously
damaged. particularly along the i Ter
driveway.
Several tugs and coasters were re-
ported as missing at Norfolk and the
life savers reported vessels ashore near
Cape Henry.
Passaic. N. J.. suffered grievously.
Wellington, Duttonville and Garfield
in the suburbs were submerged, houses
floating in the flood and dozens OF per-
sons being cared for in engine houses,
town halls and other public buildings.
The loss sustained in Passaic. and ems
yirons is expected to exceed 81, 100000.
Along the Passaic and RamapO val
leys. Rutherford, Athena, Ridgewood
and Lyndhurst are practically SUBJ
merged. The Athena mills, under
construction. were demolished. At
Rutherford the dam restraining the
water supply Of the Mckenzie bleach
cry, burst and inundated the tracks OF
the Erie Railroad. Nothing but the
roofs Of the houses is visible in Lynd-
hurst.
At New Brunswick the temporary
bridge erected by the Pennsylvania
bridge contractors raj torn to pieces.
All the factories along the river front
are flooded.
Three men lost their livesin the food
at Port Jervis, N. T., when the Barrett
suspension bridge was swApt away.
One Of those drowned was 70 Eeher An
ronin, a Franciscan MOI ON CALI
coon Depot, N. Y, who Was IN his
way to take a train for hts home. An
other who was hurled into the water
was a cripple. He had an exciting
struggle, but managed to grasp a piece
of the bridge timbers and was foated
inshore when he struck an eddy.
The Erie was unable to run trains
from its Jersey City terminus more
than twenty miles in any direction.
The Lackawanna was as badly Grip
pied, and abandoned Its Sussex branch
entirely. The Pennsylvania system
was tied up from midnight Friday till
noon Sunday, as raj the Philadelphia
and Reading.
Beside the widespread destruction In
Prospect Park and throughout those
residence sections Of Brooklyn where
the ground is low, there was great anx-
iety expressed at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard for the battleship Massachusetts,.
She is lying in dry dock No. 3. and the
sides Of the enclosure showed signs OF
caving in. Heavy timbers were used
to shore up the weak places, and an
extra guard was kept at the critical
spots.
Hobart, N. Y.-Several iron bridges
on the Ulster and Delaware Railroad
between East Meredith and PhOenicia
were carried away by the storm. Sew
eral trains were held up in the gorges
of the Catskills, and the passengers
completed their journeys or stopped at
farmhouses. Morgan Olmsted, a Grand
Hotel employe fell into Birch Greek at
Pine Hill and was drowned. One of
two men who tried to save some prop
erty from a floating barn near Delhi
was druwned! FheRDp ene1
night in a tree. The loss to farmers,
who are unable to ship milk to New
York, will amount to thousands Of dol
lars.
Kingston, N. Y.-Great damage from
floods is reported from all sections of
this country. The Ontario and Western
Railroad has lost 600 feet of track be-
tween Kerhonkson and Port HicksOn
on the Ellenville- Kingston Branch,
which will be closed for several days.
Rondout Greek, which empties into the
Hudson River here, is higher than 1t
has been in years. Wharves have
been under water all day. The rail-
road shops and the electric power plant
were compelled to suspend on account
Of high water in the streets along the
water front. While gathering drift
wood at her doorstep at Ellenville q
young woman named RoSekranz
slipped and was drowned.
Schenectady, N. Y.-The works Of the
General Electric Company and the
American Locomotive Company, which
together employ $4,000 hands, were
obliged to shut down on account Of
the floods. Both plants were sub
merged, as were the Westinghouse Ag
ricultural Works and the Alpha Knit
ting Mills. The entire western end Of
the town along the river front is under
water, which rose twenty feet. The
losses are conservatiyely estimated q
from $150,OOO to 100000.
Geneva, N. Y.-The rainfall Of the
past three days and the wind which
preceded it have resulted in no small
damage to late peach and apple crops
In the Seneca Lake region. Fruit
grown in this section is in demand a.
all times, and the storm will cause I
rise in the prices. A large quantity
of peaches and apples has been blown
from the trees, and the heavy RAIN
have made it impossible to harvest it
SO that no small quantity will rot. TIL,
drop in temperature has also damaged
the grape crop.
Utica, N. Y.-Rain fell continuousl,
for sixty hours in this vicinity, til,
greatest rainfall in fifty years. Til,
lower business sections of the cit,
have been under water, and much dam
age has resulted. IT,
Plot to Free Convicts.
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