The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1903-10-14
New Hope and Vicinity.

In proportion to it's size New Hope
suffered as much, if not more, than
any town from tho great flood of Satur-
day and Sunday. The loss will amount
to at least 800, 200. The scenes of
destruction are indescribable and on
Sunday hundreds of people hocked to
the town to view the ruin wrought.
Residents on Main and Bridge SITS
were vacated as night came on. The
cellars Of many business houses were
flooded and large quantities of goods
were destroyed.
The full extent Of damage done by
the food cannot be determined until
the water recedes. 1t is thought TINT
the Union Paper Mill has been ruined.
The water reached to the second story
OF this building and the machinery and
| stock is probably destroyed and the
building badly damaged, but to what
| extent IL not known, as no one had
been able to reach il since Friday
night.
Hooker & Stintsman, hardware deal
ers, suffered considerable loss by the
flooding of the basement of their store.
Groceryman G. Il. Kitchen was com
PEELED to move his goods out of the
store to the porch. The water surged
into John Pickets restaurant driving
out his customers early in the evening.
Long before that the Pollock restaur-
ant and other business places farther
up closed down.
Fifteen families were driven ont Of
their homes at the Paper Mills. The
houses were almost entirely submerg-
ed.
A part OF Jonas Lear's house, on
South Main street, was washed away.
Calvin Solliday's four tenant houses
were wrecked.
Isaac Holcomb's mill and feed house,
two separate buildings, were inun-
dated. His loss is estimated at fully
81, 900. He had just put in new ma
chinery, which is supposed to be ruin
ed.
The ferry from the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Canal to the Raritan Canal
is believed to be greatly damaged and
the cable washed away.
THE river will do what the river
do, say the worshipers of the Hindoo
river-gods, and even in the face OF
human calculation go the rivers nm
tanned in spite OF civil engineering
Early on Saturday morning the river
had risen, and by noon the pedestrian
needed overshoes, at three he needed
rubber boots, at six it was dangerous
even for skilled boatmen to row. AT
night up and down the road as far as
one could see there was nothing, but
rushing water and the roar Of the falls
which came back in darkness bringing
feeling of gloom and dread to the
crowds who watched and listened. BY
midnight the danger line was drawn
in many localities, secure places be-
came perilous and tapping inches Of
water became swift currents. 1t is
easy to say what might have been
since nobody can gainsay it.
The river has slipped away rapidly.
By Sunday afternoon the water had
fallen from the streets and parts OF the
railroad tracks, and little by little the
houses and factories were invaded.
The swift currents disappeared quick
ly, but the water settled gradually
leaving sand and slime everywhere.
1t spoiled the walls and furniture. 1t
filed cellars, cisterns and wells. Black
sticky it clings, and nothing can be
done till the mud is cleared away
and nothing can clear the mud.
Resolutely, men and women work al
home to reclaim what is theirs. Car
pets and curtains and furniture in