Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1909-12-14


uprooted trees and flying signs marked
the trail of the storm which visited
the city yesterday and lasted until the
small hours today. That no one was
injured is considered fortunate in view
of the many narrow escapes reported.
Hahne & Co, and the Bon Ton cloak
and suit store were the heaviest suffer
ers. At the former place the big plate
glass window on the New street side
Of the building cayed in under the
pressure of the wind last night Only
furniture was on display at that point,
and all of 1t was removed by tho night
watehmen before tho water had done
any great damage.
The crash at the Bon Ton store came
earlier in the evening, when three
plates Of glass were broken, Fifteen
minutes before they gave way there
had been a dozen window dressers there
arranging the stock Only one man,
Walter Thompson, was in the window
when the glass broke. He escaped un-
injured, although fragments of chan
deler, which was shattered by the
window glass. fell all about him.
The Four Corners was another good
place TO keep away from while the
wind ragged A plank from the scat
folding OH the new Firemen's lnsur-
ance Company building was torn loose
and dropped TO the street, narrowly
missing a girl, The Board of Trade
sign at 164 Broad street was carried
away, and fell within a few inches Of
a group of men who We're standing IN
the doorway of Grover Brothers store.
In BeIleville the wind assumed the
proportions OF q gale. Houses rocked
and swayed with every gust. Trees
were blown down in several places. One
large maple In front of the Belleville
Hotel fell into the street, carrying with
il the teIephone and electric light wires.
In Schuyler street another tree was up
rooted and tore down more wires. Tele-
phone service was interrupted all over
the town and the electric lights went
out at intervals. Signs Of all kinds
were also blown down.
Considerable damage was done by
falling trees to the telephone wires In
Nntley as well. Ar the home of Ed
mund Wright, on Highheld lane, the
telephone wires became crossed and the
insulation rubbed off. The bare wire
came in contact with the wet woodwork
of the house, causing repeated shower
of sparks, Mr.. Wright finally sue
ceeded in cutting the wires with an axe
before the wood ignited.
Electric lights We're extinguished in
Kearny and Harrison and street car
service was somewhat impaired. In
Iryington large limb Of a tree grazed
the head of Patrolman Joseph Maser
as he was patroling his beat,
Street Commissioner John Durkin, of
Kearny, was busy until early today
putting red lights Oh the numerous
washouts caused by the heavy rainfall
in various parts OF the town, and Water
Purveyor Hugh McQuoid and many
plumbers had their hands full repairing
depressions In the streets due to flood
ing. A flagpole at School No. s, in Bel
grove drive, was blown down by the
high wind and the branches of trees
strewed many streets,
With a crash that could be heard for
several blocks the large cornice on the
double building at s09-sli Harrison ave
nue., Harrison. was torn from Its fasten-
ings by the heavy wind and sent dying
to the sidewalk, three stories below.
Fortunately, however, no one was in
jured.
Several runaways were reported as a
result Of horses being frightened by
the wind and rain. A horse owned by
Frank Clayton, OF Montclair, blinded by
the rain, fell into hole in elm street
and was there several hours before 1t
could be rescued. At the corner of Or
ange and Broad streets, this city, an
electric light was blown completely off
the pole.
According to Professor Wiener, the
ocal weather expert, more rain fell
than has fallen since August 16. The
total precipitation amounted TO two
and one-half inches. The storm began
at 10 o'clock Sunday night. BY mid
night quarter Of an inch of snow had
fallen and by O'clock yesterday morn
ing there was an. inch and q half alto
aether. From 10 o'oloc,. yesterday,
when 1t began TO rain, until midnight,
two inches fell. The storm ceased at
2;4o a, m. today.
During the storm the wind blew from
thirty to thirty-five miles an hour. The
Temperature, which had been % de-
grees, rose to Al yesterday. Today II
was IS at noon.
The sterrns--for there were two oi
tllern--carne on & northeast Wind. Mr.
Wiener said that there was still snow
to the north and rain to the south. The
two storms, he said had split ana gone