Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-16

was trafhc resume on the South Or
ange inc M~aplewood line at Kingsley
street hollow. Three feet of water COW
cred the tracks here. This roa runs
along the Orange m~ountainside, and at
every intersecting street the rush of
water carried all sorts of debris on
the track and mad traffic impossible.
An interruption of half an hour &C.
CURED in the Springfield line traffic
when a car jumped h track at Elm
wood avenue, where eighteen inches of
water was found. The cars operating
to Montclair on the Bloomfield line
were held up for nearly an hour by
storm trouble at Bay avenue, and
another car was derailed at Peniten-
tiary hill and held up traffic for thirty
five minutes.
No through cars were operated on
the Valley road line for several hours,
due to an obstruction at Orange road
and Dodd street. The Eagle Rock line
was out OF commission from 4:40 to
1880 last evening as a result of the
sand and trees being washed on the
tracks. N
On the Main line trouble arose at
Chancellor and Elizabeth
where the tracks were under four
inches OF water and the sand blocked
traffic. Other lines we're tied up at
Aldene, nsar Roselle, and Perth Am
boy.
The G%reenbrook bridge. at Bound
Brook, was flooded. AS it was too
great a risk to run cars across passen-
gers were carried over in light wagons.
storm Sewers Save City.
The flood In Newark would have
equalled or surpassed the historic in
undation of ten years 6 blu for the
greatly-improved drainage system. Ad-
ditional sewer have been constructed
to cope with the foods at the danger
points, where a decade ago the streets
Necame rivers.
Edward S. Rankin, engineer and
superintendent of the and drain
department of the city, admitted that
the damage might nave been very
great If the sewers had not been con-
structed large enough to carry off the
surplus water.
A the time of the last big flood.
he said, there was trouble along
Washington street near Hill and
streets, in Badger avenue, up at Four
tenth and Orange streets. in the
lower sections of the city and in other
places.
"A relief sewer was constructed in
Washington street. Five or six years
ago one was built in Badger avenue.
A new system was completed in the
Hamburg place section last year.
Now the bad places are in Walls
burg and in South Orange avenue near
the c~ar-barns. A proposed sewer is
under consideration designed to re-
lieve the conditions there. After that
Newark will be comparatively safe
from foods"
Mr.. Rankin pointed out that the con-
ditions were ripe for a particularly
bad i%nundation because the ground
was frozen ard the water was held on
the surface.
The heavy downpour of rain in 1rv-
ington caused considerable damage to
the streets. The police reported cave
ms at Twenty-second street and AL
pine street. at Halstead avenue and
Fortieth street, on Fortieth street, be-
tween Olympic terrace n Boyden
avenue; at Colt street II Lyons ave-
nue.. on Washington avenue, on Rod
well avenue which was practically
blocked to traffic, and Stuyvesant ave-
nue., at COildBe dilu AuB uSld siI CSIS'
Heavy ~wash-outs were also reported.
Augusta street, from Clinton avenue
to Lyons avenue, was in a deplorable
condition, being flooded at many
points. Washouts also occurred at
Nesbitt terrace and Lyons avenue, and
at Lincoln place and Park avenue.
The southeastern end of Harrison is
flooded. but that section Is very sparse
" settled.
Flag sidewalks on the north side of
Stewart avenue, west of Grand place,
Arlington, We're undermined for a dis
lance of more than 100 feet,
James Brennan, a driver employed
by William T. Wilkinson, a coal deal
er. with a load of coal. drove into a
~cave-in and was jolted from his
Through the Oranges the storm
caused many washouts, flooded cellars,
tied up traffic on the Erie railroad,
penned twenty girls n fifteen men
in a hat factory until after Z o'clock
and blocked trolley traffic.
In many streets the water ran three
feet deep, while back yards and low
lying ground were changed into muddy
lakes. The mountain roads of West
Orange were damaged. Macadam
from Walker road was broken and
washed to the foot of the hill.
Factory Girls Rescued.
Girls employed in the Busy Bee hat
shop, located at Kearny and East Day
street. East Orange. had an exciting
time last night while the ain storm
was raging and for some time after
1t stopped because of the flood in the
two streets near the factory. They
were unable to leave the building.
William Marshall, a blacksmith,
secured a rowboat and rod up to the
factory and offered to take the girls
off from the place. In some instances
his offer was accepted, and Mr.. Mar
shall had a busy time of 1t. Many of
the girls, however, recalled the drown
ing of Edna Roth almost thirty years
ago. when she was being taken from a
factory in the section and lost her life
when the boat overturned, and re-
fused to leave the building.
There was also considerable excite
ment at the Robert Gist hat factory,
In Thomas street, Orange. because of
the flood around the building, and the
girls employed there remained in the
shop several hours. till the storm
a ted and the water had passed on.
No boats were used to take them
where the water was not 80 deep.
The swelling of a brook in the sec
tion near the two factories caused the
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