Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-13
Floods in Wake of
Storm Tie Up Traffic

p. m. last night. It was cut off at Chan
cellor avenue, this city, where the rails
were under water. Shuttle cars were
operated.
The Perth Amboy line had trouble
with water and mud. Three derail-
ments took place. The Greenville line,
on the Hudson division. was delayed
from 10 o'clock last night until early
this morning. The Twenty-second
street line, in Bayonne, was delayed
from midnight to 4:55 a. III. The Fed
eral line, of the Southern division,
suffered from derailed cars and traff1c
was held up from 10;12 to 11:50. There
were nine derailments in the Passaic
division. A water main burst at War
rem Point, submerging the racks and
making it necessary to transfer
passengers during the remainder Of
the night. A trestle over Saddle river,
Arcolo, showed signs of weakness be-
cause of the flood and cars were run
slowly over 1t until z a. M, when traf-
hc was suspended. Two trolley poles
We're down in the storm at Broadway
crossing at a. IN. At Englewood a
derailment tied up the line for thirty
minutes at midnight.
h overflow from ~Stonehouse brook,
at the Lackawanna railroad, resulted
in South Orange avenue, west of the
tracks, and Cameron Field being flood
ed during the storm last night and
early today. Considerable damage was
done by washouts in Tillou road in
front of the home of William y. Bar
stow. and in Meadowbrook lane, be-
tween Mead street and West Turrell
avenue
bloomfield and Glen Ridge suner.
The heavy rain last night did thou
n OF dollars damage to property
IN Bloomfield and Glen Ridge.
There We're many washouts of roads
in town and borough. AT Broad and
Pitt streets the water flooded all of
the Mailman stores. running his stock
of case goods in the cellar as well as
that of his tenants.
The water went over the sidewalk
and ran into the store floors, and
when it receded it left a deposit of
two inches of mud. The cellars of all
the houses in the vicinity were flooded,
including the headquarters of Excel
sior Hose Company No. 9. The stock
in the cellar of Adolph Slavinski, at
Baldwin and Broad streets, was ruined
by the food.
Nearly All Spend SleepIess Night.
The majority of citizens spent a
sleepless night, the downpour of rain,
which did not cease until the early
hours of the morning, keeping them
awake. The first floor of the house
occupied by the families of Henry Will
son and George Smith. in Henry place,
were flooded by the overfowing of
Toney's brook and their furniture was
floating about.
1t was feared at one time that the
Wilson's and Smiths would be COM
PEELED to use rowboats in making their
escape. Once before they were COM
PEELED to do that. The cellar of Felix
Rizzo, near Watsessing park, was
filled with water, which rose to the
first loor. The lower part of Orchard
street was under two feet of water
and all cellars were flooded.
In Glen Ridge. cellars We're flooded
and there were two feet Of water in
fire headquarters. Many fiagstones
We're torn up by the flood.
Yantncaw Park a Lake.
The heavy rains did considerable
damage in Nutley. On Highfeld lane.
near the railroad crossing, the mac
was washed put and down on
the tracks. Culverts were choked in
various parts of the town and over
flowed, carrying the macadam away.
In Avondale the culverts would not
take the overflow, which filled the cell
lars and dubbed up through the lawns.
The Third river overlooked it's banks.
Yantacaw Park is under about three
feet of water from Vreeland avenue to
Brookdale avenue The foot bridges
are also under water. On Avondale
road Milkman Henry Hoffmaster. while
coming out Of his yard, ran into a
washout and narrowly escaped serious
injury. and the wagon got out with
difficulty. The railway banks and cuts
were watched all night by men, who
patrolled with lanterns to watch for
washouts. The storm last night was
the most sever since the freshet some
years ago. All the streams are over
the banks and loose articles were car
ried away by the floods.
washout at Erie station.
Belleville sustained considerable dam
age by the heavy %downpour of last
night and early today. Part of the
havoc which might have assumed Sc
rious proportions was down on the
banks of the Erie railroad, near the
Belleville station. On the asst side of
the bank there was a large washout
for over 100 feet.
When it was discovered by employ
ees of the roa last night word was
sent to Jersey City. instructions were
Immediately sent out to slacken the
speed of all passenger trains while
passing through Belleville at this point,
This was done last night and is being
continued today.
Road Supervisor Thomas H. Breen
was busy last night putting red lights