Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-03
Streets Flooded and Sewers
Blocked by Heavy Downpour
of Rain Last Night.
LEWIS STREET WASH0UT
TrolIeys Delayed by Piles of
Sand on Tracks Trouble
at ProCtOr's.
FIRE ALARM AFFECTED
Lightning Causes Darkness
on Staten ISiand--So
Amboy Reports Damage.
FIRE ALARM AFFECTED

The edge of tornado, which played
havoc with cities in South JERSEY de-
scended upon Perth Amboy at clock
last night and succeeded in flooding the
streets, blocking the trolley lines with
sand piles, and disabling major por-
tion Of the telephone and electric light
ing system on Staten Island. Consider
able damage was done to the easterly
end of Lewis street, near Water street,
where about one hundred feet of the
thoroughfare was washed away by the
torrents.
Sewers are Blocked.
Sewer and receiving basins in every
section of the city were reported block
ed up this morning by the patrolmen on
night duty. State street, near Center
and Commerce streets, was entirely
flooded during the height Of the storm,
and the same novelty was noticed on
New Brunswick avenue, between Divi.
sion and New streets. This is the sec
ond occurrence on the latter street and
the property owners on the thorough
fare are incensed. The water poured
over the sidewalks into tho cellars and,
in number of cases, filed them to a
depth of two feet. A little dog was
washed into receiving basin on State
street. near Center street, by the storm.
The rain washed several deep holes in
Groom street, Brace and Compton ave
nues, the police report. The dressing
rooms at Proctor s theatre We're flooded
during the first performance, owing to g
blocked sewer, and the last act of the
first show was delayed over thirty min.
utes. The chorus girls were forced to
dress while standing on chairs. City
Electrician Jay B. FRANKIE had consid.
erable trouble with the fire alarm sys
tenn, owing to the storm, but managed
to keep it in running order until 3(
o'clock this morning. A break was the1
recorded but the trouble adjusted a
daybreak.
Washout at South Anboy.
But little trouble was recorded by tbs
Public Service company on its New
Brunswick and Railway lines during the
storm, but considerable trouble was ex-
perienced with the line running from
this city TO South Amboy. A heN
washout in the p. r r.. tunnel, oG the
South Amboy side, caused a blockade
for five hours, from 'cl0Gk last night
until l clock this morning. Sand to
'hO upPSb VI tbtCC 4ttL Wdhuel over
the tracks, which were still flooded with
water last midnight. A "tripper" ran
between this city and the sand pile
during the blockade, and the passengers
were transferred to ear in waiting on
the South Amboy side.
Trolleys are Delayed.
Delays were also recorded on the
South AmboyNew Brunswick line dur
ing the early part of the storm. The
members of the Riverside A. c., which
played bask ketball last night at South
River, were enroute for three hours be
fore they reached their destination. In
two incidents the players assisted the
conductor and motorman in removing
sand from the tracks. The rainfall was
enormous and the Lightning sharp but
the storm held sway over the city but
for short time. In Camden and other
South Jersey cities the total damage at
tributed to the storm runs into thou
sands of dollars.