Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-02

Yesterday the fire engines which
mad been engaged in Pumping water
from the various "fireproof' bujId-
lngs in the fire-swept section were
used In an endeavor to pump the
mud from the homes.
In many cases the houses had 10
be refiooded with fire hose to make
the deposits more susceptible to the
pumps In this way it Is hoped that
1t will be possible to rid the city OF
the slime which Just now is its great
est menace.
Snow PIows scrape Mud
In the streets shortly after the
flood snow plows We're used to clear
away the mud. With the reopening
OF the sewerage lines and the pump-
Ing station the streets were flooded
with water again, and in this way
We're cleaned. where the debris did
not prevent the flow to the sewers.
In the fire-swept district the finan-
ciai loss will be less than in the sec-
tion merely flooded Here insurance
can be obtained. and the reconstruc-
tion of the burned Buildings will be
commenced Immediately
In lower sections along the south
side the houses are wrecks. with M
chance of their owners securing re-
muneration. 1t Is here that the con-
ditions are most pitiable.
People were obliged to flee when
the warning came with hardly
chance to protect themselves. Now
to see these people returnh 10
what was once their homes icfi,
rending. The women especially IA
affected by the catastrophe.
saw one woman in Fifth street.
near Hoffman, wade through four
feet of the Shiny mud for an accor-
deon she had brought from Hung ary
with her The ACCORDION was USE
less when recovered.
His Loved Ones Gone.
Joseph McManus, a 'toolmaker, was
at work when the flood came. His
wife was obliged to flee before she
could grasp her 8-year-old child.
After the food subsided and the
waters reeeded, the husband came
back to his home to find both his
child and wife victims of the waters
lie found his wife's body al their
old home. She had died kneeling,
tearfully elutehing tiny bonnet the
baby had worn
There were hundreds of cases like
this People came back to search the
ruins Of their homes and then over
come by grief, wended their way to
the public morgue
Edward Kenworthy lived on Mill
street He became separated from his
wife and child during the flight for
safety. He returned to the old home
to find 1t a wreck He went to the
morgue and saw his wife lying dead
before him. He would not identity It,
however.
He returned again and again until
finally realizing that his wife was
really dead, he identified her body.
His head bowed in grief, he had
turned to go when his eye caught
sight of a familiar little baby blue
shoe. He looked again. and there was
his caild. The body had Just been
brought in. 1t was one of the most
touching sights have ever seen. and
moved even those stolid morgue-
keepers to tears.
Wed Girl He Rescued.
But there were other sides TO the
story too.
Walter Crane, resident OF Spring
field. was marooned in Dayton by the
flood. After it was all over he helpea
in reseuing those who were in peril
Gus positions. Among the latter was
girl, Grace Kampe. who boarded
with her uncle in steuben street
She was alone in the attic of
three-story house. The water was
above the second story. Crane heard
her Grief. climbed up the shutters onA
the heiAe and lowered her to safety, H.
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