Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-21
STORM UNROOES THE
BAN|STER CO. FACTORY
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Another alarm followed within a
few minutes from the saloon of
Charles P. Baudendistel. at SIS Mar
ket street A tree which had blown
down at Van Buren, and Clover
streets blocked the pain or the fire
engines en- route to the blaze. A
fuse had blown out in the saloon and
the damage was slight. Then an
alarm was sounded from the Kinney
car, which had caught fire, but
which was controlled before the fire
apparatus arrived. The last alarm was
sounded from box 26, when the flag
pole on the Pope Hartford garage at
300 Central avenue was struck by
lightning This blaze was also extin-
guished with slight damage before
the firemen arrived.
The South Orange avenue line Of
trolley cars was tied up for twenty
five minutes when a large tree blew
down in South Orange avenue. Other
lines were tied up for a similar
period when fuses blew out and the
electrical storm impaired the dyua-
mos in the power houses.
A large tree in front of the nome
of John w. Peters, of 1913 South sixth
street, was blown down and narrow
" missed falling on the house. AS it
was the heavy tree grazed the cop
ing of the building, shaking it Sc
verely and alarming those in the
house.
Cables Out of Commission.
Four cables of the Public Service
trfo
out of commission by the electrical
storm, are being repaired today. Sew
eral breaks in the cables were re-
ported at the Marion power House
and other power house stations while
the storm was in progress. Another
break in a cable was reported at 6
o'clock this morning. which lasted
for six minutes.
The Public Service Railway Com
pany today reported that twenty
cars were crippled during the storm.
Most of these resulted from water
soaking into the motor equipment
and impairing it. A few cars were
struck by lightning.
Four cars were derailed by the
flow of water and sand on the tracks
A Sonth Orange avenue car was held
up for an hour when it was derailed
at Sanford and South Orange ave-
nues at 500 o'clock. This car was
eastbound, and another westbound
car also met with the same trouble
A Main line car was derailed al
Meeker and Elizabeth avenues, tyins
up this line for forty minutes. A
| Central avenue car left the tracks a
South Twelfth street and held uI
traffic for fifteen minutes.
Suburban. Troubles.
Only one blaze was reported IN th'
suburban towns as a result Of ch'
storm. The home of Mrs. Annie
! Dolan, in Orange, was struck by
| lightning, but the small fire -esult
ing was quickly extinguished, Bloom
field street lights We're extinguished
throwing the town in darkness TO
some time. Numerous trees wer,
blown down in Irvington and TIL
street lights were put out of commits
sion. The same results were report
ed in Belleville. The most seriou
damage was that reported by tn
farmers, whose crops were partl,
destroyed.
During the storm the plant of tn
Millburn Electric Company, of tia
place, was struck by lightning thre
times but no serious damage result
ed. A pole used by the company f.
wiring, which stands in front of VIII
lam w. McCollum's residence, in Oh
Short Hills road, was also struck.
Lightning struck the home of Pas
quale Albanese, of Lackawann
place, Millburn, but no serious dam
age to the property resulted, o.
though the inmates were thrown int
a panic.
The longest delay to trolley trait
was reported on the Maplewoo
branch of the South Orange line.
big tree was struck by lightning {
Baker road and Valley street, throw
ing it across the trolley tracks TIL
occurred at 7:10 o'clock and trait
was not resumed on the line unit
1910 o'clock.
Darkness enshrouded the streets
Irvington for a time last night du
/ ing the high wind. The electric GU
] rent in some of the houses and bus
ness places worked intermittent
An electric sign owned by Alfr'
Sykes. druggist, 1924 Clinton avenu
was smashed by the wind, driving
against the building large tr
fell on Union avenue at Mill roa
j taking a number of wires with
/ Union avenue lights were out f
j some time. Trees were also blow
down at Newton place and We
Y clinton avenue. A tree toppled ov
\ at Myrtle and Avon avenues, and
n live wire was down at Elmwood aV
n nue. and Elmwood terrace.