Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-11
800 of Them Bear Down on
Eagle Rock Pavilion and
1t COllapses.
TWO WOMEN ARE TAKEN
TO HOSPITAL. in ORANGE
Death and Devastation in
Gales Sweep Over
New Jersey.

Two young women are in the Or
ange Memorial Hospital today and
scores of others are suffering from
bruises and shock as the result of the
partial collapse of a pavilion at the.
foot of Eagle Rock, West orange,
during yesterdays storm.
. When the wind began whipping
through the reservation and the rain
started to come down in torrents the
pleasure seekers scrambled for shell
ter
Three hundred of them crowded
into a section of the pavilions of
George 2. Underwood's City View
Hotel, at the foot of the rock.
Just as the worst of the electric
storm was breaking overhead por-
ton of the overtaxed pavilion went
down.
Men, women and children were
thrown to the ground in a tangled
heap. Panic-strieken and terrorlzed
by the vivid flashes Of lightning, they
made a mad scramble for safety. In
the riot several men and women were
trod upon and others had portions of
clothing ripped from them.
Two Girls Injured.
Among the worst hurt were Miss
Edna Millman. 10 years old, of ~
Ward street. Orange, and Miss Alice
Fawcett. also 10. of 119 West Sixtieth
street, New York, who was visiting at
Miss Millman's home.
Although the girls were disheveled,
their clothes torn and they themselves
We're suffering severe pain. they In
sisted on boarding a car with the
of returning home. Appar-
entity however, they broke down later,
for they were discovered. half eys-
terical in Day street, by Policeman
John McDermott. He led them to the
Orange police station, and Lieutenant
Mccarthy summoned an ambulance
in which they were taken to the Or
ange Memorial Hospital. There II
was found that Miss Millman was
suffering from severe contpslons on
her left elbow and bruises about the
lower limbs. and Miss Fawcett, from
shock and internal injuries. Both
were reported improved today.
When the pavilion collapsed Under
wood opened his hotel, which is kept
closed on Sunday, and did all he
could to aid those who were hurt. lie
was aided bv Chanceman John Maggie,
who had been on duty in the vicinity,
and several city officials, among them
former Councilman Wilbur Meeker
and Councilman William Kerr.
other victims.
Other women who were hurt and
REQUIRED treatment were Miss Cath-
crime Lombard, of 80 Dow street,
Belleville, cut about the limbs; MISS
Lidia Hoobt, of So Montgomery
street. Irvington; Mrs. Anna Sheri-
dan. of 731 Dean street, Brooklyn
Miss Margaret Farrell, of S12 PACING
street, Brooklyn; Mrs. James Brown,
of 200 Day street. Orange; Miss Hen
rietta Schalthass, of 65 North Park
street. East Orangel. Miss Wanda
Wright. of II Sayre street, Newark,
and Mrs. Howard Clark, of l5l Bank
street, this city. Mrs. Clark was
carrying her baby when she and her
husband went down in the wreck
age of the pavilion.
Miss Louisa Hurting, of 492 Chest
nut street, Arlington, lost a silver
mesh bag in the panic, and Miss
Emma Beckman, of 776 Bergen street,
this city, lost new hat. The nat
was found today and the West Or
ange police are holding 1t at the
police station.
Newark escaped the worst of the
storm. In fact it was greeted here
as a benefaction, for 1t brought cool
ness after a day of record-breaking
heat and humidity. 1t did no damage
in the city, although widespread
havoc was wrought in Hackensack,
Englewood and other nearby places
and along the coast.
Families Flee Heat.
The temperature yesterday was not
only very high, but greatly accentu-
ated by the humidity, which ranged
from go to 70 degrees. The average
humidity was Go. At o'clock in the
atreI noon the temperature. as otll-
cially recorded was 81 degrees. In
tire streets 1t WAS almost unnearable
The dc wntown setttoa was practically
deserted. although the PARIS We're
tf.anFtd by families who had fled
from their sitting toartmerts
During the storm, however, the
mercury dropped and it remained
down. The contrast between yester-
days and today's temperatures was
greater than any that has occurred
during August in many years.
Today the temperature was GIL at
a. M, only two degrees higher at 7
o'clock, and 70 at noon. The humidity
at o'clock was Sc, which was lower
than the lowest humidity recorded
yesterday; and at noon it had dropped
to 81. A year ago today the highest
temperature was SO degrees, the low
est 6S, and the average 1872.