Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-02
HEAVY DAMAGE is
!. DONE BY STORM
Trolley Traffic in Many Sec
tons Paralyzed by Ter
rifle Downpour.


rifle Downpour.
Reports from the sewer department
and outlying districts at noon today
indicated that Newark would not
fully recover from the record storm
of yesterday for at least twenty-four
hours. The cloudburst flooded hun
dreds of cellars, creating consider
able damage in the homes thus af-
fected, and worked havoc with the
sidewalks and roads in the suburbs.
Although the storm resulted in sew
eral deaths in New York and one in
Jersey City, there were no fatalities
reported in Newark.
TT was the record rain-storm for
the city of Newark" said Principal
Jiiliam Wiener, of the Central High
chool, today. From the time the
~ torn began, at 500 a. m. yesterday
. morning, until L o'clock at night,
80 inches of rain fell.
THE most remarkable feature was
A the amount that fell between Il noon
n and p. nj inches From until
midnight % fell and another 20 fell
this morning.
THE next highest records are: May
Z, 1908, when 1928 inches fell from
4:30 to - night; October 2S, 1907, $40
inches from midnight to midnight,
and of course, the flood of October
and 8. 1903. On the first day of
that flood 5.64 inches fell, and on the
second 593.
THE weather win now be fair for
the simple reason that there is no
rain left to fall"
Employees of the sewer depart
ment worked until midnight last
night clearing away the debris which
clogged up a number of sewers in
various sections of the city. The
clogged sewers resulted in numerous
miniature lakes at the crosswalks,
making the streets impossible Scores
of telephone calls We're sent to ire
headquarters requesting that depart
ment to send the pumping engines
to free the clogged-up sewers. These
requests were made by factory own
ers whose places of business were
flooded by the water which rose
above the sidewalk and flowed into
nearby cellars The fire department
consistently refused to use the en-
gines for this purpose, as the work
would put the equipment out of
commission and it was necessary to
hold them in readiness for fire.
Trolley service in both the Essex
ana f1uuSOn ulNlSlOIlS VI inc ubAAA
Service Railway was hampered by
the storm, although the damage was
much heavier in the Hudson division.
Through service on the Plank road
line was halted by the storm at 12:45
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and was
not resumed until nearly 1--WE hours
later Similar service on the Turn
pike line was cut off at 1:43 o'clock,
and was not normal again for sew
eral hours Both of these delays
We're caused by high water on the
tracks and on both lines the service
was continued at both ends until the
ears could go the full route again.
In this city a number of lines were
held up as the result of the water
flooding the tracks. The Bergen
line was delayed because of the
flooded condition at Hermon and
Johnson streets. The cars were sent
over Pacific street, using a single
track to operate the cars in both di-
fections.
High water on the tracks at Six
: teenth avenue and Bergen street
caused the cars to be turned back
at that point. The service on the
Clifton line was also Irregular be-
cause of the flooded condition of the
tracks at different points. Elmwood
avenue loop in Irvington was buried
!. under water which caused delays on
the Springfield and Broad lines.
The Broad, Clinton and Summer
lines were held up from $40 o'clock
until 4:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon
by the high water at Clinton and
Badger avenues. A Paterson line car
was derailed at Ascension street in
the Passaic division at 4:30 o'clock
by debris washed on the tracks,
causing a long delay in the service.
Clogged sewers and the heavy
rainfall caused eleven trolley lines in
the Hudson division to be stalled for
several hours during the storm In
this division there were places where
the water was two feet high and it
was impossible to operate the cars
without soaking the motor equipment
and putting the cars out of commits
sion for twenty-four hours.
On Nineteenth avenue between
South Seventeenth and South Eigh-
teenth streets, where the Public
Service is laying gas mains. the en-
tire street sank about one foot. The
street was roped off and traffic |
stopped
The electrical storm created but
slight damage in this city. lightning
struck a chimney on the home of
Frank Fix, of 112 Brill street, caus- |
ing $40 damage. In responding to this |
alarm the driver of the Third Pre- !
cinct automobile patrol was forced |
to run the machine through several
flooded sections. splashing the water
high on the machine and drenching |
the driver.
Another bolt of lightning caused |
several fuses to blow out in the cleo !
>trical fire alarm system at fire head |
quarters. This slight damage was re-
paired in a few minutes and did not |
hamper the service. These two in
cidents were the only mishaps cred /
tied to the lightning here.
It is impossible to estimate the ex-
tent of the damage in this city and |