Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-02
TANGLED WIRES
AND POLES DOWN
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trent wireshbecame so heavy that the
poles broke off near the ground.
A gang of workmen working near
Newark about o'clock this morning
narrowly escaped death or serious in
jury. without warning, heavy
pole snapped off, scattering the men
in all directions. Large cans of oil
were kept burning during the night
to aid the workmen.
Hundreds of other Newarkers were
forced to pass the night in New York
when the trains they expected to
take to this city were held up.
Fallen poles and telegraph wires had
more to do with holding up the trains
than did snow on the tracks and on
the switches.
Trains on the Lackawanna railroad
were running about half hour late
today. The early morning trains were
sent off, eastward and westward,
about three-quarters of an hour late.
Between Hoboken and Morristown
close to 100 telegraph poles We're
down. In one short stretch In the
meadows, just east of the Harrison
station, twenty-four consecutive
poles were down.
The PENNSYLVANIA railroad sold no
tickets today for the steam line be-
tween Newark and Jersey City.
Traffic on this line stopped early
last night, and no attempt was made
to run cars today. The railroad had
several large gangs Of men out to-
day claring the tracks of broken tele-
graph poles and wires between here
and Jersey City, and officials said
there was hope of running trains be-
fore night. TRAINS were running on
the short line, however, with fair
regularity.
on the Erie railroad trains were
running about half hour late to-
day. The Paterson train, which is
supposed to reach this city about
S:15. pulled into the station at $40,
and other trains before and after
this one were delayed about the same
time.
Service on the Hudson tubes was
maintained through the night, but
the schedule. was entirely forgotten
The trains that usually shoot from
Newark to New York in twenty min
utes occupied from an hour to an
hour and half in making the run
When the path was cleared the pass
engers were treated to pyrothechnic
displays of great beauty. AS the
shoes attached to the trains struck
the ice-covered third rail great flashes
of light shot up.
Passengers forgot the discomfort
and delay. They clustered about the
doors and windows and gazed at I'M
| usual scenes as they passed through
the meadows. Stalled freight trains
stretched for miles and miles. Tele-
graph poles were down in every di-
rection and covered the tracks of the
Pennsylvania and Lackawanna rail-
roads with tangled masses of wire. In
4 4 ind -cNNrn
panse of the meadows forlorn little
groups of men huddled, or tugged in
| feverish desperation at some faller
telegraph pole. At long intervals
| suburban trains skept by, packed
with people and smothered in snow.
At the Park Place station, it was
announced that trains would be dis
patched at ten minute intervals
throughout the day. Until the traffic
conditions on the Pennsylvania rail.
road are remedied there will be nc
| stop at the Manhattan transfer.
| Everybody was carried between
Newark and New York last night, al.
though great deal of trouble wa:
experienced and the schedule aban
| doned. The greatest difficulty aros,
| because of the clogging of the
switches with snow and ice. Mer
were distributed all along the line t
clear these spots.
While train service on the Lehigf
Valley was somewhat delayed today
| there was no cancellations of trains
Telegraph poles were down all alont
the road. Beaween Newark and Oal
Island. fifteen telegraph poles ha6
been felled by the terrific gale. wreck.
ing the telegraph system. 1t was put
| back in fairly good shape shortly be-
| fore noon when telegraph communica-