Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-08
MUCH DAMAGE
DONE IN COUNTY
BY THE STORM
Trees and Wires FelIed-Sev-
eral Towns Left in Darkness.
Horses EIectrocuted.

This morning about . clock The
rain changed to snow for d few min
utes down town. but il soon went
back to rain again. The storm seemed
to be diminishing. however, and tho
forecaster believed that il will quit
altogether during the DAY. He did
not expect any change in tempera-
ture for a day or two, nor that the
weather viii clear before tomorrow
night, although the rain should stop
today
Early this forenoon there was con-
siderable snow in Aontclair, and west
of 1t, where the storm has proved u
be a spectacular one. The tempera-
ture on the high ground in that sec
ton has been five degrees lower than
in Newark
Rain fell ali yesterday and last
night, but the air near the earth was
cold enough 10 cause it to freeze as
soon as il struck and the trees we're
coated with ice today. At first the
farmers were glad because the ice
coat would hold back premature buds
should a warm spell set in later, but
today the ice had got so thick that
many trees lost limbs in the high
north gale which swept Western
Essex and considerable damage was
done the orendf0S.
Shortly after s o'clock last night an
accident somewhere along the line
caused the shutting off Of the electric
lights In Caldwell. Verona, Essex
Fells. Roseland and Livingston and
the service had not ben restored up
to day light this morning.
Last night the Caldwell Borough
Council met and transacted munic-
ipal business by the light of lanterns
taken from the hook and ladder truck
just under council headquarters.
Wires and trees are down all through
Western Essex today and the public
schools in Caldwell were closed be-
cause of dangerous roads.
A peculiar accident happened on
Bloomfield avenue near Verona Lake
last evening. when a telephone wire
fell across a trolley wire and the end
of it dangled half way between the
trolley wire and the ground. Essex
Sloan, who was driving a three-horse
truck of WILKINSON Gaddis & Co.,
New arr 'wl1iofs1r ssI1s Eroeers. failed 10
notice the dangling wire and per
mItted it TO brush against one of his
team. Both outside horses were killed.
but the one IN the centre escaped
without scratch, as did the driver.
The accident happened at the same
spot NHfft Two ifoIStS b8bth ahA
Henry Becker. a Roseland dairyman,
were killed in an exactly similar
manner in the blizzard early this
year.
At Pine Brook three oak trees were
felled by the wind during the night
and this morning were living across
Bloomfield avenue, completely block
ing the road.
The storm did considerable damage
in Montclair, many trees and wires
being blown down. Large trees were
blown down on Draper terrace. Cedar
avenue. Orange road and Lloyd road,
in the south end of the Town, and on
Northview avenue and II ghland ave-
nue., in the north end. Many electric
light and telephone wires We're down
all over town, and the trolley wires
on the Valley road line were down
in several places. stopping travel on
that line for several hours yesterday
afternoon. No one, as far as can be
learned. was injured, but delivery
wagon of a department store of this
city had a narrow escape as a lares
tree fell on Orange road. 1t lust
missed the wagon.