Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-24
Unidentified MAN
CRUSHED TODEATH.



torn down. Fire alarm systems were
also put out of use. The people of
the West Hudson towns were kept.
awalse all night by the ringing of the
fire alarm bells. m
In Cedar Grove a freakish feature
evidenced itself. In sections of the
municipality the sidewalks had not
even been sprinl1led. while in other
parts the streets were flooded. Very.
little damage was reported in Har-.
rison, East Newark. Nutley, South
Orange Village, Millburn. South Or
ange Township and Springfield.
Reports OF damage came from Or
ange, East Orange, West Orange,
lIrvington, .Belleville, Kearny, Bloom
field, Glen Ridge and Montclair.
In some. of the towns the storm
broke without the. slightest warning.
Before people realized what had hap
pened the wind was blowing q gale
and sheets of rain pelted through open
windows. Cellars in many sections
were inundated.
The storm was at its height when
| the Kearny police received a tele-
phone call that a man had been. in
jured on Lincoln highway, near the
Passaic river bridge. Chief of Police
William Tolen and Ambulance Driver
Thomas Burns brayed the storm and
made the trip to the scene. 1t was
found that large sign. had fallen on
the victim. who hao sought refuge
beside it.
Life was extinct when the ambu-
lance arrived. John Smith, who was
with the storm victim prior to the ia
tally, was taken to the Kearny police
station. The body was taken to the
Harrison 1norgue. Smith did not know
the identity of the victim. He said
the two met in New York yesterday,
and were making their way to this
city when the storm overlook them.
Killed by Failing Sign.
Smith said he heard the sign creak
and ran from the place. He shouted
warming. but his companion. was
mot quick enough, the sign telling
him. Smith gave the alarm and
waited for the police. Up to noon the
Ibody had not been identified at the
Harrison morgue. Smith was dis
Echarged from custody today. -
| The ambulance had been back only
a short time when word was sent to
| the police that another man had met
death not far from the scene of the
| first accident. Patrolmen John Dom
ohiie and Joseph Miller went to the
scene. and were joined by county po-
licemen from the Lincoln highway.
The bluecoats worked for long time,
and, finally decided the rumor was
| without foundation. The Kearny po-
lice returned to headquarters early
To-day. M
The storm seemed to cut direct
swath through Pavonia avenue, in
| the Arlington section of Kearfiy. This
thoroughfare, because of the hand
some trees which overhung the road,
was considered one of the prettiest
streets in West Hudson. Today there
| is hardly a tree on the street that
| Is not damaged.
Factory Roof Blown on.
A large section of the roof Of the
main building of the C. F. Massey
Company, on the, Kearny meadows.
near the Lincoln highway. was ripped
off, The cumbersome ventilating
stack on Public School No. T. in the
Arlington section. was +. ripped com
| pletely from its fastenings and hurled
through the air for a distance Of 100
feet, 1t was completely wrecked.
The Kearny fire bells rang out just
when the rain vas coming down
heaviest. Different numbers were
struck and firemen rushed to- the
headquarters, only to find the indica-
tors showing wire trouble. George
Smack, superintendent of the system.
was atop a pole on Davis avenue
when the storm broke He found it a
| hard matter to reach terra firma
safely, At IS Johnston avenue,
Kearny, a tree fell against a building
land branches rested on he'd on the
second floor,
small shed at the plant of the
Clark Thread Company, East New
ark, was damaged. Trees were blown
down in different sections OF Harri-