Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-03
Mans Narrow Escape.

One man came near death today
and much property damage has been
done as result of the baby nliz-
izard, which ragged from an early
hour this morning. The storm. one
of the most peculix
I cause Il oceurS
rasuann1 un the
day before Eas.~., had its staIE tnis
morning Ike that giant blizzard OF
March 12, 1888 small hurricane
swept this section at an early hour
this morning and before long the
snow began to come. Blown almost
parallel with the surface of the earth
it appeared to be coming from the
north. 1t was genuine northeast
er," old time sailors declared, being
of the kind that they dreaded when
ON the water. John Langan, of 1876
Market street, a janitor at McClel-
Ian Engine Company's headquarters,
was knocked distance of about ten
feet and stunned by falling wire in
front of Mcclellan fire house shortly
before 8 o'clock this morning. He
was not seriously injured.
Both Mr.. Langan and his partner,
Martin Noonan, consider that he had
jury or death They declared that
the wire which knocked him over
was a high tension line, leading
from the Public Service power
house at the foot of Buckin CHAM ave-
nue.. and they said ii carried 10000
volts The wire was blown down
by the terrific wind at 8:45 o'clock
and as result trolley ear traffic was
blocked for about half an hour. AT
the local Office of the Public Service
Electric Company, the superintendent
in charge said he had not become
acquainted with the details of the
trouble on State street. At the time
the line was being repaired by work |
men, and trolley traffic had resumed, |
but because of the snow fall sched- !
ules had been broken up.
Mr.. Langan was using a hose in |
the act of cleaning off the pavement |
directly in front of Mcclellan fire |
house in State street, at Pearl place, |
when the high tension line parted |
almost over his head. The fire house |
janitor was watching one end of a ,
broken wire a short distance away |
and did not realize that he was in 1
danger. His partner, Mr.. Noonan !
yelled to him to look out" and about
the same instane one end of the
broken wire came so near TO Langan
that it knocked him a distance of
about ten feet and stunned him.
Langan considers it fortunate that
he had presence of mind enough to !
let go of the hose, as water being
a good conductor of electricity, he
might have been seriously injured or
killed.
Both Langan and Noenan declare /
it was well that there were no pedes-
trians on the street in the vicinity of !
the falling wire. They declared that |
had the break occurred at a time
shortly before or after school hours, |
several children might have been /
killed. The firehouse janitors de-
clared that there was practically no |
irsulation or the wire The line
broke soon after a guy wire on
pole near the southernmost Lehigh |
Valley bridge had parted. There is /
but one guy wire holding the pole
n place now and Langan declares
he pole is in danger of falling.
1t is reported that q number of /
he smaller summer crafts, which had /
1een taken out along the shore front,
lave been damaged somewhat as a
'esult of the storm. Damage has
,een done by falling chimnies. signs
md broken windows in various parts
# the city and building work has
'een brought to practically a stand
till. For several hours the storm
as though it would rival
he big blizzard of 1888 and the out
ook for opportunity to display gay
Easter fnery tomorrow was blighted.
he storm also came as a severe blow I
o merchants here, who had looked
or unusually heavy trading, il being
be day before Easter.