Perth Amboy evening news. [volume], October 09, 1903, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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HEAVY RAIN FALL TURNS
THE STREETS INTO RIVERS
AND STORES ARE FLOODED.
One of the Worst Ram Storms this City Has Ever Experienced
Rain Started Yesterday Afternoon and Has Contin.
ued to Pour Almost Without Interruption-Water
was Level m Smith Street This Morning and
Flowed into Stores Front Doors.
An unusually heavy rainfall is re
corded today. It has poured constant
ly since early this morning and as a
result many places are flooded. The
SStaten Island Rapid Transit is prac
tically out of business as far as this
end of the line is concerned. In Perth
Amboy the worst place is under the
Lehigh Valiev bridges in State street.
North Amboy, this morning, was
completely shat off from the rest of
the city for wagon traffic except bv
way of Woodbriage road and Hall
avenue. The water formed a big lake
extending across the street and into
the neighboring yards. Trolley ser
vice north of the bridge was tied up.
The Btorm Perth Amboy now is ex
periencing has come up the coast from
Bermuda. Its centre was off the
Virginia coast last night and high
northeasterly and northerly winds
prevailed from Hatteras to Nantucket.
Excessive rains fell in the middle
Atlantic coast States. The storm has
y advanced and high northerly to north
westerly winds prevail. The predic
tions are that the storm wih diminish
this afternoon and it will clear off
and be cooler tomorrow.
kLast night the Staten Island Rapid
Transit was entirely out of business.
The last train to reach Tottenville
was the 7.05 from New York. A
washout occurred at Richmond Valley
and all irains were forced to stop at
Pleasant Plains. Passengers for
Tottenville on later trains last night
left the cars at Pleasant Plains and
were taken in carriages from that
place to Tottenville. The washout
was at the same place where the dam
age was done at the last storm, only
this time is even worse.
This morning two or three trains
were able to get through from Totten
ville, but they ran very slowly over
the dangerous places. The heavy
_;r, mAtniiKf ocmin nanttPil rip.
I lay®- . ..
At 10.80 the storm was at its worst
v and the sidewalks along Smith and
State streets were flooded because^the
lain ci ms down so fast, that it wasjim
possible for the sewer basins to carry
it off. In Jake’s frnit store, at Smith
and State streets, t ho water was near
ly ankle deep, and it kept coming in
as fast as one could sweep it out.
Both the sewers at the corner of State
and Smith and Smith and Hobart
streets, wtre so small and the rush of
water came to fast that the basin
could not take it. The road looked
like a river. The people and horses,
who were cui ght onr in it, Boon found
that it wes iieeiiy ki ee deep, being
level aero s the sate". Horses be
came frigntaned and while some re
fused to move, others started off cn a
wild gallop and (lie drivers could
hardly restrain them .from, getting
away. .
The dirt embankment at the new
building of the Perth Amboy Trust
Company’s building, became so wet
that it fell down on top of the new
concrete wall and it will take some
time to get thin gs in shape again.
Shortlv before noon the twenty inch
wall caved ip.
The receiving basin at the corner
of Smith and King streets, became
clogged up yesterday afternoon and
this morning the side and cross walks
in front of the Perth Amboy Trust
P SEXTON’S PUZZLE.
This picture repr sents the name of an
old popuiar son?. Can you guess it?
>iot one answer is correct.
The answer to yeateidaj s t uzzle is Dixie.
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grand pr,ze gffer
W The prize for to-day will be
r | BOX WRITING PAPER in assorted colors
) ^ loon goes up toniylit at 7.30.
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Company’s present home was a little
river in itself.
Some of the oldest residents of this
city told a News reporter that in
many years they had not seen Smith
street flooded the way that it was this
morning. The trolley cars of the
Raritan Traction Company were run
ning throughout the day, but they
were not on schedule time. The
people crowded into them so fast that
there was hardly room for all. That
part of the trollev line between here
and Maurer, known as the sand curve,
is causing much trouble to the trolley
company. Every storm tons of sand
are washed into the roads and a larger
part of this gets on the track and
must be removed before the car can
proceed. On several portions of the
line the water causes much delay also.
3ometimes it reaches a depth that
makes it positively dangerous to run
through it.
One stretch near Metuchen reaches
for nearly 200 yards and has an aver
age depth of fourteen inches.
Last night a man, employed in
Guggenheim’s, dragged himself into
town wet and miserable. He told a
pitiful tale. He said he waited
‘ages” at Maurer for a car to this
place. At last one came and he
thought his troubles wore over, when
just as the car rounded the curve to
go under the Lehigh Yallev bridge
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uounced that the car could go no
further until the three feet of water
under the structure subsided. As this,
from all indications, promised to be a
period of time too Iohr to guess, t.ne
man left the car and waded knee deep
to the sidewalk. He warted from
there to the other side of the bridge,
expecting to find there a car which
would take him on to his destination.
It was not there and he walked.
Along shore the storm is not causing
much commotion because the wind is
not high. The boatmen, however,
are kept busy bailing their boats for
enough rafn water has fallen to sink
them. Several large vessels are in the
harbor for shelter. The ferry boat
Warren is running on schedule time,
but the rain this morning fell iu such
sheets that it was almost equal to a
fog. The damage will be but slight
on the water front.
About 11 o’clock this morning the
water main on State street, near the
Lehigh Valley bridge, broke and with
the rush of water, which was then
coming down from the hills at the
Valley bridge the flood began.
The water swept down to the street
so fast that in lesB time than it takes
to tell State street, from William P.
O’Hara’s printing office to the last
Lehigh Valley bridge, was flooded.
Swiftly the water came down aad
it was fully six feet deep at noon
time. When the trolley company em
ployes found that the water was com
ing down so fast that everything
would be flooded in short order, one
of them waded into the water, whicli
was then up to his arm pits, and pull
ed nff the cover of a manhole. The
water went dow’n this, but the rush
was so great that it appeared to have
but little effect The traction com
pany employes planted a big red flag
over the spot where the manhole is
for the water was so deep that the
hole could not be seen.
One driver, more venturesome than
others, tried to get through tne flood
and when lie found that his horse had
to swim he became frightened and
tried to turn around, but the horse
seemed to ratner onjov it and after
considerable wading he managed to
get through. The wagon almost float
ed at one time. When the other
Irivers saw what they were up against
they drove around to Ilall avenue and
town Woodbridge road.
Just before the flood came the two
trolley oars were coming down State
street but were compelled to stop and
they will be stalled there all day.
rne cars now run as far as the first
aridge whore the passengers must get
mt and walk over the Lehigh tracks
before they can get to the last bridge
where the trolley company has a car
waiting to take them to Maurer.
Just how the tracks will stand it is
aot known, and it is certain that
they will need some repairs after to
iay.
S. J. MASON,
Civil Engineer.
102 Smith Street.
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PEKAY COFFEE
THE BEST ON EARTH. THAT’S ALL, ’HUFF SAID.
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RAIN CAUSES
MUCH DELAY.
Work at Runyon where New
Wells are Being Driven is
Brought to Standstill.
BIC FL0W~~0F wells.
There is plenty of water at Rnnyon
today. But besides the heavy rain
the wells there are doing great work.
Thft lntpct nnp ririvpn is pvnpp.tpri tn
tarn out to be the best one over there.
The second of the last two author
ized has been started, but the storm
has stopped work. It is well down,
however, ann as soon as the men can
start work again, it is expected to be
soon completed. This well is some
distance from the others and it is
thought may strike a different stream.
The water department feels greatly
encouraged with the progress being
made and are confident the city will
Boon have an excellent supply. It is
probable that when these wells are
completed more may vet be driven
although the work may not be started
this fall.
The last well to be completed is
said to be a wonder. It was thought
that nothing could ever surpass one
of the oldest over there, which flows
many thousand gallons daily, but the
new well is equally as good and may
exceed the firBt one. It was thought
that perhaps after the first few days
the flow would diminish, but such is
not the case. The water gushes out
of the end of the full size of tfc to s?e.
The pipe line is making rap<^. TV
gress. but the rain today is sai«de8j
have caused much jiage. Ti*s
ground over there is all sand and the
heavy rains has washed away the
bank and filled up the trenches in a
great many cases so that work which
was thought to have been completed,
will in many cases have to be done
over again. The extent of the damage
is not fully known.
SMITH IS INSANE.
South Amboy Barber Will Go to the State
Asylum.
Joseph Smith, who was formerly a
barber in South Amboy, was adjudged
insane at the.county jail by Drs.
Carroll and Maas after a long exam
ination. Smith told the doorors that
he speaks eighteen languages. Asked
to numerate them, he said that he
knew all of the dialects of the English,
all of the dialects of the Polish and
the German.
He said that he learned how to
speak English coming over on the
steamship. This was easy he explain
ed, as the English language is made
up of a mixture of the Polish and
German languages.
“Ain’t I a healthy specimen?” he
asked. “I have never been sick a day
in my life. I don’t know what it
feels like to be sick. ”
The doctors said that he was too
smart to stay here and sent him over
to the place where they keep smart
people at Trenton. Constable O’Brien
took him over yesterday.
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SAYo IHt Ulli bnUULU
HAVE WESTMINSTER.
There is a growing demand that the
Westminster property be secured for
the city and many think the city
should go still further than secure
only the buildiug and enough land for
a Public school. There is a demand
Jbr a park as is voiced by the firm of
Nielson Brothers. They speak as
follows:
“It does not seem to us a question
whether this city can afford to acquire
the Bruen estate for a public park and
museum, but if it can afford not to
acquire it.”
HICH SCHOOL YELLS
This morning three yells for Amboy
High School were practiced and if the
noise made at the football game
equals that in practrce, the visitors
should be so demoralized as to prove
easy prey to the local eleven. Julius
Guttmami and two associates were
appointed to lead in giving the yells.
WERE CLAD TO
RETURNHOME.
Firemen Who Went to Allentown
were Wet Through During
the March.
RUSH FOFTRAINS.
In their Efforts to Get Heme Last Night
Many People were Pushed About and
Some were Injured—About Fifty Com
panies Tured Out—Prizes Awarded To
day—On the Special.
The Perth Ambov firemen, who went
to Allentown yesterday to take part
in the parade, were glad to get hack
to good old Perth Amboy last nieht
and this morning. From the time
they arrived at Allentown until *they
left, it kept ud a steady downpour of
lain Fifty-two fire companies were
in line for the parade out of the 200
expected.
The local boys marched for about
an hour and were drenched through
and through. Allentown was so
crowded with people for the occasion,
that when there was a rush for trains
by the homewar^ crowd, manv were
knocked down and tramped upon, and
even then some were compelled to
wait until this morning. The prizes
for the fire companies will be awarded
some time today. The Lehigh Valley
special got here in time last night for
the people to get a goo I shower bath
in the rain. Everyone seemed satis
fied, however, that had it not rained
the affair would have been a great
success.
W ER RUINS LARGE
STOCK CANNED COODS.
Cellars Under Potts & Kauffman’s
Wholesale Grocery Flooded Last
Night—Employes at Work.
The employes of Potts & Kaufman,
wholesale grocers, worked until early
this morning bailing out the water
which flowed into ihe cellar in a
steady stream. A large amount of
canned goods and other grocer’s goods
are spoiled. The damage is large. ?t<
SURPRISE PARTY.
Friends ofthe Misses Nelson Gather at
their|Home in Elm Street.
A surprise party was given the
Misses Fannie and Dora Nelson, of
Elm street, Wednesday night in honor
of their birthday. All present had a
delightful time. Games were played
and refreshments served. The house
was prettily decorated in honor of the
event.
During the evening two prizes were
awarded. These were won by Miss
Sina Peterson and J. J. Flynn.
The following were present: Mrs.
William Sandbecb, Misses Sina Peter
son, Katie Christianson, Katie Peter
son, Julia Hanson, Tina Ulmer, Meta
Hanson, Ella Yepsen, May Peterson,
Emma Anderson, Katie Anderson,
Ftmnie and Dorothy Nelson, Richard
Lembcbe, Albert Weisman, J. J.
Flynn, Peter Jensen Hans Henderson,
Charles Sandbeck, Hans Peterson,
Charles Johnson, Andrew Anderson
and William Sandbecb.
NO DRILL TONIGHT.
There will be no drill of the West
minster Cadets tonight on account of
another meeting at the church.
Latest creations hi millinery at
“The Palace.” 399 State st., (Ricci
Rnilding.) adv
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Neither the inclement weather, nor
tne near approach to the issuing of
the tax bills seem to have any depress
ing effect on the real estate market.
Mr. J. E. Chapman haB sold through
the agency of Nielsen Bros., to Eckardt
V. Eskesen, 28 lots near school No. 6.
Mary B. Snyder has sold through the
same agency, two • lots on William
street, to John Dickson, and Edward
W. Barnes has sold to Mrs. Dada a
lot near Woodbridge Hall.
GEN U I N E
CASTILE SOAP with large
size WASH RAH r»c
CAMPBELL’SPHARMACY
Cor. State and Washington sts. Tel. 89 L
P. NYGREEN,
Successor to L. Albert & Co.
...Photographic Studio...
Everything in Portrait, Landscape
, and Interior Photography.
P. O. Building. Perth Amboy, N. J.
TROLLE YCAR SMASHED
AT SMITH ST. CROSSING.
Accident Happened About Midnight-Car was out of Order and No
one was on Board—Was Being Pushed to the Car Barns and
Ran off the Track at the Crossing.
FELL INTO
HOT WATER.
Hungarian Badly Injuried While
at Work-Was Crossing
A Pit.
FEET WERE SCALDED.
Paul Losko. a Hungarian employed
in Ostrander’s, was badly scalded
yesterday. The accident happened in
a queer manner. In the yards there
is a number of small pits. There are
dryers used to dry brick and terra
?otta before putting them in the kiln.
Due of the pits is situated bo that it
is necessary to go over it and tw i
planks are placed from one side to cf‘e
other for that purpose.
Losko had crossed over once and
upon returning the pit was enveloped
in a cloud of steam and the boards
placed across it for use as a 'bridge,
were obscured from his view. The
man, trusting to familiarity with the
Diace, started to Walk, as he thought,
over. Either the hoards were missing
or he missed them.) He fell in and
both feet and legs ware badly scalded.
Prompt assistance took him out ol
danger or he would have been scalded
to death in a short time. Dr. Fithian
was called and his immediate
attention the injured members were
saved from amputation.
MEETING^POSTPONED.
The High Soho6l Alumni Associa
tion, which wTag to hkve w,ek>mst
night in School No. 1, , postponed ii s
date until nest Thursday evening at 8
o’clock.
nub run a wnttL
Georga Eggert Found Himself in Predica
ment-Made Most of it.
At 10 o’clock this morning when
George Eggert, of Front street, was
driving down State street at Fayette,
one of the front wheels of his carriage
caved in and Mr. Eggert jumped. It
was raining so hard that he decided
not to nnbitch his horse but pulled
the spokes out of the hub and using
the hub as a wheel, he drove home.
CATECHETICAL CLASS STARTED
Rev. E. J. Keuling, pastor of Grace
English Lutheran church, will start a
new catechetical class tonight. Four
teen have already joined this class.
They will meet every Fiidav evening
at the home of Rev. E. J. Keuling, 1
Balls Block, Brighton avenue.
MILK INSPECTOR HERE.
A milk inspector was in town today,
but the weather was such that it was
impossible for him to do any work.
LOCAL ITEMS^
Mrs. George Swinson, of Gordon
street, was taken to the hospital yes
terday afternoon to undergo an opera
tion.
Little Jennie Sheppard, who lias
been serionsly ill at her home, on
Gordon street, with diptheria, is im
proving.
The Misses Flossie and Ada Marsh,
of Trenton, have returned to their
home after visiting their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert McNeill,
of Brighton avenue.
Mrs. Philip Slobodien is visiting
Mrs. M. Slobodien.
Exclusive models in Hats, Toques,
and Tnrbans. Now on exhibition at
“ The Palace, ” 3M9 State st., (Ricci
Building). adv.
RESTAURANT
Everything home-made and we know how
to cook and do first-class catering, we do
not sell meal tickets tut we have the finest
table board in the city, at $5 a week.
WORRELL’S 46 Smith Street
Tel. Call 200 L. 2
White Pine Cough Balsam, qulbkl)
cure the cough or cold at the start. L&rgi
bottle 25c.
PARISEN’S Perscription Pharma™
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For the first time since the Raritan
Traction Company pnt its system in
operation in this city several years
ago. a trolley car was struck by a
train. The trolley car was out of
commission and was being poshed to
the car barn by another car. The
accident occurred at the Smith street
crossing. Patrick Norton, of Jersey
City, the fireman on the Ceatral
engine, which struck the trolley, was
seriously injured.
When trolley car No. 109, in charge
of Motorman John Harrington and
Conductor Oscar Harmenson, was
making a trip np Smith street last
night about 12 o’clock, something got
out of order with the car and they
could not make it move by its own
power. Another car came along and
No. 109 was being pushed to tlie car
barn. Everything was going along
fairly well until the disabled car got
in the middle of the Central railroad
crossing, where it jumped the track.
While the crew were trviug to pnt it
back again the Central railroad en- \
gine, 542, in charge of Engineer J. P. \
Butler, came along. The engine was
in the rear, pushing a passenger coach
witli a meie lantern hnng on the
front for a headlight, it is said. Thns
the engineer could not see very well.
The crew of the trolley car had only
time to scramble out of the way be
fore the passenger coach hit the trol
ley car. The shock tiirew the fireman,
who was shoveling coal at the time,
forward so hard that two of his rib*
were Droaen. iJrs. Kauisay and mace
were called and, after attending the
injured man, as well as they could,
he w::s placed in the coach and taken
to his home in Jersey City.
The passenger train was in charge
of Conductor Dolilber. A wrecking
crew from the trolley company brought
the wrecked trolley car to the barn A
where it now remains, ^superintend- fl
enr Rock, this morning, said he did.
not care to discuss the matter until I
he made a more thorough investiga
tion.
From what could be learned, from
both sides, no one is blamed^tafe the j
aCKiident, although it
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the car was in
man who threw the derailing switch,
which allowed the trolley car onto
the track, it is pointed our, could not
distinguish the lantern hanging on
the car for an ordinary switch light
and was not aware of the danger until
| the train was at the crossing.
ONE SESSION TODAY.
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Owing to the severe stoim the pnblic
school held but one session today.
The classes were dismissed at 1
o’clock.
DISCUSSED PLANS FOR BALL.
A reenlar meering of the Original
Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society
was held vesternay afternoon at the
home of Mrs. M. Rabinowitz. Plans
for their animal ball, which is very
popnlar every year, were talked over,
and a committee of arrangements was
appointed.
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Will sell this week for $300 each, half
cash. Two ($450; building lots; right in
the heart of tne city and only two blocks
from State St. and Pennsylvania station.
W. B. SNYDER, Owner.
21 Smith Street.
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HIGH TIDE.