| Show HUNDREDS RENDERED HOMELESS BY FLOOD FIND PORTION OF PATTERSON N J OCCUPIED BY POORER CLASSES IS SUBMERGED hundreds of or are compelled t f floo arom their iowne anil and 11 ik b BAte safety lyoa an ore girr ind only one life reported lot lost the city of patterson N X J so recently swept by fire la Is now dow over whelmed by flood three weeks ago the greater part of ita its business section was burned out and sunday the quarter occupied by the poor classed classes waa was I 1 inundated nun dated hundreds of families are homeless hom elees and for miles aror nd the city la is under water so far but one death hae has been reported the great peril now Is that the spruce raceway which water power for all molln along th water froit fro it may overflow flow this would cause great loss to the manufacturing district 3 expert engineers have placed dynamite below the bridge and if necessary it will bo be touched off this would open s new channel for the vol 1 ume of water held there and diverting it will eave save u good deal of property the fire of three weeks ago whilo while causing a d 4 image to property to the total of nearly did not create much suffering and widespread desolation ae RE the the district for a mile along the river front from spruce hill to straight street and two blocks north and five blocks south of the river nearly IL mile in width is covered with water and tu lit some soma place places to the second story of dwellings in thia this district fu are situated the rogers locomotive works and eral silk mills and dye dyo works near by live fully families who have been driven from their tenements several of abeso p uple were taken from their houses in to boats and barge amid the abenes of excitement citizens Cit frena from froin att 0 the city lave poured in loads of blankets blan keta clothing and provisions city employees of every depatti nent work like beaver beavers in their effort to relieve the distressed thero wits a lack of boats to cope with tho the emergency and a wagon load wap bent over from newark la in good time acm give excellent service ervice ot in the work of rescue henry fleary richards a carpenter lost hia his life after m making several successful trips on each of which be he brought bro tight three or four pe persona esons hie his boat was upset and he was swept away in to the waters which were rushing with the force of a millrace two alarms of fire were turned in during the afternoon uld it 1 looked an as if the ele elements mentis were combining to destroy the city the bremen firemen who were helping to remove the people from the district were forced to take thea three hours to fight the fin fl sines 1 I e a 1 leither loas loss waa wag big but as a brek wind was blowing blow luR tho danger was great on hamilton avenue near the river two ner buildings were undermined by the flood collapsed and were swept away the arch street bridge collapsed in the afternoon and all the other bridges are completely submerged the boiler and engino engine booma of several of the big mills are ten feet under water |
