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)¦ the ambler gazei r vol xxi 1 no :}/>. ambler l'a august 25 19o4 1.25 a ykar storm does great damage tremendous downpours of rain leaves ruin in its wake itlmcra kikl ipiiopk i.hlli i....v l.hiih klondfll l>v liiikluc ifstsw wrt-limin l>.!u 1 i.i in si , . t n a nil | ihiii damage wsm done hereabouts by the heavy downpour of rain friday night and saturday morning when the lenient s appeared to he detenu ineil to duplicate the shower in which old noah figured so historically the rain foil in sheets the olouds seemed to never be quite empty and one down pour followed another so rapidly thai the gutters in ambler tailed to con tail the water and for hours the streets were flooded with the result that ninny were badly washed and much damage linn resulted lindeuwold avenne,oarrying consid erable water from outside he borough , '^ was badly washed and the gutters overflowed wearing out tin street land leaving vast deposits of sand and gravel on the par avenne pavement where the course is intended to change at right angles down park avenue the result is that the water hacks up quite dee washes both streets tear ing them away and removing tlie top surface tlie east gutter was nearly filled with sediment and down at the euclid avenue comer the pavement was overflowed for 50 feet andoonsid rable gravel was deposited thereon in addition the water flowed ri^ht across park avenue where it now has worn a course and removed the surface exposing the sub-layer of the street tlie chestnut and center street . corner was also flooded and the water stood there for nearly 24 hours it having no means of flowing away tennis avenue was also damaged the hill being especially subjected to ex pensive washing the new subway was severely taxed and the roadway under the railroad bridge was overflow ed the vicinity of dr mattison's rosemary and orange avenues pro perties was washed the streets being subjected to much damage cellars in various parts of the town were flooded and housekeejmts inconvenienced considerably thereby at the corner of walnut and spring garden streets the water is tearing out the macadam badly being backed up by the closing of the iron pipe across walnut street edge hill below edge hill where the railroad runs through a deep out with banks 30 feet high a landslide carried 15 or 20 tons of shale down on tlie south bound track covering it for 150 to 200 yards and shutting off traffic for some time a gan$f of men spent the morning clearing the dirt away and meanwhile the south-bound trains ar were obliged to change to the north * bound track at oreland and run past the landslide on that both tracks here were covered with water as they were at several other points along the road cheltenham the 60-foot iron bridge over the j'acouy creek at cheltenham was washed away and the county commis sioners were notified on saturday of the damage jknkintown a cloud burst struck jenkintown between 5.80 and 6 o'clock and when it was over there were four feet of water on the tracks aud trains were delayed three-quarters of an hour at switchville.a little settlement near jenkiutown a company of employes of the wharton switch company were hemmed in by the floods and had to be driven to work in wagons at cheletn hills a station below jenkintown a bridge over taeony creek was washed away the hijji wind which accompanied the storm helped in the work of destruction and trees and corn are down on all sides while gardens are swept clear of their contents the wind started,froin the southeast then veered to the southwest aud finally to southeast again the tank of the electrical plant at jonkintown was carried away down taoony creek part of the new fence around the station was torn away and swept down tlie stream a stone bridge below the station that crosses the lend and the creek there was undermined by the water and another bridge over the creek above the station was beat en to pieees_by the torrents and carried awnv _^ at glenside a 80-foot exoavation "* miilor the railroad tracks which is bieng made to run the sewer and new willow grove trolley through was filled to tlie brim with water and the shoring torn down the sides were washed in by the ruin and it will take probubly a week or more to repair t he damage wrought i in tv i hill park ai chestnut hill park water stood two feel high everywhere the wnall boat ' ii i1 lai ¦ wen washed away and uiany of them smus i-fool bridge was carried away the lots is estimated at over fyooo a force of rapid transit oompsuiy mi ii labored for hours to clear a way the mud which the flood carried on the tracks and which ai llillcnst avenai oai a oar to jump its tracks tlie pass eugej were shaken op but none was injured vallky the links of the huntingdon valley country club were badly damaged by the overflow from the swollen oreeiu which intersect them the water carried with them a vast amount oi mad and gravel winch wai in many dum » s on the links the hole whs completely obliterated and i hi iltijhisit of mud and titoutis on ijii sixth and 101 h green w inn to r&wove tim ml u1 t(iitum»t>l ahututh set ii hood mid were not wrtonnly daniaked a large stone bridfre nl rydaljom w low the si ntii hole v us washed entirely out il w:is n ciniiilv bridge so the los w ill in i mil in the chili a liliiii ber of smaller bridge erected by tht clnii to cross hie streams intersecting the links were washed o\\ii they ere ijkht structures and nan be easily replaced it ums nol pomible to make dom estimate hut it is thoufhl i lie damage to the links can he repaired for ? i mx tin musl difficult nirt of tin work will lie the renovating of the rr©«ni wii.1.iiw qrovs i ink i i'lkks the i'll iladeiilh in hapid transit company buffered from the downpour several of theif oars being burned onl by the water running over the old york road at vafiotu points the storm in tluit locality is said to luvve been very severe but no damage was apparently done except the washing nut of the raada and the burning out of the motors of the cars he i ween wil low drove and cliolten avenue k iht washington the storm of early saturday morning was very heavy liere but the damage lone wan more revere to tin southeast as the main body of the storm passed below this place this resulted in a rapid rise of sandy run creek which was higher than for a dozen years for the waters of this stream and the vis aii iekcui converged and flooded the turnpike at this place all the mead ows for 111 i les aluiin both streams were flooded and fences and other property were torn away the sandy run rose very rapidly between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning some of the city goers beinjf unable to walk to the sta tion from down the turnpike the stream was nearly three feet deep in the forge room of the uonard an^er mill over at hoopeston the bridge on spring avenue was washed away and the foundations torn out aud deposited in bodeusteiu's lake the bridge on pinetown road was torn away carried by the flood and deposited on top of the township line bridge vashouts also resulted along the hoopes & townseud siding which were repaired on monday the colored family oc cupying the house on the reiff estate on morris road formerly tenanted by thomas w beattie had the water to run into their first story which how ever soon disappeared as the water susbided during tlie morning at the residence of robert gordon sr , a large cartload of the terrace from his lawn was washed down over the trolley tracks and at the home of isaac gonard the water washed his driveway and deposited graves and sand on the rails i v!ilhhif.l mm h mhi \ urn wi m i * . mr and mrs william b1 cramer of 134 swartley street north wales celebrated their 50th anniversary of their marriage on wednesday aug 10 by celebrating the day at chestnut hill park with some friends and rela tives they have no children their marriage took place 111 philadelphia in 1854 mrs cramer's name then be ing sarah ouisa rees mr cramer who is a carpet weaver by trade is hi years of age and his good wife is 71 he is a native of prussia and came to america in 1851 for a years they lived on the morris road near the old rile property where mr cramer diligently plied his trade they re moved to north wales about three years ago mr cramer relates that in 1884 he was attacked with that dread disease consumption and became so weak and emaciated from its effects that be gave himself up to die his left lung had entirely disappeared he contends that he entirely cured himself by doses of kerosene oil — 10 drops every day for one mouth and then increased the dose two drops everyday until the quantity taken reached 20 drops then he continued thisquantity until entirely cured of the disease scarlet fever has again visited the neighborhood of narcissa coming in to the home of john duffield and lay ing his daughter upon a bed of sick ness miss etta had been around ap parently in good health within a day ol the fever when she spoke of having a sore throat on friday dr howard seiple was called in and pronounced it scarlet fever under his care the patient is doing well and her many friends hope to see a speedy recovery the schools of plymouth will open on the first monday of september jonie and alice crater's schools will open aug 2{.y the davis and crater families held their annual picnic at mill grove farm audiibiin.oii the perkiomen on thurs day the day was perfect and all en joyed the outing there were 15 in the party through the kindness ol mr wetherell owner of mill grove the freedom of the place was granted hence lioaling tifchiug and bathing vi 11 indulged in mr ktu of philadelphia preached at oold pon it baptist church on sun day the pabtor h a garner being absent th.9 lougai re it union will take place this wednesday at oollegeville al the hotel al perkiomen bridge,said hotel being the longaore ion al one time tlu whittle literary will hold the ( reunion u ohestnui liiil park on bat bfdajf afternoon ot t ins chuukea amppsj toucher ai the anf_'iikt meeting ot the ai mrii in school board minx anna e muuhttll of wondwardvilie maryland wus elected tuoliei ol drawing forth district mini margaret caul of b hill was elected primary teaohej tvi ilighhinil iiiul miss laon i allen of amiihir amistant primary teaohor at aliillglon high lohool the imsigutt t ion of mink mulvinu dubree as usmri uuil urimuij teaoher at mokiuley , wtti nce|ileil ii ' n u mm nil liul to i inn 11 ion iu jeukiatovk i boronjeh there we now m luitchci -.< lie towuship i'liu riohools will 0 l mouuuy threatened the justice letter received by squire walker of jenkintown in jmtloa rrc.iii«-.i turn tne o'brien hpriiiik tlir.nl in al kill 1 illiinl mine italim gnspsmt filvstl n hfhl'llik mid ih i.i<mi i'orj-'in patriot mallei and joseph kiinkel the remaining three prisoners arrested by delect kve millard for supposed complicity in the o'brien murder were given a final hearing hi lore magistrate walker at the lenkin town hall wednesday afternoon and were discharged as no evidence had been found to prove them guilty either ot stealing or of the niunlcr vlncenthackay was arrestedwednes day morning at the jenkintown station by detective millurd illd was locked np for several hours he proven however to be ¦ deteotiv employed by friends of the prisoners millard says lie knew the man but arrested him just to see if liectiuldget him to tell what he knew of the case the man was released at in ion a threatening note was received by hist ice of the peace w (.-. walker of jenkintown wednesday morning he does not know whether to accept the threats against his life as a joke per petrated by friends or as a real ex pression from revengeful italians who seek the release of their fellow count ry nieii arrested in connection with the murder of constable o'brien at hill side the envelope was addressed — ' ' judge of peese jeukintowu pa inside was another envelope of a common grade at the top of which was drawn a skull aud oronbenes below was penned by an unsteady hand : — letta go mi trend toppe we kill you and milleard ' ' the latter is detective millard the envelope bore the cancellation mark oi the germantowu station at 10.80 p.m walker says that while he does not fear an attack he has armed himneli in case protection is needed plunder 1,1 u.k anyone in the vicinity of jenkin town hillside willow grove ugontz or the vicini'ty who has been robbe during the past fpnr years of household articles or wearing apparel will do well to pay a visit to the new police station at ogontz where an extensive array of stolen^goods is on exhibition the plunder was removed from tlie shanty at fitzwatertown which was occupied by joseph taniburriua win was arrested on suspicion of being im plicated iu the murder of constable o'brien at hillside many rsont who were robbed have examined the display and numerous articles have been identified some of the thefts were committed as long as four yearn ago aud detective o'conne.r thinks he has succeeded in clearing up the mystery of several robberies which it was generally thought would nevt.1 be solved chief of police saddiutfton of ogoutz has charge of the plunder of the thieves which he values at about 50 and he will be on haxid during the next few days between the hours of 1 and ti o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of exhibiting it to persons who have been robbed amongst the plunder are homespun sheets brass scalep planes brushes saws clothes linen carpenters tools spirit levels butcher knives lap robes razors silk table covers,towels,handkerohiefs pillow and bolster cases napkins rib bons and a trunk hearings postponed the hearings of joseph tamburrina and joseph tolfareno arrested hii spec.tb in the o'brien nrarder as case will be held on tuesday morning aug ho the hearings were to have been held monday morning btit to per mit of further concentration of ten timony of importance it wan deemed advisable to wait a week against tamburrina it is expsoted at leant a score of robbery charges will be pre ferred coroner kane is expected to make final arrangements for the in quest ih is week talk and excitement over the tragedy have already subsid ed and relatives are still busy and it is not improbable that a strong cane will be made out against the bus wh n the hearing is called uext week ¦ louil lloail c'limmt-i for kmlt'i & co outside the granting of orders to paj bills and other routine business not h in was done at the meeting of the oounty commissioners last week fur ther than the awarding of a contract in the maoadamulng ol the skippaclt road in wen ester township in ac cordance with the provisions of the good road law the contract was awarded to cj n.jsmitb & company , ol philadelphia their bid tm ing 11 861 the highest bid was for 119,976 the other bidders ail their hills were : harper dean 119,678 maryland con struction company ifio.o'j thomi davis ia,ia8 bchliuime fc son j 1 , - 170 and worcester township i-l,f,75 this is tlie second contract that bas been awarded in thia comity sinoe th good road law was passed ' the thor oughfare under consideration is to he macadamized from belfry station to knelirl s mill a distune qj :.' i j miles m»l)le ultl mra adeline hualott ol hathoro oiiiij time last wtitik with in r niece mrs t p oonai'd mihw lottio row ii doylektowa is/the guest of her cousin mi ¦ uerthu and bdytlie mauu kinimel miller ami luuiily vinltod relatives iu yurdley iiuuks county nil bo nday mi's mury k bright uud family of norrlstown taui mr albert il bright und kttwiu j nuigui'(uf liidg way bilk cjuiitv were uuduy . t i »'¦ uouatd's action to foreclose proceedings begun against phiii & l v traction company bflotlods in l|h-ti w»t - frf i'/.p-iiiit iliitiif lay hondholfifn owtwnnf vlrtl holt t i:.-.m to ihi iurl kfflfs hi-iir li i / il i.irt the reorganization plan lot the johnson street railway properties in the lehigh valley was knocked in the head mi monday when a foreclosure wh tiled in the united states courts iii philadelphia by bondholders of the philadelphia and lehigh valley traction company the latter pwna the road thai runs from chestnut hill up the north i'enii valley through a score of small towns to allentown the papers were filed by j hector me - i philadelphia and former judge harvey representing altogether 1,300,000 of the 2,000,000 first mort gai a game of frco/.e-out is what these bondholders sny thw have been treated to under the reorganization plan they protested bnt to no avail the only alternative they say wan to foreclose and bo defeat tlie syndicate that is in control it is essentially a ti k'»i between the bondholders of the lehigh valley trac tion company and those of the i^hiladel phia and lehigh valley traction com pany these are separate and distinct properties the former owning the lines in and about alhmtown while the latter owns only the road to philadel phia they are coupled nnder the re organization because the lehigh val ley traction company operates and own all the stock of the philadelphia and liehikh valley traction company and hud guaranteed the interest on its bombs nutil it went into the hands of the receiver financial history records that the tiehifjli valley concern first became entangled in march j!lo!i when it defaulted on its coupons the next lot due in september of lilob were paid bnt attain in march of this year there was a default when a receivership wan necessary the courts appointed robert e wright and charles m bates of allentown and george w norris of philadelphia for the com pany the first two were also made receivers of the philadelphia and lelii^li valley with r w leslie president of the american cement com jiany of philadelphia as the third man both mr norris and mr leslie closely hilled with edward b ii & cuiiii.:.i.y who are t*i under 3 the lit w rturj;ani/.atiou plan with brnwn brothers & coni pauy kroin the view point of the lehigh valley bondholders this reorganization is a glittering spectacle say the phila delphia aud lehigh valley people ' it 1'utv'tlfp former in on the ground floor and almost forgets the e.xisteii«-h of the latter according to the program a new companv is to be formed with i),0oo,0(k worth of tirst mortgage 1'iiiids and t?,i"i(k kkl worth of con solidated mortgage bonds of the lat ter however 5,000,000 worth are to be kept in the treasury for 30 years the lehigh valley bondholders are to be handed bright new first mortgage bond dollar for dollar wliile tin philadelphia and lehigh valley mort gage bonds arn to be exchanged for 50 per cent.of new consolidated bonds and 50 per cent in new preferred stock the lehigh valley people say that the consolidated bonds are just as gilt edged as the first mortgage bonds am that nobody need worry the phila delphia and lehigh valley protesting syndicate however argues that if the company cannot meet the interest on the present combined indebtedness oi 5,000,000 how can it expect to meet the interest if f2 500,000 more art piled np on top of that an interesting problem in statistics.it looks to them the new preferred stock they consider altogether worthless if this reorganization plan goes through j said mr mcneal monday morning our 2,500,000 of bonds would not be actually worth more than fi(),ooo rd hesitate to give even that it is all the meat for the lehigh valley tract inn boiidhoiderf and a hone i'or us the reason that not all the bondholders are with us is bei anse the rent are owned by people who are more hoiivily interested in)tbe other company when i started to fight the reorganization syndicate 1 represent ed only l)00o worth of the bonds now v?e stand for 1,800,000 worth practically the same interests thai could not run the old company pro stably are in this scheme to form a lev iie they acknowledge that then wae gross mismanagement and now ask tlie bondholders to lei them try ii the only outoome of a new cor poration such as they propose would be to plunge the properties onoe more rerslup and thi n wi pe out tlie philadelphia and i i high valley boudliolders altogether oui line from philadelphia to all utown in the most proutabli in the lot r we i oi id easil p".v the bondufrom i at tlie present time we liave 9100,000 iu our truusnry while the leltigh val ley i raotion ' kreasur ii prat nu'iply and yet their bondhold to get tim first mortgage cream while we aiay bayea littli ad mortgage skimmed milk ' ' tin plan of reorganiaat ion was draft ed by george 1 1 ri edward b smith hairy *!. trexler william p llarrity and tom 1 juliuhou favored by the joiuihoij vyndiostte bi the latter is interented riaavily iu the took of the lehigli v»ll»j trac tiou i oiupiiuy uwriwoa don i torgoi the public sale oi mrs intene h honsehold goode at wm i'iwki niuon aug 81 see adv ll s uowwjf is reoot wing from thu juries reaeived by h»tiu u horse htepouliistui.il qttorgc i'l'id hub buuu a che mucksiuitli hiioij obituary joski'h joseph iroetscli.ii resident of l."\\ir uwynedd townnhip in-ar ambler died saturday after an illness lusting several moiitlis hil condition has been dropitical for years and com plication of ilisejiscs broqght on death mr jrocisi h v:is i yestrt of ngc the u'ceased wan liom in i'av.-irim in 1888 and in 1852 when only l!i miiis of age came over tn america where lie then hnd i sister living ill 1'liiladrlpliia ( n the voyage across the sea he was robbed of 810 it is sup posed by il fellow passenger ntid his last bo cents all the money he hud in the world he tcave for conveying hii trunk and to add to his discomfort i portion it hiii wardrobe was washed overboa rd in the face of these misfortunes and with no funds the sturdy german thrift asserted itself m the next day after landing he itad secured a posi tion with a ii.'iiii p whioh business he followed for i'.i years after a few years he had savd gnfftcient to start in buslnesn for himself and he thus became one of the very lirst pretzel bakeri not only in philartel phia bat in the state in isr>s mr uroetsch married anna marie stoll who was also of the fath erland having1 been lorn in gernimiiv near the rhine iii ihkci the deoeased purchased the property and 10 acres near ambler formerly owned by the late chstrles iray although having a supervision over the farm the greater part of the work was attended to by ids son john who has been actively identified with the property for 18 years there were 10 children born to mr and mrs groetsch six of whom are deceased annie having died only a few years ago at the age of 80 . the surviving children are : joseph p , of philadelphia andrew of chicago 111 and john and marie i who reside at home mrs groetsch also survives funeral services were held this wednesday morning at st anthony's church requiem mass being said at 10 o'clock albert p shaw albert v shaw son of the late james and charlotte shaw formerly of carve.rsville died at his late home in qerniantown in tuesday aujr iti aged 48 years the deceased was born on a farm adjacent to oarversville and after attending the public school finish ed his education as student of the carversville normal excelsior in stitute under kev y r b.hnnsioker as principal completing his ednoa : tion he learned the wheelwright busi ness under john huff at centre hill ' aud having acquired full knowledge of | tlie trade worked with david duck worth a,t oottatoville and upon the , death of mr du.'kworth succet-dei ; him in business and later carried on a successful business in carversville for 12 years then he went to ambler establishing a prosperous trade where he remained for severnl years in charge of the shops on park avt line now occupied as a livery by harvey dager ami inter removed to german town albert p shaw was a descendant of good quaker parentage about two years ago he received a stroke of paralysis which was succeeded by the second a little leiter on both affecting the left tside and a short time back he received a third attack this time in the throat from which he never recovered he married miss anna keading and three children wefe born to them one daughter bertha and two ssons frank of ambler and charles all of whom survive him two brothers john and harry and two nisters grace emma and clementine also survive the deceased united with the 1 o o 1 and kree matrons while living at ambler j p v\u,k john f wile a well-known itii/.rn of near harleysville.dinl inst wednes day aged 7 years deceased is surviv ed by his widow and two daught ers mrs tobias nice of hivrliysville and mrs joseph frederick snudcrton also the following sisters : mrs tobias olemnier of b&rleysville mrs h'l braim smith mrs philip markley zieglerviile i mrs luna bosenberger west virginia and mis h:ut/ell of philadelphia the cheltenham township building on east church road is now completi 3 and secretary william h murphey and township treasurer o o m;io namara have moved their offloesto the jiew building which is very oomph te in tlie firmt floor which is a partial basement there la a look up consisting of three rills well arranged in from • if tin ceil room is ¦ room to im used by tbe polioenun andaplaoefor the oommitting magistrate to hold court jbenidcs tl r c ntain ing hot water heater lavatory and ( oai room for the polioemi o a i ae n t he tijst ftooi then are twi ¦ mi , i he general ofbci forthetownshii business where mr murnney will have his hihk there will also be i desk or mr muonamara back oi jc large room for t be oonuni ill m 1 1 • tin thud floor is one largo hall if be i toi township meeting . primary elect inn . etc th gronnab about the building an being graded aud the null iiilamizeil empty gun goes off father accidentally shoots son who is fatally injured r i.l.ni nl mi'klnlry iii in'l knuh hr 1 ivi-i u;i l.imilcl ii-vcar-olil hoy liiy ihi1 with wumtfl iii.ihw f iprutltie n fl-^mllv to iteillove i i i^-iiii-ii t « handling ii revolter that he believed wan not loaded john treaney a resi dent of mekinlcy ii village ueai ogontz accidentally shot mid perhaps fatally in.jii red his si v year old on sat urday afternoon numerous liolil-nps robberlsj oi hicken coops and burglaries have aroused the residents fll that soctlodi mid the citizens have purchased irni and organired in self proteution in some manner the rumor gained oiroulit tiou haturdny that tlmre would be mi attempt to raid the chicken yards aboni mckinley mr treaney hunted ap an eld re volver and entering the bitting room in which his wife and child were ex hibited the weapon and announced that any thief disturbing him that nijrht would receive a warm reception ' ' bnt no he added i have no cartridges treaney all the while had i h in point ing the revolver around the room ami snapping the trigger feeling sure the weapon was not loaded sud denly there was a report followed by a scream of pain and little john who had been playing in a corner jumped to his feet and with the cry oh papa you have shot me ran to his parent with blond streaniiiik from a terrible wound in his jaw half crazed by fright tlie elder treaney seized the wounded boy and daubed from the house seeking aid a neighbor rame to his assistance with the suggestion that the jewish hospital ambulance be called wliile waiting for it to come the boy's wound was dressed as well as the means would permit at the hotupital an examina tion showed that the bullet had plowed through the right jaw and passed out on the left shattering the bones an x-ray examination was made which proved that an operation would be necessary to remove the splintered fragments the boy's condition is critical mr treaney collapsed completely after his son had been put to bed in the hospital and his condition was such to require medical attention two horaee stolen horse thieves who apparently degin animals in color known as sorrel se cured two in the vicinity of hathoro saturday ni^l't when they visited the farm of james wall in hatlioro and the home of michael dougherty at malvenr at the former place the thieves secured i sorrel horse 1#w hands high lj years old with dow knees skinned and a falling top buggy with black running gears mr dougherty v loss was a sorrel mare 16 l-fl hands high 1:2 years old with three white legs two hind and one front and also a road cart with yellow running gears hugs anuuymanilr hill people residents of bandy hill had yulta i i mi bun day uight with a swarming i i bogd that ko.pt many within u.ur i ml that caused niui.h iiun to the few who wire outside the tilths are new in iliis locality and no on m been found to k'vtl them a name they svt.i about all eighth of an inch loogibl&ck i color with while wiajmi pheir bite wr an hevurti u that of • u i'sey mosquito excepting t>i»i tbe lin following il whs mort covert a oulmnt of the bugs was that they vnro prtsnn»t ttlonfl <•" unit hbotiofl ot tin oust diul of nuri-imtowu tmtlow wul uul centre square john magee and sister miss klla rof conshohocken were tlie guests of their sister mrs j h sieple and family on sunday mr and mrs h w dettre and son master herbert of g-erniantown spent several days with their cousins mr and mrs w j baker miss maggie brown a trained nurse of bryn mawr visited her parents mr and mrs amos brown on sun day llnford l kates and friends are spending several days in atlantic city mr and mrs george kighter of philadelphia visited the former's par ents mr and mrs john righter sun day miss olivia fox ha returned after spending a few jyeeke with her uncle in kansas and she also visited the st louis fair m ins eva graven is spending i week at atlantic city mins margaret f beipie is spending a couple ol weeks at c"!;v]u may misslaura whitoonjj.of non istowu iwul a resident oi tiiii place tox several years wai the guest t mrs mary and i llara i leek on b onday h d bird of philadelphia i spend ing a week with his sister mr vy j i;,ik r 51 in james barnhardt ii rec vering nioely from i severe attack of in bammatory rheumatism mrs amos brown is ait r an uli of si reral weeks i i oat an1 i the utoxuaoh joseph lenhardt is still niter t ioin tin i ii ots el a vi r.ii paralytic ihi mrs mary iinl mil : i mi , m;,n bi anm t and mrs amanda erata at north walesi a '¦> lay mrs w e baker idiases eat ariui botti and bn ina wei 8 andajr with relative in norriatown mr and mrs john kuiiihi borau on formerly ol this place arc 4 ay i 1 i ml iii-i 1 mrs seiberling oi ailin own ¦ tl aesl of hi dr illd mi ¦ 1 ile 1 tin isjiai son in mr ami j batei ¦• :>¦ in 1 1 i on ll uos i till miws i'.tishie k wei tpent several i liisn week with mr and mrs nt i'i mouth mr and mk john wiamer.ol phila dilpluii spent sunday with mr un.j "" k jusepli btapkhouae ttias luura weidman of i'lnladel plan ii turned to tier 1 onu ou 81 after speuding « week 1 racation will is ' luuiii i udersod m martli • wright is speuduia lav \> it annam.tttyli
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Title | The Ambler Gazette 19040825 |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 35 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 08/25/1904 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 08 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 1904 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19040825 |
Volume | 22 |
Issue | 35 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 08/25/1904 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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)¦ the ambler gazei r vol xxi 1 no :}/>. ambler l'a august 25 19o4 1.25 a ykar storm does great damage tremendous downpours of rain leaves ruin in its wake itlmcra kikl ipiiopk i.hlli i....v l.hiih klondfll l>v liiikluc ifstsw wrt-limin l>.!u 1 i.i in si , . t n a nil | ihiii damage wsm done hereabouts by the heavy downpour of rain friday night and saturday morning when the lenient s appeared to he detenu ineil to duplicate the shower in which old noah figured so historically the rain foil in sheets the olouds seemed to never be quite empty and one down pour followed another so rapidly thai the gutters in ambler tailed to con tail the water and for hours the streets were flooded with the result that ninny were badly washed and much damage linn resulted lindeuwold avenne,oarrying consid erable water from outside he borough , '^ was badly washed and the gutters overflowed wearing out tin street land leaving vast deposits of sand and gravel on the par avenne pavement where the course is intended to change at right angles down park avenue the result is that the water hacks up quite dee washes both streets tear ing them away and removing tlie top surface tlie east gutter was nearly filled with sediment and down at the euclid avenue comer the pavement was overflowed for 50 feet andoonsid rable gravel was deposited thereon in addition the water flowed ri^ht across park avenue where it now has worn a course and removed the surface exposing the sub-layer of the street tlie chestnut and center street . corner was also flooded and the water stood there for nearly 24 hours it having no means of flowing away tennis avenue was also damaged the hill being especially subjected to ex pensive washing the new subway was severely taxed and the roadway under the railroad bridge was overflow ed the vicinity of dr mattison's rosemary and orange avenues pro perties was washed the streets being subjected to much damage cellars in various parts of the town were flooded and housekeejmts inconvenienced considerably thereby at the corner of walnut and spring garden streets the water is tearing out the macadam badly being backed up by the closing of the iron pipe across walnut street edge hill below edge hill where the railroad runs through a deep out with banks 30 feet high a landslide carried 15 or 20 tons of shale down on tlie south bound track covering it for 150 to 200 yards and shutting off traffic for some time a gan$f of men spent the morning clearing the dirt away and meanwhile the south-bound trains ar were obliged to change to the north * bound track at oreland and run past the landslide on that both tracks here were covered with water as they were at several other points along the road cheltenham the 60-foot iron bridge over the j'acouy creek at cheltenham was washed away and the county commis sioners were notified on saturday of the damage jknkintown a cloud burst struck jenkintown between 5.80 and 6 o'clock and when it was over there were four feet of water on the tracks aud trains were delayed three-quarters of an hour at switchville.a little settlement near jenkiutown a company of employes of the wharton switch company were hemmed in by the floods and had to be driven to work in wagons at cheletn hills a station below jenkintown a bridge over taeony creek was washed away the hijji wind which accompanied the storm helped in the work of destruction and trees and corn are down on all sides while gardens are swept clear of their contents the wind started,froin the southeast then veered to the southwest aud finally to southeast again the tank of the electrical plant at jonkintown was carried away down taoony creek part of the new fence around the station was torn away and swept down tlie stream a stone bridge below the station that crosses the lend and the creek there was undermined by the water and another bridge over the creek above the station was beat en to pieees_by the torrents and carried awnv _^ at glenside a 80-foot exoavation "* miilor the railroad tracks which is bieng made to run the sewer and new willow grove trolley through was filled to tlie brim with water and the shoring torn down the sides were washed in by the ruin and it will take probubly a week or more to repair t he damage wrought i in tv i hill park ai chestnut hill park water stood two feel high everywhere the wnall boat ' ii i1 lai ¦ wen washed away and uiany of them smus i-fool bridge was carried away the lots is estimated at over fyooo a force of rapid transit oompsuiy mi ii labored for hours to clear a way the mud which the flood carried on the tracks and which ai llillcnst avenai oai a oar to jump its tracks tlie pass eugej were shaken op but none was injured vallky the links of the huntingdon valley country club were badly damaged by the overflow from the swollen oreeiu which intersect them the water carried with them a vast amount oi mad and gravel winch wai in many dum » s on the links the hole whs completely obliterated and i hi iltijhisit of mud and titoutis on ijii sixth and 101 h green w inn to r&wove tim ml u1 t(iitum»t>l ahututh set ii hood mid were not wrtonnly daniaked a large stone bridfre nl rydaljom w low the si ntii hole v us washed entirely out il w:is n ciniiilv bridge so the los w ill in i mil in the chili a liliiii ber of smaller bridge erected by tht clnii to cross hie streams intersecting the links were washed o\\ii they ere ijkht structures and nan be easily replaced it ums nol pomible to make dom estimate hut it is thoufhl i lie damage to the links can he repaired for ? i mx tin musl difficult nirt of tin work will lie the renovating of the rr©«ni wii.1.iiw qrovs i ink i i'lkks the i'll iladeiilh in hapid transit company buffered from the downpour several of theif oars being burned onl by the water running over the old york road at vafiotu points the storm in tluit locality is said to luvve been very severe but no damage was apparently done except the washing nut of the raada and the burning out of the motors of the cars he i ween wil low drove and cliolten avenue k iht washington the storm of early saturday morning was very heavy liere but the damage lone wan more revere to tin southeast as the main body of the storm passed below this place this resulted in a rapid rise of sandy run creek which was higher than for a dozen years for the waters of this stream and the vis aii iekcui converged and flooded the turnpike at this place all the mead ows for 111 i les aluiin both streams were flooded and fences and other property were torn away the sandy run rose very rapidly between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning some of the city goers beinjf unable to walk to the sta tion from down the turnpike the stream was nearly three feet deep in the forge room of the uonard an^er mill over at hoopeston the bridge on spring avenue was washed away and the foundations torn out aud deposited in bodeusteiu's lake the bridge on pinetown road was torn away carried by the flood and deposited on top of the township line bridge vashouts also resulted along the hoopes & townseud siding which were repaired on monday the colored family oc cupying the house on the reiff estate on morris road formerly tenanted by thomas w beattie had the water to run into their first story which how ever soon disappeared as the water susbided during tlie morning at the residence of robert gordon sr , a large cartload of the terrace from his lawn was washed down over the trolley tracks and at the home of isaac gonard the water washed his driveway and deposited graves and sand on the rails i v!ilhhif.l mm h mhi \ urn wi m i * . mr and mrs william b1 cramer of 134 swartley street north wales celebrated their 50th anniversary of their marriage on wednesday aug 10 by celebrating the day at chestnut hill park with some friends and rela tives they have no children their marriage took place 111 philadelphia in 1854 mrs cramer's name then be ing sarah ouisa rees mr cramer who is a carpet weaver by trade is hi years of age and his good wife is 71 he is a native of prussia and came to america in 1851 for a years they lived on the morris road near the old rile property where mr cramer diligently plied his trade they re moved to north wales about three years ago mr cramer relates that in 1884 he was attacked with that dread disease consumption and became so weak and emaciated from its effects that be gave himself up to die his left lung had entirely disappeared he contends that he entirely cured himself by doses of kerosene oil — 10 drops every day for one mouth and then increased the dose two drops everyday until the quantity taken reached 20 drops then he continued thisquantity until entirely cured of the disease scarlet fever has again visited the neighborhood of narcissa coming in to the home of john duffield and lay ing his daughter upon a bed of sick ness miss etta had been around ap parently in good health within a day ol the fever when she spoke of having a sore throat on friday dr howard seiple was called in and pronounced it scarlet fever under his care the patient is doing well and her many friends hope to see a speedy recovery the schools of plymouth will open on the first monday of september jonie and alice crater's schools will open aug 2{.y the davis and crater families held their annual picnic at mill grove farm audiibiin.oii the perkiomen on thurs day the day was perfect and all en joyed the outing there were 15 in the party through the kindness ol mr wetherell owner of mill grove the freedom of the place was granted hence lioaling tifchiug and bathing vi 11 indulged in mr ktu of philadelphia preached at oold pon it baptist church on sun day the pabtor h a garner being absent th.9 lougai re it union will take place this wednesday at oollegeville al the hotel al perkiomen bridge,said hotel being the longaore ion al one time tlu whittle literary will hold the ( reunion u ohestnui liiil park on bat bfdajf afternoon ot t ins chuukea amppsj toucher ai the anf_'iikt meeting ot the ai mrii in school board minx anna e muuhttll of wondwardvilie maryland wus elected tuoliei ol drawing forth district mini margaret caul of b hill was elected primary teaohej tvi ilighhinil iiiul miss laon i allen of amiihir amistant primary teaohor at aliillglon high lohool the imsigutt t ion of mink mulvinu dubree as usmri uuil urimuij teaoher at mokiuley , wtti nce|ileil ii ' n u mm nil liul to i inn 11 ion iu jeukiatovk i boronjeh there we now m luitchci -.< lie towuship i'liu riohools will 0 l mouuuy threatened the justice letter received by squire walker of jenkintown in jmtloa rrc.iii«-.i turn tne o'brien hpriiiik tlir.nl in al kill 1 illiinl mine italim gnspsmt filvstl n hfhl'llik mid ih i.i |
Month | 08 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 1904 |
Page | 1 |
Sequence | 1 |
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FileSizeK | 30061 |
FileName | 1904_08_25_001.tif |
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