History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

Elizabeth, a township of Essex county, New Jersey, on Newark bay and Staten Island sound, 5 miles S. S. W. from Newark. It is intersected by the New Jersey Central railroad. Population, 5583.

ELIZABETH, a township of Essex co., in the state of New Jersey, U.S., bordered on the E by Newark-bay and Staten-island, and watered by Bound and Morss brooks. Its soil is marshy but generally fertile. Pop. in 1840, 4,184.

Mr. Pritchard, residing in Elizabeth, N.J., has two sons in the tea business in Japan. About two years ago, after a visit to his father's residence, one of them, by mistake, carried the latch-key of the front door to Japan with him. On Saturday Mr. Pritchard received it through the mail. It was attached to a postal card, and had traveled from Japan, three-fourths of the distance around the world, for one cent.

A big smashup of freight cars occurred Saturday evening on the Pennsylvania Railroad at the Murray street crossing, Elizabeth, and was the indirect cause of the death of two men. The east bound trains were running close together. The head train was stopped by a signal at the point where the Central Road crosses. The heavy grade in the approach to this crossing was too great for the delayed train to climb, and the train behind was signaled to move forward and assist by pushing up the grade. As this was about to be done the head train parted and the rear portion rolled backward, causing a collision at Murray street. Two grain cars were demolished, the engine of the rear train crashing through one and mounting the other.

Two other cars in the middle of the rear train were smashed, and all the tracks were blocked with debris, delaying travel for several hours. A large number of passengers got off the trains that were stalled along the track and started to walk to Elizabeth on the east...

Elizabeth, a city and the capital of Union co., N.J., 2 miles W. of Newark Bay, 5 miles S.S.W. of Newark, and 14 miles W.S.W. of the city of New York. It is connected with these and other cities by the Central Railroad of New Jersey and two of its branches which terminate here, and by the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It has wide straight streets, which cross one another at right angles and are lighted with gas. It contains a court-house, a city hall, 31 churches, an opera-house, 2 national banks, 2 state banks, 2 high schools, a savings-bank, an orphan asylum, and printing-offices which issue 3 daily, 1 semi weekly, and 2 weekly newspapers. Among its churches are 3 or 4 Baptist, 5 Catholic, 1 Congregational, 4 Episcopal, 1 German Lutheran, 5 Methodist, 1 Moravian, and 7 Presbyterian. Several of the churches are large and elegant buildings. Elizabeth has also 4 academies and institutes, a business college, 2 public halls, and 5 masonic lodges. Many persons whose...

Elizabeth, N.J., Nov. 21.- A Dunnellen local train on the Central Railroad of New Jersey crashed into a standing coal train at Chilton Street at 4:05 o’clock this morning. The engine of the passenger train mounted the caboose of the coaler and the caboose and the gondola next to it caught fire and were destroyed.

Peter Harsel of Elizabeth, engineer of the passenger train, stuck to his post an was hurt. His fireman jumped and escaped without injury, and Conductor Halsey Braset and the crew of the coaler also jumped and escaped injury. The few passengers on the train were badly shaken up, but none was injured. There were four coaches in the train, which was in charge of Conductor Alexander Wardsman. The Fire Department was called out and the flames from the burning caboose and gondola were extinguished.

An investigation is being made as to the cause of the accident. It is said that Engineer Harsel of the passenger train alleges that there were no end lights on the coal train, or...

Two bodies fell into street

Lads were returning from base ball game and did not hear the train. Father of one collapses on hearing of it.

Elizabeth, N. J., Aug. 14. - Four boys, all under 9 years of age, were struck and killed by a Pennsylvania railroad train while walking across the railroad bridge over Broad street in this city. The bodies of two of them fell into the crowded street amidst a number of women shoppers, several of whom fainted.

The boys killed were: Lloyd Griffin and his brother, Walter, of this city; their cousin, Willie Griffin, a son of Michael Griffin, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Raymond Druburt, of this city. Willie Griffin was visiting his cousins. The little party had been watching a base ball game, and were returning home by way of the tracks. The apparently neither saw nor heard the train, which was an express. The parents of Willie Griffin arrived here from Wilkes-Barre. They had decided to make their home here, and had sent the lad to his...

Elizabeth, a city and the capital of Union co., N.J., 3 miles W. of Newark Bay, 4 miles SSW. of Newark, and 12 mile* SW. of the city of New York. It is connected with these and other cities by the New Jersey Central, the Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley Rs. It contains a court-house, city-hall, theatre, the Elizabeth Institute, Pingry School, and various other academic institutions. Many merchants of New York reside in this city. Its industries comprise the manufacture of sewing-machines, chemicals, paints, pumps, hardware and tools, hats, etc., iron-founding, and ship building. That part of the city which is popularly called Elizabethport is on Staten Island Sound, 2 miles SE. of the centre of Elizabeth and 12 miles SW. of New York. Elizabethport is a leading place in the shipment of iron and anthracite coal. Elizabeth was settled in 1664 and was long known as Elizabethtown. Pop. in 1860, 11,567 ; in 1870, 20,832 ; in 1880, 28,229 ; in 1890. 37(764 ; in 1900, 52,130.