Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
The Helena Independent
Helena, Lewis And Clark County, Montana
What is this article about?
In Mays Landing, New Jersey, over 40 families evicted from farms in Germania due to foreclosures on Gloucester Land Company properties mortgaged to Colwell estate. Sheriff Johnson sold 200 farms. Farmer George King burned his home and died in the fire; Fred Wersbo barricaded himself.
Clipping
OCR Quality
Full Text
Mays Landing, N. J., April 4.—The misfortune which has come upon the farmers of the town of Germania has caused intense excitement all over southern New Jersey. Over forty families are now homeless. Sheriff Johnson, of Atlantic county, has sold within the last two days 200 farms to satisfy mortgages which had been foreclosed. One of the farmers evicted, George King, made crazy by his misfortune, set fire to his home and burned it to the ground, dying himself in the flames. Another farmer, Fred Wersbo, barricaded himself in his house and announced his intention to keep possession or die.
The farms and land belonged to the Gloucester Land company, which was organized thirty years ago. The farmers purchased or leased these pieces from the land company, which was unable to meet its obligations to the Colwell estate, which had a mortgage of $30,000 on the land. The farmers did not have a clear title to the property and foreclosure proceedings followed.
What sub-type of article is it?
What keywords are associated?
What entities or persons were involved?
Where did it happen?
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Mays Landing, N. J.
Event Date
April 4
Key Persons
Outcome
over forty families homeless; 200 farms sold; george king died in fire he set to his home; fred wersbo barricaded in house.
Event Details
Farmers in Germania evicted due to foreclosures on properties from Gloucester Land company, unable to meet $30,000 mortgage to Colwell estate; farmers lacked clear title; Sheriff Johnson sold farms; one farmer set fire to home and died; another barricaded himself.