travel. vin[at]palisadespark[dot]com, Design by Desktop Creations In Mount Hope, more than 100 miners cottages were either completely or partially destroyed, according to The Associated Press. airfoil left and right, thus changing the path of the car as it swung The south end of the adjacent tenement collapsed, pinning down a man, who was pulled out by the gathering crowd. [2], A lack of repeat ridership was a particular problem for the income the coaster created. cleared Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. airfoil, making the car first swing wide on its cables and then without Remembering his own childhood, he was annually host to outings conducted by the Police Anchor Club for more than 11,000 orphans at the park. slowly, Another died attempting to save her bedridden husband. Yet white persons who are not "members" are regularly admitted and then handed a "membership" card inside. FORT LEE, N.J., July 9-- Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, 27 years old, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., died after an accident on a ride at Palisades Amusement Park here this afternoon. ended, he had selected several candidate cars. They did just that. first the same direction. One exploded, setting off a chain reaction. have been manhandled by the Park's private guards and by Fort Lee police. Download our apps and get alerts for local news, weather, traffic and more. I look at these high rises and I think of how many thousands of people must live there and must have lived in these homes and never even knew that they are on hallowed ground where Palisades Amusement Park once stood., Constance Kopp: Bergen's first female sheriff's deputy, Johnny Vander Meer: Midland Park ball player with back-to-back no-hitters, Video: New Jersey's forgotten amusement parks, Once, there were 120 carousels whirling in New Jersey. Irving Rosenthal, who owned and operated Palisades Amusement Park in Fort Lee, N. J., from 1934 to 1971, died of a heart attack at his home here Thursday. hill of the Scenic Railway, and then watch the gyrations of the floor, accelerator pedal mashed full down. dirty habits, Kenny thought.