The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-22

BURSTING Of the NAM cRoroN WATER PIPE
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Flooding % the Locality u Fffty-ninth
Street-Creaa Nxoitcmcnt--Tho Aower
Part or the Cisy without Water. 80.
The residents OF the neghborho0d OF Fy ninth street
and the Nfth avenue, near the Central Park, wero
thrown into fever Of excitement on awnkening yeeer
day morning. 70 ind that locality Submerged in many
places Some indeed were wicked enough 10 believe
that second Deuge had visited the earth, and that
the end OF tho world had come, notwithstan ding
the biblical promise TO the contrary On venturing
out, however, they found that the immense food
was caused by the bursting OF main pipe three feet IN
diameter leading from tho Croton reservoir In tho Central
Park Eighty sixth street, V the distributing reservoir
Forty first street. The breakage In tho pipe
the junction Of Seventy ninth and the Eighth avenue
between tho reservoirs. This left the city dependent
on the supply In the Forty first reservoir, which
capable or supplying tho city for few days. by using
sparingly. for domestic purposes only.
Information Of the accident Immediately conveyed
20 Chief Engineer Craven OF the Croon Aqueduct Board
TO his residence up town when that officer repaired thher
and gathering all the available assistance, commenced
to repair the damage The break discovered abou
twenty feet beneath the surface and added to this
the fact that in Consequence Of the recent grading OF
Fifty ninth street. by which tho Pipe further earthed
by number Of feet considerable time elapsed before the
break could be reached. Mess Tappan and Van Shalck
the other members Of the Croaon Board reached their office
shortly after nine O'Clock, when they had consultation
to what measures advisable under the circum
stances. They finally concluded that for safety and
til the real probable extent Of tho damage should be
learned Information Of the accident should BIO all
parts Of the city, requesting parties having steam engines
in to limit themselves in the Of water lest might
suddenly become exhausted and thereby greatly hazard
aw.10,s To-
O'Clock, Mr. Tappan went the Fire Telegraph office and
authorized message 10 be sent to the captains and
geans Of all tho police precincts below Seventy ninth
street. requesting them to convey through thor officers
the above request to all manufacturers having steam
boilers.
shortly after this the inhabitants in the lower part of
the city found their supply OF Croton falling and
much exercised TO ascertain the cause In some places
the supply entirely failed The OF the break
not been definitely determined by some Is thought to
have been occasioned by the conclusion Of blast of
owing the unequal which the has
been dlied part being composed Of solid rock,
Is that in the gradual settling down OF the the soft
part sunk considerably below the rest which caused
unequal STRAIN the ppe consequently the superncum
that, unable 70 resist the strain, II gave way.
At Seventy ninth street, the locality Of the break the
main supply pipe for the eastern portion Of the city
branches Of aud contributes TO the smaller msins chiefly
through Third avenue 1t is from this source that the
tire city now supplied. Should fire break out and
the prevailing high wind which blew yesterday continue
the consequences would be disastrous. In the lower
Of the city the had difficulty in obtaining
ter, although flowed very weakly. Several merchants
ordered all work requiring the Of fire to be stopped
fearing accident might possibly occur and nearly
everybody, forearmed, was particularly careful II is 70
be hoped that nothing serious will result from this
unfortunate accident
When reporter visited the ground last evening" he
found about fifty sixty men, together with several
horses engaged in tho removal OF the immense boulders
many Of them weighing hundreds of pounds, from the
miro, in which the men up to their middle in mud
and water.
TxN O'clock p. M.-The break has been far repaired
to let the usual supply Of water The repairs will
be flushed early to-day.
A CROTON WATER sPECULAToR.
An enterprsng genius named Christopher Wyett taking
advantage Of tho total Of tho Croon neigh
borhood Of Orchard and Hester Streets seized upon
a public pump and refused to supply any person
with water except at tho rate Of two cents
per pail Hundreds of men and women were
easily forced to comply with the uni demand but
woman little more plucky than tho rest refused 10 be
imposed upon, and had the fellow handed the
tody OF the police Wyett brought before Justice
Brennan, at the Essex Market Police Court, and COM
mitted to prison for trial In default of $500 bail.
THE STEAM FIRE ENGINES ON HAND.
The steam fro engines John G. Storm and Niagara also
the C. Cary, under the charge Of the Exempt Fire Com
pany had up after the accident and ready
for duty In the Sixth Seventh and Eighth districts Their
deemed invaluable under the circumstances
from the fact Of their great suction power and would be
able draw tho water from the river and force through
q larger stretch Of hose.