The Hawaiian gazette., 1868-11-04
Heavy Storm In New Yoxl..

| Inc rain storm 0i yesterday, although pro-
ductive offs great deal of personal discomfort.
did an incalculahle amount Of good, by thor
oughly sluiclng the garbage-choked cutters
which have so long offended the nostrils Of
| even the dullest scented citizens OF New York
True, certain ill-drained localities were sub
merged towards the latter part of the day,
but no drowning casualties occurred. In the
lower portions Of the city great many eel
lars were Hooded, and, were II possible to
provide q comfortable refuge for the misera-
bic inhabitants, it would be just as well to
keep these subterranean pest-holes perpetu-
ally submerged.
The supply of cars, stages and other public
conveyances was anything but equal 10 the
demand; spare umbrellas were remarkably
scarce, and parties owning waterproof gar
ments showed no disposition to part with
them. Business was greatly impeded, and
out-of-door work almost entirely suspended
The sidewalk in the neighborhood Of the
| Gold Room and the Stock Boards could be
seen with the naked eye during the greater
1 portion OF the day, and ordinary. pedestrians
were allowed the privilege of walking where
on fine or on moderately foul days Broad
street blatant "bearsn and believing 'sbulls''
most do congregate.
Considerable damage was done in various
sections of the city of Brooklyn by the heavy
rain storm which prevailed with considerable
violence throughout the day. The water
ponds in the outskirts Of the city assumed
the proportions of lakes deep and broad
enough to navigate vessel on. The pond
on Fifth Avenue, where the three children
and man and woman were drowned last
June, rose to q considerable height and
spread over several blocks. The cellars and
Easements of number of houses In the vi
einity were flooded and the occupants were
compelled to get into the upper stories.
The streets were like small rivers, and
where the grade was steep the water flowed
down with so much force that II was impos-
sible for horses to keep their feet There
was more damage done in Gowanus than in
any other section of the city, from the fact
that many of the streets have been graded
but short time, and are formed in such
manner that when heavy storms occur large
portions are washed away. A large amount
of damage was done to the streets in that sec
tion by the heavy rain storm which occurred
few days ago, and the repairs have not yet
been completed. Nearly a block on Fifth
avenue was washed away at that time. carry
ing with it the Fifth avenue car track. Yes
terday the storm caused similar damage at
the same locality The banks on the east
and west side kept caving down gradually
until yesterday afternoon, when two hundred
yards of the avenue slid down, forming
large excavation and causing suspension Of
travel.
A number of small houses on Fifth avenue
and Douglass street were completely sub
merged. The unfortunate occupants were
compelled to abandon their homes, and In
some instances the water rose so fast that
they had barely time to collect few articles
of clothing for their immediate use They
were, of course, greatly distressed, and some
of the women and children, who scarcely
knew where to look for shelter, were weep-
ing bitterly over their misfortune Their lot.
indeed, seemed hard, as they wandered about
the streets, drenched with the pitiless rain, in
search of accommodations
A portion of Fourth avenue was washed
away in the vicinity of Douglass and Degraw
streets. The people occupying the shanties
in Darby's Patch, which lies on the west side
OF Fourth avenue, were flooded out and had
to seek shelter elsewhere. A number of
shanties on the flats in the vicinity Of Red
Hook, and at the foot of Court street, in the
Twelfth Ward, were submerged and had to
be abandoned by their occupants
A portion OF Hamilton avenue was washed
away, carrying with it the railroad track
Several new buildings In the vicinity were
undermined and considerably damaged
Travel was impeded for several hours yester-
day afternoon on Myrtle avenue, opposAe
Portland, a large body of earth being washed
from Fort Green across the avenue covering
the railroad track to the depth of over a foot
Fort Green, or Washington Park as il Is
called, is being remodelled by the Park Com
missioners, and some of the mounds which
they have put up lately were washed away
the sand disappearing down Myrtle avenue.
The asphaltum covering which the workmen
have been engaged in putting on the north
west portion of the Park, to be used as a pa
rade ground, has been almost entirely de-
stroyed. 1t is impossible to tell'at the present
time what the damage at the Park will
amount to.
A large body of water formed at the iuuc-
tion of Navy street aud DeKalb avenue. and
when the DeKalb avenue cars passed this
place the passengers were compelled to stand
upon the seats. The water ran down the
sewers which empty at the east end of the
Navy Yard in such body yesterday after
noon that the coverings were thrown from
the manholes and 1t came out like water
spoats. Flushing avenue and the streets in
the vicinity were flooded, and a number Of
cellars and easements were filled with water.
1t is estimated that the damage to property
in Williamsburg by the late storm, princi-
pally by flooding cellars and damaging found
ations, will exceed S15O,OOO
A serious detention of the trains occurred
yesterday afternoon on the New Jersey Rail-
road between Philadelphia and this city. In
consequence of the bridge over the creek at
Burlington having been completely carried
away yesterday morning. 1t was completely
swept away by the freshet Communication
with Camden was consequently cut off, the
passengers having to be transferred across
the ferry to Easton, which caused along de-
tention and created considerable confusion.
AT Trenton the depot presented an excited
scene, owing to the vexed crowd Of travellers
from BOrdentown and other places. number
ing about two hundred, waiting for the train
due at twelve minutes past five, which failed
TO arrive until several hours subsequently,
N. Y. Times, Sept. 5.