, 1875-12-06

UurstIng OF n tsrcnt Intis-A Night OF
Alarm aud Dcluge-E1kunAIFe De-
sgrucaton uf PROPERTY

Dursting OF I, <;rczat 1lntn-A Night OF
Alarm aud DciuEe-E1tunalte DE-
.gruc1ion uf Property
Mug l'nrk ffrra!d, Dte.3.
That portion OF brooklyn lying in The vicinity
OF the lntcrhcctlnn Of Do khlb aud Marcy ave.
nuea WAS greatly excitt'd carly yesterday morn
lug by tho occurrences Of an accident Which
caused All exteusiTe destruction OF property, and,
fur time. threatened tho lives Of lasss nuua-
bor Of PERSONS Tho catastrophe Was tho burst
lug o! an immense wator-maiu on Do kh!b ave-
nuc. betweou Nostsand and Marcy svenuos, Tho
first iutimatiou the reaiients Of tho ueighbor-
hood had Of their peril aas .As Alasm-
Ing aouni created by tho rushing OF
mighty torrent. Whcss The noise came to their
ears the people living en- 1eKalb aronuo sprsng
from ,hoir boda AMI ran to the doors aud win.
doUH OF thar houses 10 Ascertain tho causo Of
Tho strengthening noise which had disturbed
their HluMbe1s. In tlfe street startling sight
met tbe!r ssew. From tho cc'tsc Of Rho thor
oaghfare great body Of water WAa boiling up
like SONS mammoth fountain anil then rushing
.nnl'y away with t;xaat velocity, spreadug,
! tlooding stores nnd ,siyato houses, tunndatiHR
tho collars aud sl1,dlnG: its way iuto moi fcw
I'ar1oIs. Tho height =, which tho xatos spout
Cd waa at t,ulos nsaslJ II foet, and It casuo up
with kissing noiso. scattering dirt and stones
In al directions. ~ .his sreetaelo tho
Whom they roaiIzed thst ,l.e bailalnga would
not be swept away in tho Hood they cautiously
returned, and euaeavoscd to savo such Of tleir
house hold goods 81 ere I'ortabls. Tho Wator
EaluGu Ill FD!1LLQ W 1Alll!4 tuht Iuof "ofo hup3
Obliged to construct 1afts 10 navigate tas street
aud reach their own doosa
Tho newa OF tho DISASTER Bpresd very quickly,
and III = short tisuo Autid1eds OF people calno
ssoses and sxelled tho thsong Of spectators that
watched tho flow OF the waters until daylight,
shlsering in tho piercing cold WIND. and quakiug
with fexr that thoir property Waa in imminent
iously aud wearity At The spot whore tho water
gualod up from the old 3t.inch main. which hal
burst With such Sloeuco ID 70 tear up the pave
| ment for slAeo Of shout 10 feet. Tho tood
continued At isa hci t;h& for about two hours.
The fact of tho batsttus Of tie main MAS telc-
erarhod to tho Police Central Office, and was
thcnce forwarded 10 tho East New York Sta.ion-
houBc. From thcr0 mounted messenger waa
despatched to thu stop RESERVOIR at llemp-
htcad. At toan As hB arrived the watar-gatcs
wcre closed 14e effect Ut sho shutting Ut the
gates u,on tic sre.t torront which was foa1niuy
through tie l'rookt1n streets and threatening 10
enIulf tic city Wa8 very boOE apparent. In tnsH
tban fifteen minutes the aow began tu suba.do
III half a1 hour tbo water hod sunk to tho level
OF tho cs!rbstones, and was falling steadily iuto
lilo swollen sowets throush tho four cul.
| ytrts Ut tho corller of AoBtfaud nGd DO
kalb avenues, Tue wator continued flowing
until tlhon Lnt ut daylight 1t had suhsldca
| sufficiently to onab!c tho clsizens to AZ
| certain tuo uaturo Of tho accident. Over tho
SUIT wlcto tho gre*s pps burst lho cartit hal
sunk about feet. Tho stcAystloH Was filed
witt dirty water, giving It lAo appearance cf
| frog ClAd. TlaVel Oh tho UaAalb ayetno hno
ot cars vas lmpeaol up to nucn and QUO Of Cue
cara In attempting to l'asa oser tho lloiloW. feH
III aud was ralsod with great diilculty.
Tho damage wrought by tho catasrobho MI!
roach Ia amount ahont $4,000. IA fur as could
| bo asoe1tsiuel tho heavy 1osses were comprised
between g1s and ts33 ua Ks!o ayeuno.. Tho loss
/ 10 thu city ts about 1000. which Ia Included i'll
tho total given Above. As soon aA tho huotl had
In measure sub,tided, fro ouglas was rot 10
pump tho xAtur cut OF tho uxrayatou-a work
which will aos b.s completed bufo1o Tonight.
! 6one Of thoao who Lsve suffered !osses By the
oyosao1 tux Of bringing aoaons sgsuiss the
city,