New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-28
FLOOD FROM A HEAVY STORM.

EASEMENTS IN THIRD-AyE. FILLED WITH "AiLh
AND MUCH DAMAGE DoHE-siDhWsLhs AND
LIARS INUNDATED ON souTH-sr.-iNJuhiEs
TO TIE PoUKTn-Ayg. IMPROVEMENT.
The sudden and unusually heavy rainfall
which occurred at 8 p III. Oh Monday ana h's'eo 'o'
uhout quarter OF an bour had disastrous eHee' upon
the r,tou OF Thrdave that extends from about ih'y
fourlSL TO Forty-sixtl-st. Many Of tue cuNftS I'D"
become chokea with rubbish, thus preventing free ac
cess for ,hc wafer which collected in pools, ovoihow
the sidewalks and IN many Instances poufcn '"'"
the Easements Of the houses Almost every p'"' en'
within the section indicated was immediately n"oded ~
a greater or less degree The flooding did not result en-
tIrey from the rainfall but from that cOnDheu WIN TIC
state of the tide the time and the condition OF tpe
sew.rs in that norton Of the city The wind had Deeh
hoysug f,m the south and east which always occasions
very bigh tide The tide Was at its night ~ apout inc
hour when the rain fell, and consequently the sewers
we're flooded on both sides thus leaving no vent ior 'he
wafer The avenue between Thirty-fourth and Forty
sixth SITS very low with elevations on either side Yet
If depnds chiefly fox It's Drainage On orc main sewer
The consequence that the water being "u'oe !"
nae. I'll the sewer found vent in every other d
rection pouring through the walls and doors the cellars
and Easements and in some instances bursting ny
th-n n the man holes in the sidewalks and III the rddlc
Of the street.
Tie Easements along this portion OF the avenue are
mostly occupied by poor traIe,ncD, and in some oi them
monrnt'a warning and swept the rooms. setting every
thing anoat The hight Of the water varied In some ln
sances il rose 10 four five feet IN others Ia only rs
many inches The loss Ia probably less than Soo'ooo
though some place it at much higher amount
A poor shoemaker, named MeAalne, who with
his wife AMI children lives In the basement
of No $50 Third-ave, lost most OF his stock
A Dutch restaurant, IN The basement of No t3l was
completely swept German shoemaker, who with his
family also lived in n neigIhorng basement estimated
hs losses ut SEQ Mr. LOyit ir1ihinakcf, ut No o3@
estimated his losses at q2UJ Ar. Eaxi. grocer, NJ 10
6Js estimated his at about $50; liquor dealer at No
$50 bis at nearly tAo same Inquiry AT abol,
thirty different places found TIE estimate Of
losses Ia vary from 40 mp To T@oV
Oii residents Of ncrubpTn0d say CAT thsy nave
been frequently subject 10 a -imlar visitation though
never before to disastrous degree. TIey attri1nie
the ilscd entirely suficicncy oi sewor1 g. me 'ne
ever they say, is not enough inr 80 lo~ district Al
me polica stations OF 'he Nineteenth and Wcnty nrs
Precincts no reports had been received oi the HOOD
AT the same Monday and alsp yesterday aitef-
noon "A similar ilUud occurred Un SuEthst if''r HreAiah
Il. to Jamcs-sip. The water stood 10 che5 de OH the
sidewalks Tae cause IS surporea 80 have been he same
Tc rain Of Monday evening also caused hJle ddha5c 10
the new hrrk work 81 tanned which being con
siruyted between Sivtrtb end SrvcGt1cthS-, On Vie
New-lVrk aud Nrw-liaNeu Ralrund. A % tiGn uI tue
brlck WORK gave way just The i:iO b. ~ re N-liaNeh
express train was about 10 pass through Inc Tram was
only detained however absut % Minutes