The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26
A DAY OF FURIOUS STORM.
DISASTROUS FfLL or RdTv AND
SNOW THROUGH THE COUNTRY.
Damage IN the City and suburbs-Ienvy
Freshcts in the Rivers Railroads Block
AIDED by bnowdrlfts-Travel DELAYED.

Damage In the city and suburbs-IIenvv
| Freshots In the Rivers -Raiiroad Dis Block
AIDED By Snowdrins-TrsveI Delayed.
rain storm, which may not have been
the heaviest within twenty years In this vicinity
as many men with good me nories as to weather
averred, but which certainly outdid any other
recent downpouring, began at about o'clock
Yesterday morning. 1t was preceded by two
hours OF sleet and snow. The wind in the fore
noon blew ut sDeed OF thirty miles an hour.
and tho rain fell steadily and with increasing
volume. At o'clock the height OF the storm
was passed, nearly two inches Of rain had fallen,
and the wind had reached velocity OF forty
two miles an hour. Tho gloom was intense, the
partial eclipse OF the sun-lasting from about
o'clock until 6-helpnR the clouds to obscure
the light. Water ran In the streets. making
walking almost equivalent to wad lnR, and cellars
In the lower parts OF the city were 1led On the
river streets damage, small In single instances
but large in the aggregate, was done by the wet
ting Of goods in low aud exposed places. The
high tide at noon raised the water In tho rivers
to within a foot or two Of the level Of the
wharves lifting the vessels 80 that they seemed
ready to float into the streets. The rain slack
ened late In the evening and ceased entirely at
midnight, but the sky remained blackly over
cast.
The Harlem Railroad at woodiawn, Will
lamsbridge and Fordbsm was submerged and
trains went cautiously through the water.
Houses In fremont, Central Morrlsanla, Morri-
SANTA and Melrose were flooded. Tue street ca
tracks between Harlem Bridge and Fordham
were covered near fremont. Highway travel
between fremont and West Farms was stopped
entirely.
Capt Hedden OF the Morrlsanla police tele-
eraphod to the Central ONCE at eleven o'clock
last night tina. the ridges at Mill Brook, Union,
and westchester avenues. between l5Oth and
lthJtl streeta. had bean Waghed
IN NEW JERSEY.
Hoboken was put under water in places TO
depth Of three feet, aud residents In Ferry,
remain In doors, or float out OF their houses on
RATS or boats The street scenes wero peculiar,
and the damage to householders extensive: The
Bulls Ferry road, Union Hill. tumbled TO the
ground. being undermined by water. The wall,
high, and four feet wide. The rocks and earth
made the road impossible. The low parts OF
Jersey City were submerged.
In Elizabeth tho storm caused a greater food
than has been known be fore within twenty years.
The river is swollen Immensely. Several streets
are Hooded, aud residents In some OF the rear
houses near the river were taken out In boats.
In the lower wards, which are thinly settled,
whole blocks are submerged, and the people are
staying In tho second stories Of their dwellings.
The Water Company's reservoir above the city
has been thrown open to prevent the dam from
breaking, but IA yet full, and cOnside derabls anx-
iety 10 teit; Men are Watching II closely: Out
oN LONG ISLAND.
Along the Long Island Railroad fields are
submerged In many places. In Wlliamsburgh
tho sewer openings at Flushing and Harrison
avenues became clicked early Yesterday after
noon. when tho rain WAS falling In torrents. In
a few minutes Flushing avenue became impass-
able for half a block each side OF Harrison
avenue, the water running over the curbs into
the adjacent cellars. For block along Harrison
avenue all the cellars were flooded, and tho
Residents were kept busy the rest OF the after
noon bailing them out. A large hill next TO
fifth avenue In Greenwood Cemetery, Brook
iyn. was undermined las; night, and, sliding
down. carried with It the iron fence from
Gwenty-ninth to lhirtleth streets, and covered
the sidewalk for block.
snow AND RAIN EIsEwHERE.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, March 25.-A heavy northeast
storm OF rain aud snow prevailed all day, and
the water In the Hudson ID unusually hgh. Re
ports from the south tonight show that there
are I've or six land slides on the Hudson Rlvcr
Railroad, and all up trains are several hours
behind time. A slide ut SDGyten Duyvll Is two
hundred feet long, ana covers three tracks.
Reports from Boston Corners state that several
Harlem trains are blocked IA there. ana also
trains on tho Pougbkeepsie, Hartford and hos
ton road, the snow drifts in some places being
nneen or twenty feet deep. The trains on the
Rhinebeck and Connecticut Road are all behind
owing 10 snowdrifts fifteen feet deep between
Copake and Boston Corners.
MILFORD, Pa, March 25..-In this place from
I've 10 seven inches OF snow and hail fell. and
then severe rain storm set in. A 1ood In the
Delaware Is apprehended.
WATERBURY,, Conn, March 25.-The snow
storm which commenced this morning changed
10 ram during the forenoon, and up TO this
uOuI AlV T. 4nsl " mas pouTeu uOWn lnCcAslntlA,
which, combined with the rapid dissolying OF
the snow, Is raising the Naugatuck river, caus-
Ing big food the entire length Of the valley, and
greatly Impeding railroad travel. The o'clock
=. NJ train from New York, due here at $50 Il
at Derby, It's passage being obstructed 10y sew
eral land and rock slides and washouts. The
milk train, which left here nj 9 o'clock, has only
got to Ansonia. Below Derby there Is "A wash
out 40 feet IN length and Is feet deep. 1t looks
now as II the damage to the railroad and to
other property would he great.
BOSTON. March 25.-rhe storm To day has been
quite severe throughout New Hampshire and
Maine. At Plymouth, n. H., over a foot OF snow
had fallen. and It is still showing. The snow is
i've feet deep on u level. All trains are block
AIDED.