The New York herald., 1877-10-05
THE STORM.
Disasters from Wind and Rain in
City and Country.
IMMENSE DESTRUCTION on PROPERTY.
Railroads Washed Away and
Travel Impeded.
ACCIDENT ON THE HUDSON RIVER
Damage Caused in the Patent
Office at Washington.
Rivers Overlooked and Crops
Destroyed.
ACCIDENT ON THE HUDSON RIVER
Rivers Overlooked and Crops
Destroyed.

Word vas brought to Inspector Thorne at tho Gen.
a once last night that train consisting OF loco
motive and nine cars had met with an accident
at Riverdale, and that tho engine with
four OF tho had been washed into the
Hudson River. Inquiry At the Grand Central
depot failed 10 elliott any Trustworthy particulars
corning the accident but It there stated that tho
train was only of the track Al tho Thrtieth strcct
depot 1t was claimed that Q land sdo had been
tho cause OF the excitement and that the
train in danger At all the Hud-
son River Railroad Offices inclination was
evinced to say lttic about the matter. Tho down
trains bound to New York failed to arrive on and
wero detained for hours. Il tho Pacific mail ex-
press train which was said to have with tho dis
aster 1t left the depot at $3.50 Inst evening Another
train Ia reported OF the track ut Manhattanvilio
THE STORM IN THIS CITY AND VICINITY.
Tho rain which so anxiously been expected camc
yesterday with q vengeance, and the watersheds Of
westcheser and Long Isand from which this city and
Brooklyn draw their supplies Of the fcgivng auid,
were more than supplied, SO that all fears OF u water
famine removed. During the afternoon tho
drizze did deter tho fair from their annual pill
grimagc to the prominent dry goods stores which had
advertised "opennga"
As night drew ou however, and the wind rose and
the rain foil with increasing force. pedestrians were
reduced In numbers until the Herceness OF the storm
compelled all to rcmain indoors but those whose husi
ness would allow them that privilege. The streets
became foaming torrents, and wherever tho cuverts
had not been recently cleaned flood the result,
crosswalks and pavement disappearing beneath tho
muddy tdc.
Along West and South streets the high tide In con-
junction with tho heavy rain flooded tho cellars the
merchants as far back as Greenwich and Washington
streets the West sde and up TO Front tho East
side losing considerable the stock stored therein
Traffic on tho street railroads impeded, and tho
hack drivers IN despair, withdrew from their stands
out OF considers tion for their 1.-Two sto OK.
The shipping along tho river, far as known, did
not sustain much damage beyond chatting against
the docks from the roughnoss OF the water,
but the terryboats found much difficulty in
making their crossings, SO violent wore tho
wind and water. In the suburbs the storm
blockadsd business and travel. and people
who reached homo before IT had attained its heighS
felt happy In the thought OF what they had escaped.
The night mail trains were all delayed tor two three
hours especially those from the South and wost and
no uouOts the morning Will Se0m Win oisaSter6 from
the flood OF the night
Tho heavy rain and high tide caused considerable
trouble In Williamsburg On North Second street.
between Eighth street and Union avenue, the water
deep that IL reached tho top OF the seats In the
In the regions bordering South Fourth
street. from Fifth to Union avenue, all tho cellars and
number OF first floors were flooded, while the locality
known the '.Swamp' including tho upper sections
OF the Nineteenth and Sixteenth wards were also laid
under water, demonstrating clearly the absolute
cessy OF the storm that have boon asked for
so strenuously during tho past two years.
A YIRE CAUSED WATER.
Tho Locust Hill OIL Works, at North Tenth and Fifth
streets, Williamsburg caught Gre at nine o'clock last
night The works situated upon Bushwick Creek,
which has been flooded for several days with heavy
tides Last night the yard overnown and also tho
cellar in which the furnaces arc kept. Tho immediate
cause OF the coniagraton was the ignition OF oil
floating upon the surface OF the water ut the
times the furnaces were put out by the
overflow Tho blaze spread TO the fires undor
the stills and then to tho filing house Despite
the persistent efforts OF tho fremen the large tanks
were ablaze Mt eleven o'clock Tho damage will proba-
bly, reach s15, 600. Tho amount OF insurance could
not be asccrtaned 1t was impossible 10 ind either
Mr. Hogg or Mr. O'Donneli, the proprietors, In tho
storm.