The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-19
TORRENTS OF RAIN.
An Incessant Downpour and Furi-
GUS Gales of Wind.
TRAVEL AND TRAFFIC IMPEDED.
Houses Flooded, Tracks Buried
and Shipping Endangered.

There was no abatement yesterday in the storm
which broke over this section Saturday. the rain
falling steadily all day and to depth OF fully half an
inch. The present storm started in the Southeast,
and did not reach here until Sunday afternoon. the
one which broke on Saturday having started in the
West between these two storms New FORK has had
M abundance of rain and the streets something that
they have needed for q long time-a thor
oughly good cleansing. From all along the
Atlantic coast yesterday came tidings of
rain storms. dispatches stating that rain fall
ing at Charleston. Wilmington IN. CO.. Norfolk.
Washington. Baltimore. Philadelphia and other
points. At eight o'clock yesterday morning the
depth Of the rainfall ut Wilmington N. c.. during
the previous eight hours found to be ss-1O0
inches at Baltimore it 3810O Of inch. and at
Norfolk 90lOO of inch In this city it 45-l00
Of inch. and during the day it increased to fully
half m inch. Dispatches received from the West
yesterday state that the storm which began in that
section Saturday had passed away and that the
weather there was delightful.
The damaged caused by the storm in this city was
mainly the overlooking of cellars partic uarly along
the river front. Almost every heavy storm that
comes along il sure to Hood these underground
apartments, and the that ragged yesterday no
exception to the rule. The water rushed through
the cutters and unable to And an outlet in the cu
verts at the corners which filled early in the day.
overlooked on the sidewalks and into the cellars. In
many instances the water flooded the roadways
Md rendered the crossing of streets any
thing but pleasant to pedestrians. ALI along
Front street. South street, West street and the adj
jacen. thoroughfares there hardly cellar to
which Jupiter Pluvius had not paid tribute. The
sidewalks were covered with boxes and bales of all
degrees of dampness that had been res cued from
subterranean apartments. and their owners were
getting them under cover with al possible despatch
And still the rain poured steadily mercilessly, with
out apparently the falntest intention ever stop
ping People looked ruefully from under their
dripping umbrellas at the leaden clouds in hopes to
catch even faint beam of sunlight; but in vain
the much wished for harbiDger OF clear weather was
never visible for moment.
BROOKLYN.
The storm ragged with great violence In Brooklyn.
Several trees were blown down on the streets and
some Inconvenience to travel horse car routes
was experienced Business in the stores was almost
at u standstill. Considerable damage was done to
houses in course OF construction. new four story
building. which was nearly finished, on Clinton
avenue. near Myrtle avenue Brooklyn. under
mined by the rain. and fell in with loud crash
shout five o'clock in the evening. The loss to the
.wner. whose name was not as1ertained. is about
$4,000. Many cellars were flooded and many OF the
occupants Of the shanties 'the flats" south OF
Hamilton avenue. were driven from their novels by
rivers and forced its way into their habitstions.
Sewers III the lower streets. the river front,
were overlooked. and many roofs leaked-to make
matters within as uncomfortable as possible.
CONEY ISLAND TRAVEL. lMPEpED
The rain had the eject OF deterrng visitors from
going to Coney Island. so the damage occasioned by
the washing of sand over the railroads did not ma
terially Inconvenience travel any of the lines
The most serious damage was caused by the washino
OF sand across the tracks OF the New York
and Sea Beach Railroad the section of
the line between Third and Fifth avenues.
South Brooklyn. There is deep cut extending for
D distance of several hundred yards in the branch
Of the road nom Bay Ridge, ana the heavy rain
that several hundred tons of earth fell upon the
tracks, completely buryng them. 1t will be
moved this morning and travel will be continued
- usual. The superintendent of the Brooklyn,
Flatbush ana Coney Island Railroad. caused the
trains to stop running in tho afternoon between
Bedford station and Prospect Park station house.
This interruption ordered a precautionary
measure. being feared that the high embankments
near Franklin avenue might cave in The trains ran
between the Island and Prospect Park station how
at irregular intervals until late ut night
damage was occasioned by sand washing down on
the tracks of the Manhattan Beach Railroad and the
trains were irregular.
AT SANDY HOOK.
At about five O'Clock in the evening the storm sud-
denly broke into q hurricane. greatly endangerlng
the shipping in the bay and causing many vessels to
seek safety inside OF the rasvad dock rain being
so thick as to almost stop all vision, would u
dense fog The steamer New Brunswick, bound from
New York. put in andcast her anchor short dis
lance from the dock. The st. Johns arrived 1T her
usual time but had great difficulty getting along
side OF the dock to land her passengers of whom
there were about two hundred on board. They
finally placed on shore. however, without mishap.
The Sea Bird. which plies between New York and Red
Bank via the Shrewsbury River on her way to the
latter place was compelled to make fast to the
dock for safety. while the Helen, of the same line,
Oh her way to New York. was laid up on tho flats
near the Highlands. The Jesse Hoyt, which is due
from New York at eighteen minutes past six p NJ,
did not arrive until nearly o'clock, and in at
tempting to back in along the west side of the dock
into the stern of the st. Johns without any
damage to the latter while her starboard stern
was considerably damaged her rail and decorative
work being carried away. The Hoyts passengers
were compelled to remain on board nearly an hour
and a half before she could get out gangplank. A
rush then made for the Long Branch trains. It
nearly nine o'clock when the wind, which had
been northeast and north. changed to tho north
west the then abated and the storm was to all
appearance over. and in few minutes the st. Johns
left for New York. AL which had been enter
tained of the track being washed out an
end rs the northwest wind would tend to beat down
The breakers.
AT LONG BRANCH.
Though the storm had ragged on the Jersey coast
with great violence for three days, with but slight
intervals of abatement. not until about half
past nve O'clock LAS, evening that 1t reached its
northeast. carrying destruction before it. The
rain. which was little more than a heavy
mist throughout the day. then came down
in torrents. flooding the streets at Long
Branch and dronching unfortunate pedestrians.
Trees were uprooted and blown down. Signs and
Hagstafs were carried away. 1t great difi-
Guilty that the few stages that continued their traffic
between hotels and the depot were able TO make
their trips. The wires of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company were SO damaged that all commu-
nicaton between Long branch and New York was
broken OF. travelling circus which had
been advertised for the past two weeks. and which
to show ut the Branch in the afternoon and
evening" started to set their large tent. They had
partially succeeded In dong 40 when the wind got
under 1t and blew IL down. almost killing ono
OF the members of tho troupe Hotel proprie-
tors getting alarmed lest the bad weather
may scare away their guests. The Plymouth Rock
made no trip to the iron pier. At Monmouth Beach
the rainfall great that several of the stables
oil tho east side OF the railroad were flooded with
water, which forms huge pond along the track
from Monmouth Beach station to Seabright. The
tide In the Shrewsbury Is unusually high coming up
TO within q short distance of the railroad station bo
tween Seabright and Bellevue. whore the track
0,.i ul...ts tr, A 10 fal~.
should tho storm continue that tho track will be
again endangered between Seabright and the High
lands Mt high tide tonight
OCEAN GROVE.
II rained at Ocean Grove increasingly for forty
sight hours, the streets and avenues being flooded
to such an extont that travel in great measure
stopped. Tho grove Is crowded to oyerf owing with