The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-05

catching. as In net, every vehicle that was on
the street Where the break began Is hard 70
tell That they all went nearly together
is certain. for folks in houses along the
avenue heard but ono crash. and that
was big one. Some thought II was
| boiler explosion. and others that the gas
works at Fortieth street had blown up. There
were two poles to a block. They fell directly
across the street. Where the taller ones fell
they carried their Gordon Of wires clear to the
opposite curb
When the big pole at Twenty-sixth street
fell there wss fash Of vivid lightning
from, the wires. all sorts Of bril-
liant colored lights burst from tho cir
danger-fraught flashes Of homemade
lightning played from wires to street from
end to end Of the break. The car tracks offer
cd the best conducting material in the street,
and these became charged with currents
which shocked and burned horses and men
who touched them.
Tho last pole that was broken was on the
northwest corner OF Thirty-ninth street. in
front OF Mclaughlin Il Co.'S liquor store.
It fell against the building on the cor
ner. smashed the coraice. and broke
in the plate glass windows at the corner.
There was $1,000 worth Of damage done here.
Four or five horse cars were caught under
the wires. but only one was damaged. That
was car % Of the Avenue C and Houston street
line. Ithad thirty persons in 1t and had got
to Thirtieth street when the crash came. The
rear hood was crushed down. the dash bent.
and Conductor Charles Smith was knocked
down..
Between Thirty-afth and Thirty sixth streets
two lads were driving a single horse to top
wagon. The wires fell all around and above
them. crushing In the top Of the wagon. 1t
took the, neighbors halt an hour to get the
AZ Thirty-frst street four persons had a
THOMAS. Richardson. standing on the corner.
them fsSsRs Rss that The crushed %sa
IN sad sos Sis hand burned y toashIns tho Ss ear
W. XSs1 m,sRSZ psIsSSs teams had business in
The. only persons who were officially report
sS e. ssls we're So Thongs Harris 81
Forty,sixth street. and an unknown man. Who
we're taken to Bellevue from the corner Of
Io s sss es Harris b.a land sn5
went home, after having their wounds
in i a. One liz Vas
inc pole near Thrtieth street fell across s' the
horses back: The driver was knocked down
a1d 1y the Mrs
dD Ss9 cs%ps Snt i from
and q force from the street railway com.
Pany's stables and another from the, electric
TO VIII sSs
stopped %skins q, aIeSSsFs down the street the
The accident left a large number Of persons
on the east side up town without electric lights
About two-thirds Of their service was cut oil.
Since no permits can be got to string overhead
The %a be
S Ssbt e s1ss q income WAS estimated last
throgsho%t ths city. and particularly II West
Wind and tide together proved too much for
River yesterday afternoon. and . part Of the
sss sa 'sts'ss
SsiSs sSsps1dss 3? more than an hoar feops
o ys In Sst uspS snl oSs f.
"a the bridge -. vas impossIbIs
se !ss
haWken ferries. but 1t was OF short duration.
,o The FIT deposited blythe tugs at the
bu sSsn Sps s cherry hs e % n
one Or time was known as the Sailors ES.
fire. the walls. have been standing. At
sSi s9 siss S5y S sR ss tssssi
Mrs: Mary Murray leases isS. which she e COW.
ducts as boarding house dozen persons
cGsshed Gss cut wh her
nothne ior The bremen to do for tie peo Mfe
got out OF the house on tho double quick.
Cherry STREET. Tie families eV %ho I'll lived 9.
t Is asHEppesedt that 3; ths heavy TsiR
over III The people Of the neishberHosod e said
st ay ts5
Mickey Sliney. whom the police accuse Of kill
gGs to sW t tRs
Brooklyn contractor succeeded him.
s aEopasfs Th SS,s
hs L. city sppr6sss about e se tss nsP Eve
yestiges of autumn leaves. from the
trees Of Battery Park and making soapsubs
miles $50 O'clock. and strewed the streets rs
in the neighborhood, Of windy corners with
broken umbrellas and hats;
ships VIII be battling with the, storm. which
they will meet probably. of the Banks OF
THREATENING THE ARONSONA