The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-24

placed in SO dangerous 4 ssuaIoH. t y III
d Gisai a. il now e: Ihe Department. 4
afs ieiecsvs 'nes nave 0'sn o''en
In tRe afternoon there was not q drop d
sSo Gallons }H,l WHICH The Warden ordered 70 be
sS 3 se 1a MhsS
Citizens Electric Light Company for tll1m Ms :
Sn f. Partial as se c The
lighted The. company Disseminated In dis
tS,I the sh IT Pna Of
This company has several wells at It's works In
Do Kalb avenue. but the supply OF water was
Tho Edison Company was not affected. ii
has its own water supply .., s,s.,,,.
we're re- not affected last night but it wss, said
that unless relief came to-day al would would have
Tie ,e'GSH etropoitan. and the Union companies;
sa s Ss eight snDGy . q an hand
only Hss
sHHfFs e asss q vi i zig water will
ts ssat ss.p 81 a esss sA;.s y
Fol, other reasons housss would soon be unit
to live In and the effect OF ths escape }eo Q,
gs2s ' tSs, did not STssty pfoduss
u Is. +. Lewis. President Of the Brooklyn City
Railroad Company. said last night: ,
makes to us is that wo have to give our horses
all pn sSsd q the Masr bs
F FfsR aH Fot a ays sts % and
Ncwtown. and we have large force OF water
Ing carts which we can use to cart water from
those places. 70 our stables; There are also
whiSh hay" art"sian wells at our disposal. So
We have nothing to fear ,,...,.
Avenue Railroad Company said:
when heard we were likely to be cut on
from our water supply this morning, l gave
stables With water and when va had used sed up
rain rain water vat We have now sufficient supply
to last us until noon to-morroWir ana II the
ruin continues we vii have no h d,ieal n unr
The mil of tho company did not run yester:
day, but there was u sufficient suppl OF Iced
on hand TO last the horses until Tonight
At q O'Clock welcome news came to Police
station. 1t was in the shape Of a direction that
all houscholders should Immediately open the
H sSSf to 3W th CIR ar Satf
nm hour later word came that tho pumps in the
AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
The work at the scene q the accident seemed
Ing. although 800 men had been working there
all night AS they got down near the broken
Ths Sas so deep that
dozen men to get shovel full of dirt to the
level Of the ground. where the dump carts and
The s S rods had located tho conduit.
and William Byrne and Christopher, sinnot.
pumping station. had made another trip into
the conduit: This time they explored It
th 5H 'He.f T manRo H about eu 100 feet
s shsr as G t ss
Ct s 5 ii "a sfHfS
Threatened to cave in again. and early in the
sb sane sd g p9as nv brtFss
aG IDEA lady ybsS af D5on has
been getting all her water since 1855 is built Of
brick laid on foupdati6HPh Of asphalt snt Itis
heisht Of ofas The SIDES are nearly ~ iees
thick. and the arch Is about l8 inches thick. It
hs arch that pq 9Ss side tss sy
were not completely wrecked, to brace them
VIII pa1aks aId
sGHe With Vi was
bss
before. Assistant Chief Engineer Bergen Of
1hs Say had
morning the police were asked e send o9t to
Ridgewood as many men In search OF Work as
dsy was was offered 0 Even then The eostrsctors
many mem en- as SeS eoad The
was dangerous and the heavy. rain made it
deSS snS 81 a
any longer. after they got thoroughly
Al x Ss Of aid Ss cSs
that Wss thrown % se out " TIE pit small sRanty
Hbo
Capt. French with squad OF policemen na I t
Van Buren, OF the Water Department urged the
:, No attempt was made yesterday to recover
in the trench that had been dug for the aux
hilary water main On satnTday and tbs trench
there was danger OF the bank again sliding
The arch of the conduit and part OF the
was uncovered. On either side OF this spot it
sand s o and badly Srek S As Tho sheveiers
dug the sand out OF the broken conduit the
ssnsr sds Of osfn p e and
as temporary sluiceway.
These planks were fitted closely together
and then braced with frequent cross beams.
When this Temporary sluiGeway is completed
side OF it will run up q bank Of sand thirty feet
high. terraced in such way that there will be
tra derrick, the work was pushed more rap.
derrick. with it's engine house again
fell down. After the accident of Saturday this
derrick was pulled out Of the trench and braced
up A heavy guy rope was swung around a
lurge troe on tho bank and red to the derrick
At 2:3O the banks under tho derrick gave way.
and the machine sank down about fifteen feet
guy rope was attached broke. and n hundred
people who Were standing around It ran away
pit and IT required much persuasion to get
them back ngain. There WAS no very serious
damage done. however. and before dark the
derrick was proppsd up and at work again.
conduit was cleared at 8 o clock. The two or
three hundred Italians who had been working
found that the sides had not been so much In
afar IN, rilu fhrouOh fhp Rpn1uit Al A.nS