New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-25
BROOKLYN WAS DRENcHED.
one MAN FOUND DEAD FROM EXPOSURE
TO THE STORM.
uorsrs WERE BLOWN DOWN AND rNEooFEp
TREES TORN UP AND CELLAhs AN"
STREETS FLoopED-wRECK AND

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rrrrs TORN UP. AND CELLARS AND
| STREETS FLooDED-wREcK AND
| prIS ALL OVER THE CITY
| Ono of the severest storms on reeoru 'a'.eu
| yroor,yn wednesday night ana for t"e'c ho'''
ths wind and rain had everything their own way.
7, C. estimated that nearly 1'O0 shade "ees W.
unroo,ed a large number OF unfinished ou"u'"ss
u,sre demolished. and in some Instances the iooi'
Y, .orses were taken off, The damage 10 signs
S,,-as and light woodwork throughout the city -
| exceedingly heavy. Many OF the s"e.', w.,
| ad.a 70 the depth OF several inches and the ce'-
,ar Of the House of the Good Shepherd had ioo'
| of water in It, .. s,orr,
| rha nrediction had been made that great storm
| uorld come upon the city before midnight ana oy
n m. the fulhlment Of the prophecy Desai' ~
| that hour heavy rain began to 1aii' anu Wy ",u
night the storm broke In all its Jury MANY WI
dows and valuable plate-glass lights were SMASHED
by flying fragments of trees ana "oou"o,N' ~
EuIton and Ashford SITS the water was 40 deep IN
the street that early yesterday morning NUMBER
NJ bows In bathing trunks we're amusing the"-
selves padding from curb 10 curp. iheie 10 "o
sewer at this place. and business was seheia"y SuS
pended for 1t. was impossible 70 get ABOUT "n""u'
wading knee-deep in water
The .Twenty-s sixth Ward suffered the greatest
Inconvenience from flooded streets. This part of the
city In years past has been known as muo
hole" and yesterdays storm seemed to revive the
memories of the old days
M.nv. houses in Howard-ave.. Macon-st.. Presi-
dentist Vesta and Atlantic ayes, had their cellars
flooded Many of these cellars had just been freed
from the water that flooded them during the storm
Of last Sunday.
A tree in Adelphi-st near DeKalb-ave., was
blown against the front door OF a house, so that
the inmates were compelled to go out by the base
ment windows. Strange TO say, the telephone ana
telegraph wires in the Western District escaped
with little injury, and the service was in its usual
condition yesterday morning The roof OF a house
at York and Gold SITS. was lifted several inches by
the wind and in falling back on the house again
it crashed through the top floor and bulged out the
side of the building, that it Will be necessary 10
remove it. The roofs Of Nos 12l. 1@, l2o. III ana
l29 Ryerson-st also were taken off,
Frederick Bishops two-story frame house. ID
course of erection at Pennsylvania ana blahe
ayes. blown down. The damage Is placed az
$500. Many other frame houses in East New-1orK
shared the same fate.
The storm played havoc in the Eastern District
Many trees We're blown down, cellars HOODED anu
an unknown found dead from exposure
The side walls on the fourth floor OF the brick
building in course Of erection at broadway anu
Melrose-st. fell from the force Of the storm, ana
the building was greatly damaged. In many vi
the streets traffic was dificu,. on account Of the
water and debris that filled them. In South Ninth
st., near Berry, thirteen trees are down within
a radius of a thousand feet In Hoop
er-st Keap-st, Rodney-st., Divsion-ave. South
Fifth-st South Fourth-st.. South Second
St, Conseyea-st, Bushwick-ave ana near
" all the streets crossing the 'ast-nameo
thoroughfare, trees by the dozen are down. TWO
willow trees that stood in front Of No 44o Marcy
ave which are estimated to be more than 100
years old, broke at the base and toppled over on
the frame house which they shaded. The force vi
the blow almost took the dwelling off Its founda-
tion and frightened the occupants nearly 10 oea''
The inmates were compelled to get out throush
the rear the front of the house being bocKaoeo'
Few people slept during the storm Occasionally d
bie crash would be heard above the general roar
announcing the fall of a tree unable to Withstand
the fury of the gale. The big board sign that GOV
cred the extension to the shoe store OF ~ d. "io
yer & Co. Bedford-ave. and South Sixth-st.' was
| blown down with a crash. and carried away the
| cornice beneath II and big piece OF masonry
| Fortunately the street at the time was deserted
| and no one injured On South Fourth-sI
near Meserole, considerable damage was caused
| Workmen have been busy building the trohey
| road at this point. The wind carried many trees
| 70 the ground and the rain caused big washout,
| making trafYic impossible for several hours.
| In a wagon which stood in front Of No. 25 Whip
| ple-st the body of Cuno Kraumbauer was found.
| He had died from exposure. He was about thirty
| five years old and homeless The body was re-
moved to Nolan's Morgue.
The big fence on the old Waterbury property at
Kent ave and South Second-st, opposite the Brook
Ign Sugar Refinery, toppIed over. and j. n. Webb,
of No Al Broadway, who passing at the time,
was struck on the head and badly bruised
The police blotter of the Sixteenth Precinct shows
that thirty-one trees had been blown down. A big
upturned the sidewalks and demolished all the tele-
from The pepartment Of City Works were kept busy
all day clesrng the streets OF the debris bsea that
twenty trees had been uprooted. In several in
stances they fell against dwellings and caused much
alarm, number Of dead sparrows were i9uno
al IN ss sd S ss
had built their nests In the IVY VINE on shr sac o
The people living in the flooded district suffered
area IRON the n s0r nsone 01 were Unable to
leave their homes until nearly noon. In the Walla-
bout MaIke the water found It's way snS-s the
| the buildings, and caused much damage;
The VIVID and rain suseS as senr
partial destruction Of many OF the shade trees In
Of e ard in as1 At one time in the
| night there considerable apprehension lest the
cruiser Cincinnati would blow over. but the watch
man placed securings on them and they held fast
The hea S rain put hC water IN on 1se p
she is in the drydock the water was run out
readily, through the bottom manholes; Mr. Gil
him while building the drydock, found himself a
further sufferer through the damage caused by
The Third-ayc. electric were stopped be-
tween Fort Hamilton and city line by the trees
reaching the City Hall Brooklyn about 10 O'clock
| At Bath Beach the streets are lined with up
washed out by the rain. The bulkheads along
shore have suffered severely, but no building has
been damaged.
| ~'"' STCRMSWEPT LONG ISLAND.
FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER 1T is srREwN