Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-07
DAMAGED BY THE GALE
High Waters and Fierce Winds in the
East,
Storm General Over New York, New
Jersey and New England
Flood ut Nyack.

| tracks of the Putnam division of the New
| York Central railway were blocked at
Brewsters. where the water stood above the
journals. At Mount Kiscoe the sand was
] two feet deep on the tracks, and a loco
| motive was derailed. A wrecking crew was
| sent to the scene from White Plains, and
| had to work for an hour before the engine
| could be put back upon the tracks. Several
| tons of earth fell upon the tracks just north
| of Scarsdale, and barely missed striking the
| White Plains local The Pawlng local was
| stopped about a quarter of a mile south of
| Scarsdaie, and Conductor Burke and the
| train hands shoveled eighteen inches of sand
and rock from the track before the train
| could pass.
The storm seems to have been general over
| New York. New Jersey and New England.
| At Hastings, N. Y, rain loosened the
| earthen embankment on the Hudson River
railroad tracks between Hastings and
| Dobbs' Ferry, and a serious landslide re-
| suited. The fallen earth INSTRUCTED three of
| the four tracks of the road at this point,
| and it was several hours before the trains
could he passed either 10 or from New York
| city
At Middletown, n. Y. the storm caused a
| washout on the Pine Bush branch Of the
| Erie railroad, and a passenger train en- route
| 10 New York city ran down the embank-
| ment The passengers escaped without seri-
| GUS injury.
At Kingston, n. Y, rain was heavy and
| 1ncessant all day long, driven before a strong
|
| 10. Yesterday afternoon thunder and light
| ming accompanied the rain. Creeks are ris-
| ing rapidly, with danger of the ice going out,
crushing all before it. The ice in the Hud-
son is weakening fast Only a few Of the
| storehouses have been filled yet. Last night
the storm broke and the sky cleared
| AT Nyack, n. V, the heavy storm inun-
| dated the business portion of the place
| causing several thousands of dollars Gam
| age. Stores and houses We're flooded, and
their contents ruined. The streets in the
| center of town We're impossible Tor several
| hours except by boats.
Several flag sidewalks We're washed away,
| and streets and roads We're badly quilted
The corporation will be pun to great ex-
| pense to make repairs Shipping on the
| Hudson was also damaged.
| In Connecticut.
In Connecticut the storm was terrific. At
| Waterbury the water inundated the prin-
cipal streets Of the city, flooding business
| houses. washed out roadways and caused
damage of from $4,000 to $4,000. The
| storm broke about > o'clock, and The water
| poured in torrents swelling the Naugatuck
| river until ii reached the highest Point
| known in ten years. All sorts of debris in
| great masses were carried down stream
and many of the bridges at dark looked seri-
ously threatened. The Naugatuck street
| railway tracks were under water and traf-
/ fc was suspended. Court square was a
lake of water five feet in depth, and the
|
water in the business section. Many of
| the cars were off the rails and street car
traffic was at a standstill. In the center
| of the city three blocks of stores were
| flooded and cellars were entirely filled. In
| the Irving block, on North Main street,
| fifteen stores We're flooded, and a large
| amount of goods was ruined. On East
| Main street the water was over the window
| slls
A driving rain storm accompanied by
| a violent wind, ragged in the kennebec val
ley, state of Maine, last night. Operations
| on the ice fields We're entirely suspended
| yesterday afternoon.
| Rutland, VT, reports that severe storm
| of wind, snow and rain prevailed in
| that section all day. Chimneys and roof
! ing have been blown to thu ground and a
| house on Terrell street Was carried off its
foundations The telephone and electric
| service was badly crippled and trains We're
| late on all railroads. Last night par: of
| the city was in darkness
Along the Jersey Coast.
The wind and rain caused considerable
damage and trouble along the Jersey coast
and throughout the state. Streets rail-
roads and trolley lines were either so flood
| ed or so badly washed out that traffic
through the state amounted 10 very little
| yesterday and last night. From every
part of the state came reports of delayed
! traffic. damage to houses and barns ana
washed-out roads. In some places the troll
l y
| Trains on all the railroads, with the eX-
| ception of the Pennsylvania, were behind
| Time. The salt marshes of Hudson and
| Bergen counties were flooded and the rail-
| road tracks were barely above water. The
| tide fell but nine inches at Newark and but
six at Hoboken and Jersey City.
| This, together with the torrents of water
| which poured down toward Newark bay
| through the Passaic and Hackensack riv-
| ers, converted the swamps into a great
lake. From Marion, back of Jersey City,
| where the waters of the Passaic and Hack
! ensack meet, as far as could be seen there
| was not a sign of the earth on the low
| lands except the embankments of the rail-
| roads. The Newark plank road from Jer-
| sey City to Newark was above water, and
| the trolley line between the two cities was
| working. The trolley lines leading from
| Hudson county into Bergen We're less for
| tunate, and some of the Bergen county
| towns were cut off after noon and the resi-
dents doing business in New York were I'M
! able to get home last night.
| Along the Atlantic coast from Cape May
| to the Highlands the sea beat with ter
| rible fury against the sands and bluffs, and
| caused considerable alteration in the coast
| line. Along the Delaware river the damage
| was considerable, the river reaching the
| danger point. the rush of water being
| greater than the spring freshet.
] High Waters at Philadelphia.
The recent heavy rain has caused a big
rise in the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers.
| and great damage mas resulted. since MD
night Wednesday night $3.50 inches of rain
| has fallen, and the barometer at O'Clock
| yesterday afternoon at Philadelphia had
| fallen to 1885, the lowest ever recorded at
| the weather bureau in that city. The
| SchuyIkill river left its banks, and three
| feet Of water covered the tracks of the Bal
| timore and Ohio railroad, which runs along
| the river bank, and the first floor of the
| Baltimore and Ohio station at oath and
| Chestnut streets was under two feet of
| water. Trains were run from the Goth
| street station. The water rushed into the
| Paramount pump house. and the machinery
| had to be stopped. This is the highest wa
| ter since May, 1894.
| Yesterday afternoon the rising waters
| overlooked the first floors of number af
| mills along the river bank at Manayunk,
and the employees We're set to work re-
moving goods to the second floor The wa
| ter was up to within few inches of the
! engine room of the big gas works at oath
and Market streets. Nearly all cellars on
| Delaware avenue were flooded.
| American Catholic Historical Society.
| The new home of the American Catholic
Historical Society, rs Spruce street. Phil
| adelphia, was formally opened last night.
| The event was made the occasion of pub
| lie reception to Cardinal Satolli the pro-