The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-15

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their way up the mountain side to where the
reservoirs had been to learn Just, wha. had
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whether masonry walls OF broken stone that
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earth, It was the opinion OF the men who
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Arm of Taintor & Holt of IL Wall street, who
owns a large block 4, ct the water company's
Of the accident. yet, and until we get them
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cause 1 think it is a strange thing for
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reservoir has been there, and there has never
been an accident. Every winter II stands a
winter it was allod to overlooking several
Of weakness Only a few weeks ago it was
almost empty. and we had to be very careful OF
had. or late. however 1t has b5en we'll filled
right along.
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thing, a cioud3uist. There must have been a
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Cured. It is untrue. as has been stated, that
ridiculous a statement to be considered. Idon't
know how thick the dam was. but you can
ness. assured "s The 'h sons' IT Tos C Of Dr fbs e sh;fH,
engineers. Unless something that has recently
occurred to weaken the structure is discovered.
] feel certain that intelligent people will agree
with me that, cloudburst was responsible for
The theory that a cloud burst was the cause
OF he accident found no believers in Fishkill yes.
terday. In the crowds that gathered to SEQ the
wreckage there were many who had theories:
There were many who said that the Off 'ials OF
the water company mad been warned time and
again that the dams were unsafe. II can he
stated as a fact. however. that these people
were talking to hear themselves talk. Tho
company had not been warned that the dams
were uiisafC. because nobody thought or knew
that thny we're unsafe. The dams were built 10y
Smith & Co., contractors, of this city.
Considering the size of the flood the damage,
exclusive of the loss of life. Is trihing. Probably
$4,000 will moro than cover it. because every
thing destroyed. except the bricks in process of
manufacture. was old and almost worthless.
The New York Central had a hard time getting
through the day. All traffic on the road was
stopped by the flood. Gangs OF train wreckers
were sent to repair the 1900 feet OF the no tdbed
that was washed away to depths varying from
three to ten feet. A trestle was bridged
over the washout. and the first of the stalled
trains to pass the point Of the washout
south was the fast mail from Chicago.
This was due at the Grand Central
at 1885 A. NJ. but did not arrive
until IL 20 P. NJ. All the trains on the road due
between & A. NJ. and noon were delayed an aver
age of four hours. The trains from Cincinnati. st.
Louis. indianapolis. Columbus. Chicago. Detroit.
Cleveland, Buffalo. Thousand Islands. Adiron-
daCks, Saratoga and Albany were delayed from
thirty minutes to six hours. Among these was
q train bearing n party Of Cooks excursionists
from tho West which was four hours late.
| The washout also upset the schedule of north
! bound trains, and the first train 10 get through
was the North Shore limited, which left the Grand
Central at 10 O'Clock and was 20 minutes late at
Albany. 1t was late in the afternoon before the
trains were running on schedule time again.
Coroner Bevier said last night that he would
impanel q jury to-day and would start an in.
quest, with an idea of fixing the blame for the
accident, late in the week.