New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
HARDSHIPS IN BROOKLIN.
GAS MAINS FREEZING AND SMALL
FIRES NUMEROUS.

coxry ISLAND SERVICE ABANDONED BY THE
NASSAU RoAD-rIREMEN. PLUMBERS AND
Snow PLOUGH HANDLERS THE
MOST ACTIVE PEOPLE ~
THE BOROUGH
Brooklyn people were much disturbed Wneh
they woke up yesterday morning end iouhd
that during the night it had been showing ana
il seemed as II everything was snow
bound The rise in the temperature was
cause for concentration. and the people found
that they had escaped one Inconvenience of
winter only to he tormented by another. Small
fires were Of frequent occurrence in the day
but luckily none Of them amounted 10 much
for it took the Department about twice 'he
usual time to respond to the alarms \ ne"
hardship. which made its appearance on Satur-
dav night and was even more aggravated last
night. was the sioppaee in the supply of gas IN
private houses. This was due to the freezing ci
the moisture in the mains In some cases the
trouble was in the private pines but In other
instances no trouble could lie discovered there.
which gave rise 10 the belief that the frost had
reached the supply mains in some way. In an
endeavor to thaw out the gasppes amateurs
found that they had only succeeded in cutting
off the supply Of gas altogether. hy melting
the connections in the pipes. In two cases the
escaping gas was ignited and the meters ex-
ploded.
The electric railroad companies got their snow
ploughs out at the first signs Of trouble soon
after midnight yesterday morning. They were
kent busy all day. and by this means the lines
were kept open although the through service 10
Concv Island was abandoned by the Nassau
Railroad early in the evening. Several cases oi
destitution were discovered by the police, and
there is no doubt that on account Of the long
continuance Of the cold spell the suffering IN
many families where the coal had given out was
intense.
John Anderson. dfty-one years OLD. who hVed
in a little shanty at Eighty-s!xth-si. and the
Sea Beach Walk was found unconscious on MS
he'd in the morning His feet. face and hands
were badly frozen He was taken 10 the Kings
County Hospital II may be necessary 70 ampu-
tate one of his hands
Charles McEvoy. a fireman on the British
steamer Polycarp a the Hasbeck stores was
found early I'm the morning almost frozen 10
death in a ce!larvay at Fulton and Furman SITS
He was unconscious and it was thought at hrS'
tba, nc was dead Ambulance Surgeon Blake
from the Brooklyn Hospital. was called ana
after partially revvng the man took him to the
hospital McEvoy admitted that he had preh
drinking and had lost his bearings
Mary Goodwin. thirty -one years old. OF no. III
Washington-st.. died in an ambulance WhlIe She
was heing taken 10 the Homeopathic Hospital
When the surgeon was called she was suH'rinE
severely from having been exposed 10 the 'o'u'
The body was taken 20 the morgu". ..o.
While thawng ont his gasplpes AuSuS'
sinh threw the tenants in three-sior\ h"uSe'
al 80 22G Irvlng-aye.. into panic ne nHetei
ev,loded with report that shook the mouse
and the people began 10 run ou' l!'o ''' 80
hefora they knew what had happened
Anotber meter exploded in similar way III
the basement Of the laundry kept hY james
Stanfcld 80 III Kutlcdge-s.
The ferries had no trouble III ru"nnts . esl ~
slips in The western district a. S''"' " 90
ice noated out with the ude' t er,,
o;raveserd Bay was frozen over lo' Li~Ic ~ "'S'
time in many years Ihe Jug o"Ian 80 ,ho
IA. Captain Allan and his crew oi thIee nen
STAYED by the boat. but one oi mem "alhrO "alr ~ ~
,bo land 10 get some food for himself and MS
rhe trourv lines ana telephone and telegraph
.ornnauies had less trouble than IN previous
storms On account OF the lighiness "I inc siIoW
,,btcb f.u Charles Rourkc. a lineman c'hn'' l'u
with the Police Department. was s'hl I'D '@h
care ~ q pole a. Broadway aac Lyhch-St- ~
did not succeed IN fixing the pole hui ana
b over into "A ulatc-.laS- "l"u"" wi '"
owned bv Raynrr Hatca.
,rbo crev-r of the sncNnlOughs and sWfeperS
we're The hardest-worked men ~ a" lhe
borourh They worked with hardly pausr
for breath from midnight on SATURDAY uhII llS, lts,
NIGHT on the fats on ,he way o. N"h'A lSIdll'.
~ drirs were heavy Tn" Nassau kdIlroaH
gave mo irving to he@p the tracks clear III the
evening Thc Brooklyn Heights road sem 'aIs
through - Bath Pcacn ard 'one4 lslaHu 'f
,ho 80 Reacb route but they ran at rare IN
terVals tte ,,,i,oer
of tn. Rrooklyn Bridge. the rNtiem, ,'','
,,eath.r mas had a gr-at effect on that S'u',u
on saturda,. when the thermometer was . u'@
eroos below ze~o. m-asuremenis were iakrn W.
Tho trlIsses and other parts 10 ma Out low ~ j.
49,, Contra fin,. had recr. I'm comparing theS'
Go,rer Win thos, taken last July. Vhcn lhe
.i~,,,,,..t..r vas - degrees above. n was f"uhd
that the dif. renee Vas fourteen tnd hal I'''
orders have been issued 1" i|u', Nv. i.,,,
stor rlrr.ur the water. a plan Wh'ch mas - -,
need 10 prevent the pio,s from h'ezihE. I"e
lin, re yyor. nearly an WORKING yesterday.