New-York tribune., 1901-08-07
SAVING HOMES FROM FLOOD
PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE BALE THE
WATER OUT AS 1T COMES IN.

People on the East Side, downtown. suffered in
several ways from the heavy rain that fell about
Z o'clock last night 1t came down so hard that
many of those who live In Easements had all they
could do to keep the from flooding them out.
Along Madison and Henry SITS women and chill
dren busily engaged in baling the water from
their homes. damming up the windows and trying
in various ways 10 keep the water from pouring
in from the sidewalk.
Those who live higher up under leaky roofs
saved their furniture by putting washtubs. basins
and other utensils on the floors under where the
rain came through
The sewers choked up at many of the cor
ners. and this caused the water to back up deep
enough to flow the sidewalk. In places 1t
was necessary to walk half block or more in the
pouring rain to find a crossing.
The cloudy and rainy weather of the last few
days has started the keepers of hotels and board
ing houses at the summer resorts TO revivng their
old complaint They that this summer has not
brought to them the volume of business that they
should have had. and that 1t is all because the
sun has been hidden for many hours OF the
day. They argue. and others who are not hotel
keepers argue with them that July had more
cloudy weather than clear weather and that even
If 1t didn't. IT had too many days that were un-
pleasant
There cloudy weather in July than
clear weather. The records of the Weather Bu-
reau show that, whereas the month afforded a
possibility of 1856 hours Of sunshine, there
only 2347 hours in which the sun actually was
visible This does not take into account the night
time and does not give the number OF hours IN
each full day in which the weather was really
cloudy and rainy. But in the daytime there
only 81 per cent of the amount of sunshine It
possible TO haze.
Warning was given by the Weather Bureau that
there would be rain in the afternoon yesterday,
and it was borne out by the early hours of the
morning. There excuse for those who came
down to business without either umbrellas mack
intosh. That many did evident by the
number OF clerks and other office workers who
made wild dashes for the at the closing hour
yesterday. The rain streaming in torrents at
that time
There was protection for about two in each seat
and wet all who sat near the outside. The avn
ings that let down the side furthest from
the sidewalk soon became soaked through. and
every fresh gust of wind shook the drops that
cung the inside of the into the faces and
on the clothing of the passengers. Under the avn
ines. too the rain drove wettiag feet and making
everybody uncomforta BILE.
There was a supera bundanCe of humidity in the
air. but when the temoera ture keeps so low that
the maximum recorded is only I3 degrees. nobody
minds % 10 81 per cent, particularly when the
storms cool the air TO such extent that there are
only 81 degrees of temperature at o'clock in the
evening.
The Weather Bureau. however, saws II was not
much Of storm. Hardly enough TO have cen
ire. even. But IL there must be centre II was
a Mont tgomery Ala. Less than two inches or
rain fell in this city yesterday
For to-day the forecast is cloudy. with rain ana
rising temperature and brisk northeast winds be-
coming southeast. The kind Of weather is
promised for Thursday