New-York tribune., 1901-11-25
CITY SUFFERS HEAVILY .
MIGHTY RUSH OF WATER DAMA"hH
THE SUBWAY. AND WORK
WILL. BE INIPEDED-

With a wild rush of devastation the northea9'
gale which for forty-eight hours had been po"l-
ing along thu Atlantic Coast at the rate OF my
miles an hour. settled or Manhattan, anu ioi
twelve hours Saturday night and sunday HiolH
ing held 11ndisputed sway over the waters vi
Naw-YOrk Bay. Ferryboats were uhdOle W
reach their piers. barSes were Wrencheu iioiii
their moorings and set adrift and the low lying
shore covered Dy the hlSheSt tue riiO'''' "
this CITY in many years.
On shore the storm king was equally supreme
EARLY on Saturday night the drizzling ram
which had persisted throughout the day sud
denly took on new and violent character Inc
wind which had steadily freshened in the after
noon, became q raging hurricane Ram Ieii III
torrents and the streets became rivers Oh oia'h
water which swirled angrily against the curos'
Late wayfarers almost lifted from their
feet by the violence of the storm, mats were
whrled into the streets, umbrellas were SUD
derIv wrenched out of peoples hands by the
wind and at Fifty-ninth-st. woman was
blown off the sidewalk and carried under the
wheels of a passing wagon
During the early morning hours great trouoie
vas caused the ferrybOats. the tide flooding the
niar Sins and preventing the boats from iand-
inc Passengers from the Fall River steamer
Priscilla were Obliged land in hacks. so nlsh
was the tide and even these VenlcleS ptoNeN
unsatisfactory. the water rose ABOVE IN
eeats and threatened to swamp them Rafts
made of barrel staves were also usea 10 ialiI
the passengers
About $40 yesterday morning barge was O
tied in a dangerous position off Sixty-eishth-
- Three men could be plainly seen huddled IN
,he stern and constantly being drenched py tre
..,-as that broke over the boat. The hreooat
zo,bar Mills was called to her assistance anu
after several hours of work succeeueu III
INC her from her dangerous position
In the East River also the tde IeacieU q o., ~,
ord hrea king height. The Boys Farm on f1dii @
dalI's Island submerged 10 q utPtL -: ~ -
no faet on Wards Island six bathlhS pa,
iiiorc we're vrenched from their nlCorillSe anu
converted into kindlinS WOOD py ue me me 80.
current which passed through Hell c ca.v. g ~
f,iohest nofnt the tide washed the npoIlHS VI 49,,
Iiabtbousa on the northern end OF bl1ck"el. .
island which usually towers far ABOVE 'iie
Eor hours the sixth and Eighth ave ears were
unsf,Ie 70 run below Canal-st-- as me water
La,kad No i'm the sewers ard hooded the power
house at No Is Front The broadway caIs
" ara DELAYED at Wall-st. by the blocking up OF
a sewer. In Varick-st the pavings nad neen
tal-an nm and the horses the croSstoWn line
f0undered up to their knees in the muddy
The most serious damage done by the storm
vas along the line Of the new rapid transit
funenI All along the line work viii be con-
sidera bly impeded by the tons of dirt and rock
River where the tunnel is to go under the river
the water flowed into the trench and completely
filed It. The contractors yesterday estimated
that $4,000 was the extent of the damage there
Along WeSt-St. many cellars were flooded, and
considerable. loss suffered by the saloon
keepers. grocers and marketmen of that neigh
borhooc. A restaurant at No LOO WeSt-St was
So completely surrounded by the high tide that
its owner could not get out to 1t during the
morning
A number of minor accidents occurred. Along
broadway several windows were blown IN Al
hundred and thirty -fifth-st and LenoX-ave-
a billboard fifteen feet high and over two hum
dred feet long was blown over into the street
Late in the afternoon the storm rested on It's
laureis, and the velocity of the wind dropped
from ffty-two thirty-Six miles hour. The
total rainfall at noon yesterday was over two
inches.