New-York tribune., 1901-07-06
DAMAGE BY RAIN AND WIND
THICK DARKNESS DOWNTOWN AND A
FLOOD IN THE BRONX.

FLOOD IN THE BRONX
In the downtown portion OF the city the storm
of wind and rain that occurred Yesterday after
J noon at POS o'clock did no damage But the
raln' descending in broad sheets driven by the
"ind' cleared the streets as IL by magic. few
minutes before the rain began TO fall Broadway
presented its usual spectacle of men women
ana boys passing their way in the prosecu-
ton OF their various businesses or returning
from late luncheons The windows we're omen
to catch the fine breeze that was blowing. and
at many of these openings men stood drinking
IN the refreshing air. In moment however.
every window closed, and the pedestrians
mad fed from the open into every available
doorway or overhanging projection that afforded
( shelter from the rain The entrance TO every
; building was occupied, and so many were there
who fed from the drenchng that awaited them
! IN the open that Railways were packed so full
! that only with difficulty did the guardians OF
/ tne structures keep open passageway
through which belated runners might gain the
! inside
! In the arcade OF the Empire Building. which
runs through from Broadway to Church-st..
/ probably a thousand persons found refuge.
About the same number occupied the great cor
ridor and arcade in the Equitable Life Building.
/ All railways in fact. crowded TO their
utmost capacity
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! IL was strange 10 see. at that time of day the
big buildings light up from cellar TO roof The
| Broadway trolley ran with lights turned
on full and the General Hancock the steamer
which plies between the Battery and Governors
Island. sailed across the stream with all her
lights going
The Street Cleaning Department saved lot
! or money, for the streets were thoroughly
| washed The cutters were filed and ran like
in hroO
| buildings are being erected the open cellars
caught great deal of water. which later in the
| day was pumped out. In some of the places
where the work of building is hurried men
| worked at night by the light of flaming torches
! TO make up for the two hours lost in consequence
of being forced TO quit by the storm.
The pressure of the water so great in the
| sewer at One-hundred- and -sixty-ninth-st. and
! Washington-ave. that it burst. The water be-
| came damned up and flowed into the streets.
Between Huntington-ave. and Park-ave. the
land descends abruptly, and down this declivty
the water rushed ir a foaming. plungins torrent.
three feet deep. In East hundred and sixty
ninth-st. it flooded the cellars of the houses at
Nos. T12. III T16 and us. and some of the other
houses the same side of the street Some
held six feet of water while others showed three
and four feet. In the easements of the houses
were many persons. All were obliged to leave
their homes. and some narrowly escaped drown
ing.
RESCUED FROM EASEMENTS.
In the cellar Of No rs was Helen Johnson.
! the sixteen-vear-old daughter Of the ianitor.
The flood of water broke the windows and burst
in the door. rushing in with great force The gr!
retreated TO the airshaft and climbed the
. window sill Her screams were heard by Robert
Collins. who lives in the house, and he got
/ ladder and went 10 her rescue. but not before
she had been so overcome by terror that she had
slipped TO the floor where she stood in water up
. TO her chin.
In the basement of No. 716 were Mrs. Annie
/ Cobel and her daughter Margaret. ten years
old The water forced It's way in through the
windows which it broke and the door that it
burst OPEN bringing with il the hOtsam and jet
sam of the street. C. E Terry, of No. 316 East
Cne-hundred- and -sixty-ninth-st-. and E Percy
, Neddle. of No IA East One-hundred- -and-sixty-
ninth-st heard them screaming and rescued
them after they were almost prostratsd by fear.
These two men saved others. among whom
vere Mrs Robert Mclaughlin and her eleven
? wear old daughter Gertie. and her ten year old
! daughter Lily All three were cut by the glass
! of the windows through which they We're
dragged 70 safety
The most exciting experience was that of Mrs.
, Timothy Mulcahy. the wife Of an undertaken
, and liveryman or fremont She hVes at NO too
East One -hundred-and-sixty ninth-st The
water rushed into the basement in deluge.
scattering the furniture right and left The
5 table was set for dinner. 1t was dashed against
the wall In the basement were Mrs Mulcahy.
her mother and three children. boys, respectively
three. five and seven years old. The boys We're
playing in the hallway.
Mrs. MuIcahy and her mother managed 10
reach the stairway in the hall. which was very
| dark. She thought that her children had gone
upstairs When she had assisted her mother up
POLAND POLAND. POLAND WATER.
! Pure snarkling delicious Park Place. y. Y