New-York tribune., 1901-07-25
JAMMED FROM END TO END
AN EvERFLOWING STREAM OF PEOPLE
SWEEPS ON FOOT ACROSS
THE BRIDGE.

1t was good natured crowd that found itself
shut off from homelike Brooklyn by the accident
TO the BROOKLYN Bridge last evening. Trolley
and elevated cars most crowded just at the
time that traffic was suspended by people who
are going home from work in Manhattan and
others who live in this borough but like TO get
out of it in the evening and spend their time at
the various resorts that reached through
Brooklyn They came in battalions 10 the bridge
Not car was in sight This is not so unusual
but the great crowd of bluecoats standing
around showed each newcomer that some
thing more than ordinary was on.
Whats the trouble?' flew from lip to lip.
Answers of various kinds made by the
wise ones who had asked policeman-or had
failed to do so-and all sorts of rumOrs were rife
Some said that the bridge had broken down.
some that the trolley wires were out OF order
some that the third rail on the bridge cars
proper would not work, and still others that the
motormen and conductors had gone on strike
But the real reason was known TO only rev.
and they said nothing. The police were under
orders not TO say a word about the real trouble
and the railroad are always bound TO
secrecy under penalty of discharge if they tell
| what stops traffic.
The rumor that the bridge had broken down
! flew around the city like lightning, and many OF
| the people who came and stood IN the crowd
| about the Manhattan entrance did so only out
| OF curiosity.
| There were enough however. who wished TO
| cross TO make things interesting for the car IN
| spectors and the policemen. For long time
| after the cars had stopped trucks and wagons
| were allowed to cross, and every one Oh theH
| carried n load Of passengers
| Men and clambered aboard the
| moving trucks and stood packed together like
| the proverbial sardines. Many of the trucks
| stopped to allow women 10 get aboard. and more
| than one Of the gentler sex was assisted TO
| Chamber on by the policemen who stood in the
! roadway.
| THE PROMENADE BEGINS
| The promenade was filled with foot pas
| sengers who would not wait for the cars that
| they were told would soon start Broadway at
! Ire busiest hour is never so crowded as was this
| passageway. too narrow to accommodate such
number of people. For some time the ponce
| kept the people ont of the roadways. but after
| the passage of the wagons was prohibited they
| allowed them to this as a street highway
| Al first only the south roadway was opened 10
| foot Messengers but this soon became made
| ouate and the. north road. where the suspender
| cables were broken, was thrown open anu
anxious ones hurried across.
| Viewed from a window in of the tall build
| ,nes that overlook the river at this point the
! sight was an extraordinary one The colors OF
| the women's dresses. mingling with the more
! sober parb Of the men. ard the throngs passing
| In both directions over the promenade Hd"e Z"
| Kaleidoscope panorama seldom seen
| II was far from pleasing to the people VINO
| we're Obliged 10 walk IN the hot sun. however as
| 49,, oda +ba,r sveItering progress toward
| ,,ooLI,, between the two cities. A nearer view,
| Too was not nleasant particularly to one glfted
| nth sor,e ina eination and who remembered the
| ,o.o1 Nav 30 of 1883. when many lives were
! lost IN the panic that occurred at the stairway
| inst this side Of the Brooklyn pier
| I,o.sae,a onneared 10 stop at this point at some
times and the slightest alarm might nave oauSu
orotbar catastrophe But there was no knowi-
| adga with the people who were crossing that any
| or+ of the bridge had given way. and most or
| ..r, said things about the Brooklyn Rapid
| transit system. which got the blame where 1t de-
| served none
| MANY BOYS and young men, finding the prone
rade too crowded for comfort, crossed over the
Gained the roadway. There was danger in this.
hut no accidents occurred.
| Soon the roadways were almost crowded
| nc the promenade. About o'clock however
| the congestion relieved because most of the
people had passed, and the crowds grew less
dense. II is singular that thousands of persons
| walked past the place where the break was and
| never noticed it,
| After waiting for some time at the Manhattan
| end of the bridge. thousands made their way TO
the different ferries. Anticipating this. the po-
lice reserves had been sent to the ferry houses.
| There were five roundsmen and many patrol
| men at the Wa-st, Catharine-st.. Roosevelt-st,
| Fulton-st and Twenty-third- ST ferries
| Although the crowd at the Manhattan end of
| the bridge easy TO handle. the unusual
throngs at the ferries gave some trouble Several
| times incipient riots threatened the peace. and
| the policemen were obliged to draw their sticks
| 10 maintain order. Boats that usually go over
| with half load of passengers were loaded TO
| the rails.
| Inside the ferry houses the people packed
| themselves until not an inch of space was left.
| Extra men called into service to handle
the unusual number and they did their work
| we'll There accidents. and nobody
| Injured although for while IL appeared
| though something must happen in such a push
ing hurrying throng. Men anxious TO get
| home to set at rest any idea of danger to them
| selves that might be In the minds of their rela-
| tives and women were just anxious. for the
| same reason.
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