New-York tribune., 1902-02-23
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM USELESS
TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH AND ELEC-
TRIO WIRES TORN DOWN
IN BROOKLYN

The storm did amount Of damage IN
Brooklyn. The most serious perhaps the al
most complete paralysis Of the fire alarm system,
More than half the fire alarm boxes were useless
yesterday and the remainder unreliable
Eighteen linemen of the Fire DEPARTING 1t worked
all through the storm on Friday night ard yes
terday, and expect TO have the system II shape
again to-day. The police telephone yires We're not
repaired yesterday Out of the lines connecting
headquarters with the thirty-two precincts lnly
ten were working. No attempt made 20
pair the others. which connected EitE the outlying
precincts, and it will probably be a week before
they are again in Trees all through the city
came down with the sreat weigh of ice covering
them The small maple rrees IN the residence dis
tricts suffered most. Branches w,re strewn all
about. the railroad 1eople had great difficulty
in keeping the tracks clear.
Telegraph wires broken in all parts Of the
borough and communication with the outlying
districts. such Coney Island, Canarsie, Path
Beach. Rockaway and lireenpuin+. WAS entirely
cut OFF. 1t is believed that it will take the tele-
graph and telephone companies u month to repair
all the damage.
The employees OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company buslly engaged all day yesterday In
repairing the feed wires that had been paralyzed
by the storm. The Putnam-ave., Gates-ave., sum
ner-ave. and Red-ave car lines all had broken
wires and only few cars were run. At O'CLOCK
yesterday morning the trolley wire on Halsey-st.
came down. and passengers had their choice OK
getting Nostrand-ave. and walking to their
homes remaining the car which returned
and went up Gates-ave. The Tompkins-ave line
ran only as far as AtIantc-ave. People going to
BensOnhurst. Bath Beach and other suburban set
Elements took five or six hours to get home. For a
long time the morning the Fulton-st cars were
running. and people living in upper Fulton-st-
Obliged to depend on the elevated railroad.
which gave fair service Commuters on the BrlBh-
on Beach division of the Kings County Elevated
road were unable TO get Brooklyn train unJI ~
the beach early in the morning. but encountered an
sorts of Instructions on the tracks lnciuilns nTe
TOl FL
dangerous work for the trainmen to remove
The Smith-st cars for Coney Island did not pro-
ceed beyond the Park Circle.
HORSES KILLED, DRIVERS SHOCKED.
About twenty horses were killed in different parts
OF the borough by live trolley wires and several
drivers were shocked. AT about 43o o'clock In the
morning team drawing coach driven by Iheo-
dore Keleher, Of No. 731 Atantic-ave.. and owned
turning into Flatbush-ave. from Avenue H. when
1--we trolley wire Goied about the horses and Killed
bv nv live wire at Sumner-ave and fIaisey-st He
attended by ambulance surgeon, and was
soon able go home. \ valuable team belonging
to the shultz Baking Company killed in Rogers
ave. Three horses attached to one Of Hidehrand,s IDS
bakery wagons We're instantly killed; one Of the
horses had legs almost burned or At vernon
and Classon aves. team belonging to the Meadow
% Brook Farm 2mPqny w %a " Rndd the livery
stable keeper, was killed at Sumner-aVe. ana haI-
epuy street Cleaning commls5i91eF @ , Quinn ,,dp, had
tt9, 49, 80 ~ 49,. ~ -srov Abo1t three
thousand were employed in Clinton-st-. from
Fulton to Joralemon. Smith-st.. from Bergen 20
second: Atantic-ave.. from Fourth-ave 10 Boerum
Place: PlerrepOnt-st. from Fulton Clinton, Full
ton-st. from Clermout to Bedford. Flushing ave.
from Nayy-st to knicker2ocker-aye-; BedLoTa-aye.:
Fulton. and WHshnEton-aye.. from Myrtle 10
Kent All that the men accomplished apparently
clear "a few Crosswalks. which, however,
afforded great relief The horses and carts did
slow work through the sush
About thousand feet of trolley wire
down In the north roadway Of the Brooklyn Bridge
and traffic suspended until a. m. President
Greatsinger OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany that II Will take a week repair all
the damage done 10 trolley wires in the city
Temporary repairs made yesterday. however.
that the we're kept running