New-York tribune., 1902-02-22

nar1ly travelled by boats The driving sleet and
rain was also a factor in making the extraordi-
nary crush, for many thousands elected TO travel
ny the trolley in order To be set down
nearer to their homes than the elevated cars
would carry them. The result was that thou
sands gathered in the narrow confines of the
trolley loops and waited for the trolley cars
Ice forming on the wires of the overhead trolley
stalled many cars crossing the bridge and the
cars came over at eXasperatngy irregular in
tervals. All this tended to make the jam some
thing terrific. Big burly policemen were carried
OH their feet, and whenever they tried to stem
the crowd and TO keep people from being run
over by entering trolley cars, the slippery cond-
u"n OF the pavement rendered their efforts use
less. While trying to keep the crowd off trolley
loop No. &. Policeman Taylor of the Bridge
Squad, lost his shield and several buttons
Things were practically at a standstill At tho
office OF the snow contractor. John F MaiIie.
and the Snow Inspector of the Street Cleaning
Department last night. Inspector Clark said
that the rain would probably remove snow
which it would otherwise take $4,000 to move.
The men operating the carts and shoveIIcrs
could not he induced to work in the storm at
any price. and Mr.. McAveny said that he had
doubts if there was a single man a work a any
point IN the city last night. The ash removing
carts OF the Street Cleaning Department We're
hard at work all through the night. the men
not seeming to mind the cold and rain.
PARTS OF BROADWAY DARK
In many sections of considerable length
Broadway was in total darkness owing to dis
ordered wires. Between Tenth and Canal SITS.
not an electric light burning So far as
could be learned the cause for the dousng Of
light was the penetration of snow and sIush and
water into the conduits and vats under the
pavement which carry the electric wires The
result was that the transmission of current
was seriously impeded or stopped altogether.
In other cases it was said that the rain. snow
and sieet so coated the mechanism of the arc
lamps that they failed to work
All Of the streets in Harlem were flooded. and
in many instances the water flowed from the
roadways over the curbstones and into the base
ments of houses. Amsterdam-ave between
One-hundred- and -fortieth and hundred
and-twenty ninth SITS, looked like a small
river.
Soon after 10 o'clock two of the Fire Depart
ment wires in Amsterdam-ave fell to the street
at One -hundred-and-th -irst-st. The police
of the West ne-hundred-and-twenty st.
station informed the Fire Department. and the
wires We're put in place half hour after they
had fallen.
HORSE KILLED IN BROOKLYN
The streets of Brooklyn were knee deep in
slush. Fulton-st. and other principal thorough
fares were in worse condition than for years.
and theatre goers who came by trolIeys on
alighting. sank into slush to their shoe tops It
was impossible to find a cleared space. even at
the crOsswalks The cutters OverflOwed and the
sewer culverts were stopped up. and in the
districts about Flushing. Myrtle, NOstrand and
Tompkins aves and Halsey-st and TOmpkins-
ave. cellars were flooded. In some places the
water was so deep that furnace fires We're ex-
tinguished
Trolley wires all over the city were broken
down by the great weight Of the ice that ac-
Cumulated them. At F'atbush-ave. and
Bergen-st. a live trolley wire fell and struck a
horse on the back. killing II Instantly. James
Purcell. Of No. $50 Warren-st, the driver.
Ceived a slight shock The horse which was
owned by a coal dealer named Bedford at
Union and Baltic SITS, was valued at 500. The
ice on the trolley wires Interrupted the electric
current. and the lights in the went out
every few seconds. Where the trolley poles came
streak, which followed the cars like comets The
a spectacular blue fire where IL met the contact
shoe the motor cars.
Trees fell from the weight Of the ice on them
and few telegraph poles came down. out OF
the thirty-two police precincts in Brooklyn. only
ten were . BILE To communicate direct with smith
st. headquarters. The wires connecting all the
others We're down, and the police were obliged
10 dse outside telephones. The linemen OF the
Fire Department worked all through the storm
repairing the fro telegraph wires. and We're
Gered to report this morning for duty.