The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-10-10
UNPRECEDENTED FALL OF RAIN
CAUSES DISASTROUS FLOOD
IN NEW YORK CITY.
AL MODES OF TRAFFIC IMPEDEC
THOUSANDS OF SUBURBAN RESI-
DENTS UNABLE TO GET TO
PLACES OF BUSINESS.

New York, Oct 10.--After twenty
four hours OF pouring rain New York
city and the adjacent country is suf.
fering from severe floods Six and a
quarter inches of rain had fallen ii
the twenty-four hours ending at 8
L. m. and it is still raining hard. This
was believed to be near record rain.
fall Many trolley lines and railroads
We're either crippled or delayed and In
New York city conduit containing
seventy telegraph wires was SO food
ed as to disable all the wires. A heavy
flood in the Bronx damaged the pack
inghouses of Schwartzchild & Sulz.
berger. Swift & Co. and Nelson Morris
d Co. and a portion of the freight
yard Of the New York Central was
covered by twelve feet Of water. A
watchman, who had sought refuge on
the top Of car. was rescued. From
all parts of the city were received re-
ports of flooded cellars, flooded sew
ers and impossible cutters. Many
cellars along the North river front
Weie flooded and in some Instances
there was loss on goods stored there.
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ferries to Jersey City and Hoboken
was Hooded and passengers were car,
ried across ii in drags and wagons
temporarily pressed into service.
Trolle. tra1Iic at St. George, Staten
Island, was completely tied up by
rush OF water over the tracks between
Stapleton and ST. George.
The water was two feet deep in
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the Fulton street, Brooklyn, ferry. Pas
sengers arriving on the ferryboats
waded through the water up to their
knees.
Nassau street between Wall and
Pine streets was closed on account of
q washout in the middle of the street.
Pedestrians waded through foot of
water. The sidewalk at the corner of
the sub treasury building was under
mined.
Local Forecast Officer Emery said
that he believed this was a record
rainfall. The highest previous record
he could discover occurred Sept 23
1882, when 6.17 inches Of rain fell in
twenty-four hours.
Thousands Unable to Reach City.
Many thousands Of men and women
were unable to reach their places Of
business owing to washouts and land
slides on the railroads and trolley
lines In New Jersey, Long island and
WeStchester county The Newark
branch of the Erie railroad was report
ed to be entirely tied up. Hundreds
Of tons of dirt and stone had been
washed into the cuts and stalled the
trains. The hundreds OF people IN the
stalled trains We're forced to remain
where they were for many hours, ow-
ing to the fact that the streams had
OverhOwed their banks and flooded the
roads. making them almost impossible
for vehicles. Telegraph wires also
suffered Fences were blown down.
barns and outhouses on the farms un-
dermined and cattle strayed from one
farm to another seeking shelter.
The St Marks district in Brooklyn
suffered severely. The water was two
feet deep in Fulton street near Tomp-
kinS avenue and access to the ele-
waited stations was extremely difficult
Several of the surface lines We're
stalled and many cellars were flooded
by water which poured over the side
walk.
The Lone Hill IL. ID lifesaving sta
tion reports barge anchored half
mile off shore at Ditch Plain, near
Montauk Point, unable to proceed in
the storm.
Many occupants of cottages along
the banks of the Ramapo river fed
from their homes. The crews of two
canal boats are said to have escaped
Besides the iron bridge, wooden
bridge across the lake from Oakland
to the village of Pompton Lake was
carried away. The territory covered
by the food extends about ten miles.
All the low lying ground between Pat
erson and Pompton Lake is under wa
ter Travel between Paterson and tho