The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-09
: NEW YORK IS
FLOOD BOUND
Many Of Gotham's Streets Are I'm
passable to Pedestrians Car
Service Interrupted.
Cellars Flooded, Sidewalks Washed
Away, and 10 Feet Of Water
in Railroad Yards.
Truckmen Reap Rich Harvest Fer
" rying Passengers Across the
- Flooded Streets.

New York, Oct. 9.-After twenty
four hours of pouring rain New York
city and the adjacent country suffered
early to-day from severe floods. Six
and tWenty-four one hundredths
inches of rain had fallen in the twen-
ty-four hours ending at a. m. to-day
and it was still raining hard. This
was believed to be near a record rain
fall.
Many trolley lines and railroads
were either crippled or delayed and
In New York city a conduit contain
flooded as to disable all the wires. A
heavy flood in the Bronx damaged
the packing houses Of Schwartzchild
& Sulzburger, Swift & Co., and Nelson
Morris & Co., and a portion Of the
freight yard Of the New York Central
was covered by twelve feet Of water.
A Waterman who had sought refuge
on the top of a car was rescued. .
From all parts Of the city were re-
ceived reports of flooded cellars,
flooded sewers and impossible gut
ters. Many cellars along the North
river front were flooded, and in some
instances there was loss on goods
stored there. West street, in front Of
the downtown ferries to Jersey City
and Hoboken, was flooded, and passen-
gers were carried across it in drays
and grocers' wagons, temporarily
pressed into service.
Trolley Tied up.
Trolley traffic 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 South street at
the New York side of the Fulton street.
Brooklyn ferry.
Passengers arriving on the ferry
boats waded thru the water up to their
knees until the dealers in the Fulton
market used large boxes to build a
bridge across the street. The bridge
blocked the street for truck traffic,
but section of the bridge had to be
removed every few minutes to admit
the passing of horse cars.
Nassau street between Wall and
Pine streets, was closed on account of
a washout in the middle Of the street,
pedestrians Waded thru a foot of wa
ter. The sidewalk at the corner of
the subtreasury building was under
mined.
. Part Of dam across the Ramapo
river near Pompton Lake, N. j., was
washed out, inundating the valley be-
low. A number of houses were
flooded, but there were no fatalities.
e. Working Girls Marooned.
The water was two feet deep in
West street in front Of the ferry house
of the Barclay street ferry to Ho-
Iboken. For nearly an hour working
girls and women waited in the ferry
house marooned by the flood until
truckmen came to their rescue. Every
ferryboat was met by half dozen
truckmen and the passengers, instead
of hearing the usual "keb, keb, kerr
frige, kerrige," were greeted with,
: Take yer across the street for a
Nickel
z Many thousands of men and women
were unable to reach their places Of
business to-day owing to washouts
and landslides on the railroads and
trolley lines in New Jersey, Long
Island and Westchester county. The
Newark branch Of the Erie railroad
was reported to be entirely tied up.