The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-10-10
RAIN AT NEW
YORK BREAKS
ALL RECORDS
Six and a Quarter Inches of
Water Fell Inside of Twen-
ty-four Hours
THE DAMAGE WILL BE GREAT
Trains Delayed and Wires Down
Rivers and Streams
Overflow

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-After twenty
four hours of pouring rain New York
City and the adjacent country suf-
fered early today from severe floods,
GA inches of rain having fallen in the
twenty-four hours ending at a. m.
today, and it was still raining hard.
This was believed to be near record
rainfall Railroads were either Grip
pied or delayed. and in New York
City a conduit containing seventy teie-
graph wires was damaged.
Every building on Pine street was
closed on account of the water. Pc
destrians waded through foot of
water. The sidewalk of the United
States treasury building was under
mined. Part of the dam across the
Ramapo river at the lower end of
Pampton lake. N j.. was washed out
during the heavy rain storm today
inundating the valley below. A num-
ber of houses were flooded but there
were no fatalities. The most serious
damage was the carrying away Of an
iron bridge across river. Two canal
boats loaded with coal were torn from
their moorings and swept away.
Many occupants of cottages along
the banks of the river fled from their
homes. The crews of two canal boats
are said to have escaped Besides the
iron bridge, a wooden brige across
the lake from Oakland to the village
of Pamton Lake was carried away. The
territory covered by the flood extends
about ten miles. The low-lying ground
between Paterson and Pompton Lake is
under water. Travel between Pater-
son and the village of Butler is cut
Oft except by boat.
The water was two feet deep in West
street in front of the ferry house OF
the Barclay street ferry to Hoboken.
For nearly an hour working girls and
women waded in the ferry house ma
rooned by the flood until the truckmen
came to the rescue.
Many thousands of men and women
were unable to reach their places OF
business today owing to the washouts
and landslides on the railroads and
trolley lines in New Jersey, Long Is
land and West Chester county.
The Newark branch of the Erie rail-
road was reported 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 were
forced to remain where they were for
many hours, owing 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 undermined and cattle
strayed from one farm to another
seeking shelter.
Local Forecaster Emery said he be-
lieved this was record rainfall The
highest rainfall previous occurred in
1892 when CIT inches of rain fell IL
twenty-four hours.
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 elevated
stations extremely difficult. Severa
OF the surface lines were stalled ant
many cellars were flooded. The lone
nil, reported a barge anchored hal
mile OFF shore at Ditch Plain neal
niontauk Point, unable to proceed il
the storm.
The downpour in the arly morning
was SO great that the rain went dowI
the chimneys of many east side tene
ments, putting out fires and fiowinl
INTO rooms. In several the tenants o.
the tenement houses placed canvas
covers over the chimneys. Blocks OF
tne surface lines were frequent durins
.ne morning on the upper west side
Az rorty-Second street and Broadwa,
the water flowed into the excavation
Tor the new Times building, making ;
lake ffteen feet deep and doing consid
cradle damage.