New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-10
GRAVES WASHED AWAY.


1t was easy running until II started 10 pass
under the Lackawanna tracks. There the "@'ei
had washed away all the earth under the tracAs,
but the rails were held up by the fishplates' ana
to the engineer they seemed as APlid as the ies'
of tine track had been He started to go it'ie
faster over the seemingly solid rails. and when
the engine hit the unsupported part II went ol
the rails, which sagged beneath it.
The also left the rails and scTaped alohs
the stone abutments of the bridge carrying tiie
Lackawanna tracks, and the sides OF TWO cars
were torn off. The seats were torn from theh
fastenings and the passengers hurried ABOUT INC
cars. Fully a hundred were more OF leso
soon after o'clock in the morning. For d eP''0
of nearly hundred feet. the ground broke away
from the west sidewalk of Fifth-aVe' ana
taking the iron fence with it went plunglng
down seventy-fve feet. Tons Of yellow mnd ana
stones went crashing against the Dollhouse ana
Office building. carrying away the cehtle
columns of a passageway and smashing an
clubhouse. The debris piled UP against the mousse
to a depth of six feet. Charles Gamgee, the
gateman, who lives in the house with his WIe
and two daughters feared the main house
would be swept away. Captain Haskell. of the
Greenwood police, roped off the danger spots on
Fifth-ave. at once. and his men rendered all
assistance possible in repairing damage and
preventing any further breaks.
The officials of the cemetery say this was the
worst storm they had ever experienced. and that
it the first time that any damage of such
a serious nature had occurred. They cannot say
how long it will take to restore the cemetery to
its original condition.
MUCH DAMAGE IN BROOKLYN.
Brooklyn was hard hit by the storm, and 1t
estimated yesterday that the damage would
amount to several hundred thousand dollars. To
restore to their former condition the roads and
entertainments in the public parks will proba-
bly, cost $4,000, and $4,000 may have to be ex-
pended on Prospect Park alone.
Institute Park was badly damaged by the
washing away of the recently constructed en-
bankments and many of the hills of Sunset
Park were swept into the lowlands. All the sur
face lines between Franklin and Sumner ayes.
for two hours yesterday morning were blocked
by the flood in the sections about Wallabout-st.
In the rush hours thousands were obliged to
reach the Broadway ferries and other parts of
the Eastern District by circutous routes. 1t
impossible to operate any line on schedule
time, and suburban residents could not reach
the city by any road. SchoOlhouses were almost
empty. Water surrounded Public School No 50,
at Evergreen-ave and Covert-st., and no ses-
sions were held.
Fifty thrown out of work at the
factory Of Murdoch & Campbell. at North Elev-
flooded, drowning the engines. There was a
big lake at Avenue G and East Twenty first-st.
yesterday morning, with private residences in
the middle Of it cut off from outside communi-
cation. There were complaints of damage along
the entire line of the De KaIb-ave. sewer. Com
missioner RedhelG said the rain occurred in
conjunction with a high tide. with the result
that the GOwanus Canal, into which the Greene
ave- relief sewer empties. could not carry off the
drainage.
Boys used a canoe to carry people across at
| Ocean-aye and st. Pauls Place, and several
boats were out the Flatands streets. The
backing up of the sewer at Avenue c and Flat
bush-ave caused geysers several feet high.
The tunnel at the Ocean Parkway flooded
and no cars were run along Church-ave. all the
morning. ON account of the water in the cut
few the Brighton Beach line
Water came down in a flood from Fort Greene
yesterday morning upon the St. Phoebe Mis-
sion at No. 129 DE Kalb-ave adjoining Fort
Greene Park and the Brooklyn Hospital. The
water soon ankle deep in the dining room
and rising higher. The women used buckets to
| bail it out and dump it into the kitchen sink,
but could not make any headway and called ON
| the police, Roundsman Colyer, of the CIasson-
ave. precinct, dug a ditch and banked I'D the
sod on the park property so to make chan
mel through which the water was DETECTED. The
foundations of the building are thought to have
been weakened. The mission was one Of the
charities of the late A. A Low, father of the
Mayor Mrs. A. \. Low is president of the
board of directors. The city will probably be
sued for the damage to the property
Prospect Park IS said never to have expert
eneed more destructive storm. 1t was dscov-
cred yesterday morning that the big lake was
nearly overlooking its banks, and a squad of
! men hurriedly piled up the banks with bags of
J sand. 1t soon broke bounds, however on the
! southerly side and rushed over fields and roads
! toward the Plaza entrance. The torrent as 1t
ran downhill carried with it hundreds of cart
loads of loose dirt from the bride paths max
ing them useless. and tore out big pieces of the
main road At the Ocean Parkway entrance the
torrent formed large lake. extending several
| blocks on all sides and covering the curbs The
! uoiiey cars from the suburban sections on
reaching the Circle could not go on their way
/ toward the city the water was deep enough
to enter their motor boxes. William Hickey. a
park foreman, tried to make a crossing but on
nearing the centre Of the stream was carried off
MS feet and borne along distance of sixty feet
several policemen rescued him from drovnIng
= Flatbush resident also was carried off his feet
/ by the current but was rescued by the police
In the section about the music stand Of the narl,
the paths and roads were badly torn I'M
Sunset Park stands a high hill in Fifth
ave, and the earth is supported bv sto, -,
Water undermined the -pporting walls ond
threw down large portions Of them. reducing
some of the hills to the level of plain. a
squad OF men was sent by Park Commissioner
Young to shore up the broken walls
TRAFFIC sTo. ED BIZ WATER.
Not only was every line operated by the