The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-10-09
New York, Paterson and
Norfolk Visited by
a Storm.
RAIN RECORD BROKEN
Water Stands Two Feet
Deep in Streets of
Metropolis.
ny ASSOCIATED PRESS.

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.
New York, Oct. O,--After "a hours Of
pouring rain, New York city and the adj
jacent country suffered early today from
severe foods, a4-Ioo inches OF rain
having fallen in the "a hours ending at
q. m. today, and it was still raining
hard This was believed to be near
record fall
Railroads were either crippled or de-
laysd, and In New York city conduit
containing 40 telegraph wires was danl-
aged beyond working hours. From all
parts Of the city were received reports of
flooded cellars, flooded sewers and i'm
passable cutters.
Many cellars along the North river
front were flooded and in some instances
there was loss Of goods there. On West
street, in front of the downtown ferries,
the street was flooded and passengers were
carried across it in drays and grocery
wagons temporarily pressed into service.
Trolley service at st. George, 5. l., 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
Up to Their knees.
Passengers arriving on the ferry boats
waded through water up to their knees
until the dealers in the Fulton market
used large boxes to build bridge across
the street. The bridge blocked the street
for truck traffic, but a section OF the
bridge had to be removed very often to
release the rising waters.
Every building on Pine street was
closed on account of the water. Pedes-
trians waded through a foot of water.
The sidewalk of the United States treas
ury building was undermined.
Part of the dam across the Ramapo
river at the lower end of Pompton lake,
New Jersey, was washed out during the
heavy rain storm today, .inundating the
valley below. A number of houses were
flooded but there were no fatalities. The
most serious damage was the carrying
away Of an iron bridge across the river.
Two canalboats loaded with coal were
torn from their moorings and swept away.
Bridges Going Out.
Many occupants of cottages along the
banks of the Ramapo river fled from their
homes. 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 flood ex-
tends about 10 miles. The low lying
ground between Paterson and Pompton
Lake is under water.
Travel between Paterson and the village
of Butler is cut off except by boat.
The water was two feet i'll 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 marooned by the flood until
the truckmen came to their rescue. Every
ferry boat was met by half dozen truck
men and the passengers, instead OF hearing
the usual "Keb, keb, kerigc, kerigc,' were
greeted with Take yer across for nick"
Could Not Get to Work.
Many men and women were unable to
reach their places of business to-
day owing to the washouts and land
slides OH the railroads and trolley lines in
New Jersey, Long Island and Westchester
county. The New Arkansas branch of the
Erie railway was reported to be entirely
tied ZIP. 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 ovcrtiowed
their banks and flooded the roads, making
them almost impossible for vehicles.
Telegraph wires also suffered Fences
were blown down and outhouses on the
farms undermined and cattle strayed from
one farm to another seeking shelter.
Local Forccaster Officer Emery said he
was of the opinion that this was record
rainfall. The highest rainfall known oc-
Cured in 1879, when E I7-Ioo inches of
rain fell in 24 hours.
The St. Marks district in Brooklyn suf-
fered severely. The water was two feet
deep in Fulton street, near Tompkins ave-
nue, and access to the elevated stations
extremely difficult. Several OF the surface
lines were stalled and many cellars were
flooded. The Lone Hill reported barge
anchored half mile off shore at Ditch
Plains, near Montauk Point, unable to pro-
ceed in the storm.
Trains on the Mont Claire branch of the
Delaware & Lackawanna Western railway
were stalled by a washout in Newark
where the tracks are being elevated and
passengers were compelled to walk a
block around the washout to board another
train for New York.
Bellevue Hospital Flooded.
The storeroom in the basement of
Bellevue hospital was flooded and stores
to the value of $1,000 ruined The down
pour in the early morning was so great
that the rain went down the chimneys of
many East Side tenement shops putting
out fires and flowing into rooms. In sew
eral blocks the tenemcnts Of the tenc-
ment houses placed canvas covers over the
shimncys. Blocks on the surface lines
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