New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-10
DELUGE BREAKS RECORDS.
City Suffers from Storm scith Ram
fall of Ten Inches.

The deluge that broke all records or railidH
in this city caused by the meeting of two
storms, enc coming from the lake region and
the other from the Virginia coast. Spreading
over several Northern States the storm that
centred at the Great Lakes seemed to gather
its greatest force near New-York. and the re-
lentless downpour OF Thursday was continued
on Thursday night by the arrival of the storm
! from Virginia. In the language of the weather
forecasters, ii the pressure of the lake
storm that brought here the Virginia reinforce
ment, which otherwise would have passed out
to sea
At $50 a. m Yesterday the record of rainfall
in the city for twenty-four hours had been
broken, the water gauge at the local bureau at
that time registering 642 inches. The highest
previous record for twenty-four hours was on
September % 1882, when 6.17 inches of rain
fell. The deluge continued until noon yester-
day, however, and at that time the record Tor
twenty four hours was S.74 inches. Forecaster
Emery said that was a record which likely
TO stand unapproached for MANY years. The
downpour moderated somewhat after noon, but
at D. m. the total rainfall since the beginning
of the storm on Thursday morning record
ed 9y66 inches. The rain did not cease until
about p. m. at which time the total rainfall
for the storm was about 10 inches. This was
another high record which Workers of the
present generation may not repeated.
Cellars of buildings near West-st. were filled
and water stood the ground floors. Wash
ington Market flooded, and I'm Vesey-st.,
near the market. the water more than
foot deep on the pavement MANY other streets
in the same neighbOrhood looked like canals.
Trucks made their way through the flooded
streets. with water running over the hubs and
horses splashing knee deep. barrel of dressed
chickens fell off a truck Washington Mar
ket and chickens foated far and wide on the
muddy tide. Some Of the marketmen tried to
mae dry passage across Vesey-st by rows
OF boxes. At one time rowboat was plying
between the ferry at Barclay-st. and Washing
ton-st.
Water undermined a hydrant at the edge of
the excavation for a building at Beaver
and Pearl SITS, and the dropping of the hydrant
broke the water main at that point and caused
a rush of water into the excavation. Com
bined with the flood OF water from the streets,
the flow from the main quickly filled the ex-
cavation and flooded neighboring cellars. Men
who were at work in a. Dreyer's bakery in the
cellar of No. s Beaver-st. were forced to flee
when the water began to run into the place,
and soon the bakery was flooded, the water
rising above the in which bread was
being baked. Upstairs one of the bakers tele-
phoned to Dreyer that there could be no bread
baked in his place, and when Dreyer, suspect
ing a strike, loudly asked to be told why, the
baker replied that there was too much water in
the dough. Dreyer FASTENED down town to hnd
his bakeshop under water.
WATER DEEP IN PEARL-sT.
Pearl-st. from Hanover-st. TO Wall-st.. was
closed TO traffic for nearly two hours, and for a
longer period water stood at the depth of about
two feet there. The sidewalk at Pine and Mas
sau SITS. was undermined by water flowing into
an excavation which workmen for the New
York Steam Heating Company had made. Pine
St near the Sub-Treasury, became dangerous
for vehicles and closed.
The tracks of the New-York Central along
the Hudson River we're covered with water.
washout on the tracks was feared. and many
head of cattle were unloaded from the yards at
Forteth-st and Twelfth-ave. during the night
and taken TO the abattoir pens in ''ortieth-st.
The roof of a three story brick stable at no.
ga Mulberry-st. collapsed. Water swept in
torrents down the stairways 20 the cellar
| where several horses were in stalls. The
ployes OF the stable ran to the cellar and cut
the halters, that the horses were turned
| loose and were able to get up the runways out
| Of the flooded cellar Bales of hay and pieces
| of harness and vehicles washed to the
| first floor.
Central Park suffered more than from any
| storm in years. Branches of trees were broken,
| sewers stopped up, sewer drops were
| washed out, gues formed in sdehills and great
washouts were made in the paths and roadways.
In some places holes five and six feet square
were formed by whirlpools. while the sod was
| torn away and the earth washed into depres-
| sions by the swrling waters.
| The menagerie was flooded. When the keepers
! arrived in the morning they found the deer
| wading about in their Enclosure. In the eagle
| cage one of the bald eagles found drowned
| on the floor, while the others, drenched and for
| lorn were clinging to the perches. Apparently
| the drowned bird had fallen into the water and
| been unable to use its wings regain the limb
! Of the tree from which it had been washed