The evening world., 1904-08-20

TIE rain commenced falling before
nidnigh<. but assumed almost the pro-
pertious Of . general cloudburst be-
tween 8 and Z O'Clock this morning.
Wien the weather Bureau measured
ths precipitation Of this storm at .
s'caock the oficiafs found that as
Inches had fallen. thus breaking all rec
ards for the year,
nast wind Backs water Up.
An sast-nrtheast wind set In last
night. and that always means plenty
Of high water along the Atlantic coast,
and particularly In New York Bay. the
Hudson ana East rivers. Long Island
Sound and Newark Bay. The wind
backs the water up until sometimes It
clips over the tops Of the piers.
That II what It did to-day. Then. with
me heavy rain. the amount OF damage
was great. Cellars along South and
Wsst streets were flooded to the ground
foor, and In some Instances went above
that Most Of the goods stored In tho
cellars Of warehouses were ruined.
Broken sewer Does Much Damage.
A bs9 sswsr broke In front OF No. lse
william street and flooded most Of the
buildings In that section. doing the most
damage In Cherry and Oak streets,
whore the families living on thu lower
noor Of tsnsmsntA vsrs forced 10 dee to
escape ths nood.
The damage and incouvsu1ncs In
Brooklyn was extraordinary. A four
foot water main In Navy street broke
and flooded the houses there until fur
aiturs fioAtsd out Of the windows. TAo
faminss sought rsfuss IN THAR night
clothes. The Fulton strsst cars were
b,ooEsd for n hour. the water being 20
deep on the trseks IN places that II got
into the motor bouss and the electric
current would not work.
Trolley Lines Tied Up.
Ths Bergen strss< linz was tisd up
for q long time. and - there was little
hops OF these cars getting through the
water thsy were compelled. after long
delay, to make q circutous route 70 ths
hrhGs.
The car tracks IN Rochester svsnus
commenced 10 wash away. and 10 save
them SQUADS Of laborsfs were put TO
work shovsllinG sand and putting bags
Of sand along the raiia
A, rortv-sirth strsst end Third ave.
nus, Brooklyn. the great waterman
washed the smbankmsnt down ana
.. ,hs trsrts until forty men took
ser 49,, Am "a ths tr>oks
two hours 20 snoVss eo"n W ~
10 that the cars could get tnroush
49,. ,s,-d strs>t ana Third avnus
s. 49,. oh,.aned enough drtft.
AiehAsl Aafohs oo.s a. ~.
wood In the hood over nv olscs 70 ~
Ava vintass. HS booked on the storm -
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Much damage waS done In Bath Beacn
"a =, rcnsv Island. II was dincult u
sne ~ -, ~. .n..n noroush
tell the tsiAna .V "a s ,yn,sr p.rr w~r,
Park' Bensonhun. -nu JIM 49,. a,
un6sr two seet o. W." - -
building work was stoppso
Along the north shore Of Long Island
a.. a.ra.. va. graat Ths hish water
~ a' ~. S sound with N. rain. completely
covered COLLEGE Point whitestons and
r,,.hinv Al wlnfield. which In low
~ ,nas, dsmase was done. the whole
ens inSsi ,,. oa3 un3sr two and thres feei
torn uc"s N"N'
OF vater
Flcod hesonss Csr Fioors'
In the Bronx much damage was done
The cut through which the New Haven
Railroad passes from the Harlem Rlvei
10 Mount Vernon was nlled with watel
~ hirh that In places II reached ths
door. Of the coaches Of trains. MANY
trslns wars stalied In this long cut, thu
hi~h vster puttlne out the fires In thu
snsins. Commuters coming into The
Nv -s,s slthsr isoiated In the swelter.
inG prison coaches or had to swim tc
the sides and scale the stone walls
The police station at One Hundred
and Blxtleth street and Third avenu'
ID In a hollow. The cellar hlled. ther
the water came Into the hrst floor. ant
and platform were wandering about tn
big room on the mood. with him thu
CITY Islaud Entirsly Covered.
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gurna ~ h 1,it. tsi
r"r ~ ,rnlstsi covsrea oniy ~,
sna ~ ,p'eS{ ,Ss{ ,here ma, V he IA .s y.
y - yicinity' XIons the shore st Pei