New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-02

He was picked up and put in the same ambu-
lance. DR.. Holcomse said his condition was
more serious than Farley's
SHOCKED IN FEDERAL. BUILDING
At the Federal Building both nagpoles on
each end Of the building We're struck Tho Tag
pole at the Broadway end was erected recently
The lightning started a fire at the base OF this
pole A fire alarm sent in and two hremen
climbed to the cupOla. and with a line OF hose
extinguished the flames. From the other pole.
at the Mail-st. end. large chunk was cut our
a few feet from the tip. Fifteen men were at
work in the room used by the mechanics Of tho
building on the top floor. underneath the roof
All OF these men were dazed by the shock One,
Harry Harrison. the foreman of the painters.
was turning on an electric light just at the mo-
ment the lightning struck. He received severe
shock through his right arm
The fagpole on the seventeen story Broadway
Chambers Building. at No 277 Broadway was
struck. and the pole was LETT in what seemed to
be a disabled and dangerous condition. From
the top for about twenty feet the pole was
turned almost black There was a furrow abous
fifteen feet long hewn from the south side
HITS ELEVATED STRUCTURE.
Lightning struck the Third-ave. elevated
structure between Fifty-first and Fifty-secont
SITS. Several trains were hear the point at the
time. and there was great excitement among
the passengers The third rail ..azed and a
fire alarm was sent in The dreuen worked for
some time before the flames were extinguishel
The power was shut on, and no srains were run
for twenty minutes
LITTLE FLOOD IN WALI~sT.
Excitement prevailed in the Wall Street df--
trict over report that the Stock Exchange had
been flooded In frsnt Of the gallery entrance
to the exchange is small excavation. where
men have been at work Western Union
wires Into this the water. which came down
through Nassau and Wall sts. like a mountain
torrent, poured and made US way through the
| tubular conduits into the basement OF the build
ing. Superintendent Tieruey of the Western
Union branch office was unable to get a fire en-
sine 70 keep down the food so he formed his
messenger boys into bucket brigade and ball
ing out the excavation was begun As the
downpour slackened the boys gained. and were
able to keep pace with the supply until the rain
ceased About three inches of water made its
way into the baSement. flooding the floor and
i forcing the evacuation Of those who were work
/ ing there.
! TORRENTS AT VARIOUS POINTS
The early home goers from the downtown Of
hCes were caught in a flood az the Manhattan
entrance OF the Brooklyn Bridge. The water
rushed down the incline over the track in tor
rents,
Parts of West-st below Cortlandr were flooded
for almost hour. Late LAST night there was
G pond AT West-st. and Battery Place Those
soinS and returning from the COney Island
boats were obliged TO wade make a wide
detour to avoid lake several acres in extent.
Earlier in the day this lake OverhOwed into
Battery Park, and for tin9e traffic at that
point was seriously tmpeded The Belt Line
ears plOwed through it.
Further up the street early home going COM
muters had to wade knee deep in the uOOd Or
wait for the water % recede- Passengers for
the Pennsylvania. the Jersey Central the Erie
and the Lackawanna suffered this iECOrvenisnce
for half hour.
SEVERAL MINOR ACCIDENTS
James Dowden. clerk in the Harlem Hos
ptaI received a severe shock while Answering
the telephone during the storm. AS he was re-
ceiving message there was a flash of lightning
and he was thrown across the room.
Tony CaIandrucea. who is employed at No
200 Cireene-st, was sent to the roof TO close
the windows. He was about TO return by climb
ing a ladder when there was a flash of light
ming and loud of thunder Calandruceat
became fTiEhtened. and losing his balance fell
down the ladder An ambulance was called
from ST VinCents Hospital and he removed
there. where it was said that ne was suffering
more from fright than anything else.
Frank T. Brooks. of No. 216 ACademy-st. Jer-
sey City, hurry ing home during the storm
and had reached NOntgonery-st and Mil Road
when he stunned by lightning. Re was re-
moved u the city Hospital tie revived and
went home.
LIGHTNING CALLS y MESSENGER
\ messenger boy ran into The building at
Nos 81 ana - Broad-st. soon after a vivid
flash OF lightning, went 70 the fourth dOcr ard
tried TO get tute q vacant office IIe told tae
iarjtor he hed answered q caU from thar once
The ianitor unlocked tine door and discovered
that the nHesse ngsr box was cut of C0mrliss,9,I
nd that "A lot of plaster h9d fallen tO the ro0-
from the ceiling Later il was found that Es;.t-
ming had struck the wires rbe reef aud TUu
down co the messenger box.
WALDORF TELEPHONES AFFECTED
IN open >rnduit containing te!ephons wires
running in. be Waldorf was flooded and the
telephone Sc e of the hotel cut ont for about
two hours -s-orkU-en had been busy IN tie
conduit throusA the day. The same main wives
that run into The waldorf also furnish telephone
connection in several large office buildings near
IVY and in a good many Fifth-ave houses, Tci-
ephone service in these buildings also was cut
off for two hours. among them being the Century
Building.
The big plate glass window Of the drug store
owned by- H. s Johnson at Third-ave. and
Twenty -hfth-st.. blown in by the wind.
HURRICANE AT STATEN ISLAND.
+ The wind blew with hurricane force on Staten
( Island making it almost impossible for persons
o. walk in the streets without beES elcwn
Gown Trees were Blown down and uprO0teC