The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-13
SLEET, SLIP, SLOP And SLOW up
YESTERDAYS BRANDS or Wealth
Err BAD FOR THIRD RAIL.
srov soon Changed 20 Rain That First
Glazed Everything With Ice and Then
trIrd the slippery Surface Up With
pnddles, Which Are Likely 10 Freezo.

Glazed Everything With Ice and Then
tmed the slippery Surface Up With
ppddles, Which Are Likely 10 Freezo.
7ba oyclonic brew the witches Of the
-eather began stirring in the Southwest
=, Friday stopped over the rim OF the caul-
a., into this neighborhood yesterday.
Tho changes Of temperature were rapid.
/. ,te manning there we're furries of snow.
me mercury was down at 20 degrees then.
I, rose Fl degrees between A. NJ. and
n snow was succeeded by sleet and
loot by rain that froze on the rails and
-,re. of all the electric lines, allow and
,ioft causing pyrotechnics that have been
s.idor, elualled on a winter day. The
,h;-J rail lines had the worst OF 1t. Sparks
Jri,,ed from tho elevated structures al
r,ost in cascades and brought thousands
,ayindoss overlooking tracks in Manhattan
and Brooklyn
~ Lincoln we're frozen stiff as metal signs.
soroe we're b7nged 10 frag ments in the brisk
southeasterly breeze. One of these was
eoe on the City Hall. Efforts to save
the bunting by lowering it were frustrated
he frozen halliards. Umbrellas we're lit
erallv frozen up and wouldn't come down.
Everything out Of doors for several hours
i, the afternoon wore coat OF glaze. At
so'clock. when the temperature got above
,ha freeing point. the glossy fruitage OF
,ba trees began to trickle down, adding
N the discomfort Of navigation on side
,.lks and crossings. The packed sleet
and snow Of other days was worn down
81 shatinr snoothness by the beating Of
me warm rain. Under every pool there
ras sheet Of slipperiness ooncealed, and
many folks sat down in seas that splashod
over their tafIrsis.
Surface water running down from the
rosdyays Of the Brooklyn Bridge made
trolble at the car loops at the Manhattan
entrance. The water was from one TO four
i,cbes deep. and all the people bound for
BROOKLYN by the ground floor route got
wet feet.
The centre Of the storm passed 20 the
north of the city late last night and the
Wind shifted to southwest, Before this
sfternoon there may be a northwest
gale. Washington predicts much lower
temperature for to-day, which means the
transformation Of the town into q skating
INK.
sleet sheathed third rails and slippery
Ice covered tracks caused no end OF vex-
stous delays on all the elevated lines.
The Third avenue elevated line suffered
most Of all apparently. Until the heavy
rain helped the situation there we're blocks
along the line from the Brooklyn Bridge
10 Pelham avenue in The Bronx. At Ninety
ninth street. Seventy-second street. Four
tenth street. Thirty-fourth street and
Pelham avenue trains we're blocked several
tines for from fifteen minutes to half an
hour. The Sixth and Ninth avenue lines
suffered n good deal. From o'clock until
N blocks and long waits wore common.
Two hundred people in three car train
going down Third avenue. and near Sew
enty-frst street. early in the afternoon were
scared when a fuse blew out in the rear car,
and tbs woodwork about the motorman's
box caught fire. The motorman had
brought his train to O stop as soon as ne
heard the explosion. and ran back TO see
what the trouble was. The fire was OUT
In a minute, but the panic was not so short
lived Men broke the windows with their
fists and some OF them succeeded IN jump
ing out Women screamed. which was
natural enough. because men tramped
over them. Several policemen who were
passengers mana ged in time to restore order
after having 10 yAnk A lot OF men away
from the windows.
Many Of the passen gers had jumped out
and walked TO the Sixty-eeventh street
station Most of those left insisted on
being allowed to leave the train. They
were plotted 10 the station by the police
men. A few remained in the train.
Two men we're hurt. Nathan Baohraoh,
10 years old, machinist of West l3th
street cut his ankle on broken glass Isidor
Kstaen, Of 65 Hester street, was sitting in
the rear car near the motor box and was
cut about the right hand A fire alarm was
turned in by some one IN the street. After
delay Of nearly half an hour the tram
proceeded 10 South F,rry. The line was
tied up for moro than an hour, partly on
account Of the sleet
The Six h avenue elevated was tied up
for wenty minutes in the afternoon when
me freezing rain got the better of the third
rail scTaper. In places the trains crawled
feebly along with a great squeaking and
cracking, splitting flame from the third
rail. Below Thirty-third street all was at a
siandstill. train on the north track and r.
train on the south track having blown out
fuses. The rain soon began to fall heavily
and ceased TO freeze and the scrapers we're
able 10 get nd of the icy coating. Few
passengers left the stalled trains one look
out of the windows al the slipping and
tacksliding mortals below sent them back
10 walt
About twenty minutes before o'clock a
northbound train on the Ninth avenue
line blew a fuse ont and came 20 a standstill
at fifteth street 1t was about eight
minutes before a second train came along
and was stalled behind it After twenty
minutes delay the second train began
pushing the frst UP the incline to Fifty-ninth
street The two trains we're coupled to-
sether at tiftv-ninjh street and continued
as ono train.
In the latter part Of the day the elevated
three car Sunday trains were doubled up
INTO ak car trains 20 get more power, and
The service improved
In: p0Lcs reported twenty-seven slight
ACCIDENTS due 10 the shpp ary sidewalks.
AEIERE COLD IN SOUTHW EST.
zero Weather HpDnrTad