Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-12
WATER FLOODS
NEW YORK SUBWAY
Hundreds Of Persons Almost
Smosthercd Before They Could
Reach Fresh AlL
FoRTy.ElCHT lNCH MAIN BURST
Ran for Four and a Half Hours Before
City 0nlcals Could DO Anything
To Check Flow

New York, June l2.~JTrRln service IN
The subway was suspended lhronRhoul
tho night ne u result ~ the food from
iS.lnQh water main sunday nilor.
noon. 1ho flow OF water cont lnued
uninterrupted four and onu'hnli hours
while suballorns " the city water de'
rnrlmcli wandered about N the won.
I,y of Park avenue ana Fofly'iliW
street turning on orc Rnlc eflor an
Other m n nilll0 search for the proper
fhut.off to stop the destructive noo1
olncials Of the subway irtnucalB lele,
rhonod IN an directions bll say ihty
JAILED 10 Ind amy ono I'm authority with
the rouuesto knowledge " the ma inn.
The damage wac lnally checked
through information furnished by a
private oitlSon employed oy a cone
iraptlng llfn
IL In estimated that tho loss 10 The
subway alone WIN be 100000 Hun
drtda Of persons were caught m inc
hlcckadpd trains and almost amothored
before they were able 10 reach fresh AIR
BY wadng through rs inches Of water
20 the nourcst station, Many women
had lholr clothing practically ruined
by water which ape,torod through the
open windows
There were thousands ~ persons
md much Time elapsed before ncwA 81
the blockade reached thom. Coneo'
quontly man travellers bound for The
Grand Central ana other railway sta
lions missed their trains ont OF town,
There wcro scenes NJ considerable
disorder NJ Tho Brooklyn bridge sta.
ton, Coming from Tho beaches and
other resorts great crowds poured mo
The underground stations ana Tor nhlt
nm hour after the trains stopped thoy
continued 20 gather, Tickets being sold
M usual, Then the agents began gly,
,ne out blockade transfers and
guards wero stationed az the entrances
u warn away the would'bo passengers,
But tho crowds from tonoy lelanu
brushed them aside ana continued 10
enter, After much delay short naln
service was established Az far north hH
Fourteenth street 10 further com.
plioate the situation n car Jumped the
irnok ON the spur from the city hall Ia
Rector street and hlockadod lr0lllc ~
that section II was then found nocot'
pnry 10 close stations south of tho
city hall, Unfortunately for tho travel
ing public the subway tracks iukl
where the water main loOHcd w. torrent
pre depressed four or I'VE feet below
tho average grade and this quickly
ulled, making IL absolutely necessary
IN pump out tho tunnel nR there was ~
outlet A bin steam pump WAS quick
" rugged and NJ AN early hour I'M
morning was slowly gaining on ia
water with the promise that the thill
rail would ho free w time 10 PERM
operations during the morning rus
down town,
pcrsons who were caught In III
trains near the Hood Nhen the powo
failed had a terrifying experience Al
Inc llghta were suddenly oytIngulshod
following sorloa Of loud explosions
Men, women and children who illled IN
cars were thrown into q panic Of dreal
as The tunnel suddenly became Intense
w dark, Thoro was n rush for IN
doors when water began TO spra
through tho open VindoWs, but IN
guards held their ground ana close
The windows
The temperature quickly became siI
Ming and finally the guards were unoel
ANONYMOUSLY pushed aside while m
passengers plunged into the water an
made their way to tho nearest station
groping along the walls IN ofdcr
avoid the third rail current
Hundreds Woro AFRAID, however
risk their lives and workmen were 800
ON tho epot with lanterns, The fab
glow from this source heartened u
Imprisoned passengers and soon lor
Inca OF the frightened men, women al
children were threading their way b.
tween the rails unill the nearest pla
forms were reached,
A condition that attracted the a,lcl
ton Of nearly every ono who was N
TOO scared to observe w. was the sn
don opprossvonoeH that nllod the ~
mel and stncd those In the cars Wit
In Ave minutes after the trains stomp
moving the temperature appeared
rise many degrees, untll the cars we
like the hot room IN q Turkish. bat
open windows gave little rcllot al
many persons omorgod nom lhc n
tlOns I'M a linn ana exhausted condltlC
I'm addition 10 the demogod roadN
VA the tunnel burned out motors n
the fdsIng Of hundreds Of electrical ca
tlvanccs added greatly to tho 10
private property along Park aYon
also suffered severely, Quick WORK
the new Hotel Belmont avoided hen
loBs, Tho building, which Ia pm ma
completed oXtonda four stories una
ground, Employees ON the spot got
pump into action and kopt the I'D
moving into the RoWor, Many priv
cellars IN the nolghborhood were nll
however causing much damage
while officials Of the subway were
oorhtlng ihc city employees FOR porn
ting tho 1ood 10 20 unchecked more II
four hours, thousands Of pamong
who had purchugd iCkotR an along
line before notice was received OF
blockade were demanding their mon
back They mot with refusal aud ri
were narrowly Ayortcd, In due seat
nnother order went round permit