New-York tribune., 1908-02-20
SNOW. RAIN AND SLUSH
Erea lStreefcars IRE stopped 6y
Flood an the Streets.

N.r York changed its aress in double quick
tine yesterday its citizens went 10 their "olh III
the morning while the streets were covered WIN d
soft CARPET OF snow and returned IN lHe eNeliie
bv wadinr through network Of canals. EFeiS
main near the city turned into blg iake'
where the water varied from one 10 i've feet IN
ssefsth and cellars We're flooded by the hundreds-
This condition was brought about when al noon d
snoRstorm turned 10 rain
With the rain came rise ia temperature OF lo
degrees thai sent the pouring into the sewers
faster than IL had fallen upon The 1treets- me
x,rosaic SNOW. lie inches rain. ~ lnches OF
the weather bureau was utterly inadequate TO ut-
scribe what thaz bit OF snow and rain was capaoie
of when temperature Of over - degrees Was
added
Five Thousand passengers on The Bath Beach Inf
OF the Brooklyn Rapid Transit had 10 Walk nome
IN Utrecht street. from Toth 10 18th street the
water rose 10 a height Of ve feet, making il M
possible the trains pass without getting 1ler
motors full of water thus rendering them useless
one 1rain stopped al $50 O'Clock and seventeen ON
ers that followed il did the same thing The oiock
lasted until $50 when the water began 10 sunSldt-
Passengers rnuttered ane-ily AT first and then got
OF. Of The cars 10 see the trouble themselves
About five hundred them tried - get into wait
ing car al 18th avoid the rain and the re
serves from The Bath Beach station were hnalIy
called oilt 10 keep order.
Hampstead plains. Long Island were turned
into q bc inland sea. and it was Impossible TO 20
about 1he streets OF Hampstead without the use OF
Lip boots. Nearly every cellar n the NlIIaSe "aS
flooded. lille the brook flowing through 1he VII
laee overfoVed. making il almost Impossible 1or
1he trolley cars 10 get through and rendering the
crossing from -he north the south side of the
stream impossible even over the bridges Low
den's Pond which has recently been added to
August Belmont's holdings, overfoTe ed lis banks
and flooded the Belmont place The lake in Mrs
O. Il T. Belmont gardens overfoWed. sending The
water luto the cellar of her house
The railroad station al Garden city was turned
1nto an island. and trains passing through the hood
threw uE q volume Of water Ten feet high. Cross
ing IN. stream possible only IN q carriage
until bows constructed a raft. on which they car
rled passengers for i've cents d trip
Parent Gunderson. lah9rer. was walking along
the passacevay Of the new BIackwels Island
Bridge yesterday morning when his foot slipped
in The snow. causing Eim 10 fan While he was
upon the ground giant crane bore down upon
MIN. cur Of MS right leE ana sent him tuInblins
10 me ground thirty feet below from where he
was picked up dead
There may be some relief to-day for while the
weather bureau promises continuation Of the
SHOWS the weather viii probably he colder
Commissioner Crov7eI of the Street Cleaning De-
parrrleut said last night that The Jhaw and rain
had probably saved the Ci:y about Scooe1o lie did
nor cali ou1 tle contractors. and said that # the
-favv continued few hours longer he did not
think that II would be necessary 70 90 So Il there
Is "a sudden drop in temperature however. II viii
mean troubie Tor the department. as II viii be
necessary 10 20 10 work with picks well as
shnva!s