New-York tribune., 1908-05-08

landing from 157th street and 81. AIMS averus
% 165tb street were a miniature lake This
section Is known as Pocahontas Cut. ard =
twenty feet below the surface of the street.
I,our feet OF water gathered in tire grants
walled cut. and it became impossible to operats
trains over the tracks.
KEPT FROM THE THEATRES.
Along the farm" in West street cellars wers
flooded and much damage caused to the stocks
Of storekeepers. Work on the subway extern
sion for the connection Of the bridges at Walke-.
Canal and Centre streets had to be abandoned
when the excavation became a subterranean
lake and pumping engines will be required be-
fore the work can be resumed The streets IN
the Teuderloin and the hotel lobbies seemed d.
serted. and the theatres recorded the poorest at
tendance OF the season
The cool heavy rain which fell throughout
the day, beginning shortly before Wednesday
midnight did its best to make a record ycs-
terday, but fell short in the attempt The rain,
which was general throughout the United states
east of the Mississippi River. gave the baseball
fans an opportunity of seeing a. some latar
time two games for one admission. for. with the
execution Of q few games played IN the Southern
cities the popular American sport was abs1-
doned-
The dornpour a regular soaker- TIERS
vas no let-up and persons who had u walk IN
IT had opportunity OF drying between
showers.
On October and 2, 1903. there went on racorI
go inches as the heaviest rainfall for twenty
four hours I'm the history OF the local weathsr
bureau. The rainfall from q. N. to 2. m.
Yesterday was 3 ii inches. One OF the features
of the rain for this season was the cool tem-
perature and the wind OF fairly high velocity
which accompanied it. Throughout the day the
wind blew forty-four miles an hour from the
northeast, and the average temperature, which
was As degrees above zero. was 8 degrees below
the normal temperature for this season The
lowest temperature was 10 degrees and tbs
highest 81.
OCEAN LINERS DELAYED.
Rain vas reported in nearly every section -
the United States east of the Mississippi River,
and from the delay of the transatlantic steam
ships II is thought that the storm extended vel
out to sea The White Star liner Baltic and tia
Cunarder Caronla, due to arrive yesterday. were
held back and the fast turbiner Mauretaris,
which should be of the Hghtship early this
morning. will rot dock before 2 D. m. to-day
Rain to-day ard probably tomorrow is pre-
dicted by the weather bureau.
The profile OF the ocean front at Long Branch
greatly altered by the fierce winds which
hurled waves OF incredible height against the
tetties and buIkheads. At Sea View avenue and
the ocean new bulkhead was half torn away
and the piIing Of the old pier Casino was swept
out to sea The ennbankuents in front of the Old
Surf House and the Curtis estate at West Enli
avenue were washed away. At North I4onE
Branch big slice of earth was carried of am
at Seabright a jetty in front OF the cottage o:
Mayor P. Hall Packer demolished. The
high will probably cause 100000 damage
before the storm subsidies
The heavy dOwnpour did not deter New York4
battalion OF field artillery from going 10 annual
target practice at CreednOor, Long Island The
First and Second Batteries. of Manhattan and
the Third Battery. OF Brooklyn, and the newly
organized State Field Hospital Corps went d
the range over the Long Island Railroad al
O'Clock yesterday morning There vas 10
shelter from the steady rainfall. and the qusli-
flying Of marksmen with the revolver was ac-
complished with difficulty Ninety per cent 0<
the men qualified. The troops which used the
range are the only ones permitted to shoot thsrs
this season.