New-York tribune., 1909-06-28
STORM CONQUERS HEAT
sCfTY BRE4THES AGAIN.
DozUn pour Causes Damage an Brook
lam. Where Se1cer COllapseS.

q Within the space Of few hours New York City
ffecare transformed from a seething Turkish nath
f1nto an enormous shower hath, and the change was
f1velcorned by every resident Attendant upon the
lratnfau there was also drop in the temperature
t,ha humidity and 81 fact every feature which has
Azerded to make the city place TO oe avoided dur
isur the past week. glance at the theTfnotheteT
-and other instruments used in gazging the vaga-
-r5es Ct the atmosphere sufhced TO show what
radical changes were brought about by the storm
The highest point reached by the heat yesterday
was safe and 81 degrees while al It's lowest
She mercury had 70 be content with beGsarly
s. degrees. When this is compared with Fridays
limit Of 20 degrees win be understood why it was
that everybody who forced TO move about
much yesterday experienced sense Of great relef
Though New York escaped added day and
night OF tropical weather. the new era cf rains
and storms had its unpleasant features. in that it
created havoc many sections of the greater city
BY causing wasnouts and foundations A.,
e. Brooklyn seemed TO be the worst sufferer by the
floods ana thunderstorrns. During the heavy down
tpour the RidSevyood section Of Williamsburg was
seriously damaged by the storm. cellars ana
stores being flooded. necessitAting the calling out
Of the Fire Department. lest the surplus water
afhould wash away the foundations OF the buildings
Residents Of St Nicholas avenue were thrown
into state OF panic when the supports Of the new
St Nicholas avenue sewer, now in course of con-
sxtruction were carried away by the rush Of water
These supports imbe6ded in sandy soil. and
as they fell many frame houses along the course
of the work were weakened and tottered on their
1oundations- Things finally got so bad that call
was sent for the reserves Of the Hamburg avenue
azstation. and Captain Burns sent his men through
EaI the houses telling the tenants 10 leave their
homes the time being The captain then sent
Tor the contractor in charge and for men from the
: Buildings Department. and they were working until
ssar into the night make the houses safe for oc-
kzaIpaney-
Other sections Of Brooklyn also suffered from the
Ffrea ks Of the storm. St Johns German Lutheran
fs-furch. New Jersey avenue, near Liberty ave-
ksue was struck by q bolt Of lightning. the oelfry
4a5eing badly damaged. A shower Of bricks and the
Etone coping were crashing 10 the ground. and
lzlaTrovly escaped hitting members OF the oongTe-
fxyation entering the building
/ one death indirectly due TO the storm was re-
fscorded in New Jersey. when John O'NeiI, twenty
ieeven years old. Of No. 1885 Willow street. Wee
ssns1ken vas Instantly killed Willow avenue.
ef4oboken. by electric light wire blown down oy
fshe wind.
Despite the decided fall IN temperature. the fol-
Rowing deaths from the heat were recorded up TO
.ksnidnight last night:
tAMFIIE. Annie twenty-five years old, Of No. 4s4
BushVick Brooklyn died At her nome
balEIIICKER John. fifty years old. Of No SI2 Pacic
/ street. Brooklyn: oied Fulton and lay sue7Os'
- street Hackensack. y J: died n the Hachensack
( Hospital
AsIMAlS. william fortytouT old Of No So2 Bed
ford avenue. Brooklyn. died his home