The evening world., 1911-12-04

Gus and women were frightened. From
that time on similar breaks In the power
continued at various points farther up
town.
A southbound subway train leaving
Grand Central station at about 9.15
o'clock gave a thrilling imitation Of a
blast furnace and gave hundreds Of pas
sengcrs more or less Of a scare. 1'raflc
had just about resumed its normal
purse after long delays due to an ear.
llcr breakdown at the same point.
Something blew out under the eighth
car OF the ten-car express train. Thu
blowout was on the left hand side.
From the trucks Of this car there was
spit out a continuous stream OF white
hot sparks like the explosion OF a great
rocket.
The train moved almost Its length at.
ter the frst sign Of the blowout and the
fire Of sparks from the truck raked
three-quarters Of the length Of the up
town platform. Passengers standing on
this platform waiting for uptown trains
turned. ducked their heads and ran for
their lives. for 1t looked like certain
death to undergo the b~ombardment Of
inc eruption OF sparks.
Passengers on the train In trouble
saw . 4 In q. long ra,nccat trip and
iAii headiong On the platform. It looked
as though. he had slid clear across into
the depression OF the uptown local
tracxs. The platform guards we're as
frightened as anybody else. and made
no secret about hunting for q place
Of safety.
PANIC IN CAR THAT CAUSED
ALL THE TROUBLE.
The train came to an emergency stop
as the last car cleared the station plat.
form. Then all the lights went out The
air was charged with the smell of burn
ing insulation. but the passenger kept
calm. There was q slight panic In the
car that figured a. the disturbing ele-
ment.
A considerable walt ensued In tho dark
train and the good nature of a subway
crowd was exemplified. Although every
body on the train was from fifteen min
utes to half an hour late there was no
grumbling. When the train started up
there was practically a clear track
ahead and quick time was made to the
Brooklyn Bridge station.
In the department store district there
was complete stopping Of all vehicle
travel because . coal wage was
stalled on Thirty-fourth street near
Park avenue. Both tracks of the
Thlrty-fourth street cross-town lines
were stopped and the trolley cars
| formed solid lines 30 suddenly that
| there were no openings left FOR the
passing Of trafRc on the up and down
| town streets. and in q few minutes
broadway. Sixth avenue and Lexington
| avenue were In as bad a way az Thirty
fourth street. The coal Wagon was
| prled to the curb In half an hour. but
Inc confusion II had made continued for
several hours. spreading to all parts OF
the city as the Interrupted schedules
began to break down.
In Brooklyn the n. r. r., with Its
great sweepers roaring and swishing
up and down the tracks was not able
TO do much better than the Manhattan
lines. Fulton street was blocked tight.
md thousands Of belated New York
workers got off and tramped over side
walks where the snow had been packed
by the feet OF the multitude until II
was like ice. These people looked to
the local cars on the Bridge to get
them to Manhattan and the subway
Their lot was not made any more
cheerful by the break in the subway's
carrying rower.
The wind and snow together early n
ltho day made II impossible for the healt'
inspectors to go out from Quarantine 4
pass ships lying outside all the way from
Ambrose Light to the Quarantine sta
ton.
The Columbia OF the Anchor line wa