New-York tribune., 1911-09-01
Storm Signals Out for To-day
and Rain Will Continue to
Fall All Along the At
lantic Coast.
OUR EJGHT.DAY DOWkPOUR.
Rainfall per day from August "a to
For the rain u raine,h every day
Twelfth Might, Act

For the rain u rsineth every day
Twelfth Night. Act V.
, Which is all right as far as 1t goes.
but no record OF the present splash
would be Just that failed to incorporate
adequate recognition Of the part that has
been played by our dewy nights.
Although st. Swithins reign began
modestly on Thursday OF last week. With
only .o7 inch Of drizzle. there has been
approximation for the eight succeeding
days and fluent evenings.
At 8 p. m. yesterday the rainfall since
August "a amounted to 64s inches. The
record for consecutive downpour in Au-
gust was made during the ten juicy days
between August 13 and %, 1913, when
6.56 inches of rain fell
This thirty eight -year-od title OF
sappy '73 was being pushed to the ropes
last night by our own seemingly stintless
showers.
AS early as 4 p. m. s.2s inches Of rain
The situation had grown to be positively
unpleasant TO campers at Orchard Beach.
Pelham Bay: Higgs Beach and Clason's
Point Twenty-Five tents were blown
down by heavy squall in the morning.
II had seemed before then to the camp
ers as II things could not be more de-
pressing than they we're. Cold, stir
and inundated. they had tried to sleep In
marsh. They had walked up several
times, feverishly gargling and spouting
Rillets had run alongside their hunks
for hours. -4--
When the tents began 10 60 the wind
tossed the canvas about and entangled
the discouraged occupants in the ropes.
Many of the campers became so satiated
with outdoor life that they cut them
selves away from the tent ropes and
parted from their companions OF the last
few weeks without word of regret.
Here's the Rain In Bulk.
But 1t should be remembered that 6.26
inches of rain that had fallen up TO
o'clock yesterday afternoon reduced ,
gallons makes a stunning aggregate.
II is popularity believed that rain birds
foretell rain. Sometimes the birds which
make outcries indicative Of discomfort or
alarm before a drenching are called rain
crows. The bird that foretold this
storm. according to the weather man.
was cuckoo.
For instance, each one inch OF rainfall
means 277OO gallons OF water TO an acre
of ground. In Manhattan and The
Bronx there are 40,O55 acres-sufficient
to make any one independent for life.
II would have required big bucket 10
catch the 6.26 inches that had fallen up
TO 4 p. m.
II you have any doubts about this, but
will accept figures, the total rainfall in
Manhattan and The Bronx during the
present wet spell up TO o'clock yester-
day afternoon amounted to 6,04J,6lT1l0
gallons.
Some persons like their figuring done
in cubic feet. II is equally magnificent
viewed from that angle, because the
result proves that 1,1l3,377,279 cubic
feet Of water had reached us.
This Tank Would Hold II All.
Suppose Madison Square Garden had
the rain that fell on Manhattan and
The Bronx That spacious amusement
hall covers oil acres of ground. and 4
vat TO contain the water mentioned
would necessarily have to be 1923 times
as tall as that historic building. the
present length and breadth measure
ments OF the Garden being retained.
Commissioners Thompson OF the Water
Department .,assed through City Hall
Park yesterday afternoon, good humor
radiating through his cravenette, but al
though his smile was rather expansive
4, was not so much that way as 4
would have been. he said. II only the
Croton district had received the same
amount of rainfall that had made Man
haitian such diluted town.
Down here water might be coming 50
fast as to be considered drug on the
, market, the commissioner said, but as
for Croton that was something else
again"
Commissioner Thompsons figures for
the rainfall during the present series OF
showers ended at a. m. yesterday
showed 5.64 inches for the Croton ais-
trict, and for twenty -four hours ended al
the same time .92 inch. This. he SAID.
would mean between 35 and 40 days
supply.
Rain Causes House to Fall.
Weakened by the rain. two story
frame house at No. S25 East 1SOth street.
which was unoccupled and being remod-
eIed. collapsed shortly after O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon, and fell on the Side
walk. No one was injured. Just before
n cayed In three women and man had
ma ssed. The noise Of the fall was heard
for blocks and in few minutes a large
crowd gathered An alarm OF hre was
,urned in and Battalion Chief Gray, with
men from three engine companies. To-
se.her with the reserves from the NOR