New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
TorrentiaI Rain Accompanies
High Wind. with Terrific
Electrical Effects.
DAMAGE DONE IN ALL PARTS
ZIG sirn Crashes Through SKY
LIGHT Into Billiard Parlor--
Flushing Circus Tent
blown Down.

.ha, bos hoon ~son in this section Of the
oo,,,,-, In many Years swept over East
o,r Ne,. .TerSov. Now York and Long ISL
and shortly after 30 o'clock last nisnt'
killing ono man IN Jersey City and leaV-
ing 2 trait % destruction that will prob
ably amount 20 s2oo.o0o in damages
New York's streets ran ankle deep In
water. and the subway was converted
into a s,btcrranean stream with water
| falls instead of station steps. while
frightened ,hrcngs soueh. shelter on
every station platform
big electric sign on tho roof Of the
building NJ the northwest corner of 4sth
street and Broadway was blown from ite
fastenings and crashed through the sky
lights into Maurice Dalv's billiard parlor,
on the TOP floor ~ the building.
The place vas crowded with players.
who were showered alike by the glass
from the skyliehts and the torrents N
rain that poured through tho open
spaces There vas Il ruah for the street
but no ono was injured. The damage 10
Mr.. DaIv's place is estimated at $4,000.
Tho diners IN Churchilrs restaurant,
across tho street. were greatly alarmed
hv tho crash Patrolman Evans, OF the
West eth street police station, turned
IF tho mower connected with the lighting
onraratus Of the sign and thus saved
further trouble.
Oan,ane All Over Town
All over town the force Of the vino
and rain blew down trees and smashed
Windows. ond the lightning struck a
number of houses In the city and sur
rounding suburbs. the electrical feature
of the storm. indeed being one Of its
most terrifying.
J-p in The Bronx the lightning put the
electric lighting system out Of service
for almost half an hour. The telephone
service also was crippled and the sur
face cars were AT n standstill for time.
A. West Farms Square. in West Chester,
lanes Mooney. Of No. 1870 Nyse avenue,
was blown from his feet by sudden
gust II uind and rendered unconscious.
Ho was taken 10 Fordham Hospital by
Or. Carcy.
Whilo making 4 trip "a Staten Island
when the storm was AZ its height. Cap
tain schmidt - tho Municipal Ferry
hoat Bronx. saw small launch I'm dis
tress off Robbins Reef He ordered
members ~ the crew to launch life
boat from the upper deck and they went
10 the rescue. They found two women
ard three men in a launch that was half
filed with water and would have sunk
I'm few minutes. They we're taken
aboard the Bronx and carried TO Staten
Island.
Inside the hie tent inolosure al Flush
} ing where a circus is being held for
the benefit of the Flushing Hospital,
tive ntv-five thousand persons were stam-
peded BY the storm. six Of them being
slightly injured They were taken 10
the Flushing Hospital
The inclosure occupies five blocks. and
, is unroofed. To add 10 the panic. three
trained elephants struggled wildly 10 es-
cape from their keepers at each crash
of thunder and the horses Of Squadron
A. the members NJ which are taking part
in the circus. began to stampede. but
tfev we're rounded UP by the troopers.
1t was estimated that the damage
caused to the circus enterprise will
amount to $4,000 The entire tentage
Of the circus was blown down.
The hundreds OF passengers who were
returning from Coney Island crowded the
bridge entrance in Park Row and
TANNED into the subway station in a.
wet and frightened mass. A torrent of
water poured down the subway stairs
and over the platforms until the train
schedule was forced out Of operation
The danger Of short circuit became
apparent when the water rose in the
roadbed. and the officials Of the road
took steps at once 10 open the big drains.
In every subway station the same cons
dition existed the crowds running into
the kiosks and. as they grew in number,
croudlrg the platforms for shelter.
The big flashes OF lightning could ba
plainly seen through the glass pavement
over the stations. and caused not little
, alarm among those who were huddled
, together on the steaming station plat
forms.
In the theatre districts every one ran
j for taxicab or streetcar 10 escape the
drenchine rain. At Coney Island the
| crowds who sought the cool of the sea-
shore got II with a watery accompani-
ment They could not escape IL as read-
ily as persons in the city. for Coney ISL
/ ard offers none too ample shelter for
crowd that numbered nearly two hun.
dred thousand as last nights crowd did.
Umbrellas that had fallen victim To the
Wild sweeps of the storm were strewp
, along most OF the principal streets. the
thoroughfares in the vicinity Of the
I Brooklyn Bridge and Long Acre Square
| showing the biggest wreckage.
, The rain made II appear as though
haze had settled over the city and sur
.ace car traffic was seriously hampered
, as the result.
: Downtown Collars Flooded.
or West and South streets. and in
, r,,ny OF the downtown buildings the
water poured into the cellars. causing
heavy loss To the owners. and during the
r height Of the storm there were few cross.
? ings that had less than five inches OK
water pclring toward the sewers.
At the Columbus Circle there was all
most n panic when the crowds that had
been caught in Central Park by the
, storm rushed for shelier A number of