New-York tribune., 1913-07-29

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West 47th street, and candles and
lamps were used. The Long Acre
Hotel No. 157 West 4Ith street. had
it's hotel force at work pumping five
feet Of water from the cellars. The
flood poured into Easements along
West 9th street to the depth Of eigh-
teen inches, stopping the engines and
forcing workmen in the Goodyear
Rubber Company to quit.
Manicure Girls Flee.
The water poured down the stairway
from the street and flooded the Termi-
nal barber shop. causing the customers
to flee from the place, several only
partly shaved. The manicure girls fol-
lowed the customers in their hasty re-
treat from the place. The water ran
down the stairway leading from the
building TO the north platform Of the
subway station at Times Square.
There was about eight inches of water
on the platform.
Relative to the water flowing into the
Times Square station, the Interborough
issued a statement last night saying
that a sewer at the northeast corner
Of Broadway and 42d street overfiowed
and caused water TO flow on the plat
form and tracks. This interfered with
the signals and brought about a delay
in the running schedule Of from ten
10 twelve minutes.
Six inches Of water flowed into the
engine room Of the Hotel Astor ana
a like amount into the laundry room
of the Hotel Rector. The theatres ar
fected by the storm were the New
York, which had a foot Of water; the
Palace which had ten feet OF water
and resulted in cutting off one Of the
elevators. the Cort, one foot Of water
and the Columbia Theatre, one foot
The water was speedily pumped out
of these buildings.
Traffic on the New Haven Railroad
was practically suspended for an hour
when the sewer under the Fordham
station flooded the tracks as far as
Woodlawn with three feet Of water,
putting the electric locomotives out of
business and shutting the power of.
Ties lying in the open were found
floating over the tracks. Ten trains
were stalled. including the Boston Fast
Mail and the local trains for Yonkers,
White Plains, Mount Vernon and other
suburban points.
out Of town the storm did greater
damage, ranging all the way from the
blowing away Of tents on City Island
the shores of Pelham Bay and Throg S
Neck, the destroying Of plants In the
Botanical Garden at Bronx Park to the
dropping down OF a whole block In OAK
street. Passaic.
Anthony Ponthier, an eighteen-year-
old boy, saw his chickens getting wet
and in A rubber coat and boots waded
through his back yard, at No. 1875 CO.
lumbia street, Passaic. Just as he
reached the door Of the chicken coop
bolt of lightning struck at his feet
passed into the chicken coop and de-
stroyed the chickens.
In Hope street, Passaic, a new trunk
sewer leading into New York Bay was
flooded when the parallel storm sewer
failed TO carry off the food. The
storm sewer caved in, and twenty-five
workmen were called from the trunk
sewer excavations just in time TO es-
cape a deluge of water.
The pump station and the street and
sidewalks sank for the width of the
street, clear TO the houses. uprooting
a giant elm tree. The city began 70
build a bridge over the street last
night TO enable the tenants Of five
houses on the block 10 reach their
dwellings. The money damage was
large.
Overtaken by the thunderstorm, Mrs
Judson Yorek, in her haste and confu-
sion. while crossing a footbridge neal
Milburn, ~ j., dropped her baby from
her arms as she started to raise an um-
brella The child fell into two feet OF
water under the bridge and was res
cued by Stephen MacClean.
Sewers at Jamaica overflowed and
stopped the trolley line between that
place and Flushing, and automobiles
were stalled by great lakes which
formed along the roads