The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-09-05
Fall in the City Was Three and
Thirty One-Hundredths
Inches.
HOTEL CELLARS FLOODED
The Guests Go to Bed by Candle
Light in Two
Places.

OF water up to IL 80 O'Clock this morning.
They said at the Weather Bureau that the
records accessible at night did not show
but II was certain that the
nights rain held the record for the year,
Street cars were stalled In various
parts Of town. The elevated railway
service was bothered. while the streets.
particularly near the east and north
sides OF Manhattan. ran rivers OF water.
Water was two feet deep In some places
In the subway near Times Square and
trains just crawled along. II took some
trains going uptown fifteen minutes to
get from Times Square to Fiftieih street.
The humidity in the cars was very high
and passengers suffered greatly.
Trafic on the downtown tracks was
tied up for nearly an hour because Of the
frequent snort circuits. which necessitated
turning on the current
The storm did much damage In the
distric' around Forty-second street and
Broadway. Water poured into the sub
way station at that point. Taxicabs
carrying people from theatres and res
taurants were stalled In the foods be.
,''e wave e"' INV VIC e"'Ou'e'o'S'
In vain the drivers cranked their ma
chlnes wniie the passengers had some
'h,hs 10 "a! apout sea going CABS
PERSONS IN note's IN the block In Forty
seventh s'ree' between broadway and
S'A'h avenue were oothered oy the storm
In man! instances water got INTO the cell
'ars' a"ec.'ns the nshuhs ana the power
p'ah.s' among the hote's that had
nouo'e % we're .ne somerset ionsacre'
The water. getting into the cellar OF the
Hotel Somerset cut on the light anf made
II Impossible 10 use the elevators Guests
We're compelled to climb the stairs candles
IN hahd.
In the course OF the rain small fire
occurred al los west Forfy-s'xth street
An alarm was turned In also from tho
circle Tneatre. az broadway and sixtieth
street TW HS'0ut much ex-
citement was caused by water which was
damned on the ROOF ana hnaiiy broke
'hroukh skyhgh'' noodins the theatre
ana the Circle pharmacS
water gov INTO 'ne subway AT Times
.auaIe ."o nooue" 'he "o""'o~h express
u".NS al so ."'S "or"'"s' An express
u""" ~"'"eu '"e wafer up 10 the 'h'rd
% 80 s"s a,,' ~. WI. '",.e ,""o eAPos'ohs
80. -" "eu VIC 81" WIN p,ue name
p. VI. "'"''o''
.,..s WV "'e y" '"e uo"h'owR
p'a.'''" s'i'a"'eu ana hed before the
rus" u 'S"oAe' Ihe' cropped umbrellas.
ou"u.' ,a.neoa'S ana o'her thihss all
''er ."e p'a'o," ana "ade tor the street
.o""y e"p'oyees appeared ana turned
y" VIC 'u,Ien, u" Tue "owh'o"h express
ana local tracks NO that there would b.
no more short circuits.
"sseF'
Guests who sat In the foyer OF the new
Grand Hotel at Broadway and THIRTY
first street were driven to their rooms by
water which came down through the aoors
ab,ye into the main lobby Enr,rssr.
tr,cci tho ,eaka,s N tho roo, uh.r, ~, ,
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'"u~e" 'ea'es
Ihe wafer backed up ana went down
through bedrooms and halls. doing much
damage.
At the Hotel Imperial water came down
through the eighth floor and soaked tho
costly decorations and f,rni.h,n.. in IN.
Red Room on the nrst floor. Much Of the