New-York tribune., 1921-10-01
Women Saved
From Pools Fed
By Cloudbl,rst
Central Park Police Serve
as Life Savers as Down
pour Maroons Mothers
and Babies on Benches
Girls Wade to Safety
Plate Glass Shattered, Sub.
way Flooded and Trees
Iprooted in Storm Here


Captain Jacque Brown, Sergeant
frank Connor and five patrolmen of
the Arsenal police station, in Central
Park, engaged in a frantic hours work
Yesterday during the height of tor
RENTAL rainstorm. They rescued fifty
women ard. children who were ma
rooned on benches under transfer
bridges IN the park where they had
sought shelter Two patrol wagons
were needed to carrv soaked vic
tins to the station
Owing to deep depressions under
transfer bridges water raced toward
them iron, all. higher points, and be-
fore refugees realized their predica-
mert they were waist deep in water.
More than score of women removed
their shoes and stockings and tried to
wade through the swirling food to
safety. only to be driven back.
When the first patrol wagon arrived
mothers with young children were
standing on benches, holding their off
spring out of reach of the ck-rising
tide. These were taken to the station
for shelter. Before the wagon could
benches we're entirely under water and
women were standing waist deep. Ar
senai station waa converted into first
aid hospital
They Wade to Safety
It was estimated last night that more
than LOO park visitors, were compelled
10 wade to safety by. y.sndden flooding Of
cement paths in localities where these
ran between higher points of ground.
On the concrete walk that fronts
animal houses in the Zoo section water
cou!sed in a foot deep torrent Well
dressed women and girls struggled
toward the various exits, many having
removed footgear.
Much Of the fooiing was said to nave
been due % contested drain basins
and inability of others to care for the
great rush Of water. V hen the storm
s9bsided laroe force Of park en-
ployees cleared basins, but up t. clos.
ing time do~ens Of deep lakes. form I'd
by the storm, made parts Of the park
impassable
The Cunard liner Scytha. from Liv-
erpool, which had been held up by fog
of Sandy Hook with other vessels Of
the week end westbound fleet, got into
trouble in the rainstorm and was
forced to anchor.
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i ta' 'Ha :''e hO' DeS cl'u
her into dock
/ Seeing that tug assistance was use
, less, Captain Prothero by exceptionally
. fine seamanship maneuvered out Of a
menacing position and proceeded IN
stream, where he anchored in the fair
Hav. The wind. which was from the
sopthvest, cxerted q terrific pressure
m hor high freeboard and gave the
Scythis n list 10 port When the storm
r,,-o itself out Captain Prothero got
under way and warned into dock with
o,,t diffcultv.
Damage Of minor character was re
oorted from various narts OF the
ereater CITY Trees were blown dow,
IN CantraI Payk and in prospect Park
1 BROOKLYN, and plate glass windows were
smashed in many localities. Al Van
! Alst and Hunters Point avenues, Lone
: Island City, three large plate glas'
! windows were blown in on thc ground
floor Of Queens Borough Hall. RAIN
Hooded Offices and did much damage
- books and records
In Newark the roof Of p fourstory
house at 113 Howard Stree. occu-
pied bv eixtcen families was blowr
away. Terrific noise caused by
crashing Of the roof produced some
thing like panic, but no casualties were
reported Trees were uprooted ant
telephone and light poles snapped III
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