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WIATHIR FORIQAIT
Fair and continued cold.
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Mercantile Section of South Norwalk Flooded by lbeluge From Reserve Supply Tower of New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company, byhich Gave Way Last Night at 11 o ’.clock
k’s Lunch wagon,-
blIlCe Agency,- All Wrecked.
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With a roar and shock that re-
1 sembled a sharp crash of thunder
the big water tank belongmg, to
the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Company. and
which was situated on the rail-
road property ol‘f South Main
street, burst last night at
o’clock deluging South Main and
adjoining streets in 85. 000 gallons
of we cold water, smashing L. A.
Burdick’s lunch wagon to kindl-
ing wood. staving in the roof of
*John B. drubyrence' s insurance and
real estate office and damaging
the interior; smashing the north
side and interior of the Eagle Ho-
tel to a pulp; putting the trolley
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service out of commission, and
stopping traffic of all kinds, and
injuring eight persons, more' or.
less seriously. It was the coldest
night of the winter. thermometers
registering from ten to fifteen de-
grees below zero.
THE INJURED.
Those injured were:
Levi" Burdick. of Franklin
street, bruised shoulder and in~
ternal injuries feared. Suffering
‘keenly from shock’ this morning.
’He was proprietor of the lunch
wagon. .
. .John Cantone. night man at
the Burdick lunch wagon; minor
injuries about the head and shoul-
ders. Not serious.
Charles Bradley, of Chestnut
street, injuries to abdomen and
shoulder and head. Suffering
from shock. Not thought serious.
Steve Buffs, proprietor of Eagle
Hotel, dangerously ill of pnumo.
nia; disease made worse. Injured
in side and back. ,
John Jassil. bartender.
about head and hands.
Jeremiah Jaesil. waiter at hotel.
suffering from nervous shock.
Antonio Delucco. of South Nor-
walk,‘ face cut.‘back and legs in-
1 jured-quite seriously. .
‘ “.C. E: .Canfield, carpenter, Wash-
.ington street; hand cut.
'1 FIRST SIGN OF
1‘ TROUBLE.
The first warning of impending
danger came at 10 o’clock last
1 night, when one of the immense
hoops that bound the big tank
cut
burst' from the pressure" of the
frozen water1 within the tank and
fell with a roar and crash o‘n' top
of Burdiek'e lunch wsgonfi At that
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btime John Cantone, William A.
IStevens and Arthur E. Wickes
were in the lunch cart. The lat-
for two had been working late
land were partaking of a lunch.
while the former was in charge of
the cart at the time All three
men ran out and ascertained the
bdanger and Mr. Cantone remark-
lzed '.‘Gee if that tank should
bbreak tonight. we would be
bdrowned with the water. I shall
not stay here." However, he
bthought better of it and‘ stuck to
his post.
SOME CUSTOMERS LEAVE
‘ LUNCH CART.
b George A. Clark then came in
jthe cart and within ten minutes
Ithe second hand broke. Messrs.
Stevens. Wieke and Clark grabs
.bed their sandwichees a‘nd éon“
'cluded that the best. place. for
them was far. far away from the
tank and South Main street. In
the interim between that time and
11 o‘clock Mr. Burdick came to
work. .
THOUGHT THERE WAS
AN EARTHQUAKE.
Almost simultaneously with the
"striking of 11 o'clock. people
within a radius of a half mile were
awakened and startled by a long.
low rumbling. accompanied by a
jar of the earth that led many to
believe that little old South Nor-
walk was within the earthquake
zone. With this the electric lights
in South Norwalk and East Nor-
walk went out, leaving the whole
lower end of the town in utter
darkness. Then to add to the con.
fusion of those not on the spot.
the fire bell rang in from box as.
Robbed of the support of two
of the big hands, the terrific pres-
sure behind the tank, caused by
the frozen water within, the re-
maining hoops burst with a roar
and were thrown out upon the
electric wires. breaking them and
crippling the electric service.
Then the deluge of 85,000 gal-
lons of Water followed. Immense
big beams of wood were thrown
out upon South Main street. while
the water rushed out in a veritablel
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flood. Tons of water and.” ice. ac».
companied by heavy woodwork.
crashed downsupon Mr: Burdiclr’e
lunch cart, smashing that building ,1
like an egg shell. L1§ewiee, {lief
water and ice {struck tho top? of
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fice. crashing in through it and
washing the roof. furniture and
everything else therein on
through the‘side windows amb
John B. Lawrences concrete ofb
front door and windows. Th1
building itseelf was thrown out
of plumb. The Eagle Hotelb
which is situated to the south 0
the Burdick lunch cart. was struck
with terrific impact. The buildl
ing was shakeri to its very founw
dation and tons and tons of watet
and ice. which rushed throng
the north windows. threw the oc1
cupentoflth out of bed. whild
him were thrown.
through the windows. The delugo‘
of water came into the barroo
below. carrying with it the ceilb
ing and washing the occupe
against the wall and remind
them ageluet their will. , . l
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srnaar
Just as the break occurred
Charles Bradléy. a well- -lrnown
young athlete, who some time ago
qualified as a long distance run-l
0. nor of some repute. was walking
‘down South Main street. directly
under fire big tank. The deluge
of ice cold water engulfed 111m1
and swept him down South Main
street along with huge boulders;
of iceand big timbers. He was
rolled, helpless with the cold‘ and
unable to gain his feet for the;
rush of water. down to the Cityl
Hotel, where Robert Clark. of;
the Old Weill-look and Ladderb
Company, waded through the
rushing flood and pulled him bod l
,ily out of the water and carried
bhirn. quite badly hurt. into the
hot tel.
LUNCH WAGON MEN
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At the time of the flood, Mr.
Burditik and Mr. Cantone were‘
alone in the lunch cart Warned
by the previous breaking of the
hoops. no sooner did they hear
the first rymble than both made
a dash for the narrow door of theb
cart. Had they hesitated for an
instant. libth would undoubtedly
have boen1od to death, for.
as it:
ers and soaked to
,yg‘the water.
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home in a serious condition and; from his bed by the shock and got tangled in the municipal
in charge of Dr. R E. Perdue. Itl painfully injured and out about plant’s wires and in a twinkling
w” feared a. first mat be bid the head and hands. and' is suffenf the hot ends were frozen in the
suffered a stroke of apoplexy. but ing acutely today from the ner- ice. This made work doubly hard
at his home this morning it was
given out that it was a case of
nerves and that its would probab-
ly recover.
Mr. Cantone was badly bruised
and was assisted to the City Ho-
tel. where every hospitality was
shown him by the proprietors. and
Dr. Robert N. Wolfe called to
attend him. 1
SUFFERING WITH
PENUMONIA.
In the Eagle Hotel. Stephen
Bode. one of the pmprietwe. was
confined to his bed in a room
situated on the north eide of the
building with an attack of pneu-
moaie. Mr. Betta has been lit a
serious condition for some time.
When the flood of Water. his bad
debris struck the side of the
building. the shock was such tilt
the sick man was thrown out of
bed td the floor. where he weal
drenched with the feet freezing
water. He was painfully injured
in the side and back and was only
released from his ice prison when
his friends broke down the bar.
ricaded door and carried him out.
nearly dead with exposure and
nervous shock. He was quickly
carried to the Central Hotel.
where Proprietor Leonard 1 Diseea
and his office force attended to his
every want. and where Dr. Rob-
ert E. Perdue administered
him. '
WATER FLOODS ROOM-
In another room on this side of
the building peorge Van Keuren
was sleeping. The water flooded
crashed
through the window. passing
within a few inches of the bed.
Mr. Van Keuren was thrown out
of his bed by the check. but for-
tunately was not injured
In another room on the same
side of the building reposed Jere-
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In the barroom at the time of
bthe accident were John Jassil, a
brother of the unfortunate waiter
and bartender, and Tony Delucco.
who was conversing with Mr. Jas~
all. The water rushed into this
room‘with a rdar and in twinkling
lhad transformed the intelior from
an orderly harm to a wrocked
pile of kindling wood The water
tore out the fixtures and washed
away the ceiling A big beam fall-
ing from the ceiling struck Mr.
Moore and knocked him down.
wrenching his back and cutting
hie face and hands painfully. Mr.
as the men did not know what
. was safe to touch.
SHOW CASE MOVED BY
., WATER.
The deluge of water rushed
across the street and the big show
case in front of Rogers & Stevens‘
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store was shifted four feet.
case is so heavy that it takes four
husky men to lift it. Fortunately
its strength withstood the force
of water and it wos not damaged
MANY CELLARS FLOODED
The water then made its way
through the iron gratings in front
of the building opposite the tank.
flooding the cellars and in many
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both were swept from their feet
and out of the building. 1
TROLLEY CARS JUST
Had the accident occurred three
minutes earlier indications are
that many more would have been
injured and probably some killed.
for at that time. 11 o‘clock. two
trolley cars of the main line to _
Stamford and return. passed at
this point. They would have re.
ceived the full impact of the tons
of water and ice that fell and
probably would have been demol-
ished. The trolley company and
its employee are thanking their
lucky stars this morning.
PANDEMONIUM REIGNED.
In the street. pandemonium
reigned. Those few people who
’ were in the vicinity could hear the
rushing water and( crackling
wood, but feared to move rapidly
in the darkness, the electric lights
having been extinguiehed. The
trolley pole. which stood near
Burdick’s lunch car. snapped off,
throwing more pressure on the
l wires and threatening at any min-
ute to cause more of these wires
to fall. The Connecticut Com-
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The water also rose high enough
to go into the stores. damaging
the carpets where there were any
and freezing the doors so tightly
that- considerable strength was
needed this morning to open
them.
PLUMBER BROWN
DRENCHED.
Joseph H. Brown, Jr.. of the
firm of Brown & Company.
plumbers. whose shop is situated
under the (lately a ‘Brennan
store, in the Odd'Fellows’ home
building. was at‘work in his of.
fice. which is directly under the
front part of the store. He heard
the shock as the immense column
of water rushed out of the tank
and was next deluged himself. as
gallons of icy cold water came
through the window. which it
broke. in the front of his ofiice.
Mr. Brown was shocked and leap-
ed to his feet. In so doing he
struck an injured knee, which
caused him consideréble pain.
Considerable damage was done to
his. office, however. the contents
being wet and strewn around, and
‘some destroyed. The coal from
the bin was washed backinto the
shop as far as the furnace. ‘
MANY STORES FLOODED.
Water came- through the doors 1
at the Gately & Brennan store
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no damage this time. Mr. Baxter
stated to a Sentinel reporler that
he had his flood some time ago ,
and considered himself humour. 1 . .
Rogers. 8: Stevens’ store was
damaged to some extent The"
water deluged the basement and
considerable of the stock M911
there was damaged. TH. m ..
ing all was frozen upon! the. ‘
coats and goods had tulle w
t.
Although the water .
through the doors and into , y.
collar of the Stelrufl'mflOdfi-i‘
party. it fortunate! did no; 1
age
The Royal Grocery Company 1.
has a grievance.‘ The water got
into the cellar and W eflp
siderable of the stock dance. fleet.
ing the potatoes M other
tables.
The Candy Kitchen and m.
shop, as well as William B. U
holtz's market escaped with no
damage.
When the merchants attempt»
ed to open their doors, this mom: 3
ing, they were forced to thaw out
the locks. the water having pene-
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frozen the mechanisms. 11 1
CARPENTER INJURED;
Later this morning it was re-
ported that among the injured
was C. C. Canfield, ’a carpet:
living in~Weshingt6n~~s1M
got caught near Burdlck’s l _
wagon. Mr. Canfield sustained;
badly lacerated hand. He went to
Dr. J. Milton Cobum’s office for
attendance and the physi
Ibund it necessary to out Mr. Conv-
field’s diamond ring off his fin-
ger before he could give the 1111‘s 1
wound proper attention.
(SOME WrrnassEs on
ACCIDENT.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Hall, by
Eat avenue. East Norwalk, he
a narrow escape from being
caught 1n the flood of water ‘
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