Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1897 — NEW YORK FLOODED. [ARTICLE]

NEW YORK FLOODED.

DAMAGE OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ONE SECTION. Imminent Street Submersed in Some Places to a Depth of Fifteen Feet and More-Ex-Qneen Lil of Hawaii Is Reported to Be Very 111. Great Water Main Burst. ” A forty-eight-inch water main at the aoutheast't'utiKT of 48th street and MadiBcm avenue, New York, burst and flooded that select section of the city with 10,000,000 gallons of water. The flood ntretehed from 40th to -f-M street and from stli avenue across the tracks of'the New York Central Railroad to 4th avenue. It was the greatest and most destructive accident of the kind which has occurred in the history of the city. Within the area mentioned thousands of dollars worth of property was destroyed, residents were fearful that the foundations of their homes would be undermined, and the escaping water in many instances reached the gns meters and shut off the chance of seeing by gas light how much damage was done. In searching for the causes of this disaster there was a unanimity of opinion that it was date to the terrific blasting of rook at 48th street and Madison avenue. The Metropolitan Street Railway Company is laying an electrical conduit system in Madison avenue above 42d street, and the blasting was done by its men. It was this heavy blasting which cracked the 48-inch main at 48th street and Madison avenue. The great stream of water which flows through the p : ,pe at big pressure forced open the crack and caused a section of the pipe almost seven feet long and three feet wide to fall out. Beds of Silicon Found. A practically inexhaustible mine of silicon has been found near the line of the Carson and Colorado Railway in Esmeralda County, Nevada. There are hundreds of acres of the mineral, which is almost pure. A Pennsylvania company has been formed and will soon put up a plant to develop the mine. Test's have proved that a fireproof paint and plaster can be easily and cheaply made of it, and it is superior to asbestos as a boiler covering. Ex-Queen Lil Very Sick. Ex-Queen I.iliuokalani of Hawaii is reported as very sick at lier apartments in the Ebbitt House in Washington. The former monarch returned from a trip to San Francisco in bad health. She had contracted a heavy cold on the journey eastward and a physician “was at once summoned. She has since been steadily growing worse, and it is reported that symptoms of pneumonia have developed.