The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-16
City Int~lllRence,

THE WEATHER On Wecn- Gay oight our city was vi
eited with terrific gale snch asfed all night aad
accompanied by heavy falls Of sia, doing considerable
damage in places Among others, tho tin roof Of
large nou,e 10 Hammond stripped of, and
similar res ult WAS BILE at many OF the grocery
stores whore the awnings IL froot had boon pletey
torn to shreds The chimney pots from their elevated
eIipg do during the pish the alarm Of the terrified
Inmates Of the dwelling house Tne trees In particular
suffered materially. heas ornaments OF the Park
vas blown down and a spepd'd willow tree situated in
tire Fourth avenve be depot which every
one Who passes thai wsy must nav. notced ie 70 rise
Along the East rjv-r its effects were more dis
csrnable and much dsmsge done TO the shipping.
II is to be feared That We shall hear Of several
sbipwrecks for a. tbs gale blew from seward many
vessels must have been drvsD On shore during tho
night Brookly from its nora ted sitnaton suf-
fered greater amount Of damsee than New York and
il deed, from ia postioo it ed he latter city
eriay which otherwise wopo have suffered greater In.
jury. The beautiful Io~s OF ''oas teat acorn nearly
all the streets Of Brooklyn much nred ana
the sidewalke strewo With broken branches We
noticed par tcularly magnificent tree In Clinton street.
between Atlantic and P.c &c rests, which had been
knocked down BY the vol. ncs OF re storm ana ,ay
heap Of ruins. "As the tree taleth 81 IT heth In
South Brooklyn the effects Vt fhs st0rm were still more
visiely felt than in the other prs Of that city In
Woodruff street, near C,lumbs street. ne tnree story
house rot quite finished had a sds~sn blown down,
AMI the tin roof Of anolber house ia Hamilton avenue
rear the former of tue two above mentioned,
which vas inhsbfsd was ton com pstey OF Wsdass-
day nights gale may be cond@r.d the prerds OF tho
Equiroxial storms which generally attended VIII
mere or less disastrous effects
YANKEE INGENUITY We yesterday very much
y
which is exhibited 10 toe udow Of the jswelry store
Of Broadway and Futon street and which at
tracted curing The day args COCO Of spectators !!
is ornamental co0g N ade American mechanic
named kalph Hill. the ruta OF sis month unrelntsng
labor end Tor novelty Of csAgo ard gen1y OF e1ecu.
ton, Ii eqnsl TO thing the Crystal Palace The
dial part OF the clock il sarmcuo'ed by naturally
cooied, having seve. al hummne bi DIS perchsd on Its
baIcbes which every bali made, by the action
If al artificial stream Of water that falls dawn
side TO hop fem bratch aud commence
fipgiDg. The illusion il erect the birds of full
size the hummiog bird b,lrg D.turay very dmiauti
ard from the excellent cO'orog Trey might DO actually
supposed alive As = IL Is far peror TO
any thrg Of the liud tina, manufsc ured in
Europe. and for mecha ia. sk bids defiance 20 Paris
or Geneva Mr. Alex sndsr sho a.s ds in tas store, is
very oei sng in esP,aini.s tn NJ 'asnm Of this CO.
belonging to the stasborg lossr
ACCIDENTS : Yesterday morti6g laborug man al med
fafrick Mallory, native If Ireland Thie arenot-
rain OF the New Yosk and Es Railr.sd while IL was 10
morton passing over the P-s-sc idgs slip Jed and met
with severe Injuries eeout he sGi nsrsp from the
wneei q tpe car running Over pim He removed to
lie New York Hospital shoe Van p rrsn anputatei
the nJurtd limb On the saue day besRsen IL and
O'Clock Michael DYER. va en- .loyed ON one OF shs
new buildp in Chambers stres fell do ins,ds 10 tha
ground from the third floor ADD ed sibe
70 me Hospital On The sana day ROBERT Nixon. en-
poyed at Jackions foundry, had hs and right
thigh fractured by the fall . heavy iron guds he
was taken to the Hospits, wh-n the Injured arm was
Keller boatman broke hf leg hs falling trcm the deck
O. sloop which vas oeing re Ted III the dry dock
nouus, NORM river lie was brought down to the
City Hospital for medical attsncspce
PRESENT TO The BoYs OF RAspArL,s IsrAyp-On
Wednesday afternoon very IN .,eslpg ceremony took
place on Randas Island ram.Iy the prese ata.iou OF
tSo banosome guide gs boys of the island bv
the tchoIars OF the Harlem Methodist SUNDAY School
der the charge Of Mr. Bto~D. large numssr Of the
reldehtR OF Harlem preteot tn THAR children
VINO we're received at The shoins the bows with their
nnfc Tags spj bafnecs. They then esco ted the CON
pany 10 the srge school, whore they were received bv
Col Stearns AID Slceman G-pnaD. Hero several ad-
dresses were mace. affer viii b the company were
escorted to the deck by ,he ooys they
with loud cheers and repeated shaking Of hands.
FIRES : On Wednesday night " an early hour 4 fire
broke out IN the ttOre situated at No. lis Broadway
which Ia occupied By SsoD Ghsrdt as hat and can
mandatory II originated in the attic In some enpty
psch ing boxes, aad exingni.hed ONLY slcht
amount ef damage being doue Tbs frs WAS d.coveTed
by the police Yesterday mosDioy. about O'Clock an
alarm OF 1le was given, csnd smoke from he rear
OF Earle's Hotel, IL Arn speet No damage done.
TARGET EXCURSIONS : Tns II ,ge ana Dc,mater Gns-d
under the command OF Capt aSe nun eerng GfSy
muEets vent yesterday to Sister Isnd on thief third
conteI Ged for.
On the same day the Anderson Guard of Brooklvn
numbering thirty five muket TO toher side
and proceeded up M-rDa.tsb I,uad large. excur.
f1on when " epfv prizes shot FOR. On th@r way
they pssed the HERALD off 20, when cheers we're
given with right 10 q will
CAPT BARNEY OF The Statirn who met With an aoci.
dent some time sgo, already mentioned by falar
tn'ipg for Key Wet has hid hs am, which was
broken, comoeelY Est and Ia getting batter but Ia s
cor fined TO his bed
THROWING Articles OUT WINDOWS On "Wednesday
afternoon. woman while pas pe 3ir. Cogswels livery
stables 100 Chfyste street erev ninred nv
bale Of fttsw tbro~u from The vi ,ioy She Sas too
much hur to be abe to give her aud was convey.
"a TO tho hospital by tso OF the police forco