The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-18
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ed appearance, in,erspersed with now and THEN ayng
cloud passing across tho dse of tno moon rhs "rax
around the moon, the harbnrer a . coming st<m--
meteoroiogcaily speakng--was pa,nly vsbA, and tbs
wcatherwisc "E M'sn gave their shoulders sigaacsns
shTugs, which meant something. On Friday the shy
was overcast, and chilly wind from tie north.
east combined 70 increase tho anticlIAisons that
storm was inevitable Late in the afternoon the rain
commenced to fall, and the vault overhead
arched with Clmmerian darkness During Friday nigh,
and throughout yesterday the rain fell heavily with hard
y moments cessation, and from all apearance~ the
end Is not yet Tho pulcs storm and chilly winds
called overcoats winter clothing and thick boots into
quisition and no showed themselves IN the streets
except those forced by business considerations. The
city railroads and stages their down town carly
trips were crowded 10 overGowng by hard.
fstcd mechanics and shop girls, and those who
were obliged to trudgc along foot. II sight
truly ptiab TO the latter class tripping along the
streets, hiny clad, to the dmgy shops, there
livelihood The wind blew with such fury that II I'm
possible to carry umbrellas and those th attempted the
experiment found them turned inside out As FAR
the city u concerned nnd no objection to the
Storm II has assisted City Inspector Delavan in great
measure 10 clean out the 9Th from the Streets alleys and
byways, thus rendering especial benefit But
apprehensons for the vessels coasts somewhat
excited from the fact Of the nsensy Of the storm and
gale.
In the North and East rivers the perturbcd waters
resolved themselves into unusual heavy swcs and with
the force Of the gale rendered sailing vessel navigation h
tain Vessels anchored the obliged 10 put
out their spare anchors and give good length Of cable TO
keep them from dragging and vessels moored at the docks
were heaying 10 and fro by the force OF the disturbed
waters The shrll whistle, the wind passed through
the rigging, plainly told that tho storm ordinary
one.
The cellars in the buildings West street, the North
river sde and those in South street, the East river
side, inundated from the unusual high tide 10
make those places quite intolerablc for rats many OF
which turned up-drowned These inundatons have
been periodical that merchants in those localities do
not keep perishabe goods in these places However,
have not heard Of any serious damage from the water
During the day there many amusing scenes In
Broadway The stage drivers drove along break neck
speed, and every now and then was unforu.
nate individual who had his hat blown from his head into
the middle of the thoroughfare, which dapa
Again, some wen dressed person would be making
sundry gyrations while struggling with refractory um
brcla that had been turned inside out Now aud then
persons coming in opposite directions in their hurry
TO get to their destinations, with umbrellas facing the
storm, would collide, followed by tradc Of useless
words, which in many cases nearly resulted in ableau
a Ia Heenan and Morrisscy. Broadway almost en-
trey deserted by the fair SEX and the dry goods palaces
were almost unpatronized
Several very fine trees in the Park were blown down;
one Of them very fine willow, the fountain,
completely uprooted The damage to the trees in the
other public parks and in front Of the Of
fashionable localities less great.
The steamship Arago for navre, the Philadelphia for
and New Orleans rho steamers sve
all detained Of the The rago will sa
carly this morning the weather will permit. The Phila
delphia understand, will not sail until tomorrow
Several pilot boats attempted to 60 down the bay yes
terday afternoon, but prevented by the fog.
We have particulars Of any accidents damage ex
cepting the subjoned-
A BUILDING IN DUANE STREET DAMAGED.
AT hafpast twelve O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
gale had increased to such violence TO blow down
portion Of the northwest wall in one of the five
fve-sery marble front buildings in Duane street, near
West Broadway owned by Bernhard Hutton dry goods
importers The portion of the dislocated wall fell upon
Lozier and occupied by eight poor families totally de-
moshng the roof and two upper stories of the building
seriously damaging the furniture of the tenants,
breaking the leg of segar maker named Augustus
Vandcrha and injurng several others, besides fright
enng the rest Of the tenants half TO DEATH The report
from the crash loud cannon and the cries Of the
injured brought crowd of several hundred to the
spot. The alarm bells were rung, and in short time
several engine and hook and ladder companies at
the of the catastrophe who Immediately took
steps any that might have been underneath the
ruins. The exertons Of the fremcn under tho direction
Of their worthy engineers truly commcndabic The
policemen Of the Fifth precinct, under the command
of Captain Hutchns, and squad from the Central Police
office, in Broome street, the whole under the command
Of Deputy Superintendent Carpenter person. preserved
order and kept the crowd, which had increased TO the
thousand persons, back to safe distance from tho
scene Of the accident The tenants who made such
miraculous escape from death terrified by the
crash that nothing could induce them return attend
70 their household affairs The damage to the dwelling
house will about 81 5O0 and to the new build
ing about $500
The accident is attributable to the careless manner
in which the work was proceeding The end walls
were erected up to the fifth story, and the floor
beams and marble front We're only up to the second
foor the grders merely from the third to the fifth storics
which left nothing hold the walls up to resist the
fury of the storm. This careless Of erecting
buildings is original with New York contractors, and
should at once be discontinued.
The reporter Of the HERALD called on Mr. Samuel A.
Warner the architect Of the building who refused to i'm
part any information in respect to the cause Of the fall
the extent of the damage Woodruff & Maxwell the
contractors for erecting the building vanderha, the
injured man. was taken to the hospital.
ACCIDENTS IN THE RIVERS AND BAY-REPORTS
FROM OUR SHIP NEWS COLLECTOR
On Friday night, about nine O'Clock, storm of wind
and rain set in from the northeast There have, how
ever, been no disasters among the shipping at the
wharyes do we expect to hear Of any, the wind
makes lee on the North river, and there but very
few vessels the ends Of the piers on the East river
where the wind draws fair through.
We heard of several large vessels being below yes
hound in hut thex nrahahlx hauled off shore