Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-16
[ From the New York Tribune. !

Street Passengers Caug;at in the Gale
Hats. ROnness, Waterfalls and ETInbrei.
Has Blown SlkyhiSIl-The wind on q
Esoiic.
From the New York Tribunel
Ihe SAND storm OF Sunday afternoon which brushed
this island IN ITS northwestern flight was quite a
novelty, for this climate of strange muabilites
Ihe weather throughout the greater portion of the
day had been OF singular sofmess and beauty. when
toward evening. the black clouds rose from the sea-
tho WIND came IN Ittu gusts, shutters slammed. avn
OF rain began t? sneckle the stone sidewalks, with
every other indication OF, a heavy storm.
At about 54 o'clock in the afternoon it came upon
u.s. REGULAR simeon, accompanied by thick clouds OF
sand, which the wind had if ed from toney Island
Sandy Hook and other garden-snos, and also attend
About one-halt of New York was over in jersey at
the time taking lager whiskey. and TIE pure coun-
street, sporting their Sabbath garments, returning
from late church service, and engaged in equally
rious undertakings. Consequently the storm took
them all of heap" as thesavine GOES
Our weath2r-clCrk, looking down Broadway was
hrst GpprSed OF the tempest by the phenomenon of
Nhat appeared 10 pc n water spout of immense pro-
PORTIONS eareering inland from tho lower bay but
which proved to be nothing more nor less than a
column OF sand from the hilOcks of Gomez and ada
cent islands. borne aloft on the wings of cyclone
IN noiieGt the storm swept the lower part of
sqe isiHin ne ar 19r lew seconds was completely
HiIeu win pilndlng dust and, when that cleared
away the unlucky passengers of Broadway presented
melancholy spectacle of chaos.
thousands OF both sexes and all ages were in the
street ut the time. The sky was filed with Aving
hats. umbrellas, mantias and shaws. with here and
there an unucky waterfall" rushing disbeveled
through the air with wild hair blowing behind Men
were almost ltte oil their feet fruit and pie-stands
were empted OF their contents as If BY magie little
boys and girls left sti king in the trees and
lamp posts JiSn so many dried leaves; and ICckless
ladies were to be seen, like many inside-out UNI
breliaS: struggling this way and that and vainly en-
deavorinE 10 stem the scandai0u5 storm
On the Jersey side, in Jersey City, Hoboken and
elsewhere, the effects of the storm were even more
nouceabie. Fences were blown down, rose bushes
unearthed, awnings Transformed into monster para
ehutes. and shade trees fairly twisted into resem-
bling jack screws The ferry boats tossed about on
Eere Genuded of their contents. The air was so
thlch with flying remnants of last weeks washing
that one readily recalled
my long lost Sunday brooches"
of Holmes Wind in Frolc:" while the manner in
which snowy chemises and flannel underskiFts la
dies drawers and gentlemen lower extremities jos
tied and carsESed each other in mid air was something
which would have called blush to the cheek of the
most vinegar vlsaged old maid that decained at
Woman's Rights Convention.
Inc Deer drinkers were caught in the tempteSt on
their return to New ork from the drinking resorts of
hob9ken, and; to all appearance, they liked it even
less than the Excise law There were probably more
That time than there were Sunday drinks obtained in
the metropolis during the entire day.
One old lady was tumbied head over heels and
only recovered to her crn0line sticking between
the smoke-Et&ck5 of the ferry-boat while young
lady missed her waterfall IN the excitement. and
only set eyes on them again, they few through the
armament alter the manner o a comet with a long
trail of talse cur lg trailing behind.
lhe tornado also extended through several cnun-
ties creating considerable damage in the way of up-
no lives were lost, and no considerable damage was
d0n5.