The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-06
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IL, Rger,. In This yirIuity--Disasters 20
Shippinx-Th~ Heavy Hnintali Of 1867.
On Wednesday ,sst the clouds began 70 gather and
tell slight showers tho city, preparatory 70
tho gale which in THURSDAY night Al nine O'Clock,
the wind blowing northeast changing TO the southeast
early yesterday morning and 10 southwest n taree
O'Clock IN the aiternson Tho equsoctal storm DID not
commence THIS season in keeping wih the almost geso
raj rude Tor IS usual the gale be accomplished by
heavy ram whereas gale which set in q week ago
blew very cold but abe weather remased dry
and clear. The gale OF Thursday night, which
has coniicucd snoe, blew hghl the weather
being pretty wsrm; but mo rain commenced
Friday n.esit and continued all yesterday, falling in
torrent flooding the considerably; being
sufficiently violent. however, overflow The cellars
The sc,is overhead ayirg swiftly during the day.
indicating heavy gale outside IN which IL rs not I'M
probable many vessels have been caught and it most
likely that a fos days shall hear of great damage
hayng oeen done TO sails, spaTs and Tgslng AireGy
some disaster. have been announced. ana in yester
on the shoals near Sandy Hook OF sonr schooner
the James Brophy, OF Gprseiown the George Nd
wards, OF Philadelphia, and two others Mares
unkncwn: the former is compete wreck ana
the others are hlled with water. fne yale may DO sad
"a have been continuous since Sunday night last wren
aboa O'Clock the wind blew irom the northeast
and continued with undated fury all Monday ana part
II Tuesday, cin the of the storm the schooner
Argus. from Poushkeepsle, went ashore on breCGn's
roci Dnnbcr OF yachts belong rs TO gentlemen re-
siding al Yonkers were sunk YoHkers and Rivers
dale a soop wa sunk at Fort Washington; another
sloop was lrvingon and large bcrge
laden with lump<r sunk near West Point. Othcr
small soas have with damage more or less during
week. casualty TO larger crafts further than
those already mentioned, have been reported. Very
provldent ally, there has loss Of life been made
known yet bufai ia almost safe to say that from
pecula~ mannerin which the eQuinoctia gales
this Il likely tney haveheen very severe
and that many dsasters al will be the result Last
year che unusually violent fearfully fatal
10 tho shipping and TO Mariners OF the finest
boats the ocoan having succumbei to its violence
and many lives sacrificed 70 lts fury. II In
this gale, about twelve months ago that tho l-feicd
Evening STAR went down. carrying with her about
two hGpdred of ter passengers But " TO be hoped
that such melancholy disaster VIII be caused by
Toward evening yesterday the wind freshened and,the
rain sA continued fall on-tne weather being almsst
incouyereptly warm. the clouds looked black and
gloomy, and on the East and North rivers the
any th,ng 6ut cheering ihe black waters rising in small
though heavy, waves, humping low and duh against
tho SIDES OF the feTryboas; and the surroundings,
taken all az all, Indicative OF anything but fine
calm On The streets the state of affairs
not very cheering. and crossing them n matter OF
great DANGER large holes caused by bad paving
Dued with water, and poets marked
tho .aY through every street in the city. The fell
August In the latter month the fan OF rain
nearly foot; In september hardly inch, aud the be
ginning Of the Equnucoi passed OF with but slight
shower. Yesterday morning. however, Recommended
With Jury, and increased noon, and the night
darkenea and the winds began TO blow pretty fresh
breeze the storm kept npis violence and the ram
tnned 10 rain ON