The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-03-29
NE W YORK.

THE STORM IN NEW YORK AND VICINITY.
NEW YORK, March 28 The storm Sunday
was the most furious known in New York for
years. The tides were very high and consider
able damage was OccasiOned along the whole
river fronts and to the piers and Easements of
stores and houses. The walls left standing by
the recent fire in Crosby street were blown
dewn, narrowly missing horse car. Large
numbers of chimneys, signs, awnings, &c. were
blown into the streets, but no fatalities are re-
ported by them. Much damage was done in
Brooklyn. The roofs Of five different houses
and the slate roof of the gas house in South
Brooklyn were Flown away. Several large
plate glass show windows were blown in. A
three story house on Bushwick avenue was
torn in pieces. Trees were uprooted, fences
blown down and great damage done by the
overfiowing of cellars and Easements. Ellen
Greed, aged 10, while returning from church
was knocked dow1 by gust OF W nd and her
head coming in contact with stoop a fracture
of the skull was caused and she soon died
The house that fell yesterday on 46th street.
New York, upon the residence of Mr.. Donnel-
ly, was a tenement of some six stories. Its
side walls had previously bulged several inches.
The house of Donnelly was little one story
brick, and the whole mass of the side wall OF
the tenement building came with crash upon
it, completely fattening it to the ground. Mr..
Donnelly, his wife, his daughter Catherine,
aged 10 years, his two sons, William, aged 4
years, and Hugh, aged Is months, were found
bruised. Charles, aged years. was sitting
astrde hobby horse when the crash came,
and when found by the searchers was lying be-
side it. Both legs were broken, and he was
otherwise shockIngly bruised and cut. His
life was only saved by some beams falling
across portion of the walls Of Donnelly's res
idence. forming shield. The building which
fell had been condemned by the builders and
was of the usual sham New York style of
buildings.
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off and smashed into the street. A frame
dwelling in Hoboken and two workshops in
Bergen were blown to pieces. The whole
country from Jersey City to Newark was
Hooded: Both the Hackensaek and Passaic
rivers having Overfowed several houses on
new lands were entirely Cut off and some
were carried away. The embankment of the
New Jersey Central Railroad was washed
away in several places.
CITY AND VICINITY.
New YORK, March 28-The Erie Wander
bilt litigation has adjourned to April 26.
Gen. Pleasanfon has received a letter from
Bailey, without date or post-mark, congratu-
latng him on his appointment Bailey is said
to have been seen in Albany Thursday.
A Spectator in the gallery of the cold room
this afternoon lost $4,000 in government bonds,
the package being removed from an inside
pocket OF his coat, which was cut open by a
dexterous thief who successfully ESCAPED The
bonds had been bought at brokers' but a fe W
moments before.
The revenue authorities, under the lead of
Assistant Assessor A. B. Wass, and aided by
battalion of m arines, made a raid this morn.
ing on the illicit distilers in the fifth ward in
Brooklyn. They seized several establishments
and confiscated large quantity of liquor, and
returned without loss or difficulty, except that
policeman was knocked senseless by paw.
ing stone.
President O'Neill of the Fenan Brother
hood has deposed Richard McCloud, Senator
and Secretary of the Treasury, and expelled
him from the order. McCloud threatens
O'Neill with impeachment.