, 1870-01-05
TIE GREAT STORM,
The II oHt Severe Gale IN a Number
CT Eeafs-lts E:IEecta In New York
City ard NciEhbOrhOod,

CiIy ard NctEhbOrhOods
From N.e Ne,s Ioyk Tribune, Jan.a
The crfcts or ,ne eeve,a gs,a ,ehtsn - s.a,, ,o,
this eli, pnd Eel hlo1 nnnt ,es,rrG.v 81; fas,
n,ohr. Werr nnaTe nniir.stIs ~ ~. NV M ~.
10 tic LAT apc So;th Htscrs Tas eStranTinal9 ~
ne Of The tlue il tna East HIss1' IN ~
eafly noIr,r9 led to The apnrehcns,nn az
d sef,ous coct 1t tic evening udp. Ta,s nov ~
ever, Taa happis averte.l " change Of lie Wind
10 Flow from the 1rst boIrt. the wa,.Ts wn,id
have s~tp. over the pIers, ard damsee to fne
shipping ard mercnatd!sr s:ured ia t6e base.
nave been grcat. - It Il, muca damage yl has
eecn d1rc. A''.
ne Ie1ry boats cros7'ng the Hn'lzon River
sndt tifeet llne. cane nto he sip court;ands : @
s@sshlos ID The fii and sned. On ias s9a,S aas
Of the slip, end causing con.iuc,ab,c dnma7ee
The t'de rose r*o ftet higher taaa usaaL A
tiH tEtes water, The south Dler Eeffc n ltttia
higher, tie water did not ges over 1t. The wind
uight was S. S W., win a tendency Ia soath'
Tee,trg lu,!e u. lnte1salz- Ths 1tde al tn. lime
va. ebblng, aad tie utac blowing sraihst Il
mace The Wat. very unsteady. Tue terry hoats
ocear 1ne passeagels started ffon theY. - sea.s a
a,d the hprscn had 10 be he'd. Sererai ha.cmenfss
Kfreetl were coEside,aniy dan ua:ed. To-ia1 a
very high enrtGH tide ts ex xpecteJ.
II IL believed {t1nt the Storm did prenr deal ~
damage In Bfooklyu which has uol yet been AZ.
ctffaiuc6. Atout 9 O'CLOCK IN ina af;crSonn
.leletoDs Of nse dwellings in c0urse OF erectio1
on Lynch street. near Marcy avenue, were coz.
pe,2Lbprhood Ct a,u0O AbouI ,la sane tina
name LuIltlcp otI m, rorth+as :, corner m Sevne
aud Halt1c wss also ccmoliEhrJ. Tkc in,t l.
about 81 go great aInnnot n. tnnrnve s,ra ~
fly IJsIlfs aud sct.ttjeE ~S'S ~
Arch uanaac was Coco IN tha ct.v or Sevsrt
Several ueeg were bOwn towr ami ;v.nhnws
srd ekyltrhfs werr blown axny n T,e,r n;arna
The tfstn wllich 5etr Jersc1 tstyy for * xn1t a.
20 m!nrtcs pasi O'clock, via deiatc.. neariT tEo
hDrr .lus1 III lcre entering Rrr5sn f.nf X vas
dtscose rcd that A telegram hnle haI hcer h,nwn
dnEn acrofa rne Track. This Vas -.
mored after hair An hnn.'. nara u.ors
4iI in rrn4s,nu Neuarr rnaa'Jnra ,ha
cars r0rked to efearfulv that 1har wrs
in crtut ,iapper Of hri1y bynwn nr me
;TacI. WfronEs were broken IN men1 nf frn
carr asd 1he class WA ,eatSTea in ali si2ert,ans
There Htre neaTr Eol NJ onin ~ tna Hre1n sGa
ark ttey we're rfsa,ly otsr1ned i9r = the1T satetv
Thr ntskenre1s sInSe hi,,hir nj iha cn,sncs :;
Nr rra1v lis cnrhncfnr 6T ibs ,r.In Mhn teer ~
The mr. chIitnn tn serd men ahrad ,n 1ernnvs ~
struc,ions from he trarS' ,hns n,even,inn se"i. ~
deuiA. Ihe tIaln xrttred n E..sarr oT : har,nr
ieen near,y tEo tnnIs scn1ns'Itsntr ,.I,nas
OF eIctt 1r;lsa. '-fe N''~A-o
TIE storu caused great damage In IIutson
Comfy. -
II J.r.ey Civ. frame bniIdIne 1t tina eorner NJ
Prospect aLd Sorth Scycnta streets Has b;cwn
doun. The uitl,ux nal been rec .utly c1ec:ea nt
m tSnet,, o. <1,NHi Fnnr lr4rna hnisrs m tha
curnrr Cf Wsvre AND Mntcciluy gtrrsis heinnyIng
tc lanes Harper, were also h,oFn doHU: in..'
S6uuv. 4 fn4luc building, worth about 4suU. uuon