New-York tribune., 1876-11-21
A WILD NOVEMBER GALE.
VIOLENT TEMPEST OF WIND AND RAIN.

The storm of wind and rain which began In
this vicinity Saturday, with slight admonltory
showers and ragged uriously on Sunday continued yea
teray with increased violence The storm center-the
area OF low barometer-was in Dakota on Friday In the
uuper Mississippi Valley Saturday, IN Tennessee on
Sunday and on the Chesapeake Bay yesterday This
CITY where so many complaints Of drouh have been re-
Gently made has been washed clean from end to end'
and very valuable addition TO the water supply 10
acknowledged by the Commissioners
Ncw-York presented drcaiy appearance yeseiu"9'
The rain was not SO drenehing as IN ltseh 10 haIc
caused ueat discomfort to pedestrians pu' 'le
wind ht.ul and gusty, sechinE !" 'V0
from, all directions at once, drove the ulois""e
tbroueb the thickest clothing, rendered umpreias "
manageable and made walking somewhat hazardous
oxnetnent II played tricks without number upon the
few pedestrians the streets turning umbrellas wrong
aide out sending flying in different directions ana
causng their infinite YeXatOn ana the more ior
tunate mueh amusement. One gentleman's umbrella
was carried from his hand and went sailing up INTO 'he
air nearly to the top Of the neghborng buildings oh
Broadway not more than three or four men to each
block were to be seen, and ladies' were still rarer lhc
rain driven by the wind, scurred across the stee's III
great sheets Of water. The cutters were min AZURE rN
ers and the sewers unable to carry away inc water as
rapidly as IL accumulated, were surrounded py s"il
lakes The sidewalks, smooth by constant ta'ei
and washed clean by long ran were converted INTO
mirrors by the moisture them and renected tne sur
ronndine objects fine effect OF THIS was houceapc III
front of the picture stores. Each pedesrlahs rene''
accompan,ed him. and inequalities in the pavement made
fantastic and not altogether complimentary alterations
n bis doule below him. The stores were deserted ana
the clerks we're gathered in groups in the windows
gazing moOdily upon the deserted streets ana stedy
falling rain many Of them the gasets were Ill., ana
they cleaned foggily through the rain and mist whlch
obscur.d the windowpanes The hacks o the different
stands wore an air of stern endurance the poor horses
standing with dropping heads, and their streaming
tanks steamng in the chill air. while their drivers were
curled up inside, browsing away the weary hours Inc
omnibuses had almost monopoly OF the street ana
drove thriving trade. Their drivers, well bundled up
hailed the passers-by and filed their vehicles to over
flowing inside the steam and rain rendered the VIII
dows semiopaque and obscured the outer world from
view In the side streets the wind held high carnival
among the dry limbs of the trees, which were scattered III
every direction aud the signs swung to and fro creakS
drearily.
far from inviting yesterday, and cheer
ful fire took on new attractions And yet
those whom necessity compelled to be ABROAD
seemed on the whole much amused at the misfortunes
of their neghbors they vexed at their own ana
the average countenance was comparatively eheefiu
The man who said he "knew how to carry an umbrella"
walked from the lower side of Madsonsquare uto Broad
way Yesterday afternoon and would have stopped under
the first doorway TO turn his umbrella right side out ana
examine break in the handle If his hat had not ln
vited chop skip and jump" race across the street
wiud after full sweep, was suddenly checked, seemed
10 he the pivot on which the storm turned Signs were
blown down, and any man, woman, or chid VINO ven
tured into the literal maelstrom with whole umbrella
as certainly came out looking like full blown tuhp OF
which the umbrella was the stem and blossom. a pa
tbetc instance was the Of quaintlookng colored
vasherwoman She carried basket of sarehed linen in
onehand and old blue umbrella in other The umbrella
was quickly turned inside out, and the Cloth was torn
from the handle. She persisted in treating the matter
as huge joke and grinned broadly as TO endanger
her life from inundation.
EFFECTS or THE HIGH WIND.
The wind in New-York was east from noon on Sunday
put about O'Clock Yesterday morning when it shifted
TO the northeast from which quarter it blew during the
rest OF the day AT 245 M Its velocity was oo miles
an hour and average velocity during the day was 81
miles Up to O'Clock in the evening LOG inches OF ram
had fallen in NewYork from the beginning of the storm
80 inch on Sunday and "a inch yesterday According
to the evening dispatches received at the Signal once
In the Eauitable building rain had fallen in Phila
delpha than anywhere else. 1t amounted in all to 436
inches, Of which amOups 2O2 inches fell yesterday
Weather reports from different parts OF the country re-
veal the extent and character of the storm AT Portland
Me- the wind blew from the northeast with velocity
of 25 miles an hour At Boston the rainfall during the
day was LAP inches and the wind blew gale from the
northeast reaching at one time AZ miles an hour 1t
was feared by many that the severity ana dree
tion OF the wind the Atlantic coast would cause nu
ShpWrecks, ana appientislouS "oIO CAPiOSSO"
that ocean steamships in the vicinity OF the shore might
suffer damage Many suggestions to the experiences
of the Franklin were made and several Jokes were
cracked at the expense Of that notorOusy bad sailor
William NJ. Tweed.
Fortunately however the reported losses and casual
ties are comparatively few. The tide was unusually
high and low cellars the waterfront were filled with
water in many instances One or two trees and telegraph
poes were blown down, but far as could be ascer-
tanned not more than three four persons were Injured
In the neighbOring cities OF Long Island and NeWJeIscy
the reported facts about the same. The Jersey
meadows were flooded in an uncommon degree one
passenger on the Central Railroad of NewJersey re-
marking that he had never seen them covered with
water to the same extent In Hoboken chimney ieh'
causing some damage, but injuring nobody.
In this city the damage OF the same general char-
acter About o'clock yesterday afternoon one OF the
large chmneys OF the Grand Hotel came rafting down
upon the roof frightening the boarders and almost caus
ing panic among the guests, who imagined that the
roof had been blown off, Some of the bricks struck the
telegraph wires separating them and nterrupting for
time the police lines.
The force OF the wind about the time overthrew
telegraph pole at Pearl and Centress carrying away
in s fall web Of wires composed of the Western Union
Telegraph lines the police and the fire telegraph hnes
Several persons were the pole when it broke, and
had II not been retarded s fall by the wires thus al
lowing time TO escape they must have been seriously In
tured One Of the fire alarm telegraph poles at Albany
and Greenwich-sts was blown down by the gale last
night
The house and furniture at No. $50 sxth-ave were
damaged $500 last night by the falling of large chin
new from No 754 sixthave The gale tore the braces
from the bricks and mortar and the chimney topped
over with a great crash Fortunately nobody was
hurt though the inmates Of the house were much fright
ened.
As one Of the line about to descend a pole
belonging the Western Union Telegraph Company at
Manh INST md boulevard.