The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-03
YESTERDAYS HEAVY GALE.
TIE mort DISASTROUS THAT MAS
oCCURRED THIS WRITER.
Buildings Blown Down. tho Tail Tower
shaken, Ohimnevr shattered. aud ship
ping In DspRer-The Track Of the storm.

ping In DRnRer-The Track of the storm.
The high wind whioh prevailed yester-
day was the severest that has occurred this year.
THE rain and sleet Of the previous night were ac-
complnled by heavy gusts, aud after tho sliy
cleared and the sun came out In the morning
the wind sin continued to blow violently.
II was severest In this section during tho
small hours Of yesterday morning, and much
damage was done to property reporter
who visited tho rooms Of the United States Sig
nal Station, IN the Equitable building, was told
that the instrument and appliances used thcre
In taking observations OF the weather were
shaken and damaged by the gale. A view from
the lofty observatory Of the Signal Station over
the city disclosed hundreds OF broken chimneys,
displ ,ccd sign boards, and dislocated window
blinds.
ho tall tower and flagstaff Of the Tribune
building were somewh L shaken, and the
weaiher yane was dam god so badly that IL will
not be Of service until repaired. Vessels IN tho
haibor dragged their oncnors, and there was
mu n consteTn ton amonH tho men 70 cnTae.
lhc schooner Highland Mary, anchored on tho
Dttefy. dragged her anchor h II a mile. Tho
steamer Eeynt was detained several hours out
velocity n the wind reaoned the Extraordinary
rate Of sixty-slK miles Der hour, as noted by the
Instruments at the signal Service Bureau. Much
havoc to t1e telegraph wires Is reported, ana
communicat, on with the West aud South was
Interrupted. Little damage, however, was done
to the wires west of the city, aud communioa-
ton with the New Bnslapd states was oom-
udrhtiNolT uninterruntrd. I'm the outskirts OF
Brooslyn and Jer-ey Citv, especially on the nigh
gr Iunds, buildings were unrOofed, trees up
rooted and fences blown down. The Plate
Glass Insurance Company suffers greit loss from
the gale. On broad way n score Of large p .nes
sre broken. One " the panee 10 the Equit ole
Building was shattered Into a thousand frHR-
ments. Pedestrians fOund It very difncult to
face the wlnh, and many persons were thrown
from the shops of the telegraph CON oanies were
sent out to make repairs, and last evening corn-
inunicution with toe West and South was partly
The burrioane devastated Staten Tsi1nd, the
damage along tho north shore beng extensive.
The roofs OF several buildings were swept away,
and trees were uprootcd In every direction.
wagon driven by Jimes Holnes was capslzed
on the heights back II StapletOn, and Holmes
was taken home inscuslOie. Frank Coleman,
sChouloov, was seriously injured by the lmb II
Eigew,ter was hurt by failing sisn.board.
A corrugated iron building. recently occupied
by t.e New York steel Re N M Company. rear
the lle lem Bridge, was blown down, ani the
outbuildings aud horSe sheds connected with
tie saint jerome Catholic Church, IN North
New York. were leveed To the ground.
In B ooklyn the gale made havoc among
ohinncys ana chimney pots. a heavy chimney
on the Police ueadq ldrteTs building was blown
down breaking the telegraph wires, and the tall
in2 of chimney u 1J5 HerAtner street set the
house on Gre. The tin ROOT Of Punlic SCHOOL,
house ~, at Fulton aud Howard avenues, was
blown on Just AS the tnUfninK exercises were
heeinnine. Almost a panic ensued among the
children. but no one WAS injured. Five three
story frame nous >, partially " Completed. at Led
ford avenue ana Hay snrd street. were torn to
p r,On was bur.. lhe roof Of Mrs. Kate
keeg~n's house a. Third avenue and thirty
sixth street " q blown Oh bouily A small frame
house at lnur avenue. near tiith street. was
blown down AN cmbankinent The total loss
of tropertv Is eetituaLed at Sl5,UOO.
Five thrUe story frame houses on HAYWARD
street. near Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, were
ne sriy dem olished by the Wind. Tue chip X -
beni. lying Dt Prenuce's wnarf. broke away
from her monfings, anu was carried against the
steameu Evening star ana Idaho, daInasinx
Tne damage in Now jersey was great In tho
agsreg te. In Newark a foriy foot chinLey,
left standing In the ruin OF the Celluloid Works,
was blown down, crushing an udj inlng bui,d-
ing. a man was b,ulv hurt. Tue swaylhg of
meadows scared the sscng'rs. The roof OF
the Long Branch ilro d de ot In Ella beth
uncaUaed. A n use IN Atlantic CITY = pros
tried. he wind revived smouGering fire IN
John Norton's oafn. n.tsnnnrR, aud s2read
Public school building l.. Jersey cav, lost its
roof. Peter Falsom va oihns cars IN the depot
OF the Pennsylvania diroad last evening, when
car W hlown down the track upon him,
crushing him to de, ,th.
THE EFTEcrs or TUB GALE EIsEwuERs.
In Philadelphia the gale did great dam age. In
almost every sectton houses wero uuroofed or
otherwise damaged. Al the Centennial grounds
tre towers Of ARi icultui al II al aud Of the New
A thtee-storv frame structure at Forty-drst
3 rect and Elm avenue, and q one-story bric
avenue, were blown down. The tin roof of the
Trans Continental ho,ei. near the Centenni Il
the Tin roof OF tbs Farmers Asrket.
In Camden, y. j., tue . le was equally violent.
The roofs at six houses On sixth ftieet were
lifted NO and blown distance OF some seventy
Mrs Foster, on Atlantic avenue, was blown
down and totally destroved.
In Cohoes, n. Y, at I A. NJ. yesterday, the
steeple q 81. b,rnard's Churon, 90 Ontario
stree, 25 feet hieh. coniainine full sst II
| chimes, was blown down aud completely de-
| molished. The chimes we're hurried rcruss tho
Ken selaer and ratoca Railroad track. imp d.
- "A ID Z IN.
| parently not much damaged The wires Of tho
IVES ern Union telegraph Company and those
belonging 10 the railroad company we're all pros
rated The roof Of the residence OF MI Dan.
lei McGrHth was liittd as one Iiece and hurled
10 the opposite side OF the street.
la Albany the uuls damage reported Is the
nue. MANY houses wero rnroDfod ~ Troy. and
oSmage done TO the extent II several thousand
tie Troy and Conues horse railroad. WIS
probably fatally Injured on Green Island
he roof OF the rolling mill ii Unton
Prison "A lown on and upset tue stage bound
from Dannem3ra to fiattsourE. Al moores
Junction u hiRh chimney at the stove factory
was blown down, b dly damaging tue engine
and boiler.
In Providence, Il. l.. one Of the smsll gothic
spires ON the tower OF Grace Church WIS blown
uUwn, AM In WOonsocket The new French & tn
tue top OF the h seneut wall
Ia New London. Conn, part OF tho roof OF
hotel was Dlown,n II
dam 20 In the law Land below Eg nsvilie, Ind.
Ten farm, hve miles tel " Mount Ntfnun woro
Of tue f,rm houses Is unknown. ono family
were Tescued frum the second story windows Uf
their residence by the steamer Floronce Ice.
The Oauage 10y tine gale 10 is fillmore, In un-
roonna and oiherWlse Damaging houses, Is est.
ma.e ed al ti0OUJ, princlu lily Ia the western and
notthw-eicrn portions ~ he city. Ia Frederick
City, Md. the spile % the Episcopal Church w.s
blown down, Grushing ~ an adjulning house.