The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-10


Tres were blown down at 3i3 East Twenty
seventh street. Fifth avenue I'm front of tho
r,siden,r OF cx-Conlptrollcr Grecnl. Cottage
place, Ninth street and Fifth avenue. Twenty
slXth s street and Fifth avenue. AZ East Tw'nty
parts OF the city. and tho breaking Of several
'eltEpnph poles was reported.
AT Broadway and Fulton street the wind over
turned horse and wagon. the latter being
literally upside down.
The wind storm in Brooklyn played havoc
signs, and church ornaments. Tho tin roof Of
tnc church edIllce At Clinton and Perrcpont
serted Church of the Puritans at Lafayette and
Marry Marcy avenues the damage in e9eh case s
w9RRh1aS to % Is pnn@cd nnd %na S Ge
ret on 81. AIMS Episcopal Church were blown
on. The 5000 platc.Elnss show window in j. C.
Dayton's store ut $50 Fulton street WIS blown
IN. as were the windows in the stores AT 352 Full
Ton street and at 81 Myrtle aaNyenur. 0ter $1,000
Fulton street. near Galatin place. by the loss Of
NE roof and the destruction Of plate-gnss win
The most serious loss was the destruction Of
the frame factory used by the Phoenix Chemical
Company, ut the foot Of Thirty-ninth street
and four stories high The wat hman. who oc-
cupi"d rooms in the top floor. removed his fnm-
w5riSp n ohnui AZ IN 7n'a nn,v clVk s nv ,v
approached the building that IT wns likely to
ihli. and they refused To enter. lew moments
later the Whole structure tumhlcd down.
Th 'rr WAS large stock oil chemicals DESTROYED,
md II j. 1" Jared that In" marhincy IL badly dam
aged. The pruprieiors estimate their loss at
saoNoo Tho WIND also tore of n section ui tin
ru'i, l.2ll irt square. from the County Hos
pItal. took OH the lin roof OF The Old nm t,n-
tarS Workshop; stripped five houses in Gntre
avrnur. hrtw.su Mar and Tompklns avenues.
OF their I'm roots. and utterly demolished VAN
being made ready for the summer season.
II W.s ienred that the storm would play tho
mischief with the foot bridge ross the Elst
river hut Mr. larrIngton who made journey
from AN 'horaSe to auch, rage Ht O'Clock yes
trrday morning, when the gale WIS blowing
hardest. found that the bridge swaycd four or
five feet each way. and the wind whistled
throush the openings in the walk md strained
siugle part of the structure was disturbed. Tho
sensations OF walk across Tia. foot bridge in
such gale. when the wind was lifting the
bridge above iis normal height. were very sn-
gulur. An observation through "a transit msiru-
ment showed that there had been no change in
Tie schooner Hiram Wells was blown from
her anchorage on tho coal do.ks at Weehuwk.n
Fields Her Captain. William Stevenson. and
y : crow su't"eded in getting her off. and she
drlitsd W the river TO Pleasant Valley, where
she nlled ani sank. The cook. colorei boy. Is
years old. was drowned. The schooner was
loaded with coal
In Paterson. at an early hour yesterday morn
ine. great damage was done. The ste"ple of the
Second PRESBYTERIAN Church at Ellison nnl
Church streets WIS blown down. The ruins fell
upon the adjoining houses Of John Osborne and
EDWARD Collier. and caused considerable. dam
ngc. The damage TO the church was $1,000.
We're moved from their foundation, und fences
and barns wrrr destroyed.
In EnzAbrth q new dwelling house was blown
down: loss $500 Many roofs were stripped
nii. and iences ani ehimneys were destroyed.
The high tide caused 10y the storm flooded the
lower portion of the city
The eale was very destructive on Staten
Island In many places long lines Of lenrcs
window shutters in all directions. portion Of
ne. ihe mug weather Sane on tns Clilton brewery
south shore were damaged. Tha wharf of "A
coal yard near the basin mt Staprton was torn
down 10y one Of the large refuse -ows from
New York coming in contact with t. Thcw water
in the upper. lower. and Princes bays was un-
usually rough The ferryboats made their
siSamar D. r. Martin was % obliged %"us to omit the
o'clock trip. The steamer Jesse Hoyt of the
Long Branch line was also obliged to give up
The. canal boait Edith from Port johnson for
Nnw Haven. with 300 tons OF coal. WIS sunk "a
Port Morris. She was valued Mt 81 900. and WIS
nj insured. although hcr par-u WIS.
Th- waves in tn canal NJ Port Morris swept
ca'n-from the canal loats NJ. Kane. NJ. Bau-
row. Naiis T. I, chenor Dcnn l.w.s l.un.a
Colby. and L. {. DENIM rd. nl for Now Haven.
Iu.winl relt-i great havoc iu JERSEY CITY
and hohok-n. S-ns were blown iown. shutters
torn from lrir hinges. houses uurpoi,tl tf,..-
uprooted. and windows blown in. The old lin-
n"py p1." in front of No. Three Engine house.
IN Jrrs' " city. wnirh h4s stool Tor a qntri Z ui
a century. WAS broken. Three of the great trees
IN Currie'S Woods Bayonne. We're blown over
The car tracks. III" re- den - Of GOV B'dl",
SuSs a street. Were uurOOiei.
tn" barge Orlson Breed, lying of the foot Of
Washington street. Jersey CITY, WAS driven
against the wAnri with such force that "a large
hole was knocked through the stern. Capt. Coz
and his family were asleep AT the time. and they
barely had time To- ct out IN their night dresses
before the vessel sank The Captains loss IN
cluding the boat, is 81 300
Van Nostrand's large coal sheds In Ocean
avenue We're carried away. and the fence Of
Baum 5 coal yard. in Henderson street. was blown
Telegraph Company between GreonNlle and
Jersey { .ty re- broken down.
On the Central, Jersey CITY, and Hoboken
ferries the bot- were considerably delayed
early IN the morning owing to the rOughncss OF
t.. water aud the heavy wind
Ihe gale yesterday morning did considerable
damage on Long Island. unroofing dwelling
houses and blowing down fences telegraph
poles and ,himnrys. No lives were lost. and
no serious damage was done 10 shipping.
Near l.pkskll the Hudson River Railroad
frhrk was washed AWAY on the river side The
ehsi track WAS uninlurcd, and lay was slight.
! h" WhHrN"S Mt konGout We're flooded ana the
irrry boat Was unable to run.
Telegraph poles We're prOstratrd throughout
Canada. The wind and sleot were very severe.
Ia Boston the gale was the sevrrret known Tor
years. The wind registered "A velocity oi sry-
enty-two miles an hour. Much damage Was
done to buildings.
In Taunton The roof OF the new theatre was
lifted on carried oyer a block OF buildings. and
droppcd into Main street.
In Lawrence. Mass. the roof Of st. Mary's
Chur IA WAS blown OH
The piers up the Hudson were submerged
ami tie Hudson River Railroad track was
washed away in many places.