The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-10
WHERE THE STORM STRUCK.
ALMOST 4 TORNfDO SUEEPTNG OYER A
yiSI ENIENT or COUNTRY.
"a. Fearful velocity Destruction In the
Street. and In the Rivers Houses I'm
r,or,d aud Nbips Torn from their Moor
,uxa- The Telegraph Very Badly Crippled.

v.-rhe Telegraph Very Badly Crippled.
Early yesterday morning the wind, which
,or,c from the southeast and had been grad
,,ur Increasing IN velocity from 10 80 the night
bef,re. att4neI to u speed of nearly fifty miles
nm hour Then Il freshened sull further until.
nt7lG An. il wis making n mile minute and
doing considerable damage in and near the
city. At 1880 it vccrcd 10 the west and gradually
declined in force. AT noon yesterday its velocity
was twonty-onc miles an hour; at 7. VI. it was
foriy-ceht. and Mt 3 +. NJ. it had fallen off to
nriy-sevcu miles an hour. The lowest record
OF the barometer was 29.l9. and the rainfall in
This city was C6-lOOuis OF AN inch. Thc storm
nrea extended from the Atlantic rs far west as
Chicago. southwark to Jacksonville. Fla. and
northward throughout northeastern Canada.
All day communication 10y telegraph was slow
md dim 'ult. owing to tine hrcakagc of wires.
There was no communication with either
Canada in the North. or Key West in the South.
and u. ncr hom" much damage was done t.
telegraph line. although business was carried
on. nr Stamford. 'un. eight poles belong
inE to the Wesl.rn Union Telegraph Company
were blown down. aud the t, graph to Sandy
HOOK WIS un'i' FOR use all day The damage TO
the police and iire telegraph wires was not great.
In the early morn ~. the force Of the wind
was great that hul, was brokon in the face
of the Mutual co'k, the Signal Service blue
lantern was broknr bricks were blown from
the chime, at lOi Gr'nnr street and piled up
in the middle of iho street. many show w.nloWs
were broken. buildings were unrooied ships
snd steamers in the North river broke their
mcorin.s ana W rr Injured 10y collisions with
others trees wrrc blown down. and signs in all
parts Of iil city wer" torn from their iastenings
Among the damages TO person and property
were the following:
The steamboat Cpaunrey Vibbard at the foot
Of Twcnty-fourth street. broke loose from her
moorinss at 20 \. ~. and was blown out into
1he stream. Here She ran ntou schooner. whose
iowS0rit she carried away. Then. being brought
tr0ads de on upon the schooner, the stump of
the howsprit was forced through her wheel
house The : 'hooner broke her anchor cable
md driltcd ipon the Hohoken flats. hut the tow
ioat. Vanderbilt and May Clinton rescued the
Nibharl ami towed her ha X 20 her wharf
Tho Sylvan G.on, OF the Harlem line OF steam
frs. hal her pil, house injured and her railings
broken.
Tho ferry boats. especially on the North river
rNperiea 'ed great trouble in their early trips
bu, no serious accidents are reported. The
wind was So strong and the waves rose so high
fhat the 10 T. TO ked violently and there were
tct"ra ass % sea ~ 'kn"ss among passen-
gers. The Crstlron. Of the Staten Island Jerry.
iade an event nj and peruous passage across
into her Slip broalside on. Her damages were
fnght. Tn, trips of the other boats were mate.
rally intcrlcrcd with. The Granite State a
bound steamer. Was seven hours late. and the
~ M SF n,,r. In. paNs7n&ge & from Providence
Between l2fth and both streets several
srhuoners and small vessels broke from their
moprinys ana W'rv damaged by collisions with
snch "thcr. or ~ being dashed against the
Nharyes
= rwo s,hooners went. ashore on the Jersey
Ja's. oil Robbins heei. but were not materially
damaged.
The tide in the East rivor rose to an extraor-
I4s4ltF NI D.
sea wall u Blaciweli'- Island, ana partially
rovorins the llqrlom nais
sandy Hook Teceraph Inc No. news regard
ih- 7.llW II On h' rrsry coast hn, yet been
r"tNvd. hut t.lr OH r. ol Tho Coast Mr'- INK
.hlnny Sy tat suen " storm must have been
4 canal boat bearing no name was found
The Astoria terry boats suspended their trips
II oyer TWO hours. ~ day break the water i'm
\ wlins .gn t27l Canal strn.t struck und
hanr"d 'nth"rn. Cassidy Of "A Oliver street
) Nth az nu i.ll and hurt Onlter Thurman OF
Oi 70 B,w of ttihe I.eon1rd street police was
l..us.y ,nur 1t 10y lhe falling oi an iron shut
L r at 2j3 BrpaiWav.
N OF JOAN " Closkey's paint store. n,
300 y hh aNrnu .. WAS broken IRON iis hinges.
HAlin IL nj. . riou-ly injured Barbara Dory
Annie Connor- oi 5ji West Thirty-sixth
tirart was slrg,k hy a swins sign blown from
Licv'nlh aNgLuf. IA rWounds may prove fatal.
Abraham Il Y. II ,2ss Third avanac. was Sc
Nrrrly nIurrd 'y th .iali of the wood n awning
IN front ui his store. " s ribs were broken and
b. WIS injured iui rnlv.
John sheridan had h,, leg broken. and was
9TH injured. hy ia" Limb OF u trr.'thai the
hiorn is Il III 81 Tw,nty-eShth street AMI
Iypin n5 ,I Iay,1ps W. e. nlea by Dr. fst'sr
Thomas Callahan aud Aio- Williams were
hnoched down an badly cut by the wooden
Four men in W. On narrowly escaped being
rrn9shel by the ialI q u large tree at 3jj East
william Holmes. n rag picker. WIS badly
bruised by a tree that in near Is Lcxinston
William Seton Of Astoria Is suffering from
reWpr ssi;l9n OF M brain. caused hy the falling
Two of the children of LOUIS Abrnhalns OF
lli4 Third avenue W re- cut by glnss blown
ifon tne Windows Of ieir fathers store.
lHe a ~ south street WAS blown on an,l
hHu,SSi SSi Mat'r q fled.nf,s paint sio,,, a .G2
Soi's sugur house at ~ MONTGOMERY street,
We slightly damaged. anl the swinging signs
ahi AWNINGS IN the n-ishDOrhood were torn
ilmm thcir iasten.nss.
rIA' r"'i Of The ian''nc platform IN Benlors
torn pm and $ at.red for n.nny fs.i nronni'
Ihr il'nr WIS also rIrcd up and the fluhrrs
v r., hpM io cons .deTnble distances. The
Thn mr5o wooden cross thnt Ornamental the
german Catholic thur'h al 10Th street and
Ninth avonue was blown tn th- ground and nj
IL" same Time the TN root oi the rtruitur. VS.
nnr'ei w. ana hl rled lar out into t.le street
The ROOF OF Pt.rson's coal onloo at q73
t.knih avenue WHe blown on. los $50
Ihe ornnm"nth railing ON the roof ~ the
churrh az Nv nll ninth street AMI Madison
avenue NiiS torn uif
Slates from the roof Of the new church at
ilpusion street and the Bowery were east into
fhe street, but no ON" MAS seriously injured.
Sturg's's hot,l sheds. st. Nicholas avenue
%cre destroyed. Loss 800
me hlg board fence around the Magdalen
hSylgm hl Eg.tv-nlnth street and With avenue
WIS daniag 81 1900.
,Tnrc eoInre u the Stevens Apartment House,
torn on. '
A flagstaff in front Of so Park place was top
Part Of the chmney nt GGs Greenwich street
root ' 49,
Part OF the roof Of the Asylum for Inebriatos.
Dh Wards Island, was carried away and the
Tirr made = sght breach III the sea-wall OF
BN'kwrll's Island.
,The tin root Of the dancing ha in Hamilton
Ihrk was found in nnighboring lot.
Awnings and signs at i35 Eleventh avenue
Vfr damaged 800.
> En7 were blown down at 10 and 33 Barclay
greet al lH Seventh avenue; at j. l.. NJ
IMih. s. lOlS Ihlrd avenue; at 81 Elm street
81 At other places.
f"n'cs were blown down throughout the