The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-11
BLOWING A FIERCE GALE.
THE STORM TRATELLING At THE RATE
OF FIFTY MILES IN HOUR,
Rain Failing without Cessation for Thirty
six Hours 80 Remarkable Meteorological nj
Chnnges-Tho Rising of an Unusual Tide.


Tho storm which reached its height in
this city yesterday at about noon, was preceded
by n rain fall that began on Monday morning
at about o'clock. From that hour until the
storm abated. yesterday afternoon, more than
an inch and quarter Of rain foil.
The approach Of the storm was announced on
Monday at midnight by the Chief Signal once.
and the usual signals. the flag and the lantern.
were hoisted over the offlco here to give warn
Ing 1t originated in tho South Atlantic States
and moved UP along the coast in
northeasterly direction. accompanied by
high winds and an unusually high
temperature It broke over this city at about 6
O'Clock yesterday morning with considerable
violence. the wind having velocity Of twenty
nve miles an hour. This increased rapidly
until o. o'clock. when tho rate was fifty
miles an hour. At ~ o'clock. when the storm
centre was over this city It's velocity was forty
miles an hour. Tho pole on the Equitable
Building. from which tho sixteen-foot storm
signal was Hying cracked and swayed from tho
strain upon e. and the flag was hauled down.
being replaced by the eght-ioot signal.
The force OF the storm has been the most felt
a few miles inland the velocity OF the wind
being not so great on the coast At Sandy Hook.
the rate was but thirty eight miles an hour.
The steamboat Jesse Hoyt started from Long
Branch yesterday morning at So o'clock. ard
although the weather was bad and the water
rough she arrived in this city only little be-
hind time. The Sound steamboats, made thoir
trips as usual with the exception Of the Old
Colony. that started out on Monday evening but
returned. making another unsuccessful attempt
yesterday morning.
A stone coping on the top OF a chimney In tho
rear OF II John street was blown on. and foil
through a skylght to the first story. breaking
hole in the floor and dropping to the base
ment. The proprietor Of the jewelry store on
the ground story and a customer had but Just
passed underneath the skylight. and two paint
| ers were at work in the basement within a few
| feet OF the spot whore the stone struck.
Tho west wall Of brick building IN process
Of erection at 1924 street aud Tonih avenue
wns blown down. wrecking the structure COM
Tho rooi ~ an unfinished building in Avenue
! c. near Eighty-secnnd street. was blown on in
| the afternoon. falling upon tho Methodist
| church al the corner OF Eighty second street
! The church building. which is Of wood. was
The brick walls Of the structures in course OF
erection NJ 1876 and i3s West Fity-second street.
fell during the storm in the afternoon.
A man on tho platform Of the Fulton street
| station ~ the east side elevated railroad LOisted
! an umbrella. which gust oi WIND seized upon.
| dragging the man backward across the plat
form. He was only quiek enough TO let 60 In
| time TO allow the umbrella and not himself to
drop 20 the sidewalk below.
The telegraph wires over tho houses were, In
| many cases blown down and torn from their
| fixtures. and unusually high and strong tides
were caused In the rivers: Many of the cellars
| along the banks were flooded. and the low
| grounds between Greenpoint and Williams
| In brooklyn. the sewers were surcharged in
| many instances setting back into the cellars OF
| the houses. Tho south wall OF the Pacific Mills.
that remained standing after the iire OF last
the frame tenement owned by the Patchen es-
tate nj ~ Amlty street. .,.A .... -, f....
Island. @ 0 At high tide ~ ci ociSck yesterday
| morning. the water rose 10 an unusual height.
! accompanied by "a very heavy sea and break kers.
Their roar as, they rolled ~ upon lhe shore.
| could be heard for a mile distant The entire
| Of the beach Will be materially ehanged lhe
sea swept up through Sheepshead Bay inlet in
a regular tidal wave. sweeping everything be.
| fore Il. and oyerhowing every creek and inlet
| thcrcAbouts. Here and there lakes several
feet in depth. were formed. whore the water
The Manhattan Beach Hotel was entirely sur
| rounded by water. the railroad bed even being
| hidden from view, and nothlng 81 a Tang PIE
summit Of wind'MIi Hill Tho sea also swept
oyor Brighton Beach ami the Concourse; The
| grass ulats and flower beds IN front Of the one
| are destroyed and the edges Of the other dam
aged. The Washington Ohseryatary stood the
| shock ~ tho waves unmoyed. The Atlantic
! Garden. that stands far out on the shore. was
| completely surrounded with water The pro-
preior. Mr., Bauer. had no fears for the safety
Of his estab 5hment. however. as he had made
every provision possible against such IN emer-
gency. ,
terday to view the effects % the storm.
Serious delays on the New York. Lake Eric.
storm. The damage is heavy. culNerI
was carried away between Sufrrn and Monsey.
on the Piermont branch but this loss was not
seriously felt since trains could be- run by other
routes. Travel on the Newburgh shortcut was
wholly suspended, and the damage was 80 seri-
were abandoned until daylight No serious
trouble was reported on any other branches oi
SHV washouts hGd. nj Rutherford Park. between Pat,
ana Hohokus. between Hohokus and Allendale
Much II the track in the Ramapo Valley was
submerged. and very serious washouts oc-
Cured lDoiween Greenwood and Turner's
Throughout the valley the water was higher
egram was received at the Eric railroad office
TO secure the transportation Of the mill usually
carried over the Waikiki Valley road. Trains
on the Hackensack road were delayed on ac.
count Of earth washed on the tracks. The firs
delay on the Erie was reported at about o'clock
A seyere freshet Is reported from Garrison =
opposite West Point, on the New York Central
and Hudson River Railroad The track is in
undated 10 the depth Of several ieet, the river
having oyeriiowed Us banks me special Chi,
cago express that started from Troy yesterday
afternoon at :25. and is due at tho Grand Con
tral Depot at Z 7. NJ had not arrived ~ 70 II i
o'clock last evening, The train that startee
from Troy at 10 =. NJ and was due hero at II
T., N. was not expected until this morning
| The storm OccaslOned no delays on either the
Pennsylvania or Jersey Central railroads
LoNd BRANCH. Dec. l0.-The storm which
began on sunday night lasted with little change
until about noon to-day, and then Increased {
an old fashioned December gale. By o'clQcl
this afternoon II was almost hurricane, and n
o'clock the winds violence was so great tina
the Lifo Saving patrolmen had 70 quit the bluf
| for fear OF being blown into the sea. Al
o'clock Sandy Hook reported the windtravelllng
at the rate Of 40 miles an hour The rain fol
In torrents. No reports OF marine disaster
hayo reached this place from tho life-sayinl
stations between Barnegat and tho Highland
Light up to this evening. but the damage to tn
blum by the wind and rain. and TO the town
} along tho sea by the Hood will be severe. .Thos
portions Of South Amboy and Perth Ambo
near Raritan Bay are inundated by the un
usually high tide.
unroofed and flooded few buildings, and dc
stroyod fences and uprooted trees
In Sea Girt and Squan Beach the storm ha
, full sweep. In Squan the inlet Leading iron
I Squan River 10 the sea Is completely blocke
The storm has opened a new inlet fuTthe
south, and near the Port Pleasant shore. Tn
new inlet Is much broader than tho old one
and il has a greater depth Of water.
/ Travel on the New Jersey southern Hailroal
to and from New York has boen discontinued
Il being considered perilous for the boats
PATERsoN. N. j.. Dec. 10-In Wyckof thl
evening Jardine's dam a large structure
gave way TO the pressure OF the water, whic
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