New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-11
EFFECTS IN THIS CITY AND VICINITY.

EFFECTS IN THIS CITY AND VICINITY.
A HEAVY RAINFALL WITH HIGH wINDs-REMARK-
ABLE CHANGE IN THE BAROMETER - DIsCoM-
FORTS AND ACCIDENTS.
The storm that swept over the city yester-
day was unexpected, but Its violence surprised
every The morning broke through DeaVy masses
OF clouds, from which the rain descended III
ftiul showers. It not long before the VIVA
freshened into a gale from the southeast and became
n new element of discomfort Storm signals had been
raised az the United States Signal Service Bureau
on the Equitable Building. at midnight, to warn
vessels in the harbOr Of the impending dam
ger Before o'clock DR.. DOnhauser discovered
that the wind was blowing so strong as
to endanger the fagpole which the large led nag
was Gyng With considerable difficulty the flag was
hauled down and smaller raised in its place. The
wlnd-ruage showed velocity OF about twenty-five
rMes an hour at tue time. BY o'clock the wind had
attained velocity Of fOrtyeight miles, and 1t was al
most impossible to stand on the roof OF the building
The rain continued TO descend In torrents. At inter-
walls there would slight cessatOns then the fury Of
the storm would break out The cutters Of the
streets were flooded, and at many OF the
street corners pools OF water collected and
proved sources OF great annoyance Persons
who were obliged TO walk out suffered much discomfort
The force OF the wind did not decrease much until
afternoon and the gale continued to blow from the
southeast The velocity about forty miles an hour
at / o'clock, and this regarded as the average
velocity for the day. At o'clock the wind blew in
gusts at rate OF twenty miles an hour with
| frequent changes In It's direction
The streets along both river fronts were in many
places overnowec, particularly the ferry approaches
IN the vicinity Of Fulton and Washington Mar
| kets; it was only by the use OF temporary
| footbridges thas pedestrians were enabled 10
Ged ' The large eet Of vessels anchored of the Bat
| terry, IN Gravesend Bay, ana the Horseshoe"
e eSsr anchoFs and the uneasy motion caused by the
high waves was too great TO DC enjoyed py nose OH
and the piers; and where there was, any
heavy waterproof coverings Very few vessels passed
| sandy Hook during the day. and the sandy Hook
| road discontinued her morning trips because Of the
heavy sea. No Fail River steamer reached the city,
fncn returned 70 Fail River. The ngton
Massachusetts came through all right re ching here
about an hour behind schedule 'e' sue reporter nea'y
The storm was accompanied by remarkable change
IN the barometer For several days previous to the
! storm the mercury had stood az $3.50; on
so yesterday morning, showing a decline OF
| over half an inch Between 3 O'clock yesterday
morning ana o'clock in the afternoon Il tell nearly
men rther and last evening stood at % So the low
point which /; has reached IN tubs city for several
years. Dr.. Donhauser, said last evening that a
| iaii of over inch and half IN the ba-
rometer in suca short Hs t tune, was most
al Service officer he had never observed such
chanse Chansss OF tie 0Gme f 5r we're RE NOR NOR:
| but even at sea nothing short OF q cyclone would
| barometer TO fail inch and half in
thiry-sx hours The unusual change IN the barometer
cOrrrspOnded somewhat with the rainfall, when was
dgTing Yesterday. The weather was warm. About
the thermometer indicated $780, at midnight IL was 40.
IS be rep62s s Which cane the Service Bureau
last evening showed that the storm had been very
and centred IN Arkansas on sunday IL continued
TO move in anortheastery direction, spreading gradually
severely In the south Atlantic states. In many OF the
Southern states the reports showed heavy rains, While
unIra i'm pTaN
and a half OF ralu ieh at Albany, ana ~
B%iIon miles per hour hee was an inch Of rain
There was also heavy ran at Portland Me-. No
th, telegraph wires having been blown down. Reports
from Caro-, Ill, Indianapolis, Ind keokuk, Iowa. Leay;
enworth, Kan, ST. Louis, Mo-, NcksburS, Miss, aud
Shreveport, La. were also missing. From inquiries
at the Offices of the Atlantic aud Pacific and West
storm had caused much delay IN sending messages TO
the West. On many Of the telegraph lines the wires
were down or had become crossed by swaylng IN tue
wind and messages had to be sent in roundabout ways
| ann .ult Tue between Hartford and New-Hayen
were believed to be down. as there was no communica-
The damage caused by the storm IN the city was not
very great, and few aCcdcuts were reported The top
| aud fell down In the rear OF the building upon
ssy-ight, crashing through this to the first floor.
basement The first floor Of the store Is Use IS aJeweiry
sore, and the proprietor aud customer had passed D.
meath the skylIght only moment or two previously,
and in the basement two painters were Nv WoTS
| strucL The west wall Of new building in course OF
erpction ON Northumberland sixtysecond-St., near
Teuth-ayc was blown down, cat sing some excitement,
| but iniuring no one. Two sma bu ldlngs In p o.
| cess OF erection Nos. 1856 ana l3S W~st Fay
| = oldest were also overturned, but no person
| wa, The roof ~ unfinished bu ding
in Avenuc-A, between Elghty-hrst ana Elghysecoad,
Sta wts Down of and Co ,cd he southwest corner
OF Eighty second-sl, where 1t fell the Metl dist
| Church. Inc church, frame building, was badly
wrecked and the rain that fch in tOrTcls made the
wills the unrOOfed building unsafe The damage Is
estimated at $1,000 The police Informed the Building
Department, and took measures 10 prevent hccluehS
| during the night ~, -,-,- -,--
TIE storm was very severe Brooklyn, but no serious
damage was reported. The sewers In many places were
unable carry of the water AMI consequently numer
GUS cellars flooded peciay the Eastern District.
There was dangerous breaK In Sc enthst, Grand
st. reported early In the day that great damage
| had been caused Coney Island, out tue reports
were found 70 be much exaggerated The water rose
| unusually hIgh but none OF the permanent and
| rect utly built structures were injured, so far as
could be asceItaned. The Mannat B.ach HOtel was
| entirely surrounded by water, and the rail-
road running along the shore 10 the eastern
| end of the Island was submerged. The
| Atlantic Garden was somewhat damaged, as were
also several Uuer payiliOns west of Cables number
OF bathlng-hOuses and other buildings winch
COuey Isand we'll spare carried out To sea-
| The swept upon the shore with great force ana
etroyed the OweT-beds in front OF the BrA un Beach
1 Hotel, which were laid out with elaborate care
| and great expense last Summer. IL was feared
| that the high tide at o'clock would sweep
| away many OF the structures and damage the Marine
Railroad at Manhattan Beach. l~I tIe Old struc-
| lures at Cuver's were completely wrecked Ryan's,
Tlyou's Voorhees, pawn we're badly damaged
most of the bathing hOuse1 at Norton's car led
| away and the old dock was partly destroyed. Many
familes were Obliged ~ desert her homes, and their
retreat threatened by the rapid rising OF tue water
Tho sea swept up through sbeepshead Bay In regular
tidal wave driving everything before II and oYeThowinR
and nlaf hnF Glnnf