New-York tribune., 1879-04-01
A MARCH GALE.
1rS EEFECT nm land AND WATER.

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THE CITY VISITED BY A GALE BLOWING AT The
RATE OF rBIRTy-FIvE MILES AN HoUR-sNoW
on LONG ISLAND.
The closing hours of March were marked by
a heavy wind storm. There was difference III 'ne
t,mperature between the highest points of Sunday ana
Monday OF lso The weather yesterday morning was
raw and chilly and during the day the Wlnd reacheu
a velocity OF thirty-fve miles an hour At SANDY
Hook its velocity fifty miles an hour;
at Cape Henry, 80 at Cape May, 20, and at hlty
Hawk. G5 miles A dispatch from Washington yester-
day afternoon stated that storm OF great energy was
raging east Of the NewJersey coast and that 1t would
nrobably move I'm heasterly path with high nortn-
east winds backing to northwest on the NoW-Engiand
coast The full fury OF the storm would not reach lh
city
The storm-centrc. which was at Cape Hatteras on
Sunday night. swept along the Atlantic coast auu
passed over New England last night The highest We
locity of the wind this city was about hrty-Ve miles
an hour Pedestrians osed against each other as they
blindy made their way using all their reserve power 10
keep hats on and 10 preserve their equilibrium
The rivers and bay dashed into white caps anu
scarcely vessel was to be seen In motion NeSses
which had cleared for were anchored I'D the Day anu
of the Battery with sails closely fured ana All
ont. Ferry travel was delayed, and In many
coscs the VOYAGE across the East River was
rongb and uneven. The Signal Service Corps
raised both white and red st0fm-s,gnHIs az
indication of extreme danger IL was otilcNcu ~,
nioht that distance from the ehof "ou
feel the effects of wind storm more seriously Iah
those nearer this port, account or the fhfy OF e
wind along tue entire New-Eugland coast Wrecks were
reported near Cape Henry, Smiths lsland be"es De''
and at other stations along the coast. - 4,
At Sandy Hook the storm aged with great IufY anu
vessels inward bound kept well of the coast Compare
tiyejy few vessels passed inside the Hook ana uc c
vouia from Glasgow, the only European stetmShP =
which came into port. Tho signal COrls STATION az
Little Egg IIarbOr the NeWJersey coast repOtu al
2 O'clock u. III. to The Chief Slgnal omc.r
at Washing gton that an unknown twO-na>ed schooner
lumbcr-aden. bound to Nev-Gork, ancnOitu al Tue
mouth of Little Egg HarbOr Inlet yesterday uoln1S.
but that ii was Impossible for her to get into inc nYl
on account OF high northwest winds. Distress seh2ls
we're set and at hour OF sending the dispatch se
was dragging her anchors, with the certainty
Of striking the shoals II the gale continued during he
night Lfe-Sayng Crew No % started 10 hcl
hui the surfbOat blown over hy the Wld ana Hdu
tle sides broken in, rendering IL nutt for use. ,
A heavy snow storm accompanied the lnSh Wlhu az
thp east end OF Long Island. Between GreenpOrt ana
Manor distance uf thirty miles, snow fell 10 tc ncpth
of seven inches drifting badly in the cuts on the Long
Island Railroad The mail tram west from Greenp"IJ
was six hours IN reaching Manor, distance OF tury
miles arriving al Hunters Pout five hours behind tme
The eastward bound afternoon express train cOud not
20 beyond Rlverhead without the aid OF snow pout'
Al Patchome snow fell TO the depth OF three lhches'
Trains on the Sag HarbOr Branch were also delayed