New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-19
THREE DAYS OF RAIN.
TWO STORMS IN RAPID SUCCESSION.

rho storm which prevailed in New-YOrk
srom Saturday morning until late hour last
.;bt with the exception OF a brief interval
cnndov afternoon, was in fact two storms the
Ct which had its origin in the Northwest,
.,o,;og off only q short time before another,
I;;oo in the South and coming up
tbo Atlantic coast, reached this city. The
or,onnt Of rain which fell in the three days
us unusually great, and high winds prevailed
q mart Of the time. Much damage was done
10th nv water and wind. Trains on the Hud-
co., River Railroad were delayed. In England
tSere has been thirty hours of continuous
,oin Of Chester, and considerable damage has
been done in the northwest.
ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE STORM.
Tho sf6rp signals have been ND all along the AT"
,,pt,c coast from Savannah to EastpOrt ever since
SATURDAY.. was the report last night of DR.. Dom
bapser. The Signal Service officer on the Equitable
pnild,ng. In the streets below the crowds, holding
ON to their umbrellas with both hands, in the teeth
of a twenty-miles-an-hour breeze and peltng
rain seemed to think it about time that the storm
signals were taken in, and the sun allowed
10 shine again. The reports at the Signal service
Office showed that the storm which has prevailed
IN this CITY with little cessation since early Satur
daV morning WAS III ItdillS lNo otOlbo "H'NiA NN'~
from widely separated quarters. The gentle
shower of Friday afternoon was merely OF local
origin. but the rain which reached this city soon
after 10 o'clock that night was the wet fringe OF
storm which originated in the Northwest on Thurs
day Ii was attended with q very heavy rainfall
all along its course. but only its southern
edge reached New-York. the storm centre
passing to the north along the St. Lawrence valley.
The Weather Bureau predicted clearing weather
when this should have passed but early on sunday
morning a new storm originated very suddenly III
Florida, developed rapidly and travelledin north
western course along the Atlantic states, gathering
force as it moved. Its centre contracted as 1t adj
vanced and it consequently became more severe as
a. moved northward visiting the Delaware and
New-Jersey coasts. The storm centre reached Cape
Hatteras at IL o'clock yesterday morning
and passed this city about p. IN From the
severity of the wind and rain here at that
hour IL was evident the unntiated might have
thought New-York caught its full force, but the
storm centre actually passed to the seward by
1920 D. M the storm was leaving New-London,
while Boston and Eastport getting the full
benefit of its concentrated force.
AN EXTRAORDINARY RAINFALL
This storm throughout its entire course was at
tended with an extraordinary rainfall for the
month of August. At Wilmington. n. Co. there was
the almost QnpdIdlltItu IAN VI d''lOO A'Nt'0 III
eight hours Those whose business compelled them
to he out in it in New-York yesterday afternoon
between the hours of 4 and thought that it was
raining nearly an inch an hour here. In fact the
total rainfall in this city greatest in the eight
hours preceding 4:30 p. m, yesterday when the
gauge on the Equitable Building recorded % 100 OF
On inch the total fall for the twenty-fOur hours
ending then being 162 90 inches. In the succeeding
six hours up to 1890 D. 81 100 OF an inch fell,
making the total for the two storms $1,000 inches
10 fha str n
appear additionally severe was the herce Wlnd |
which accompanied IT., Ii began with ngnt |
breeze from the south, blowing from that direction
until 10 o'clock yesterday morning when the wind !
shifted TO the northeast and began increasing III
velocity. At p m, the hour Wheh tne sl1Im cen
ire passed this city TO the cast, the WIND sfted 10
northwest aud increased IN velocity To twenty |
three miles an hour, reported on the Equitable
Building, while at sandy Hook It was probably
travelling more than thirty miles an hodf'
CLEAR WEATHER PREDICTED
During the day the barometer fell nearly half an
inch but as soon as the storm centre passed 1t be-
gan to rise Throughout the greater part Of the
three DAYS storms the temperature has been almost
stationary in the neighbOrhOod of SO, ut imine-
diatey upon the shifting of the wind at . o'clock
last evening the mercury began to fall, and al
1880 p. il registered 81 and was falling, All
the indications at that hour were favorable Tor
change to clear weather for to-day, with pr0ba-
bity that II viii he cooler.
The second storm did not extend farther INLAND
than the Allegheny Mountains and was most severe
along the coast. At Philadelphia the rainfall Tor
the eight hours ending at 1870 p m, Yesterday was
ID inches aud 30 for the twcnty-fOur hours Al
the latest accounts the storm centre was recedlng
from US to tie northeast: 1t had reached New
London. where the rainfall up 10 400 for eight |
hours was inches, while at Boston II was ram |
lng heavily aud inch had fallen III elgut hours,
against 70-1O0 of an inch ID Passport Inc reports
received showed very cold weather IN the New |
England States, the mercury standing at 4 O'Clock |
tie warmest hour IN the day. nj PASSPORT Do. at
Boston, $50, and at New-London 81 and falling.
SCENES IL THE CITY.
The peculiar featule OF yesterday rain. When
the city was ready to resume tine business OF an
other day the air was thick with driving rain, and
all through the succeeding hours the floodgltes
manned open. 1t poured down in long straight
streams; If came in almost solid masses; around
the corners it whired gusts, and off the roofs IL
blew in sheets Umbrellas were a mOckery,
for the ubiquitous and all-oenetratlng element
sought out unprotected spots and made poor
humanity Out-Ot-dOOrs thoroughly WretchSd' NO
stirred from home VINO was moi ODlged 10 go
out, and those who walked were very few Stages
Were densely packed, and the street cars, at such
hours as the publ; were gong to ana
ready wet. entering any VENICE, the
majority of the passengers insisted upon |
closing every window and ventlatOr, so that the |
air, freighted with the odors OF steaming UNI
brellas aud saturated garments and variety OF
breaths was almost intoierase' FROM motel, res
taurant, store and Office doors, persons who were
Obliged to move would await coming stage or
car and on its arrival, with a dash through mud
and mlTe, would rush 10 Its shelter, Stepping on
t cOrns putting umbrellas into one anOthers eyes,
aud dragging wet garments across the laps Oh all
the occupants. s,.,
20 the dav there was little ill-natuTc manifest. HE
fruit-peders along the sidewalks were forced out OF
business and looked ruefui; the market-paceS
were deserted and the occupants OF the stalls gazed
on their uusOd wares aud estimated their losses,
the while impOTtunmg the occasional pedestrian as
be rushed madly on with shoes coats anu dresses