The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-28
NOV York raid |


swept over New York sunday was not local
II was heard OF In Mexico on WEDNESDAY
night, and was then travelling noTtbeSst-
erlv. II paSSed into the Cali on the morn
inc Of the next day, and was next heard OF
on Friday AZ noon ~ Montgomery, Ala.
lie conditions then were q northeast WIND
,hei reached IN velocity seventy miles
on bour. with slect ard cold rains. On
Fridav night the seabOard was reached at
savannah, whence the movement OF the gale
Wa. nortAcrJy along the coast, having for its
western limit the Allegheny mountains,
while lis eastern extent was reported es be.
ing from fifteen 10 bity miles To seward.
the signal Office warnings were nSIng for
fbtrty-SiX hours in advance OF lis arrival at
points north of Kitty Hawk on The Atlantic
coast. but the Cuff ports were not so wen
proiccicd, although there are no reports OF
serious >Npgreck.
TDe first force 81 the storm WAS felt in
this region SUNDAY morning. Until 10
O'clock liS nature was that OF raw, guSty
gale tina, whistled around the street. corners
and made things generally unpleasant and
uncomfortable. A little after 10 O'Clock
snow began 10 fall and continued at inter-
yals ali day until nightfall, when the gale
was felt az Us height in the city. The snow
went whi>ilng around TIE corners, blind
inc the people who were unfortunate
enough 20 be exposed 10 it, fury, making
drlis on the Streei-car tracks, impeding
travel. and rendering tresideS most com
fpriable. II only 10y the contrast they
made with the cherries aspects Of
the streets. Standing on the platforms
of the elevated railroad stations, through
which ~ wind whiSt'cd and roar
cd. the snow 50 surrounded the waiting
Messengers that the trains came slipping up
b.fora they were known to be on hand, and
when thcy started again their lights diSap-
pearcd with the same phantom-hke sugges-
! lion OF mystery. The management OF the
lines. however, reduced the tIains in num-
Der iOprOyide against accidents by collision,
instances OF which have not been lacking
under conditions o. weather such rs pre-
vailed Yesterday A. night closed in
and the storm increased in fury the ap-
ptar3nce If The streets was one Of absolute
dc>olatiOn. The snow carried IN sheets
covered and almost obScured the lights OF
the Street-amps. The shops and stoves be-
ine closed. there were no interior lights TO
brighten up The scene. and Broadway from
Fourteenth street 10 the Battery was as
cherries and lonely as some distant, unn-
labtCd plain. The churches were almost
fmDtV. The cOnCert.roumS were almost
without patrons. and winters most turbu-
lent qualities seemed to he eXerted TO de.
serve a reputation Tor all that is uncompro-
missing. iuboSpitable, and without Joy OF
comfort.
CAUIIONARY SIGNALS TAKEN DOWN.
At6 O'Clock sunday evening the caution
arv signals Of the weather station in New
York were taken down and The off.
shore signals displayed instead. This is 10
Il indicate that The ships bound out may eX-
Il p1ct f5YOIug winds, although The indica-
H tons are That they will DC very high ones.
90 hetopof the Equitable building sun.
/ day nigh, toe velocity Of the wind at Z
O'Clock was recorded at twenty-three miles
an hour. At O'Clock it had been thirty.
Il two miles. aud at : in the morning the maxi.
mum velocity was reached, the record being
Of ibirty-sIX miles an hour. At Sandy Hook,
however. the storm fell barely short of being
a hurricane. The wind attained there We
l0city OF SiXty-eigbt miles an hour. During
/ the evening the storm-centTe arrived at New
York, and was passing over it, moving
with great rapidIty toward the east and
north. The cold was not intense in any OF
the local districts, and IN only one place
I in the United StateS-Nincent, ID. Twas
zero reached. The area Of snowfall was
some fell. and in Norfolk, Baltimore, and on
the North Carolina coasr it was reported as
filling in measurable quantities. 1t fell gen.
efaV 10 The north aud west. Later In the
i night the snow ceased 10 fall and the wind
ulled. In Central Park there was a beg
/ earlv display of sleighS, bur the wind wills
tliny through The leafless trees and whirling
i the snow in clouds across the open spaces
Afforded a scene Of weird and magnificent
beauty.
THE TEMPEST AT Long BRANCH.
A terrific storm broke over Long Branch
4 y. J.. al midnight on saturday. The wind
blew gale from the northeast for twenty
four hours and al times exceeded the We
locity reached on the DIST instant, when SO
/ mucu damage was done to the iron ocean
Il pier. At high tide SUNDAY the huge break
Il efs dashed over the ocean end OF the pier
Il c0mpleielS delu.ing those who were daring
enough 10 venture within hundred ieel
Of the end, or the part damaged by
the last storm. Al O'Clock IA large
concOur>e OF people gathered IN the piel
\ pavilion 20 note the effect of the storm and
action on The vast structure, which projects
about 500 feet INFO the ocean. Many de-
clarcd a. would never stand the violence OF
The storm. ~ the breakers dashed through
foam, sweeping uD the base OF the blut and
under The bathine-hOuse pavilions III trout
Of tie Ocean Hotel. But after the tide
fen no damage OF note was visible TO the
pier or other property along the shore.
The iron columns of the pier presented
no resistance 10 the elements, as all the
piling around the end had been sweep away
by the >-urm on Tuesday last. A double
/ row Of piles, with strong girders attached,
/ that /, about sixty feet from the end OF The
4 pier, was ~ ore time IN danger. As each
| wave drove them againSt the pier they trem-
| bed and sWayed with the shock. IL Is de-
Il cared by OIji ,urimen that should the neX'
4 high tide succeed IN removing the WOOD
Il p.ling there would be great danger to the
4 new section added - the pier last spring.
n Ayigilaut watch for shIpwrecks was kept
along shore by the life.saving patrol OF No.
II ana 40. ). At No. 3 station, at Green''
n Pond. 4 lively scene was presented. As The
j pljrolmcu arrived, others immediately
n dOnned tbeir Tubber-boOts, waterproof
II suits, and SOu'Weslers." and started out
Il on their beals- one going north and the
u other south. EVERYTHING ia the station.
/ house was ready for immediate action.
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