New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-22

by railway wire Ut Williamsoridge was
working east and dispatchss were brought down
bv train from that point. Gangs OF men Ee.o ~
work ali over the city doing what they could In re-
The mails were nearly all late. The train on the
that On the PennsvIvania Railroad due Mt a. M
arrived at iO:15 a. M the one due at 1850 q, N
arrived at SIG P M a IoS 9 fSrse Sours s'
The mail wagons had great difficulty 10 getting
about the CITY and were delayed about hiteen MN
utes at each station IN getting Sf them so rondlv
wagons open the ice coated over tnen 80 IapiuS'
IN BROOKLYN AND SUBURBAN TOWNS.
"Th,s il an ice Storm remarked one man to an
other in front of the Brooklyn City Hall yesterday.
II Won mean nice Storm was the reply, IL may
be for those who like that sort of thing" and ne
nroperlv emphasized bis remark by slipping ana
sitting down suddenly, as ne turned TO Walk away
The obstruct,ou 10 business by the storm was rs
great rs ever was felt in Brooklyn In the morning.
hours pedestrians found great difficulty IN getting
over the payements sheeted with Ice, for the ram
froze as it fell. The weight oil Ice upon the tee
| graph wires dpew them down, and the swaylng
cansed nv the high winds broke them in many
places and caused their supports to fall. The
| twisted and interlaced wires in many places OBJ
structad the streets and had to be removed for the
street cars and vehicles to pass Communication over
the police and fire lines almost totally interrupted
| before noon and the telegraph and telephone lines
were practically useless In the afternoon. however
| some of the ice thawed and fell of, so that
| some of the difficulties were obyated. Inc weight
| of the ice broke many branches from the trees IN
| Prospect Park Heaps of splntered and broken
limbs Law on all sides Some OF the most rare aud
valuable trees and shrubs IN the Park were nearly
ruined In the streets ard on country roads In the
| towns of Kings County travel was much oDstructed
nv fallen limbs. and in some instances whole trees
dvraU In
the day trees, telegraph poles and wires presented
very picturesaue appearance. But the dangers OF
being in the streets were numerous. owing to the
falling poles and wires and afterward from the
| loosened masses of ice which fell.
| Superiptendent Flanly, of the Police and Fire
Telegraph said yesterday was the worst day IN bis
| experience. There as no communication with 70
lice HEADQUARTERS at nearly all the precinct stations,
| except by messenger The Fire Department wires
were no nearly useless that the 6remen were
| ordered on patrol to give notice OF any con-
| Aa0ratiop The network of wires running over
the CITY Hail. including those of the Police Depart
| ment the Bell Telephone COmpans and the Law lee-
! graph Company, pulled over several chlmneys an9
/ other supports to which they were fastened, and
| many bricks tOppled into J0ralemOn-st. window
| in the City Hall tower en- the side nearest the new
Municipal BUILDING vas puh G GI anu Svsr e w tes
graph poles fell in Harris0n-st, near CouInbia-st
| completely Obstructing IL for some time. One or
|
| damage estimated at $500. Flushlng-ave. was
| blocked by the fall of six poles Al Thrd-aVe. and
| FourteeDth-st. pole fell, carrying down 1iteen
wires MANY wires supported ahOve the roof OF the
Park Theatre broke down the slight poles to which
| thew were fastened The supports for the wires
| running over the Halsey Building. near the City
/ fail rave way. Various estimates OF the loss
sustained by the telegraph and Telephone companies
by the breaking Of wires and loss OF business were
| made. II Is thought that the snin OF SOOOO0
| would not more than cover IT,
| Communication between this city and Brooklyn
| WAS cut off by the breaking of the wires running
| over the bridge No damage was done 10 tho cables
| and suspenders of the bridge itself.
| A number Of accidents. caused by the storm, was
reported to the Brooklyn police. The one fatal one
| happened TO Richard s. Byrne age tweniy-four, of
| No 38S West Twenty -seventh-st, Now-Y York. He
climbed a telegraph pole at Flushing and Carlton
way and threw him twenty feet 10 the
| ground. One leg was broken. and he received
| severe internal injuries. from which he died IN
short tee after removal 10 the Clty Hospital.
| Alfred Wybnrn was severely injured by the fall
| ing branch Of tree in Perrepont-st Ellen Knox.
| of Thirteenth-st. aud IhiTd-aye., was struck on
| the head with q brick blown from chimney
Mary VDonnel aged forty. OF No. 500 Hudson;
| ave., slipped on the sidewalk at Fulton and
| Fistbush-aves and broke her leg
IL Will take several days to put the telegraph wires
| in good condition a2 they were before the 6torm
Considerable damage was done In Brooklyn by the
| ram which flooded cellars and Easements In many
places In the early part OF tho day there was much
| delay on the lines OF street cars.
DAMAGE N JERSEY CITY.
The storm did a great deal OF damage in Jersey
CITY Hohoken and other portions OF HUI lson County
The telegraph lines Of the Police and Fire Depart
! ments i'll Jersey City, aud the line connect
ing the office OF the clerk OF the Board Of
| Chosen Freehoders with the county institutions
AT Snake Hill we're broken down, the poles in many
| cases being blown over. Chief Murphy was unable
TO send any messages to the several police stations
over the wires generally used for that purpose. and
special messengers were employed during the day.
President Leather, of the Board OF Fire CommIs-
| siOuers made arrangements 10 inform the several
companies in case OF ire, and men were set TO
| work at noon to repair the broken circuits. The
lines of the New-Jersey Telephone Company were
| also badly damaged, and nearly every private wnc
| in the city was badly injured. In Newark-aVe..
| Grove Washington, Grand aud Montgom ry-sls..
the broken telegraph lines Obsructed the street car
| tracks and caused much trouble.
The greatest damage caused by the storm
and Pacific and American Union Telegraph COmpa-
| Mes Their lines were badly broken III all dIrec-
tons. and the broken poles aud coils Of wire lined
| some of tho streets for blocks. The night manager
| of the Western Union Office stated last even
ing that the lines of the company were
badly injured throughout the entire State. and
that there was communication with the cities
aud to WIS where the company had It's offices. The
manager al the American Union office sail that the
lines Of that company had been er3kep down in all
| Railroad and Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
| Railroad were nearly all broken down. The greatest
damage was along the line OF the New-YOrk. Lake
Ere and Western Railroad. On the meadows
between jersey City and Rutherford nearly one
half of the telegraph poles were snapped of
like pipe-stems, and the wires aud poles
were thrown across the tracks, greatly delaying
the trains in the early part Of the day
Freight traffic was almost entirely suspended over
the Eastern Division between Jersey City and Port
Jervis
Many valuable elm trees in jersey City
HOboken, West HODoken and UnIun Hill
were blown down or stripped of their braiches
The steel rails on the several roads were covered
with ice, and the trains were run slower than usual
IN ayOtd oil 6anO M ngO ~ h.
engines on the Pennsylvania Road jumped from the
tracks as they were running into the station at
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