New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-23

,,or,, hv thu giving way of branches under their
heavy burdens. The trees and shrubs az the bassea
also presented the appearance Oh having euhoieu
from the fury of the elements.
IN THE SUBURBS.
The men repairing telegraph lines IN jersey City
met with great trouble because OF the interference
of other wires The wires of telegraph companies
thu Fire Department and telephone ana private
lines of all kinds crossed and recrossed IN all
directions The lines of the New-fork' Lake hr'o
and Western Railroad were repaired between Pater-
son and Port Jervis. n. Y. at an early
hour in the day. z. P. Wright, the master Oh
TRANSPORTATION of the road established his head
quarters in the station at Paterson, and the mes
saQes between Jersey City and Paterson were scn'
by special messengers the trains. Ii VIII take II"
least o week to rebuild the lines between inc '"o
cities The wires of the Delaware. Lackawanna ana
Western Railroad are down between ii5oph'u nus
Morristown over both the main line ana me MOr's
and Essex Division The men on the ttalns ortern
marion of New. Jersey and that part OF new
York lying along the hne OF t u "
York Lake Erie and Western RaroSG omS
Penn and Carbondale, Penn. IS completely ologk-
AIDED by the snow. The branch is thirty-eight 'neS
The lines at Paterson and Passaic City were stu
down Yesterday afternoon, there being only one Hr
two working circuits III the two cities All on puuu
ing in Pearlst, Paterson collapsed from ,e mHS
weight al snow and ice on its roof FRIDAY h!9h,.
In its fall it badly injured the s;orS house Of John
Slater which stood on the adlo'nin96 n"'' onn
lot of silk machinery. valued at SOoc, nnd
owned by William Brown, which was stnreu
In the former buildino was Dad,H u"us-
aged. Tho building was owned by shaw o.
U,nchcIitir At Union Hill the damage by c t.,e
storm was very great. The front wall OF Tue CIV
Hail was so badly injured that il will have 70 De re-
bnIt In Jersey CITY. HOb0kcn ana Paterson tI'o
street lamps were broken TO pieces III large hlues'
md the streets were in darkness last eNcn,ng'
Haiprs e. Halleok. ship-cbandlers IN Jersey City,
reuorted last evening that about forty " tne
schooners moored at winter quarters III tue oonIn
Cove i'm that city parted their anchor chains ahd
hs,ysers aud drifted III all directions. Several lau
their ih-booms and davlts torn away and their
Sulwarks stove. in by striking one , o another,
The damage is estimated at $4,000. A
Norwegian bark was caught IN the gale
md blown over until her spars caught on the ONCE
on the dry dock The vessel was righted with great
Newark was still cut off from telegraphic com
mnniration with all points yesterday, aud Efforts
were being ibade to have some of the wires restored
SO that communication could be reOpened IN the
evening The Street Commissioner was busy all
day with gangs of men. clearing away the broken
branches of trees, and freeing the cuiverts from Ice
aud snow. 1919.
The Germania, powerful tug, succeeded yester-
day in cutting through the immense lce-lelCs that
have held the horseshoe dock, Sandy HOOK, IN u
state of blockade for over month"; the ice going
out to sea with the flood ride The GermanIa Is now
lying at the railroad wharf. The great tide friday
broke up the ice in Raritan Bay.