Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-01-22
STORMS IN THE NORTH.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
INTERRUPTED.
Thousands OF Telegraph Wires
Down In New York Cisy-BusineSS
Almost Suspended-Wind Blowing
Eighty Miles an Hour on the New
Jersey Coast.

WASHINGTON, January Glowing to a
heavy wind and sleet storm, communication
between Philadelphia and New York is In
terrupted. All the wires are down north of
Trenton, and nothing has been received
from any point beyond Philadelphia since
$50 o'clock this morning.
NEW YORK, January 21.-The storm last
night and this morning was very severe in
this city, though no serious damage is re-
ported to life or property. Travel of all
kinds was interrupted, especially on the
ferries and on connecting railroads. In
Central Park and Madison and Union
squares, the weight Of ice broke OF
heavy branches Of the trees, render
ing it dangerous for pedestrians to
pass beneath them. The telegraph
wires are down in all parts of the city,
blocking the street ears and causing at times
an interruption to elevated railway travel
The mails coming into this city to-day were
delayed to great extent by the storm.
The falling OF thousands OF telegraph
wires throughout the city TO day caused
great Inconvenience to business men and
Z
nies. The Western Union people say that
to days storm would cause greater loss TO
the company than one OF the same kind
which visited the city ia 1873 The Gold,
and Stock and Metropolitan Com papies
have also suffered severely.
No accidents of any kind were reported
at police headquarters to-day, owing to the
fact that the wires connecting with nearly
all of the station houses were down. The
fire department wires are down, and it is
impossible to get an alarm Of fire from any
quarter. Arrangements have been made
with the police to ran to the nearest engine
houses and give an alarm in case of fire.
Most OF the streets are blocked up with
| broken telegraph wires. Trains on the
elevated roads make but slow progress, hsv-
ing to stop every now aud then to cut wires
which block the track. The telegraph
companies are making no attempt to repair
the wires, but men are out looking after
/ them and securing them. A portion of the
rear wall Of a building on Nassau street,
where a number of wires were fastened,
was torn out.
Business at the Produce, Cotton and other
exchanges was almost suspended to day
owing to the great storm. The Metr0poli-
tan Telephone Company is greatly damaged,
/ aud It's officers state that great irconveni-
ence will no doubt be experienced In bust
| ness circles from Interruptions to its service.
In Brooklyn the damSge to trees and tele-
graph poles and wires was as great as In
| New York. In many places poles were
broken down for block Richard s. Byrne,
a lineman, in the employ of the Western
Union Telegraph Company, was endeavoring
to clear the wires on Flushing, avenue.
! Brooklyn, when the pole broke under him
aud he fell, receiving fatal injuries. The
municipal wires were torn in body from
their framework ON the roof Of the
City Hall, Brooklyn, carrying over
part OF the framework and
large chimney. The ice from the wire
work of the Brooklyn bridge fell frequently
during the day, causing some minor damage
to ferry boats aud injuring several of their
pas engers, who were outside the cabins.
LONG BRANCH, n. j., January 2l.-The
entire southern coast of New Jersey has
been swept all day By a terrible gale, ac-
companied by rain and sleet. The wind
blew from so to go miles an hour. At
O'Clock a squall of terrific velocity con-
tinued for fifteen minutes.
The only damage reported here Is the
breaking down of trees which were heavily
I coated with ice. A brig Is reported ashore
above Highlands.
BERGEN PoINr, N. j., January 21.-AIl
the wires running across Newark Bay bridge
have been carried away by the storm. The
bridge is one and seven-eighth miles long.
POINT PLEASANT, January 81. = For
twentY-iour hours the severest gale of the
season has been making destruction here.
Tie yard Of the Central Railroad, three
qusrters OF a mile from the ocean, is flooded
by the oveIflo wing of the sea.
The tide is the highest ever known, and
fears are entertained that the tide at night
will lift and carry away Squam bridge. All
the Western Union wires are down.
AsBURY PARK, N. j., January 2l-The
mammoth hotel IN course of erection next
to the Columbia House, was demolished by
the gale at l o'clock this afternoon, the
wind blowing eighty miles an hour.
Almost at the same time a partly com pleted
cottage near the Grand Avenue Hotel was
blown to pieces. The storm has done great
damage.