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

they SHALL IN addition TO sendng tne alhrn y. ,ns
teleereph immediately 20 70 the nearest eusino VI
GEORGE W. WALLEGS superintendent
In addition to these precauons the FIRE Co Paaroi
TO donble their active force al night ana oLoee 80
all leaves of absence to be Withdrawn except 10 tne
AMI 20 The DAYS Of the volunteer Department
was brought in play for the emergency:
Firemen,. on horseback were SeH1 o wstoS 20
towers, whose cracked bells have not been heard Tor
many day, were manned at nghtfali, and the me i
were ordered to ring the alarm upon the hIst MT
towers in Spring-st., at Jefferson Market Mount
Morris. and Fulton-ave The following formal order
was issued from Fire Hall by Chief Bates;
Chiefs of attaons viii Immediately establish street
patrols in all companies in their baaons ton horseback
where they have spare horses for the purpose Of gpg
icIeersph is out Of repair In battalion districts where
there are towers, wesch viii be established ana the
bella rung for fires until otherwise ordered
IN THE PARKS.
Central Park presented scene of utter loneliness
Almost the only persons who were within the en-
closure were tho policemen, and they
for the most part were driven to places of shelter
by the sleet and rain. Now and then cab was seen
making its way slowly toward the Metropolitan
Museum of Art much to the discomfort OF the driver,
but such signs of life only served to make the scene
more dreary. The obelisk. which was aban-
doned by the workmen In the morning was guarded
by a solitary policeman clad in an oiicioth suit.
The trees and shrubs presented fantastic appear
ance with their bougns glazed WIN ice
their branches dropping low unoer tne neavy
weight. The bare limbs of other trees
were thickly coated with ice, Everywhere could be
seen trees that had not been able to bear the strain
Many broken branches hung helpiessly down or lay
upon the ground. The shrubs were also bending
under their burdens of ice, and many were broken.
In the thioly wooded portions of the Park the
was black with branches and twigs that bad been
snapped of by the weight OF ice Some OF the trees
in Fifth-ave. Just outside of the wall OF the Park,
The other parks in the city were In similar con-
dop Trees ana snos wSfs .her osds
large tree IN City Hall Park at Broadway and
characteristics. had two or three OF Its larger limbs
of the park were in O simila condition. Madison
square, Un:on-square and Washington-square suf-
fered more or less IN similar manner.
ON THE EXCHANGES.
There was an almost total suspension of business
on the Produce, Cotton and Maritime Exchanges in
the absence of telegraph news. With the exception
of few quotations FROM the West early in the day,
there were no dispatches received on the Produce
Exchange, and the members INDUCED in half-holi-
day Asa great deal of business is done the PhIla
delphia market BY New-York merchants number
of them dubbed together and employed q special
tram to carry messages between the two points.
The messengers on the floor were also bnsly en-
poyed carving information back aud forth from the
Exchange to the main Office OF the western Union,
and 10 the Offices Of merchants. On the Cotton Ex-
change only one dispatch was received from Liver
poo and as the greater part of the cotton business
is transacted On the basis Of the southern markets
and with Southern houses, the lack Of quotations by
cbaegs was I;EeWse afected by the broken wires,
and very little was done The quotatlon SAFES
and other columns OF the telegraph pulletlns were
filled in with the word Blizzard" and the members
sat around the room discussing the probabilities OIL
the future, or playing checkers ,,,. M.
The breaking of the wires from Sandy Hook FIRE
Island, the Highlands and Quarantine was seri-
ously felt by the shipping community, NO us
patches we're received at the Maritime Exchange
after 10 a. M, and che only message IN regard TO
sent down the bay.
On the Stock Exchange business was limited to
city orders. Only few of the lines controlled by
the Gold and stock Telegraph Company
were in operation, and Spectators depended largely
ON personal reports from the Board Tor Official quo
tations In some instances connection was entirely
shut of, and under che most favorable clrcum-
stances quotations were received only fifteen TO
thirty minutes after the transactions on the noor OF
the Exchange.
STATISTICS OF THE STORM.
1t was stated at the Office of the Signal Service
Bureau last evening that storm centre had been
formed In the early part Of the week in the lower
Gulf States. This storm centre moved slowly In a
northeasterly direction. until 1t arrived at this city
Yesterday morning. Reports from Washington
at midnight Thursday stated that the
storm had reached Louisville and signals
were ordered up at this point and at stations on the
New-England coast. Thursday night, about
o'clock, the wind veered TO the northeast, and blew
from this direction all day Yesterday. At z O'Clock
in the morning 1t blowing at the rate OF "
miles an hour, at p. m. 81 miles an hour, and at
oc lock 40 miles an hour-tne maximum rate Tor
the day. r.
continued to ram with sleet until about y. NE The
amount of rain that fell was one Inch and eleven
hundredths-a heavy rainfall for this city, There
was little variation 10 the thermometer the
temperature being 2SS at q M 81 at IL a.
According to the indications of the barometer. the
storm was at its height III this city about o'clock
IN the af ernoon AZ O'clock t IL began 10 pass
| through the New-England Siaies, although from a
lack of telegraph communication this could not be
| ascertained otherwise II passed out 10 sea-.
| Owing to the condition OF the telegraph lines no
afternoon weather reports were received at the Sig
| nal Office The morning bulletins showed that the
| storm was general throughout the country late
Thursday night and early yesterday morning. There
was light rainfall at Baltimore, Buffalo. Cleye-
land, EIstport. Erie. Penn, Philadelphia, Sandusky
anu Washington; light snow at Clnclnnat Duluth
Escanaba, Milwaukee, Omaha, Port Huron, Koch
estr and ST. Paul aud sleet at Detroit and Toledo
Snow began to fall at late hour last night n
| this CITY, and at this morning 1t was sui
showing.
ON THE BAYS AND RIVERS.
The storm of the coast "a reported by incoming
vessels. WAS most severe, The gale blowing OF
shore forced captains to keep off where there was
plenty of sea-room II is feared that several disas
| ters occurred on the Long Island and New
Jersey coasts, but owing to the fact tha
telegraph communication was impeded there were
no reports received from any Of the stations at tb'
Maritime Exchange. the Office of the Life-SaVlnl
| Service or at Merrt4s Coast Wrecking Association
Office, where everything had been placed IN readi
ness and where wreckers were In waiting to respont
1 r.. Gr-r oolf tors At the docks OF TIT
Coast Wrecking Association. on Staten Island, tn
| vessels were ready with steam up, and with wreck
| ing appliances on board. ready 70 proceed to ans
| point where a weasel might be ashore the moment
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