Morning journal and courier., 1881-01-22

frozen together, and the rope thus formed I was almost as thick as mans arm. Long fringes of icicles hung from every wire and | greatly added to the picturesqueness of the
 scene. In some instances the massive frame. work supporting hundreds of wires was crushed into splinters by the weight of ice, and the wires fell in tangles of the most un- yielding kind One curious phenomena ob- l servable was that many of the fringes of l icicles stood out at right angles from the
 sides of the wires instead of pointing down
 ward toward the street. The formation was
 of course due to the action of the wind.
 | While the train on the Third avenue ele-
 vated railroad which is due at the City Hall
 station at 12:15 p. m. was passing between the Thirty-fourth and Twenty-third street stations today, one of the telegraph wires stretched along the line of the road snapped, and in it's rebound struck the glass windows of the cab of the engine, smashing them with
 loud noise The passengers started to their feet, but were reassured by the conductors
 and brakemen, who explained the occurrence to them.
 The strong northeasterly gale occasioned
 considerable damage in Brooklyn, especially
 on the various telegraphic lines. Poles were
 thrown down and wires torn away from the
 fixtures The cluster of fire telegraph wires
 which lead int0 the tower on the Brooklyn
 City Hall broke loose about 10 o'clock and
 carried the frame of the lower window with
 them. In their descent with the heavy
 wooden frame to which they were fastened,
 they tore of part of the weather boarding
 of the tower and striking the roof of the
 City Hall dashed with great force against a chimney near the caves of the building on the Joralemon street side. The chimney tot tered for an instant. and being unable to bear the strain succumbed The bricks and mortar rolled of the roof and broke into fragments on the Jagged entrance to the Sec ond District Court. Providentially there was no person standing there at the time.
 All of Long Island appeared to be covered with sheeting of ice this morning. The storm has done considerable damage on the island. The telegraph wires being covered with thick coating of ice broke at different points in Queens and Suffolk counties. The strong gale moved the heavy Ice In the bays and harbors, resulting in much damage to vessels and wharves. The spile work across Jamaica Bay of the New York; Woodhaven and Rockaway railroad suffered considerable damage from the crashing against it. Many cellars were flooded in Long Island City. The locomotives and cars composing the trains which arrived from the east at Long Island City this morning were completely covered with 8 white coating of ice. The obelisk Erected-A Midnight Experi-
 ment with the MOnolfth.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 21-An experimental turn ing of the obelisk was made at II o'clock last night to test the completeness of the work, so as to insure the public against any tomorrow. Lieutenant Commander Gorringe drove up to the grounds at few minutes before the hour appointed for the test and after g careful inspection of the preparations gave the word to slack away the tackle. The men were visibly excited, but went coolly to work, and in less than three minutes the obelisk stood erect above its pedestal. So perfectly is the colossal mass suspended that it required only fifteen minutes to bring it back into hori- zontal position. The experiment was com- plete triumph. Bonfres had been built on each side, and the scene was most weird and picturesque as the huge mass of 220 tons swung majestically from the horizontal to the vertical position. A large and merry party returning home in sleighs on the drive past the site was attracted by the fires and the sound of voices, and halted to witness the experiment. They rose in their sleighs and cheered Justify as the monolith majestically rose into it's position. By 11:30 the fires had all been extinguished, the workmen had left for home and the obelisk was lying horizon tally again upon it's trunnions as if nothing had occurred.