New-York tribune., 1882-09-26
STORMS PAST AND COMING
UNAVOIDABLE SIGNAL SERVICE REPORTS.
ANOTHER STORM FORMING IN MONTANA RAIN
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UNFAvORABLE SIGNAL SERVICE REPORTS.
ANOTHER STORM FORMING IN MONTANA - RAIN
FALLS IN TIfE LAST TWELVE YEARS.
The delightful weather of Sunday gave people a
hope that the storm which passed away on Satm-
day night would be succeeded by n few pleasant
days but yesterday the morning broke in a sullen
lowering manner. few light showers in the course
of the day lent their aid to make things more dis
NAL. Up to 800 o'clock in the
afternoon, .03 of an inch of water had
fallen. Over the river and harbor there hung
gray mist through which distant objects although
plainly seen, had the appearance of being about to
fade away. The sea had dull. leaden hue, and al
though a strong wind was blowing did not break
INTO small waves, but heaved its surface in a sullen
way. At Coney Island the scene was grand the
great waves falling IN solid masses on the beach
ana sending columns of water high in the air with
mighty rush and roar that seemed to shake the
ground.
About 7:30 o'clock in the evening the rain began
To descend in torrents and the wind increasing to
q gale. rendered umbrellas useless membranes.
The rain did not last long in its first furious form.
but setted down into steady easy. going, jog-trOt
kind of an affair that seemed to be able to hold its
own for an indefinite period The thermometer did
not register above Glo IN the of the day. Al
the Signal Service Office in the Equitable Building
1t was said that the storm Of last week had passed
to the northeas, and how deligbtng che in
habtants Of Nova Scotia. Ii had no connection
with the storm of last night
The present Storm said the sergeant in charge
" extends down the whole Atlantic coast. Its
centre is of course ont in the Gulf Stream, and IT
will follow the usual course northwest. Our ad-
wees al present meagre to predict its extent or
force. There is another storm forming out IN Mon
tana, which will pass up the great lakes and the
St Lawrence Valley. Of which we shall get the
benefit"
The afternoon bulletin Of the Signal Service
showed low barometer along the Atlantic Coast
and in the Northwest and in some places high
winds At Block Island the wind was blowing
thirty miles an hour. At Baltimore and few other
points, rain was falling, and cloudy weather seemed
TO prevail almost everywhere. The storm signal
was not flying on the Equitable Building bur it was
thought that orders to raise 1t would be received
before morning.
The greatest Tainfals, according to the sigma
Service Bureau m the las twelve years are as fol-
lows: March a. 1871. . 37.1OO inches: July 26.
1872, 3 SO-lOO inches; August y. 1873, . 24-1OO
inches: september Il. 1874. 41-lOO inches; Aug
usl II, 1e75, 34-l0O inches; March %, 1876.
3 4j-1OO mcnes; October T. 1877, 2-1OO inches;
August l, 1873. = 39-1OO inches MAY 10, 1879,
/ Il-1OO inches July p. 1850. l sl-1OO inches;
March 10. 1sol, = f0-lOO inches; September %.
1ss2. 17-1OO inches. The total rainfall from
September 20 to yesterday morning was 8 2S-lOO
inches.
-Four buildings at >ecOnd-ave and Seventy-first-
ST., the foundations OF which have been made IN
-ecur, by the storm, were reported unsafe yes
teTday
Inc storms have set at rest all questions Of fair
water supply for this city for some time to come.
The total rainfall at the Central Park Il seryOT
was l3 inchc. and an the CrOtOn Dam 1 inches.
Before fnc storm began the CrOtOn River was -
Iuchc, below the top of the dam. Yesterday water
was running over the dam with a depth OF Al
inches. The large reservoirs are also rapidly filling
up
The occupants of many houses in Long Island
City were busy engaged yesterday in pumping
water fIOm their celiaIs Nearly twenty feet Ot the
>tcIuway Avenue Railroad was washed away. IN
some OF the lOwlaud, IN Astoria, the inhabitants
were compelled TO call upOn the FIRE Depar ment 10
pump ont the water that had ued the cellars and
easements OF their houses. MOTkmen were busily
engaged yesterday repairing the track of the
Astoria and Huners Point Railroad. which was
washed away al Dutch Kill, on saturday night.