New-York tribune., 1882-02-22

and ,hroa,ens the usual spring damage TO property
owner Tho susquehanna Rivof marks eeh' lee' ''o'
row mark - -.
prry,Io. y Y Feb. 21.--During severe storm OF
wind AID rain this morning the skyght of the
Central Railroad depot lifted by the wind ana ao'u
goo large paaes OF glass and number Of sashes were
destr,y ed No person injured. several cmmhe3s'
siDs irccs etc. were blown down by the storm
HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WIND IN NEWBORN.
The wind here yesterday blew at the rate oi
nbout thirty three miles an boar IL was r'h"is a." way
and the streets were in mnidy and hlhy 'ohu''ol,
Umbrellas we're In great demand. ana the Ve"u'IS W
them made rapid sales. From midnight Mond"y ui'h
H. m Yesterday hafinch Of rain fell Kep"r'sreoeNeu
AT the signal Service Bureau showed that hea'! so7
pev,,ed in the From the Pacific Coast no reports
were received the wires were all down. Inc reP"S
that were received stated that IT was raining very
heavily AZ Erie Penn. Albany Buffalo, OSweeo and
nearly all other points West The storm was composed
of .leet and rain and broke tie wires
The rain storm started Monday night with the centre
in Lake Ere Asst travelled eastward the storm gre"
in severity this city Few persons vehtnred ont un
less on important business. In the downtown streets
neople hurried along anxious 10 get indoors and mp
town few shoppinC women 10 be seen. Al aboui
O'Clock the wind increased and bew gale. Unseasoh
able as was lightning flashed and 1t was followed by
loud peas OF thunder At time three sharp siroakT
OF lightning followed each other in rapid sncces
sion The storm was then severe that II
business men on their way home. On the rivers the
tide rose high and impeded the travel OF
ferryboats The rain also delayed the trains
on the elevated railroad during the COM
mission hours Between and o'clock umbrellas were
almost useless as the wind tore them into shreds IL
was generally regarded as the most dsagrecae storm
that has occurred this winter The street. were almost
impaSsa Die the culvers choked and large pools
of water formed ON the crusswilks At o'clock ne
velocity Of the wind forty miles an hour and the
thermometer recorded 300 .
Danger signals were ordered up all along the Atlantic
Coast from Smithyiie, \. c.. 10 EastIpTt Me 1nt
received al Signal Service Bureau al O'Clock bur
tbey did not arrive yesterday until after T. H. THIS
delay prevented the reports from being put on the bnlle
tins in he Post Office and Ot&cr punlc places These
reports showed that the - severe from LeaYen
worth Kansas the Eastern states, ana that il was
clearing up toward nightfal IN the western state. Al
Toledo there light snow and the Thermometer re-
corded 3lo danapOls light snow fell and he mer-
curv dropped 90 2Go; in Saadusky there no
The rainfall al ~. flul meas
ured IL inch. The record of the snowfall at seV-
eral pr rncipal points follows: Albany o. teNe-
land Detroit, 90; BuifalO, 90 Boston y tserD;
Burlington IL Duluth. 90 CGtcaGn OF MllNnukee,
10 aud Marquette, So The mercury fell tIt lowest Al
Yankton whore the thermometer recorded = ana the
weather clear
Assistant Manager D"wncr of the Western Union Tcc-
graph COmuanN ia speaking db0ut the storm yesterday
sand All the wires II 81. Louis ana Cic1gO are
down. Al the business vi Ia the West had 10 be suS
from West. In this city the wires are III tl-h Hu
Oltsic OF Il they are all crippled FOR instance Nt
UsugllV have about twenty wires 10 fltSbrG Du nov
have only three q iOur and OTiludf lY We nave
Ia 4 that number communication with he NeW-t.ng-
land aud southern States l. all rCh'. The damage 10
the wire extends principally from Bun 10 a Iljs-
burg 80 points west Of Chicago The Erie route IS IL
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