New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-24

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cours,, 70 be traced mile by mile II Simply Shiivu
The Ataiulc coast, extending no cohswuci r,
tanse inland, rono 9S fsT cHt at sea- There
was an area of low buoneiric pressure III ,"'
Iowrr Lake region on Wednesday, the most CO.
pous rains falling at Albany. Vh Meu"e,"%S b %e
,ain of Thursday was part OF TINS STORM. Wnicn
moved nearly due eaSteriy. III was noi u3u, rIi-
day tba; the storm from the sea struck NeW-l"rN
Jt had moved up from the Moth Carolina coast IN
a northcaStorly dlrectlon ana NJ noon AcS'Iu'A
was most severe along the coast OF Delaware Az
o'clock last evening the storn-centre, so lar a. w
land was concerned. IN New-,j crSeN. io-il'N ~
viii probably pass beyond Long Island Souiu anu
vent it's force on Eastern New England. ne "iin
was accompanied 10y high eaSterly wlnus; WIZ
were the strongest here in the evening anu ""iIf
are expected to be very severe when IL Tuac0S nv
NeW-England states The area OF te s,O , ,'is
posed 10 have been small, rs the as' tWVVu"s ost
have nOt extended along the entire A'aHl'I 80 -,
a. would have been the case had us area ,' &c o
large as is usual in such heavy rams. n.o,no n
feaure of the Storm was the slight lluctuatloh III
the barometer, which varied 10 ScnCciN ""1 ~ %p
preciaolc extent from the norma 90 lh'icS 'i,
temperature iei uuiAhS 'AO Swim "@' NV
extent -, ,l,,, 90 - ~ IN nm
THURSDAY the amount of rainfall was Loo ihoneS -
In the next twcntYtour hours the IalhI1Ii WIS l'O'
inchcs and from Il p. m. on FRIDAY 10 y r. ~ yes
ferday > OF inches. making t0ia! ralhlaH III
IittIr lnor, than two DAYS of 800 inches. he
record Yesterday shOHed, comparatively speaking,
"A Tar glea er amount OF rainfall han ON any Gay
this year. previous records Dong as follows Wnete
=
February 9, l 90 MAY IA, 10. and July J, IV9
inch. The heaviest rainfall OF winch the Sgnal
Service Office had knowledge was at IhiiauclPniH,
where tn 3 y. H. report yesterday showed Iecoiu
of2.4l inches. nearly 80 per cent more ram 'T r
had fallen IN New-lOrk up to the same t'n,c, ~
velocity Of the wind here according 10 me . " &
report WAS fourteen miles an hour l-lshihIhS anu
thunder accom- panied The storm AT long lhietNaS,
but TO only a slight extent. ms feature Oh INC
storm q tins season was somewhat singular.
The observation taken al the signal service ounce
at / D. H. showed that the rainfall mad 3mOunte"
10 g. rs inches since II .. IN on fflu"l, ine
amount of rainfall from y. IN. To II p NJ yes,eT--
dIy was t. inches OF nearly twice as much as zen
during the preceding sixteen hours. Inc NoocIt4
of the wind. blowing from the northeast IncIe"Sou
III the evening to twenty -two mics per holT
RAILROAD TRAINS GREATLY DELAYED.
AT the railroad depots on the Jersey CiJy side of
the Hudson River all the discomforts of the Hood
were shown IN an aggravated form. Early IN the
afternoon rs the effects of the Ong-contlnued ram
told upon the tracks of the roads, washing away the
earth from the ties and rails wherever there
was an embankment and covering the roadbed
with mud and water in the cuts, II was considered
too dangerous to run heavy freight IT aims over the
roads and they in nearly all cases held at
stations and on sdngs to wait until the storm had
abat,d. Instead oi aOating the storm srow graz
ually worse, ahd the passenger trains
Gue in jersey City between and 10
o'clock came in behind time. AT hrSt they We're
MOI over ION or twenty minutes late, but the delay
was gradually increased until tue TRAINS Wore III
some Instances three hours behind Time. Inc re-
ports OF the conductors were the same IN al caste
IDat the traces were under water ana nuu from
three inches 10 three feet ueep AT OcIock the
running of Trains OF the PENNSYLVANIA road was
discontinued until after the storm. On tne Eric
main line passenger trains continued TO arrive ana
depa slowly. but freight trains were heid at tne
depot No scrou, wasnOut was reported along the
MAN line. bar large land slide between burners
nnd Newburg compelled the abandonment
OF trains Oh the NewOurg Snort Gut.
Ca tue Aew-Jersey Central road lneIe was
less delay in the dispatch OF trans, al
though The conductors and engineers received
stiicj order, 10 run slowly. A great part 0l the
road was under water and the low land around
the depot al COmmunIpaw had been transformed
iuto "A vast lake, through which che trains were
ploughing their way. with water mp 10 thor tire
boxes BTaRemen and sNltchncn were at WORK Ill
water tAat rs hedr,y Knee ooep III some pideeS
la the depOts passengers sat down
in pools of water, or stood III paddles OIL NHl-
Gus Oep,u and nastlness. Inc ram peicoaleu
through the roofs OF me whtlug-InOhis, Deaf III
gusts through the doors and u1cklcd down on the
1iOOr from OIL coats. umbrellas aud baggage. Inc
drenched and dIscOnsolate crowds tnat gath
cred IN the Pennsylvania Depot and waited
for the departure OF Trains NUMB eu
at one time as high as i've hundred pei sons.
as the night wore Oh and tue storm continued many
sought refuge IN the ne IgHbnrlng hotels iho Tram
despatcheis this depot said they dld not consider
il at All sac 10 send passengers over Inc road
ana the decay 81 trains ana coHSeI"on i"iII i
10 nj Ike connections had gwen rise To inc oiueI
Withdrawing them. At Marion, just beyond
JeIs,y City Oh the Pcnus5 wanna luau, theIe
was ucaNy landslide reported ana tons
oil earth 10 led down on The track. large
force Oi lbOIcrs was dispatched 10 the pace ana
put 10 clearing the Track. Several less serious
washOuts were also reported On THIS ROAD. Num-
bers OF persons gathered at the different depo's ana
maze anxious inquiries after the DELAYED Trans
One man sad that ms wife and two daughters were
on Tram that was two hours behind tlmr an
other was looking Tor his mother. those mat
waited for friends to arrive by the incoming
trans Joined the thrOugs thai were wal ing OPP
pOuunity 10 depart. SAorty after 10 O'Clock the
force OF Tie storm seemed TO be spent ana trains
iIrfI4 from
ana NeW-Jrrscy Central dcpOiS. ne OHclals OF
the ElIe SAID ,at their trains would not Hc mder-
ally delayed thereafter beyond Port JorvlS Inc
greatest da age to their Track has been 49, oil thai
Lace. The precise amount OF damage done 10 tner
road cOulu not be asccrtMncd until To-Day. At the
Jersey Genital Depot II was sad that trans
would be RAINING on schedule tmo to-day Ihe
road, which hes IL great measure III ilat country
had suffered 10 serious washOuts or landslide. Inc
Bound BrOOt route had sustained gTeatcI damage,
the TO.u nom Bound Brook TO Philduepnla
runs through valley the great part of the way.
ben re'Hy" su hT1I and besides H4 lbo
landslide al Marion several others were Ie-
ported short distance from PhiladePhia'
superintendent jackson issued orders about
1850 last night that no trains should be seat out
III o'clock I'M, morning. Inc southern and Nes-
tern express trains are detained ID The deyO bat as
they ali made up of ecplug coaches, the passen
gors VIII s"i.er no further inconvenience IMAM the
Delay.
Al the trains entering The Grand Central Depot
were nom AN hour 10 an hour and hall late.
Much dcay 10 the mails was caused by tn
storm. The mail over the Penusy lYaua Road due
al ll:lJ "a. IN. Was Two hours and eleven minutes
late; Another due at $50 p. H., arrived at GO
the Philadelphia mail, due at ITO p. III, was Que
hour and tcA minutes late The Boston mail. due
at $50 p N, arrived forty minutes behind time
Tie New York ana Chicago mail, over the Hudson
RIVER Railroad, due AZ p ~, arrived at 1910
All the malls from the South were much behind
tImC.
HOUSES FLOODED IN UPPER NEwYORK.
Information was sent to the fremont Police Sta
ton about o'clock last night that Mill Brook had
ovaliOwed between fremont and Fordham,
nnd that the lOwlands each side
Of The stream wers inundated. Houses IN
Valentine aud Ihomas-aves. surrounded 10y
vraf fer aud the inmates were in dancer Sergeant