New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-18
AN ELECTRIC STORM.

TELEGRAPH WIRES GREATLY AFFECTED.
SINGULAR ACCOMPANIMENT OF A COLD AND plsA-
aprrAnIE pAY-A DRILLING RAIN FOLLOWED
by SNOW.
There were tears in the face of Nature as she
Looked sorrow fully down on the suffering people III
the uch-dugup and generally hlthy streets Vi .iiS
city Yesterday. Her weeping was not Violeh'' ou'
was very annoying for those Obliged TO tread tnoH
WAY along the crowded down town thoroughlaIeS
or 70 sit in closed and lvenllated street-cars ne
ida drinpinr umbrellas and unpleasant rubber
coats 1t was a good day TO wear old clothes. Inc
rain. which began before daylight did NOT
amount TO quarter Of an inch all day, but 1t sfted
itself through the thickest garments, checking tne
spirit of thankfulness which is now prevailing III
every reht-thinking person as be contemplates inc
near approach OF the National holiday. The drzzlhE
tantalizinp rain continued TO make men qurs'lipn
the pleasure of living until the stieeta 49, ocb
serted and the last person 10 oe prad With
ed his home thoroughly disgusted anu eV y, "a -
mud IL is on such days yesterday tlat Ii"S IN
men and car and stage driver, ooli Hr
light to in l;ifaS rbe ene" Trey have throw
| a sbnweT of mud on a luckless PEDESTRIAN. anu
there was plenty of this on hand nc quar-
81 Rim mixed by thousand feet with tue seVeTai
inrheS of street dirt formed mixture unequaiIeu
for flth aud adhesveuess. A., -, .to
RIM with ali the dscomforts OF the rain there
vaso morlId pleasure in leaning from the signal
Service bureau last night that there were onIV
three naces in the United states where tne weather
was lair >" and those were beyond the MISSISSIPPI
'Tbe commences of the report eNern IRON those
nlaces was questioned when reporter called at
the operating rooms OF the MUTUAL Chlou
aud Western UulOn Telegraph Companies AT
the Mutual Union office the night man
aver said " Our wires are all running, NuI
very slowly. There is often an Intermlsslon OF
from one to five minutes between the words OF
sentence. The electric storm is general as lar rs
cur wires are stretched. There has not been such
q disturbance of the telegraph lines since COloueI
InyersOll laughed at the aurora DoTeals last spring
and 10 repaid him by grounding I'll the wlreS Which
prevented the Western press from receiving MS
lecture that night. Undoubtedly there would oe u
brilliant auroIal display tonight If the clouds
would lift II is the which has raised havoc
with our wires now, but cannot say that DIT
IngcrsOll Is responsible now
The night manager OF the Western Union oi4ice
was found forming metallic circuit oet"eGn ln's
city and Albany by means OF Twin wires. II was
thus possible TO cOunteract the Influences oil tho
storm and communication up the river was unlH
terrupted. The Chicago New-OrleanS and BuHa!0
wires were worbing slowly, and the manager SAD
that he interruption vas more severe than IL h'I
been IN ten years. The cab messages were also
DELAYED in some cases as much a. an uour',
The temperature fell several degrees between
and 10 D. ~. and whru il reached so brisk snow
storm began which was still III progress az a lale
hour The Signal Service Bureau reporSed snow
at Albany Boston, Buffalo. Burlington, VIZ Ere
O,wego and Ncw-Haveu. and predicted clearing
'Tbr storm in Newark was attended by some curl
Gus electrical phenomenal. Beginning AT one
O'Clock IN the morning tine drops on tue am uhlC"
tors IN the main odce OF the domestic leie ,
Company fell constantly At times every ahnuEC iator
fell It once aud the boys who are employed 10 re-
spond to telephone calls we're Kept busy IePa'ih4
them The disturbance was caused ny tue eirc-
tTicitv coming IN the wires, bleaklng the CIR
emit and thus causng the drops u fall IN the man
uer they do when q subscriber Signals loI con-
nection Tie fact rendered the telephone service
practically useless during the day.