New-York tribune., 1884-03-31
THE WINDS HIGH CARNIVAL
,ocn. EFFECTS AFLoAr AND ASHORE.


,wo MIN DROWNED IN TIE HupsoN-NEssiis
suNK-DusT EVERYWHERE
The wild west wind which arrived on Sa''nu"'
afternoon has been blowing furlousy ever suN
7, 80 a, ,imc of trsrouillity, when the sun was
st;rinn I,gbtly. AT noon the register OF 'hc
aremo,,c,cr marked tive miles an hour the .nV,-
,no,ne,er marking 5Io. Everybody greetea ,''on"'
viii .he ioyous remark that the winter h"u gym
a,I.s, J,Ir the yaporous clouds began 'c s"'hei
and tho dnst began to ny. 1be WIN" ih0ie"'," -
,iolenee pptu IL reached thirty-siN mics an 'io'i
ond IL bss bceu rTiug aud falling about hVe points
ar 81 ever since II brought cold with H. ior 'ne
thermometer early Yesterday was at ~
pt a., u.,,d did wonders in the way OF stfeet
s,vocn;,o II forced the dust before il III wall
NOT sending IT up in spiral clouds TO the SKY p"'
g.. dr;,,,, il forNara at the rate OF thirty miles
.u bouI IL was wonderful 20 see the streets yes
,erday What mad BECOME of the dust Some Oh
If was swept down the man-holes some was pio""
upou the water and carried out Win the eooins
tide 70 form part of the bar; and some was eaush.
ly eddies and piled MP in compact beds tlreo anu
four inches deep. The rough nap oi tick oNere""'s
captured much Of this dying dust scud IL eNlcieo
into the ears. the HOstrils aud tbs eyes OF pe"rs
trians. formed layers upon the shoulders OF hsht
coats crcpt up sleeves danced Enthusiastically around
and upcn parti-colored hose. and forced HSeh
,bronah windows and deposited itself gently upon
tbe tobles of drawing-rooms and rich carpets.
John Marx, a workman engaged in cleaning the
electric light lamps in front OF the casino was
bown from his ladder and fell TO the Sidewalk
reeeiying such severe cOntusions on the pack th"l
the police sent him TO Roosevelt Hospital Trees
were upr0oted by the wind opposite No. 1" ii'h-
ave-. and No 2i5 East Fifty hiTd-st fence
around the new building at Iorty-nin'h-st' anu
Tbird-avc. was blown down. A large number oi
4. in
and were carried to the nearest station houses
I'm BROOKLYN, fences, trees, awnings signs ana
,bi,opev ,ots went down before the gale OF wind.
but no persons were reported as hurt. Inc n"o'o
serious dausge done WAS as follows A cahalooal
lvinc NJ the foot of Harrison-st. was Jammed
AGAINST the bulkhead causing Leak from when
she sank with load Of coal. Tic salls were CUM
re,cly blown off two lighters. lying at the Ioot Oh
Rol;jc-st. causing loss of $500 four story
brick building in course OF erection nj lhds-si an"
oalkiaud-avc Brooklyn, was blown down causing
q. loss of ~ O00 Ii was owned 10y OkceIe u
Doyle The Tin roofs of row OF hine houses III
Halsey-st near Thro0p-avc. were blown on caus-
ing considerable loss. The cOrniceS were leit III d"
dangerous condition. and hOol; and ladder COM
pany made them safe.
The schooner Seabird. owned by Stephen Collyer
and manned By Captain Crouch and Frank BAKER,
of sing Sing had been to TOmpkins Cove for Load
Sing on saturday afternoon. tSterda( morning
two mastS were seen sticking ont "i the Maief
about mie IRON shore 9ptosHE 9g 5nner 2,ns, Tie
81 was supposed belonged to the schooner: lHc
propeller Leader. of Sing sing. owned oy captain
.icnks WAS requested 10 go 0ul to rescue inc mfl,
1gf the Capialn declined on the pea tuh me NatCa
was not Gc.p enough. COilyer offered nm PiVo
and the schooner If he would MAKE ttc
;ttcmpf Jared Raymond aud james Sm'th
volunteered to 60 out IN siiiau poal a""ul
8 o'clock. Rowing through tho r0usn water
was a difficult and dangerous task, but s lne&
Ill. Il.
asffde the aait living on his stomach covered Win
ice his tcet being IN the water. Attempts NtIe
made to GET hln into tne D"at p4l - -PrTS1 yob ~ ,a
the hands of Smith, without success. hi"uA ne
disapIvared in the wafer. Frank ha6ef E"s h9t
seen n al The wCuld-6e Ies2ncr5 roWed PACK
10 Sing sing. and taken 10 Day
Ictel IN au exhausted condition. Captain Crouch
was tort y-hye years Of age and he leaves VIE
one son aul three daughters, Baker was twenty
five years ST age aud unmarried. 6,...,
plain. having two men Oh board. dgfted ashore OF
NJ. Murray, below Sing nIng Plison, eaIiY yestgiyo
day morDin.; aboreTs who were at T9fk on tle
Iailfo3d track threw them atuc and they were
drawn ashore. On the vessel we're iUJ bafici7 OF
lime. which took fire and burned hoe m her boz
tom when she Hlled and sank. the men were lahch
fo a house aud cared I0r Jusf before dark TWO
masts, apparently belonging 10 Il tcAoOhef
were discovered sticking Out Of tAe WAief
southwest of UnderliilPs Peiut. opposite sing
sing The name OF jbe suuken vessel Is nct kh0Hn
The high wind had full sweep across the upper
bay yesterday. Waves seyera feet high broke
against the vessels, and sent TIE spray many tcet
over tie decks OF the Staten Island feuyboats.
Wherever the nying spray struck il ir6ze, and the
vessels were coated with zee on iie TindWaid 5icc
All the craft at anchor had both anchors out, and
apparently needed them. No calling vessels came
up the NaiToTs from the time the gale begun Oh
Saturday. Al the pilOt-bO3is except two were out
side of sandy Hook. Several dumping scOws ne
longing u TIE Street-l leaning Department were
OvertakeJ by the gaze IN the AafroWs on SATURDAY
night and they were toWed 10 the i0niPhlhsi llIe
docks f0t safety. Two scows that were fast TO the
dikes OF Nedl,.e's Islaud sunk. A schooner
sad a slOoP that anchored IN the XII Won
Knll, OF klm Park, dragged their anchors ana went
ashore the rocks az the south OF Lun fafh'
The crews Of both Yesseis got ashore s1,
safety. The bottom OF the sl00p
was stove in and the schooner was believed to De
severely strained.
Al P6r; Jefferson, L. J., the schooner J. :. Terry,
Of Port Jefferson, was driven of Har1ss ways by
the heavy sea aud is lying ia position 20 be
badly strained. the schooner Hester OF Aew-l Crk.
dragged her anchor and into the Slo0p Excel OF
Port Jefferson. sinking her
At 0reenpout four-stOry tenement in pro-
cess of construction aud nearly finished was blown
down. The building was owned by keefe ~
Doyle. Ihe loss is estimated II 5000. A por-
tiOn ~! the building fell on the neghb0fing houses,
damaging them considerably. No one was hurt.