New-York tribune., 1885-02-17
PRICE THREE CENTS
VIOLENT WIND AND RAIN.
GREAT DISCOMFORT AND SOME DAMAGE.
CELLARS AND STREETS FLOoDED-UNCOMMoNLY
HIGH TIDE-RERRIES IMPHnEu

| CELLARS AND STREETS FLOoDED-UNCoMMoNLY
HIGH TIDE-FERIIEs IMPEDED.
Those who woke early yesterday morning saw
few signs Of day. dim ghastly twilight struggled
In through the windows such as visits prison cell at
midday Without the dense storm clouds hung low
the city, the wind rushed through the with vo
lence which promised destruction whatever obstacle t
should encounter and the torrents of rain which
falling caught by 1t and driven hther and thiher.
Great coats and umbrellas proved meagre pro-
| lection against the storm The wind came from all
quarters at and brought torrents Of randrops upon
| tho unprotected flank OF him who bold
enough to do battle against 1t.
The storm began about4 o'clock in the morning and
increased in violence until 8. From that time the
wind gradually subsidized, the rain continued fall
during the day. About p. m. uncOmmonly heavy
shower occurred accompanied by fall OF hail, which
lasted five minutes and covered the streets with half
frozen mass At the Signal Service Office it stated
that the storm was probably the that was felt
Saturday the coast Of Florida This passed out
to sea- and for the time heard Of it. But
reaching the latitude OF Cape atteras 1t probably
made a westward and visited the Northern Allan
tic seaboarj with the unpleasant violence which caused
| so much discomfort yesterday. In the morning
similar storm central In the region OF the Great
Lakes and it ragged there during the day. In NewYork
the wind in the morning from the southeast and
}>blcw with average velocity OF about thirty
miles hour From time to time, how
| ever gust would with velocity
of forty miles, The tide in the morning was un-
usually high. The rainfall during the day at Sandy
Hook 133 inches and LIS inches in the city. The
fall OF the barometer A inch in eight hours. In tho
Ohio Valley Intense cold prevailed during the day. and
the thermometer fell from twenty-five to thirty degrees
in twenty hours The lowest temperature reported
by the Signal Service lao below at Fort Garry
| in British America. At Chicago the thermometer
marked 32elow zero, being fall of 200 from Sunday
As the afternoon advanced the rain gradually abated,
until o'clock rain falling, anu at half past
the set red and clear The progress OF the storm
after leaving New-York toward the east and along
the New England coast. Boston felt Its full force and
the afternoon reports from that city showed that the
wind had already reached velocity Of fortyeight miles
hour For to-day clear and cold weather predicted
| with strong wind from the northwest.
Tie parks did not suffer materially from the storm No
ice formed the branches OF the trees and they
able resist successfully the assaults OF tho
wind The Battery felt its force strongly. WASH
ington Square and the City Hall park were sprinkled
with small twgs and branches The wide waste Of Tomp
kns Square offered obstacle Of sufficient strength TO
check the wild OF the elements In the upper p0r
ton of the city the wind and rain had full sway and
shortly before 1T descended in force on Central
Park as If with avowed purpose of sweeping down
to level But he trees bent themselves peiore tne
| with whirling the fantastic cups and weaher-vanes
of the Meteorological Bureau on the Arsenal The rain
proved serious in its consequences. melt
1n h e b now SS pt and the bI 81 tha paS Ths
lakes flooded and the ice the large lake Is COW
cred with six inches Of water Around the Arsenal at.
the black bears the wolf foxes and of the moro
| hardy animals are on low ground 10 the north OF the
snow could not carry of fast enough the volume OF
water that came pouring ing INTO ne & os ASH so & rondy
superintendent COnkD set lember OF men at wor. 10
0pGn & at thF "csck the ~ black bear was growing
npatiemty waded knee deep in the cold water that
Hooded his cage ana the other animals kept up an inees.
| SAINT bowling and spashing. Arrangements were then
% s but sSG hS Storm 5s Began S Ss
was carried away. Mr.. Conkhng said that similar
The record tho storm kept by Professor Draper,
al the Arsenal showed that nearly am inch and hall OF
locty 81 the wind was about twcntyei.ht miles an
hour between II and o'clock up to Il had travelled
recorded pressure OF ~ pounds to e square foot
There have been few storms which caused great an
interruption to telegraph communication rs that OF yes
tcriay di in directions The rain and hail broke
down the wires like pipe stems and the wind whipped
them around those which held unbroken. making many
| there was little Interference in the service to
| the West. although many wires were 3roEssn
Vengeance O the storm fell strongest oh the wires Lead
Ciiy it, cnGlehouse where n wires are sa,heiei uI
from tie cables running from Manhttan Island and con
heced with the land wires by switch boards the cable
house OF The Baltimore and ono leegraIh company !:
AZ Perth Am5oy. The high tide coiLpirtely subneryec
! IN all connection with the South was prevented
| by TIE wafer dyerting the electric current. None
there breaks here AID there IN the land lines The
ice hurled hy wind and tide as INST the ea9,enonse
and about seven hours before It cou!d Oe recoyero
and communication rccstahiisArd. l. MS stated AZ the
60 pan, Office last night that the wires wc'e working
all right with only such interruptions to tho West and
Inc Western Union suffered severely on its Eastern
circuits For some time through communication
! with New England was Suspended, and it
was with difficulty that inemen could be got oui to
patch up broken wires here and there Business was de-
yed several hours, but by o'clock The operators had
about caught up. In the evening the company WAS
working its cable service ana two through circuits us
ordinary aciteF however, We're 'tjpl'1G Iopi % te ne
teuhs Communication with local Aew-i.i-!and oinces
Vas slow and difficult aud in few instances offices could
not he reached al ALL The night Officers stated thaI w
this afternoon probably all OF tie breaks would DC re-
paired and their u facilities restored.
Ihc cellars along from the Battery to Canalst
were all nicd with water me CROSSINGS IN
m n .r noon At the Central terry the bridge
tenders marked with pencil the highest point to which
with the top OF the high racks The hood OF the Plain
field IN making the slip al Co paw struck the nrst
trss of the hood the cuyhOuSo and tore away p0r-
tioroi 1t. high was the water Ihe boats 9i tne
Pcnusy yyalia ferry made regular tlps ana car ar
red teams, taking many when were un-
able to board the boats of The Erie ferries: is:
Pavona ferry the Jersey City side The water rose
high Hood the erry-honses TO The depth Oh TWO
ihe latter nearly the hoods. and spread on, over
Pavona and into the depot TO tne deptn OF e'sasen
inches The incoming trains rushed into the depot
throwing the in all directions, ana the PASSENGERS
were compel ed scramble over ioot-ways OF panks
stretched across the backs OF setees I0 the trans 20
the ferry waitng-room, 9nl thence thro1sn WINDOWS
q the bridge aDoNe lhc NalcI IL hhP,S
sihe Tor teams bc got up tue bridge To INC boats AZ
HoOoken Hood rushed over the ends OF the piers and
rolled up the threshold OF the Delaware LickawahhA
and Western Railroad depot where i'stopped:
Tue tide rose high In the East River docks and tho
great California clippers lying AT their PIERS near Fulton
and Wa-st ferries The suIace OF the wafer
until their black huls lowered hi-h above the street.
The wafer in the OachcI up IN ne lower part
of the city, and along South ST. e cSlIar, were seno
rally Hooded The bridges leading 70 the iIry BOATS pc
came steep incnes which heavily lyJade teams Win
dfIrnltv asccned The wind being from the nprheast
had sweep down the river and the ierry Doat go
into their slips with than the usual amount "
humpug The Bridge exposed TO the full force OK
tha stnrI Int TO one CROSSING In the when