New-York tribune., 1885-02-17

772 secondave. who was a. wSA na D His sknll wss
fac'nrss ssn blown from 400 Thlrdaye struck
Caroline T,o1sx inUred her william Howe carman,
Wss struck on the BY plank blown from the new
BUILDING at ss,ca.soS Of hs bra He
to Bellevue Hospital Sarah Walters, ? little ena glr,
blow on the head from sign blown from the from, OF
liquor store at snd ,,aSs az Second
ave and Nlny secondst until the ticket agent began 10
fear that his perch In the air was becoming s 10 %
anxiety was Increased at when the tn roO ol INC
station lifted off and deposited on one oi ,ne nany any
lots a. that point than e al any ether places on
the road on account OF its height above te haie n'
The staten Island ferry boat Mddletswn, was driven
by gale into her slip at noon her guars ue oter
the tops OF the spes 1t took hVe " p" "'
DAMAGE AROUND NKw-YORK.
Considerable damage was done in Brooklyn The
Easements of the buildings along the BushwcK creek
were flooded by the high tide. In the flooded distrct
of the Nineteenth Ward, the rain caused much trouble
The high wind overturned large express wagon with
a canvas top. at Court and Remsen sts the WIND
blew In and broke plate glass window; worm %I1o IN
unfinished three story frame building IN ST.
Centra-ave. was blown down ie ~ ' atsr "s 90
the Gowanus Canal all Hooded and tue wafer OK
tended up beyond Third ave-, near fOurth-st ,,,.
The tide in North River rose 10 an unusual heignt
in the morning backed through the sewers In
Jersey City the cellars and easements OI nearly All tae
The lower portion of Tayor's hotel in Exchangepace
flooded and the water extinguisheu the @ anu @
Its banks driven out. In Grand-st and the psra
pitch the sewerage WAS forced into tho Easements OF
the houses and when the tide receded the n9ors were
which rendered the houses almost unnhabitaoo ana m
badly damaged the carpets % tSe same
manner and with similar ELECTS portion o. tne % ro
same through n such quantities that the sergeant at the
desk wa. eomI eiled 70 use C an e snb
merged and of the roads crossing them rendered
The storm ragged with great fury in the northern part OF
Hudson County. Trees. fences and ohimneys were
blown downin every direction and travel was not only
dangerous but almost Impossible A., H., -,
of the storm were serlons along the Hue OF
the Passaie River near The ecwson OF ice
near the mouth of the Passac and ackensacK driven
water n, th tide rose until encroached upon the rail-
road embanknents and completely suoinedge ,,Jer d
water. The accommodating ice and the auv"neins % s n
began 5E0 an eacb sas on ns the Pas
sale and an inspection by bridge showed tnat
The bridge walker s allied 1905 train from New
York. which was stopped aud after further ehana1 % m
Newark Superintendent HoI per put gang OF men at
aud after repairs travel across the Diuge was
HaSksnsack was nine inches higher has been in
nve years. The plank ROAD bridge across the fasso,
which usually about six feet above tne 1ign waer @
evel feet under water at noon ana the wafer
was still rising Taye S was not and
numerous rowboats scattered the buildhgs OF tne
vicinity were either wholly partly submerged Large
nooded and the work suspended The large tin roof of
Dowson's leather factory In Madson-st was IIed 10y
injured roof Of the stable OF the ee
Ssroad whcn eUosses the meadows stopped
10 m the railroad tracks being seVera iee' uueI
The high tide ice and huge for hour seriously
threatened demolish the club house OF the se.wan m
ynehtsmen at Captain Schnidts Good Anchorage, Tonp
fnsve completely swept sway ssd Ininsa ara ,d
tng the railway and docks along me north soore o
tse cricket field in of New Brighton. lett wreck
The crbbng was crushed In ana many ions % o, nnt LINZ
swept out into the bay The loss al hs one point
At Yonkers the Paisade and vesper Boat Club houses
V Sss submerged isa % and the coal sheds njured.
On the Flushing and North Shore railroad the storm
caused bad washout at Corona making heceSSar! 'Ne
transfer OF passengers from the trains
AT coNEY ISLAND.
sAI aboard! This train goes no further :" This was
how the conductor greeted large crowd waiting at the
Prospect Park Station OF the Coney Island and Brighton
Reach Railway yesterday down and see the havoc
which the storm had wrought the many fra sruct-
urvs All trains C9 this line go on to the Bedford
s,SH ssssS ,sSs. H, sdi'Fsy ssd saf
st the. time they reached - Prospect PARK Park
tSs S earn S rolled through the same depth Al
Ganhattan Beach sing the same was the case i1r
mos sheet Of water Nearly all the houses m
N we're flooded a9f sne rnSens this
way" said A. II. Battersby, superintendsnt OF the
Brighton Beach Racing Association and never saw
Al Brishton Beach the and piazza swarmed
nun the Oriental Hotel TO West Brighton The Waves
hsd torn away the foundation OF the orchestra stand
ro5es around building and made them fast 70 stakes
Sun leaning % S"s ss sIs Ss 6oaSht W it would be
swept away in the night. The promenade was almost
%ns into tiss tse air sRaT'd sa dOpped
do0rs The breakers were roaring louder thah thunaer
Along the shore The rolled over the concourse
and dashed against the front OF the Ocean hotel tore
away the flower beds, overturned anPposs ana thfew
everything into confusion, .,,.,
ssS Say aier ahe nTD a The Behon Beach
psvan is to be moved back hundred feet and all the
saom to the breakers which Kept rushing over the
2acs and Knocked at the windows OF j. Land
oake. who keeps a restaurant summer and win
tar supply track running from the Brighton Beach
hallway waas Undermined by the water and made unit
washed away. The water washing over the Marine
supernendent Mott was looking after the Oriental and
Manhattan Beach Hotels and said no injury had occurred
The water at West Brighton at times swept over the
Ooocourse but did little damage vest OF the hotel and
hatsered
SNOW DRIFTS IN NORTHERN NEw-YORK.
OswEGo, Feb. 16 Especial. The most severe
snowstorm of the set in this morning ragged all
ony ana at uark sho"eu no Signs Oh abatement Inc
Rome, watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad feels the
effect OF the storm seriously. The $50 morning train
A. stalled" at Mexico sixteen miles east Of here. No
trains over the from the East have reached here
day All out the middle division have been
abandoned till the subsidies The track had just
been cleared from the snow OF last week and
walled with either side. 1t is drtfed full
again The train from New-YOrk over the Delaware,
lAckswanna and Western Road was delayed this
ting by accident at Cortland by which the smoking
oar deraed and the track damaged that the car
bad to be cut out and left behind. snow plOws have
boon out this afternoon the NewY0rk Ontario
and Western Road The county roads In this vicinity
are impossible. The storm is accompanied by high
wind and drifts form rapidly.