New-York tribune., 1886-02-26
THE BIIZZARD'S WILD MARCH
IT'S VANGUARD SWEEPS OVER THE CITY.
,TEAMERs AGROUND IN THE BAY-THE ROVER
NEARLY SUNK.

sTrAwERs AGROUND IN THE BAY-IHE koVbh
NEARLY SUNK.
wild blizzard gathered its forces In the
Northwest and set with banners of flying CLOUDS
and the trsmpng Of seet ana rain 10 conquer tno Has
The msrcury in the thermometers In the regions rouho
ahout Duluth sank to 2o0 below zero as the storm ap
nroached Yesterday the advance guard OF the storm
ort over the Middle and Eastern States and rushing
oil. into the Atlantic stirred the into great billows
and caught I'm its wild embrace the struggling ships tha
labored through the mist and rain by wihd-
swept headlands toward ports OF calm ana saieVy
The storm central over Michigan yesterday ana
IL was raining in every state east OF the MISSISSIPPI
River except the Southern States. While around tue
cepacked shores OF Lake Superior people were wrapped
IN furs or Gro wded roaring fires and the nag OH
lonely and storm-beatcn forts was torn ana 'a''oou
icy blasts, down at Key West the same nag "a'ou
langudiy in the seab breezes that tempered th" he"'
the sun which beat down the groves OF palm ana
gardens OF roses -
From his tower on the Equitable Building inc
chief Signal Service yesterday morning looked
out on a city drenched with rain and swept py winu
FLYING send was blown the sky and the RAIN anu
wind descending into the streets met pedestrians snd
desy at unexpected dashng in their faces ana
tnrnino their umbrellas inside out 1t was day for
glowing open fires old books and retrospecton The wind
was blowing thirty miles an hour from the south-south
east at the Signal Service office and at Sandy HOOK
was blowing tnrtysix miles hour from the sonth 1t
wa. expeced that the rain would stop this morning ana
that some time in the course OF the day the Dzaru
would arrive, wv - ,,., :, oro .no or,ss
which started from their sleep tine residents and the
hoamen along the staten Island shore near Qnaantno
Station at a. m. Yesterday, aud fifteen minutes later
sual black British steamer was seen to drive upon lc
rocky shore between Quarantine ana hTr,
that sinking vessel should be driven ashore at tue
give such assistance as they could, while large boat
from Clarbe in charge OF the rst oicer G
TO her assistance 1t was discovered later thaI Ia"
fears of those board OF the sinking steamer were
warranted by the facts, although their situation h
the darkness was not the most comforting. n ~, n
The Rover from Jamaica, arrived In the mar
Dor just before midnight and anchored OH Qnaahns @
near the steamer CaroeL As tne ho'ep WAS was
not from siekly port and h'd no, no phhssgfhh phssfh
ss:r she Without Ssa just BY s ds" GeIS
started to get under way and foued the anchor
siarboard bowpls es stove in close water line
Considerable leaked in before the hole could be
DEEPER at the bow Then the cries forth by
many shril voices We are sinking" The captain OF
Rover from sinking in mid-channe she was driven
drawn oyer he aes The rover
hauled OFF her rocky berth At noon yesterday @r
city, berthing at Beekman-st. The National Line
steamship England arrived from Liverpool on Wednos-
Rorner shoal. Two tugs went down To her yesterday
T6e Steamer aTr on from
grounded in the Swash Channel about 1890 m yester
Tho British steamer sultsna went ashore sand
spit Governors Island at p M. yesterday ana rs
the tide falling she could not be noated till next hsh
The bark Madeira. from Manila arrived Yesterday
having been 1S5 days at sea. On October ~
Captain stanton died from pneumonia and
the vessel put into Batavia TO bury
the body. The vessel brought homo by First
Mate Evans. On Saturday last she was only 100 mle;
from Sandy Hook when she was caught IN northeast
gale and blown $50 miles at sea.
The Pacific Mail steamer CITY of Para. which arrived
from Aspnwau on Wednesday night LANDED here yes
terday Captain jacobson and Mates Davidson aha
sailors the OF the wrecked Nor
wegian bark Hiram. Tho captain and Mate Davidson
sick with intermittent fever and taken to the Long
Island Hospital The Hiram sailed for Pensacola from
Aspinwal January 80. and on February II was
driven Roncador Key reefs. where she became total
wreck. The shipwrecked men went to Aspinwal IN
their boats distance OF $50 miles, making 1t In
ffty-fOur hours.
PoUGHKEEPsfE Feb GA heavy rain storm pre-
vailed along Hudson to-day and the water has been
unusually high, submerging piers in many places. The
effect is visible upon the ice. All the Ice from Dams
Hammer Lighthouse miles south OF here. Is on the
move aud general break up here and the light
house eXpected