New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-19
THUNDER, LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN
A SUDDEN AND VIOLENT STORM SWEEPS OVER THE
cITY-BRoKrRs DRENcHED.


A SUDDEN AND VIOLENT STORM SWEEPS OVER III"
CITY-BROKRRs DRENCHED.
The rain which began Tuesday night and asted WIN
occasional showers and clear spaces all through "eui
day. broke yesterday morning in sudden, heavy july
storm quite out of place in this late November wea'ne
The rain had been falling lightly during the ngh. "
there were some signs OF clearing up about daybreaA
Then the grew darker and more lowering again. ne
wind set in duly from the souths0utheast and the ie
perature gradually through the fes and INTO tnc
sixties. almost early ymornng summer heat BY oeioch
slight drizze OF the night before had entirely soPPe
and the big drops of the approaching thunder storm began
to spatter the sidewalks and window panes Ino
black rain-clouds had banked themselves up to-
ward the south and east OF the city ana
drifted slowly over 1t going northward. py
10 o'clock the preliminary spattor had settled down 10
lively pour The water fell in lines and sheets veeng
with the wind Now and then there flash OF llght-
ming followed seconds later by burst OF thunder
The rain kept coming all the while harder and faster'
and the shower seemed every minute to have reached s
height Finally about IL o'clock portenously big DheN
cloud settled down the city The windows OF houses
everywhere darkcncd and only the occasional hg
ming flashes broke the increasing gloom outside Inc
water poured from the darkcncd sky "a has not done io
months and the houscppes the cutters and the sewers
were hopeessy choled 1t all over In fifteen or
twenty minutes however. The big STOPPING cloud had
disappeared the binding pour and in fifteen minutes
more the wind had changed to the wesnorthwest ana
the whole western half of the heavens was sreaked with
blue
The rainfall for the hour between 1918 and 11l5 a. m
was AZ OF inch in the northern part OF the city
according Professor Drapers observations in Central
Park 30 Of that fell in something like ten minutes The
wind blew twenty three miles an hour and with max max
imum gust pounds TO the square inch
good many small branches were carried away nom the
washed by the heavy overflow of water.
No serious damage in fact was done by the shower @
about town. Along the river fronts the sewers could noa
carry of half the water that fell and gathered from tho
streets higher up Many cellars were flooded for time
warmly u H afterward that the cod was Checked almost
fore had begun The keepers Of groundoor beer shops
ter OF floating their stools and tables but there
few traces Of the water to De seen IN tne
cording the figures at the Signal Service Station on me
The wind blew harder. however. reaching a maximum
velocity Of twenty miles an hour The signal ser
noon and their Indications for from p yesterday to
p m. to-day were rainy weather decidedly COLDER ior
lowed by clearing weather and a cold wave.
The alterations in the stock Exchange made necessary
temporary roof part Of the building and brokers on
water pouring down upon their heads the ROOF nad
given away under the heavy rainfall ana the acclmu
If fell in food on the group in Chicago and Northwest
ern stock and another torrent struck the rostrlm VICE
Chairman Alexander HenHques was lucky enough 10
have an umbrella him and he was soon
safe under this protecting screen. His example was
70 he much OF shower after all The pressure Of so
much water in the stock Exchange was an opportunity
Vendors of chestnut bells would have found ready
market for their If the rain had not Kept them
away from the street. NJ
II was stated at the office of the Western Union Tee-
graph Company that considerable damage had peeh IN
cted upon their lines by the STORM On the Erie Railroad
particularly, the wires In places we're badly broken
The fall bridge Paterson caused the most serious
In the vicinity OF Perth Amboy and south A9boy
also general overturnin2 OF poles ann wires
Lncmen Immediately dispatched In all directions IN
which repairs were necessary. II Is believed ny the
officers of the company that complete restoration OF the
service will be cfectedby a. III. to-day
The only damage by the gale In the city, Judging from
the police reports the blowing down of large tree
In front No 40 Bankst Branches OF the tree broke
some windows of No A. Bankst-. and smashed wagon
belonging to Alfred Brunncr. Of No. 397 Blccckerst
The flags which were at hatmast on the Cotton ana
Exchanges ont of respect To the memory OF
President Arthur. blown down by the STORM they
will he put up again after some necessary repairs.
The storm all about tho city The tides were
unusually high along the shores Of Long Island. Boats
were tossed about and broken and bathing houses were
demolished. A train the Ncw-NOrk and New Haven
road, while crossing the Cos Cob bridge, was nearly
blown from the track At NyacR two canal boats loaded
with coal were sunk Rain fell In such torrents and was
driven 50 forcibly by the wind at New Brunswick n. J
that windows were blown in. A large stained glass
window valued S25. in the Second Reformed Church
was destroyed. Barns were destroyed In many places
At Elizabeth ~ j. part OF the roof OF the Washington
Rubber works blown off In all parts OF the suburbs
of the city telegraph and telephone communication was
badly interrupted