New-York tribune., 1886-02-12
POURING RAIN ALL DAY LONG
THREE INcMEsTHAr SEEMED MUCH MORE.

BRISK WIND THAT WAS ROUGH ON UMBRELLAS
FALL OF AN UNFINISHED BUILDING.
Sensible people who could afford to do sc
stayed at home yesterday. Those whom dire necessity
forced out Of doors strongly tempted to curse the
weather clerk and die. As tue last half OF the pro-
gramme was contrary custom and good taste, they
compromised the first half and put their whole SOU
ana energy into that.
II rained. 1t rained down; il raned up 1t raned
Sideways and at every conceivable angle ludlow from
equal number OF directions An umbrella without ead
On its keel aud set OF storm sails Ill the grasp OF the
gale was as chat before steam -threshing machine.
The weather bureau with usual weakness for glitter
ing generaites said that the wind blow thj hHe miles
an hour the northeast; but every man VINO was out
ia the that it came from every point OF the
compass by turns and from one long Careful obser-
walton sho Sed tnat it laid its directly opposite TO
that OF each individual citizen; and blew from $500 10
1000 miles q minute. The rain began about o'clock in
the morning aud at O'Clock the gauge registered fall
OF an inch. But people who had been wading about al
aay in streams and puddes up TO their ankles laughed
the rain gauge and asserted that 1t was as un
trustworthy as Jacob Sharps memory.
Those who knew said that the storm came from the
Mississippi Valley, aud those who didn't know replied
that they wished it had stayed there II covered nearly
the whole country east of the Mississippi and was
billed for twenty -four hour performance III maze
the railroad steamboat companies tred ana ANXIOUS
aud there general exIectatiou that the Storm
would leave losses and accidents III ts Irachs'
rain d good work however in flushing the streets
and sewers The abOmlnable slime that has covered the
pavements for the last week washed away and the
cobblesoDes hone forth, polished and slippery Cellars
in the lower part OF the city became somewhat Damp
and life in crowded hOrsecar reminded one OF the old
fashioned vapor bathpossiby medicinal but certainly
unpleasant.
To be precise, the rain began at o20 a. m. and as
writer's of obituary notices sometimes have occasion to
say was still alive when last heard FROM through the
weather physicians thought it could not last till morn
ing The wind which during the night had been care
fully drying the tears Of the last previous Storm giving
promise Of clean streets for season. toward morning
had fFou south southeast and theD from south
TO and northeast and during the day appeared
by turns to blow from every direction at Its
greatest velocity attained between and p. IN,
when its gait officially declared he the OF
for,y-fou miles an honr.
The Signal Office sentinel had short notice OF the
Ing storm. Word had beenfreceived at a. M thatit
was frngng the Middle Atlantic seaboard but II was not
much felt until IL struck the region about New York
city. No great danger TO property was reported beyond
that suffered by t1Ose who attempted TO SAL through
il they ont long without taking in sail obliged
to return to port a last under bare poles Later reports
auxiOusy awaited by those interested in ships and their
wind and water 10 a considerable extent The rainfall
at midaght amounted to three inches
The people who live IN the neghborhood OF Fourth
ave- aud Ninety -frst-s startled about o'clock
night by hearing above the storm loud crash and
thunder Rushing from their houses, they shape
less mass bricks and spnered timbers lying across
the avenue and scattered over Ninety hrstst The un
completed building the southwest corner of the two
streets had yielded to the rain which had soaked the
fresh mortar. and the wind which beat all
day against the unprotected timbers. Three
fallen in different directions and taken along
all the beams and rafters except those OF the fOunda
passersby TO tell marvellous tales about hairbreadth
escapes from bricks which evidently meant to fall
them The ruined hOnse has been building for two
months.
seventns is both the builder and The building
has a single frontage OF PERHAPS % feet; and back
on Ninety-nrst-st. about 100. The bricks uset
we're of the Philadelphia pressed pattern and
the completed structure would have had ye fun stOre
The value Of the entire honso 70 at at S35oOo The
Nobody could be found who had actually econ the walls
down. Tney offered a fair mark, indeed, to the
many OF the bricks the ground were clean
OF mortar and though the foundation and its back WALL
which close against neighborng house stool hrm
the collapse of the other three must have been due in
some part to structural weakness" The house was
built is said speculation and was intended for
storeroom and apartments. The house next on the
south was struck by bricks and spnters, but the
damage was unimportant A Waterman was put IN
As man emerged from the Post Office in the afternoon
gust cf wind lifted his hat and flung with snch force
All the trains on Central Division OF the Long
Island Railroad stopped last night account ~
washOut which occurred about q D. ~. one mile east
OF Garden CITY Tie storm dd little other damage
Long Island although the rain ie IN torrents and in
many places washed ont cOlTtiy Ioads.
The fishing schooner Fremont. captain Robertson.
s.L
ne ice in tae Raran River has not yet broken mp and
the heavy rain caused the river TO rise rapidly New
Brunswick, y. !. AT 1870 p. m it was within few
inches OF OvcrhOwing IT. banks should the storm con-
aud the ce not out great ireshet will follow.
1t Fained he3vily:all day.