New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-27
THE STORMS VAST SWEEP.
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telegraph poles and wires which had fallen across
the track had been removed. This was work
Of considerable difficulty. us in some cases 1t was
necessary to chop the poles in two WIN axes
The train was nearly an hour late
The FIRST horse tear on the Monticello Avenue line
OF the Jersey City and Bergen Railroad had
similar experience. There is a long open strctch
on Grand.st across the meadows from
Faiymountave to Varick-st. Every tele-
graph pole between these two points
was PROSTATE and more than half OF them were
living ON the track The others had fallen OUT
ward into the meadows and had torn up the
sidewalks as they fell A gang of men from the
carstablcs removed the distractions. The ialI
of these poles out of large portion of the west
crn Union CoIapany's communication, interfered
with the telephone system and partially op-
structed the fre-alarm telegraph
The high tide caused by the storm Hooded all
>he cellars in the lower part of the city, ana III
many instances the water reached as high as
the first floors The streets Sunday night
were almost impossible as the high WIND hao
cxtinguished gas and oil lamps Trees We're
blown down il almost every section oil tne CITY.
The meadows between Jersey City and lloooken
were flooded and the occupants OF the shahues
there were driven to the upper uoors. Inc uau'.
age was not so great ia Hoboken, but grcaV
many telegraph poles ana trees were oio"T ao"ded
II was generally agreed that there nas oesn ~
such destructive storm since the on@~"r" ''''
March. -, ..o.. y.s+ Uo-
bolSen. Union Hill and other townships the storm
was exceedingly severe 1t was reported ina' Ia
houses had been unroofed, but the ponce nto
no knowledge of it. great many trees W we're
Frustrated and the roads were III no conui''0"
for travel
THE YOUNG BLIZZARD ON LONG ISLAND.
At s o'clock on Sunday night people on Long
Island congratulated themselves that the com
bned snow-stolm and blizzard which struck them
on Sunday was over, and that they could once
more 20 out OF doors without being bufeted by
q vouna hurricane or a binding hail and rain
storm. The damage done cannot as yet be es-
timatcd, but it is large Telegraph ana IeIephondS
communication with the eastern Gnu vi one io
was almost impossible. -,
AT Sag Iiarbor the reports we're that the
storm was full-Gedged blizzard, the wihd olow-
ing a perfect hurricane. There were a number
OF small vessels at anchor, and several OF them
dragged their anchors and narrowly escaped oelhg
blown ashore. The big pile-drver and mud
digger broke loose and were dashed against the
new dock, completely wrecking IT. The pie
driver fell over upon It, While the die9SSr
smashed TO pieces Two yachts ana ,no
slOop lGsOlute withstOod the herce gale lot long
time but finally went ashore. n tram on inc
Long Island Railroad had narrow escape from
being wrecked at Sag llarbor and the aocldent
large willow tree was blown across the track
L. Fordham ran up to flag the train, while num-
Der Of volunteers got the obstruction away III
tine. .,,
on Sunday afternoon the cars the ELECTRIC rall,
way forced TO stop running. Long island
Civ did not escape scathless. Along jackson
and Thompson ayes tie telegraph poles went by
the board, sllylightS were carr Cd away ana sac
walks were oveIfowed Many trees were pIoWn
down. II was impossible 10 communicate WIN
any part of Long Island from that city by tele-
seldom has Coney Island suffered more from
a storm than il did Yesterday. he people there
remained for the most part ia their homes, wonder,
ing how soon the roofs that sheltered them would
be torn from over their heads. Along the coast,
as lar a, the eve could see, high bilows clrcled
toward the beach with the swliinesS OF a noun
tain eagle ID rapid flight. On the sandy shore Inc
fury OF the waves by the force of their conclusion
with The land. dashed great Jets Of water often
thirty feet. sometimes more IN height INTO TIE ar;
Seldom had any storm more sublime or more WeiIu
been seen Oh The shelving peach oI lhis s'"Siuo
resort OF New-NOrk
The Marine Railway, mile and quarter in
length. which ran from the site OF the Brighton
Beach Hotel 10 that of the Manhattan Hotel haa
lis station which was erected where the first
hotel stood previous to its removal, blown down
n The storm. The piles along hail OF lhe tO uec
Of the railway. upon which the line was putt
also fell victims to the proves OF the Storm,
\ INSTRUMENTATION that had been attached 10
lie Driahfon Beach Hotel and which had been
I'm Standing, was partially blown away: Inc
rcmdinGe: was expected to follow. should inc
Bay the fields and roads were covered with water
In 5 me places TO the depth of four feet render
ing traffic impossible. Access to Fort Hamilton
from Coney Island was too dangerous, even Tor
The most active and robust Ielegraphlc ana
telephone communication with the city was cut
oh by the violence Of the storm at an early hour
yesterday.
The high tide caused considerable damage about
The shores Of Staten Island At ST; George the
heavy sea washed the hank and flooded the
tracks Of the Rapid Transit Railway Company.
The racks OF The st George ferry SIP were also
boats experienced much difficulty IN entering
their slips at St. George. The tide under the
trcstie OF The Staten Island Rapid Transit Com
pany, between Snug llarbOr and Livingston, yes
tcrday was within five inches Of the railroad
tracks
Thir.y-cight fshingsmaclls were sheltered In
The Stapleton basin, and large number of pilot
boats were anchored Of S'aDletOn. At South
Beach, below Kctietashe's bathing-pavilion. two
large canal boats, which had broken loose from
the tag BordentOwn on Sunday, dr1ftcd ashore
in the morning. Tie boats were left high and
dry on the beach. Four bathing houses belong
ing TO Henry Bergman, Of South Beach. yer,
also washed away, and the Widow Ml1eTs Hotel
narrowly escaped being undermined by the tide
Al City Island an almost nnumerable feet Of
ported al late hour last night Tho latest news
from Quarantine reported no abatement of tho storm.
during the afternoon. One of the smaller piers was
entirely carried away and much damage was done by
the high tide.
Yonkers felt the force of the more than any
place on the Hudson River In Westchester County.
There the wind has a clean sweep OF twenty miles
breaking the Yonkers beach on sunday night like
lie Coney Island surf Al the foot OF Ashburton avo
The big gas-hOuse dump suffered greatly. About
eighty feet Of the heavy planhinS Of the side was
carried away and the cribbing al tho end was badly
damaged.
STEAMERS OVERDUE AT HALIFAX.
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