Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-27
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 When daylight dawned yesterday the work of the s.orm of Sunday night could be quite clearly seen On every hand were evidences of the destructive force of the high wind. What little snow had fallen was packed hard by the wind, rain and hail, go it was difficult for pedestrian, wagon or horse car. The morning was different from the night, but the difference was principally in degree. The wind did not blow quite so hard and the snow and sleet had given way for the rain. Sergeant Cox had predicted partial clearing up by noon and the weather kindly accom- 1nodated him to certain extent.
 The work of the wind was seen in the col- lapse of the temporary sheds on State street of the street horse railroad. The structure was rather frail and after having withstood the gale of Sunday night an unusually severe blow during the forenoon devastated the building.
 A chimney on the Merwin block on Stste street was blown down yesterday morning. The falling bricks made large hole in the roof and tore of good portion of the tin roofing. No one was hurt, though the dam ege was large.
 The steamer New Haven, Captain Brown, of the Old line which was to have left Sun day night for New York, did not go and in the morning part of her cargo was transferred to the Elm City, which left as usual at 1O:15 o'clock.
 Early in the morning big elm tree in front of J. B. Sargent's residence was blown down and it had to be sawed in two before the Dixwell avenue horse cars could get through.
 As car No. 34 of the Fair Haven and West vile road started to leave the Belle Dock end of the line yesterday the wind caught 1t, blowing it from the track and dragging the horses with it. No damage was done, though some difficulty was experienced in placing it again on the rails.
 A large section of the railing around the root of the Phoenix building was blown away.
 The damage te telegraph wires was very large though not lasting, and Oocasioned con- siderable work for the line men. The fire alarm occasioned the greatest inconvenience and 8 good deal of anxiety on the part of the firemen was the result. The men were in- structed, however, not to turn out unless the box was rung in the regular way. This trouble with the wires, with ths fact that so and alarms, Chief Hendricks says, goes to show that the wires ought to go under ground.
 The storm played havoc with the shipping along the wharves, and caused the captains of vessels, from the coal "chunker" to the huge three nasted schooner, to run out ex- tra lines to prevent being blown away from their berths.
 Numerous reports of matches being blown off are heard on every side, no casualties were reported. Near the mouth of the har- bor numerous vessels that had taken refuge from the storm could be seen all day. The three-masted schooner Annie J. Par dee, of New Haven, broke loose from her anchorage in Hampton Roads yesterday, drifted into Norfolk harbor and went ashore. A number of the windbound fleet also dragged their anchors and damaged each other. The wind at Cape Henry was blowing 65 miles an hour.
 The fierce gale blew down portion of the Hamilton Park fence the WhalIey avenue side east of the park gate.
 In Woodbridge the gale ragged with vio- fence which old inhabitants say is unsur- passed in their recollection. A good many trees were wrecked. The big doors of the barn of the summer residence of pr. Russell, of this city, in Woodbridge were torn off the hinges and blew the doctors we'll curb over Several other small outbuildings in the vicin- ity were also blown over