New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-18
HEAVY WINDS IN THE HARBoR
BOATS SUFFER- INCONVENIENCE AND some
DAMAGE-BRooKLYN GETS SHARE
OF THE BLOW.

II was heavy weather In the Bay yesterday.
wind from west by north blow ct tho fate OF iorN
miles an hour, and BY tho time It eoe by bediows
Island kicked up nasty short sea- Inc nspaMs
launch which runs between the Barge Omce ana Hn's
Island put ont but could not get back and revenue
cutter went to her assistance. In the morning
steamer with immigrants from the Normannia put ont
from the steamers pier at Hobokcn and was forced 10
put back. The immigrants were landed Later wheh
the wind had moderated. schooner In tow OF TUG
was blown ON the shoals south Of Governors Island
but got of without damage. The threemastod
schooner W. H. Allison went ashore on Sandy HOOK
She subsequently got OF and went on her way. she
was not seriously injured. The Government steamer
Chester A. Arthur with stores for the forts at the Mar
rows got as far as Dedlow's Island and put back on
account Of the rough weather. The revenue cutters
had hard time Of II all day In boarding Incoming
vessels. A lighter coming up to Governors Island
had her mast tsken out by the high wind In the after
noon and towed to Brooklyn.
The strong wind blowing over Brooklyn alarmed
many people and did damage in many places. some
roof boards were torn from the Universal Building
and deposited in washington-st, luckily without
injuring any one.
At the Kings County Elevated Railroad station
at Atlantic and Snedckcr aves. the wind nearly
carried the passengers from the platform early In
the morning Some benches were torn from their
fastenings and thrown In front OF an approaching
train, which stopped Just in time to avoid run
ming into them. As the train started again TIE
tcket-choppers chair was deposited on the track,
and another stop was necessary
The big float at the varuna Boat Club house in
Fifty-Hfth-st torn from its moorings and taken
seaward.
A high wooden fence in Prospectst., near Ever
green.ave was blown over upon Jacob Bangor,
twenty-s years old, Of No. 90 Himrods, and Will
lam Hoffman, twenty years old, OF No. 4O1 Bushwick-
ntsraA fnfn
Hoffman received severe contusons Of the body and
limbs, and Bangor has his spinal column fractured.
They were taken to St. Catharlne's Hospital
A large tree beside the Lee Avenue Congregational
Church uprooted and fears are entertained lest
the foundations Of the church may have been dis
turbed.
The heavy storm Of rain which visited New. York On
Thursday night made its way of the New England
coast yesterday and Is now on tho ocean. Between
@ p. m. on Thursday and p. m yesterday, when
the rain ceased, the total fall measured les Inches.
Referring to the strong winds that blew with terrific
force In the early hours Of the morning, Sergeant
Dunn said "The maximum velocity Of the wind In
this city this morning was foytwo miles an hour, and
all through the day its average force has ranged from
twenty miles to thirty miles hour. hTe storm
is raging with savage force all along the Mas
sachusctts coast, and from until tomorrow morn
ing incoming vessels will experience q rough and
dangerous tme.'
A three-story tenement house which had just been
roofcd, ct tho southwest corner Of Centralave and
sixth-st, Newark, collapsed yesterday morning during
the prevalence Of the high wind Six carpenters who
were at work the house carried down with It
Joseph Smith, living ct No. 10 BoYdst, and . mar
named laxun W00 badly cut end bruised. end thl
other woskm1n were more or less injured. whcn tn
crash heard people crowded into tho street fon
all directiohs and there was g'qat exctement. "a =:
Of lie. Men went to work vigorously to extrcae tho
inspector will mako investigation.
The gale was severe at Paterson. N. J: One gust
in the forenoon blew the roof from reighcar drilling
on the spur Of the Lackewanna Railroad, near Getty
Scott Nixon, brakeman. was on the roof, and
was carried about forty feet. One Of his legs was
broken In two places, and he was taken to hospital
The top OF the tower the Public Library l5uild
Ing, In Marketst, wrecked, with the scaftolding
Several trees uprooted In different parts OF the
city.
A heavy gale blew at Coney Island on Thursday
night and lasted up to nearly noon yesterday. The
sea fortunately did not high which accounts for the
comparatively small amount OF damage DONE The Smell
ter House on the Concourse was blown down as wert
also several small buildings the beach, including thf
photograph gallery Doye's bathing pavilion. The
large hotels aid not sustain any damage.