New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-25
WESTERN UNION WIRES IN CONDITION.
RECOVERING FROM THE EFFECTs OF THE OhkAI
sroRM-CLEAR WEATHER PROMISED


RECOVERING FROM THE EFFECTs OF THE GREAT
sroIM-cLEAR WEATHER PROMISED
NETWORK.
Suddenly as came the great storm which swept
over 1000 miles Monday passed away yesterday
leaving behind II, mute reminders Oh in passage
wreck and destruction. Lest night 1t WAS cehuui Ill
the valley Of the ST. Lawrence. and as there was no
area of high pressure In the Of II, except m the
for Northwest, the Weather Bureaus local forecast
last night was for dear stormless and cool weather
with no great variation IN temperature nr to-day ana
tomorrow The highest temperature yesterday was
30 degrees in the morning. but 1t dropped steadily
and at D. m. the temperature was 40 degrees Az
midnight IL was A. degrees and still failing Slowly
over the CITY Yesterday, the wind and rain storms
having spent their fury lovely and serene day
saured and bathed with clear sunlight the Thousand
roofs and shining spires and the sea- stll breatnhg
and swelling ftfuy after its brief attack OF stormy
anger
Toward evening great tempesttorn masses OF coal
black clouds swept over the sky before the southwest
wind. and as they gathered more and more thickly
the sun slowly sank toward the western sea pehino
+hem and there was unrolled over the face Of the
heavens a wonderful panorama. Through every rift
in that curtain OF gloom the sun, In its dying giory
bIazed forth in splendid fame and touoheo tne sen
With a wondrOus light 1t tipped the cages Oh one
clouds with fire TILL they moved across the heavens
thew seemed feet of gloomy ships with sails a4aze
while: then rs the waiting sea embraced the sun ana
hid II the color faded from the west and the early
November night closed in, while the banks OF oouu
swept north and maseed themselves threatenihgy
beyond the CITY,
Al the Western Union Telegraph Company 5 o"ceo
IL WINS reported yesterday that the extensive dhase
created among the wires was being repaireu r"pu's
The wreck was one the worst they ever experienced
They have had bad breskups In the vicinity OF new
York CITY, notably the one In January WHICH, io
twenty FIVE miles around the city every wire ana poo
WIS down. but such total smashup over such large
area has occurred In long time, II ever Inc hfs'
inmotion of the violence OF the storm came carry III
the dav when the coast wires from FLORIDA up ceseu
respording one by one. Then the breaks began eA
teudtng north and west Along the lakes the progress
~ the storm could be plainly traced, as mile ai"r
mill nj wire became silent. The damage was manly
done in the South and West In radius OF huS mheo
of this city hardly any damage was done. IN tue CITY
itself only one break occurred, when twelve wires
went down near Wiliamsbridge. The injury was slight
and easily repaired BY six men. In anticipation VI
tro,bIe 200 men had been put on duty early yester-
dav morning but their services were not required
Communication with Washington and the coast AZ
far rs Florida was pretty well established early
Yesterday morning and Eastern wires were also COCA
put there WINS q break somewhere west OF Bunalo'
nd Of 4 n m out of about fifty wires, Chicago could
no ,eached only by seven wires via Buffalo and tnree
wires via Pittsburg. At 10 p M. howe'er 1"eIts
,orhinr fairly well, though such an enormous mas
y. nessaees had accumulated that the wires were
ovcrloaded and newly nled dspacntS . sun nu NJ
mn-nine everything would be practically In eoou
shane again.