New-York tribune., 1891-12-30
HEAVY RAIN AND HIGH WIND
A SEVERE STORM SWEEPS OVER THE CITY.
TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN IN ALL DIRECTIONS
PROSPECTS FOR TO-DAY.

PROSPECTS FOR TO-DAY.
The year grown old. with two more days to live
made yesterdays weather fantastic medley oi Apri
and December. Early in the morning the sky sent
down great drops of rain, a summer shower ratier
than winter rain; then, il repentng OF its DEEDS
the sky cast off It's clouds and sent bright sunshine on
the town. But not for long did this merry mood last
for soon across the heavens swept living clouds that
looked as II their gray folds bore With their com
ing there began the blowing OF mighty wind iar'ie?
and harder 1t blew. until at last 1t seemed as ii the co'ers
OF the winds had oosed their widest contents to scury
through the city. For while 1t contented Hen WIN
driving dust and paper and sand and other ueDfiS
through the town. or lurking at some innocent
corner and suddenly darting out and playing sad and
wicked pranlIs on caressy held skirts or hats' But
toward p. m. darkness began to fall the Wno
grew stronger and changed into gale. 1t called us
ally the rain, TO its aid and in an hour the two hai
begun TO work havoc They cleared the streets between
them in jlfg. and made the army OF WORKERS ana
business men on its homewaM march wet and
he'd d,aggled one. 1t wicked comDlIaloi, u'a'
Of heavy rain and heavier wind and made the brave
umbrella useless The mariners who dauntessly tried
IN hear them soon found side street or alley Issuing
from which came sudden pun that turhea 'he'r
umbrellas inside ont and made them mockery'
AT D. m the wind In this city had attained
velocity of fifty mics an hour. 1t was biowhg Hoh
the southeast and it feared that the damaSe along
this city last night and slowly passing over 10 the
northeast II came from the northwest and west, and
WAS leaving slightly colder weather In its path Ihee
was some snow west of the lakes and through midde
and northern Pennsylvania. All over the Atlahuc
coast gales prevailed yesterday, over an area eAedhs
from North Carolina TO Nova Scotia. The rainfall IN
mi, CITY was 80 Of an inch at midnight. 1t was then
sill raining and the wind was blowing hard, though
Mr. Dunn said that the storm was passing, anu lhat
to-day would be colder with clearing weather, and that
the temperature would probably fall about heeh de
gess This will, however not make the Weather coiu
nv any means for the temperature yesterday was 10
degrees above the normal for this season OF tue year.
averaging 45 degrees while at p In " was o. ue-
prces The storm Yesterday was foretod by remark
ab,e fall I'm the barometer which dropped the@quar'es
of an inch In twelve hours The rain slackened SOME
vhat about midnight, but the wind kept blowing great
,uns Al Sandy Hook vcrltable hurricane was re
ported It had torn the telegraph wires down ana
made full communication impossible.
The Western Union Telegraph wires felt the enectS
~ the gale as soon as il began, and the great whd
that swept through them tore many Of them down.
The wire chief said last night that the plant was not
damaged nearly as much as during he two great gales
which struck this region recently. bit the wrcE OF
the wires waS not by any means shsnl scslCiuunn!
and ut late hour last night the HiOfS were una' M
sill moro wires were yielding 10 the tOrce VI uis
wind The wires running eastward were III a pau
state and the connection between BilhaO ana A1ahS
between New York ana Pihladephia, paN"''i'' "'
ingtOp and other points s0utn. .,. .,
hurry Paik, Dec. 20.-A heavy northeast storm
Is raging here and the vino Is loving au III up 'uo ti
ehS eI i5wei dpTl,' ard blew their Whhtss at
f,ouent intervals.