New-York tribune., 1892-01-03
WIND, RAIN AND FOG.
FAD WEATHER TO >TAKI HE NJ" hE-Nh

rr1rcc,rU WIRES BLOWN DOWN N MANY
Drrrcr1oxs-A COLD WAVE COMING
II Yesterday was fair sample OF the knd VI
weather which the new year has in store ior t'-e
civ if would lie well FOR the Inhabitants 10 ScrsP'
tnrcther what coin they have still remaining ditcr
coIchrltinc the birth Of 1892. and win INC hioheS
Law in stock Of umbrellas. goosheS ana
BEFORE tho last NewYear revcller had iouhu HIS
he'd the gloomy promise Of the first day OF t'e 'c"'
had been fulfilled, and from the southwest po,Dtc
,,nldIv rising wet wind, there dfli'eo
,r,v and rolling clouds which soon unloaded on the
citv q dteary New-Year's gift in The shape OF heaNy
rain When DAY broke and awokc the uh"lihhg o'n-
zen fo day OF toll the weather well bcht'en MS ai
holiday mood II probably a question as 70 "'n'n
va. the more g,oomythc mental state OF most o 'c
earnest folk who had been enthusiastic on the nsht
oforc or the weather The latter was evil and wl'Kco
enough. 49,, .,o
Wind rain fog aud murkIncSs, and hgh temper
atnre TO make things muggy. rvalled one ano'ler u
turn the town into place OF misery. IL "a' "o'
payfu breeze which swept through tho city on' an
able bodied storm, which reached velocity OF IorS-siA
miles an hour. Blowing The rain through IN" S''F',
IN soaking masses. shaking each loose object siouhu
thc houses. and as usual, playing pranks with over
coots SHIRTS hats and umbrellas blew the new year
in unpleasantlv enough. Then when II lllied toward
tlo afternoon the city's weathervanes, when had
poIntrd drcarily toward the rainy bay AL day'
began TO lo.e their gllded brance, and became aim
and vague behind gathering fog. which drlfteh III
from the sea Ike vindswcpt pufs and tattefS OF
smoke until the wet and sad horizon disappeared ana
over the rolling tossing pillows OF the Day t"'rc
crcpt the sailors greatest dread.
Thicker and thicker Il grew, and woke the f0ghorns
and bells and steam whistles Of the bay. til from the
shrouded waters there sounded drge-kc concert As
craft Of all kinds felt their perllous way through the
gho,tly wall of sea mist. Through 1t all
the rain. now hard and beating, now hght
and drzzug kept falling and transformed
streets into puddle. shortly after hafpa,t j
O'Clock in he afternoon it suddenly stopped ana Ill
IT, place the wind which had mllcd slightly began to
blow again, and this time with a colder breath "hch
made the butoncd-up overcOat welcome. BEFORE Us
coming, chcey after the rainy hours. the fog broke up
and drftcc oil in sullcn clouds. and by half past
O'clock last night the cOOrcd dcrs Of lights Nh"hc
PLAINLY ard brightly from staten Island, Hroohlyn and
Jersey, over black ana wind swept water. Tie stars
came out. clear and brilliant army. and shonc
through night which began 10 feel the to/h OF
winter q, il grow toward midnight.
The storm which made it 50 unpleasant for this city
covered large area between the ohio Valley ana the
Atlantic coast II had been central In the lake mc'on,
and moving eastward late yesterday afternoon had
begun to gather north of the cty. II was showing
IN parts of tie ohio Valley and Michigan. In the
meantime a. th, Storm centre moved eastward, cold
wave swept along behind II, and left in it, track
temperature records k" degrees below zcw in -.
Paul and ~ d ',rccs below zero IN Noorehcid, Mimi
Thl, va, IS tc different from New York CITY. whore
the temperature was high a, - degrees, with fall
- only twn degrees during the d"F. The rain
fall uv - the TIE c"a ed WIS - ~ an inch in
this clty.
The Western tnlDn Company telegraph wires
ext 'u-iN y damic early in the dIy bv tue storm
H. -wrpt eastward. In other dire 'Ons not much
u jury stained. bat wr,, running 10 Providence.
lOtpu. aud tie Other eastern points badly lnt'r
i"tci Win. and II "as lat" last night before they
began 10 worl well.
At the Weather Burau late last night II said
hat today would probably De- fnr and certainly much
colder. polhap, remaining at freezing point ail dav.