New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-06
TT WAS A LIVELY GALE.
A YOUNG TORNADO SWEEPS OVER THE CITY
AND HARBOR.

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AND HARBOR.
NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS REPORTED FROM THE
RIVER AND soUND-A TUGpoAT SUNK AND A
sroNlNGroN LINE STEAMER DISABLED.
A big wtndstom struck the city early yesterday
morning and before the afternoon was racing through
the streets at the rate OF from thirty 10 forty miles an
hour and sometimes faster. On the water II caused
much trouble The tide exceedingly low ana
there was lese water In the slips and All along the
shore than there has been since last summer The
great wind roaring down the rivers blew the water
ont sea- and In front Of the Battery scawal rochs
which have been under four or five feet OF "a'cr all
summer stuck their block heads above the sufIacc'
Across the bay, toward the Jersey shore, the 'a"hS
yellow tinge Of the wlndswept water showed "here
the fats with hardly any water TO cover theh'
The floating landing stage Of the Bedow's Island boat
rested on dry land during the greater part OF the day
and could hardly be seen from the Battery rs II aE
below the seawall. In the slip where the ro"Doa's
are moored there was no water at AL ana III ule
fcrryslips there was so little than ferryboats
found it hard to maze lanc.ng. The poor old Shack
ANA xon. the wayward ana sIotive Ellis Island ferry
boot failed 10 get into her slip several times during
the day
The most serious accident OF the day was the
laundering OF the tug Bhestonc She Is small tug
owned BY Captain oliver X. Kundsen. ana had on
board besides the captain William Leqler, engineer
Michael Carroll decliand. and several others. All
night she had been Juggling violently at htr moor
lngs at Pier No. 8, East River. and suddenly. at
O o'clock In the morning as a bigger than usual
rolled into the slip she broke loose and drhcd help
lessly into the river number OF tugs started out
after her, as she went pitching and tossing up The
river showing her coppered bottom as she rolled from
side to side. Just two of the tugs. Sir Easton
and Annie Kipp. reached her, big wave rolled
over her, she pitched heavily and settled deep in the
water Hardly had the aboard Of her scrambled
aboard OF the other tugs before the BlucSone sank
She now lies of Prize No. :. ard efforts are being
made to raise her.
The big stonington Line steamship NewlIampshire
bound to New-YOrk, with large number OF passeh
gers on board. had n rough and stormy trip down
the Sound all night. At last the tremendous strain
caused her engines TO give ont. and when on North
Brother Island the big craft broke down altogether
and came to a standstill No time was TO be lost
for the wind caught her bulky hull and blew her
toward the shallow water as soon as her headWay
was checked. But luckily her crew Was qucH III !
handy. and the anchors were at onre droppe' ana
soon held She lay OF the Island for about h'ii an
hour and after making repairs continued on her
way to This city. and arrived at her pier Saie'y
shortly before O'Clock yesterday morning
Tho h,p seoeolng tug w. G.. Wlmot. bound from
,yal,ox 10 New-Yorh was boarded by q big sea OF
Harris Island early yesterday morning. Her steer
Inc Gear gave way when the waves struck the rudder
md tho tug hud to anchor and signal for assistance
She was lowed to Ncw-York Yesterday morning.
The schooner Mary c. Eaton. VIII" bong to"eo
down the Sound from Boston, was buNcted violently
and several times while the way The tug mao hsfH
york keeping her in the channel. When on lioyds
Neck L. l.. sudden. fierce gust swept over the
Sound and overwhelmed both tug and schooner tn"
big vessel SWING into shore. and though the ting was
headed into the wind she drittcd rapidly toward me
rocks and went aground of Loyds Neck. wnfr" Shc
was up TO midnight, when the Chapman Wreckln9
Company sent ont tug to rescue hcr .
Tile United States Coast Survey steamer Barhe
while anchc-ed In the Fast River opposite Twenty
eeventl ST. was mn into yesterday sfe noon by M
schooner ]. c. Cottincham. Of Philadelphia. IN
schooner was IN tow OF tugboats Kalbf"isch AMI En-
pire at the time. 49,,
The schooners Pocahontas and NcMorev came into
collision I'm the Fast Rive? off East Tw"nti third Il
The accident happened through In" vessels dr1gcihi
their anchors. due To the high winds
The ordnance boat Of the United states Army
General Wool, had rough time of II on her DALI
tim from Pier O. East River 10 sandy HOOK and back
Some wild man said that IL" big steamship Kaiser
wilhelm II had gone ashore the Jersey fnts She
hadn't done anything OF fhe sort. being In drydocE.
nut the story made n sensation az first.
The Nati Dnal Line steamship England, which was
passed sevt nj hundred miles ont with engines dis
shled has not yet arrived hers. and no news has
Nyacl q " Nov "a terrific gale prevailed along
the lower hudson to-day. Many small boats wcre
swamped. and much other damage was done.