The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-14
THE SKIES HUNG WITH RED.
MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF THA
NORTHERN LIGHTS.
That Zig Spot tho Fun Had SomethiAg
TO Bo with 1.-THE Electricity that Was
Loose Made II Possible 10 Telegraph 70
Albany without n Battery.

nearly an hour last night It appeared .
little after o'clock The air. wrung dry by .
western wind that had the thermometer down
to 22o. was perfectly clear.
The full moon was Just rising above the
housetops and the etars shone sharp and clear.
Jupiter and Venus blazed across at the moon.
from the west, and Orion's Belt and the big
Dog Star hung opposite the Forth Star.
Suddenly. above the houses. a broad beam OF
red light. like the glare OF fire.. shot UP in the
northwest until it e"'ipsed the Little Dipper.
Beside the bright sh It was black one az II
OF smoke.
For what seemed long time the ashes-of.
roses colored light held its steady blaze. then
1t wavered. shook as q great curtain might,
and In the folds bright shafts Of white light
shot up. the black shadow disappeared. and
tho red burst up from all the north and
streamed and nared into a fan Of FIRE. the rim
OF which touched the North Star.
Those persons who were out OF doors in this
city forgot the cutting wind. and bound By its
beauty. gave themselves UP to watching the
display. Many mistook 1t at first for big
fire. but not for long, Some followed 1t to the
river side
These and passengers on the bridge and
ferries and those who sought housetops saw
the show at it's best Farmer Dunn's assist
ants on top Of the Equitable building
saw the fiery fan In all its beauty
and beneath it luminous cloud Of green
light from which it grew The green cloud
centre on the horizon was like ausrtered
moon. its centre directly beneath the North
Stag and It reached along the horizon for 20
as it reached into the air It got soft and shin.
merry and brighter. and arched and tipped Ike
s ssnss s '8 SsSs OFT e. ths
display the greater show was at the western
reached e sS Height irS there The
color color was brighter and more P erma,.
Perhaps the the eort and ess
Here the alterations Of pink and red and white
y and Te again nsy
the nn %erH half closed and opened fagnin:
ginning The pink lights changed 70 LIGHTER
sh%sr and the
I'M arch Of white light grew across the sky
from east to west. hung shining there for .
What the aurora Is no one knows, put that Z
are related to the appearance Of those tres
great h s 1ns into Jazz
XsS Ss 5$s SS sas %st
unusual size had devel?ped at that time and IL
ts nst 81 p fSs % wsen the s Nos9n
% sa Ts pot s
lasted the Atlantic cable. ceased to work
sna 9 Sh tssap u ne' inter-
Secured The SKY here on the night e. Its ek
bnt IN ofhe the
The great d 81 urbance that is visible ON
tho sun : suriaee nay covers altogether
Rsrhsss 'TsS as
Of these brilliant winter night pyrotechnIcs::,
Tas last % 9SEs t SSshf5sa s:
aappeara9ce lasted great waves oiele,ctricity
s %4es a%f aPss sb hs sb@ IN
y intermitte9t ;enrrents .wabbied along
aest a 't the msss ea
disturbance had the same effect as thunder
| storm. without the danger. There were no
the Wires We're re-. oyercharsed. and until with the
9f the the waves
talnty as to the accuracy OF the messages sent
Mr.. J. G Robinson of the Western Union
prone nHS d" Since tho fall Of 1852 Wien moss
nightly for three weeks the operators found it
said. that the terminals in this city and albany
Without the %sttesy The caisent s 1erfy:
however and the effect not satisfactory. Some:
too de ana at eas
tprbance was felt when the light was Begin
to
the ordinary business with any degree of OK.
SARATOGA. Feb. 13.-There was a wonderfully
beautiful display OF northern lights here this
the Northwest. "ccupying at frst but small
space. and for nearly an hour had 80 much the
and tp out ct T t.
| ment;, Then the red changed to bright pink.
and dir hs as the aurora spread toward ths
flashes and ,stroa mers shot up. to the zenith:
In little while the whole northern heavens
the stars and ne full moon were shining In
o 81 rfS i S s@f %o Tsss o' Hs
| sky was ablaze With the northern lights. and.
Grcnen posted in the wrong direction. They
| discovered their error presently and turned
0f IocSr ONE RAJ ia brilliant display of the
Sers ,nisht. Gv.r Lake Siptariio: TSs heaySens
< deep pinksh, red light finally spread Owe.
tho tho M "l moon i roso and sns!iei it. oA
| LEXINGTON. Va. Feb l3.-The Northern
| skies were brilliantly illuminated Tonight by
ono of the Grandest and most brilliant dis.
plays Of the aurora borealis. ever witnessed
| since tho great electric storm Of 1899. The
phenomena caused Gonsiderable uneasiness
| WAsIIINdToN. Feb. 13.-About 8 O'Clock this
| evening there was a brilliant display oiaurora
| bGrealis which excited some apprehension, OF
| The colors were unusually bright and Of
| deep red hue. fading away TO- white at the
eastern and western edges. The phenome-
| non was taken notice Of IT the Naval Observa-
tory. and was watched with great interest hy
be put in shape for publication on Monday
Col. GayiOr Released.
WHITE PLAINS. Feb. 13-Judge Dykman