New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-30
WIND, RAIN AND SNOW.
NORTHEAST STORM SWEEPS The CITY,
v,vIG ALTON SLOW AND DANGERoUc-RooFs AND
TOWERS DECORATED, AND THE srlEEIS

y >VIG ALTON SLOW AND DANUEftOO- ''OO'' 49,
TOWERS DECORATED. AND THE STREETS
FILLED WITH MUD.
rrou rho gray hattlemcnts OF the shy there c""ie
yesterday the white OutpOsts Of Winter army i"o'o
ing pon the town silently and FAST they cH'ns'i .'
c,ty,s appearance in the night ana worhco wv" ",
streets and roofs and towers the old, YET ever new anu
wondcrful change OF winter. People cast tnc" i"s'
,ool,s ON Monday night before going to sleep on
,vct and dripping town. with roofs ana streets s"n"e
40, black with beating rain. They WOKE 10 ma
all things made beautiful with cnnGing sho"iiohes'
After midnight, while the rain was sun O'''"ns
,nrur ON the CITY n storm from the south began to
move swiftly up the coast. 1t wlrled along te euse
~ Tho land and spent most of Its fury out at sea-
Somehow In the strange plan OF ths WIN 'n"'
southern Storm by passing south Of the city, brought
vosterdoy's snow storm from the north upon our
hcods The other Storm by passing south, created
n draft like that In furnace. and the coo weather
from Canada rushed down TO fill the gap
Long before morning dawncd the WHINING columns
came driving along before rising wind III mighty
dance. bewildcring and binding. The streets still
io,ncd TOO much warmth to permit It to remain
thorc Int the roofs and cOrnccS anu trees anu
church spires welcomed the dainty oherihs Vi the
sky and to them the snow clung Lovingly In iah'asuc
rcstoons and feathery shapes Looking at the city
from the north 1t looked like rough shetch III pacH
and white drawn with broad strong touches Inc
"''S~''NN
side ONLY the north, where the wind came ron'
Cam, and black the other sides presented startling
contrast CITY Hall Park. covered only mere ana
there booked like rich green rug cunningy EN-
brodrred with silver 1t was only In te PARKS tnat
the snow remained the ground after 1t fell IN inc
streets IL melted at once ana turned ih'o reehi"s'
obominable mud. Though the snowfall was heaVy'
amounting to over four inches up to niShtia' II m'ieu
rapidly and left nothing but winter
4 great wind which tore through the city NJ thc
ratio o! from twenty five to thirty miles an hour, made
H. exceedingly unpleasant for pedestrians and played
havoc with hats and umbrellas. The high buildings In
the lower part Of toxin made the narrow StrecS IKE
mountain gorges. through which the wind ho"ied NJ
the rate Of forty or fifty miles an hour Inc c"ie
brated windy corners ~ tho Postoince ana III HOh
~ The Tribune Building were places Of terror fT mar
and wOman and il required hard beating ana tacMhe
10 pas, them without having Something carried away
IN. wind did not decrease a. night came, and there
VA, u, observable dimlnutOn IN the snowfall after
dark IL It'll came down heavily, making the electric
lights look ~ If they were draped with waVerlh6 lace
curtains
Upon the waters, in company with the Ligh hor'n
Wind thc saowstorm made navigation extremely din
cult and hazardous. and all day long the h"f'V
warning, OF vessels sounded The waters. There
WAS a big slow swell on rivers and bay, though TIE
wafer WIS not rs rough it might have been, eSccpt
at time, when gu, Of wind stronger than ordinary
tor, along the stream and drove two or three heaVy
waves before H. At such times tho snow would drive
so heavily that It was difficult to see more than
cw o. ahead. 1t relu.r struggle - WAX along
the BATTERY sca.wHIl, and the place was entirely ue
serted objects on the bay were Invisible Outside OF
IA mitcd circle From the obscug!iy, the big. vagu'
forms Of sup, doomed mp, with their tall maatS ana
spar, white with snow. nhc great ghosts, n' they
crop slowly to their piers The East River front was
beautiful place to sce lined It by tue great
graceful ealing ships, with theft fine Outlines and
taprriBg spars stl further sOfteucd by the snow.
MOiOurss and deserted. each vessel looked Ike The
iccbound craft Of the Ancient Mariner upon The frozen
The temperature during the day ranged from -
10 81 degrees. Al O'Clock tho wind shifted 10 tle
northwest which the right direction for brn1ng
ial. weather with q much lower temperature. But
oven II the weather Is fair today, II conditions remain
a, they hast ugnt, TIER" IS a chance that the
weather will become unsettled again by Thursday night
or Fr day. There was storm central over wyoming
Inst night, which appeared 70 De moving IN ms
direction n It Is not detected from lis course. Il
mas hing another enowstorI II the temperature here Is
right. II It j. too high. the result wal BE- RAIN. is
/, not expected that II IL Is snow there will
bc enough % mako sleighing.
street ClNaning Commissioner FREEMAN was "in the
dumps" again yesterday. HIS dsres, caused by
the inability OF his department 10 get It's boats
10 "a I'm the teeth Of the northeast storm. The con
segucncc was that work the dumps az Eogers.
,t~ntor Thr yc gh;h, Forty-s xth, seventeen
and Eiehteth SIS. practically at standsill yes
cr,iay and tn Street Cleaning Department was, Mr..
Trrrnnn snld Gin vcrg crippcl condition. owing
10 our being unable TO got or scows ont 10 sea-