New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-15
IN THE TRACK OF THE STORM
HATOC WROUGHT BY THE GALE
REPORTS OF MUCH DAMAGE FROM MANY
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
THE HURRICANE LASHES THE WATERS AND
SWEEPS OVER THE LAND-POssIBLE De
sTRUCTION on THE OCEAN-FURY OF
THE WAVES IN NEARBY HARBORS
CRAFT.

TIIE WAVES IN NEARBY HARBORS
-TEMPEsTTossED CRAFT
The third manifestation this season Of the
pernicious activity Of the West Indian hurricane
factory reached New-York late Friday night
and passed away to the west early yesterday
morning. 1t moved much more swiftly than
either Of its two predecessors. On Friday morn
ing 1t was far to the south only It's extreme
northern edge tapping over New-Yori and its
neighborhood That night 1t burst in all its
fury on this city. and the next morning it had
reached Lake Erie and was centred there. Then
it took another turn to the northeast, and last
night was passing 1own the St Lawrence
River. bound for the Atlantic Ocean once more.
The damage ii did in its erratic course was
great: how great cannot be told yet In this
city. signs were blown down. chmneys over
turned trees uprooted and windows smashed.
on the Bay dozens Of yachts and small boats
dragged their anchors, and were driven ashore
or drifted off and were utterly lost to view.
From the surrounding country reports were
coming in all day yesterday telling of wrecked
houses broken trees and scattered fences. From
more distant places news was sparse. Every
where telegraph and telephone wires had been
blown down and temporarily retired from SER
vice.
no TIDINGS FROM THE Vastly DEEP.
From the ocean no reports OF serious disaster
have yet arrived To-day or tomorrow there
will probably be news of a more or less dis
tressing character. Many deep-water ships and
steamers and lot of fishing sloops and clam
boats were exposed to the full force OF the
storm, and must have suffered severely.
Probably the general ocean loss will prove to be
less than that from either Of the August hurri-
canes, az the track followed by the centre or
the present storm from Florida north was by
land rather than by sea.
VELOCITY OF THE DRIVING WIND.
The maximum velocity reached by the wind
anywhere near New-York seems TO have been
attained at Sandy Hook where the southeast
gale blew sixty-four miles an hour at 10 o'clock
Friday night In the city itself forty-eight
miles were registered After midnight the
wind decreased htfully to about forty miles
settling down to a steady speed Of thirty miles
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
The barometer in New-York fell as low as
20 25 inches. the lowest reported, except at
Buffalo. whore It was only $3.50. The wind
there was blowing forty-eight miles an hour
at o'clock yesterday morning. At Boston its
speed was thirty-six and at Cleveland twenty
four. The radius Of the storm was probably
about 1900 miles The rainfall was greatest at
the centre Of the disturbance At Cleveland
II was 1S2 inches, al Detroit l.l6. and in New
York 90 Most Of New YorlI's downpour came
I'm one quick rush ~ nearly solid wafer
Strangely enough. the storm was preceded by
a considerable rise IN temperature; Al md
night Friday the thermometer stood at - de-
grees. having risen II degrees I'm twenty-four
hours but by II O'Clock yesterday morning 1t
had fallen to 6s. and the storm was over.