New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-14
Il HOWLING STORM Nv TOWN
THE WEST INDIAN CYCLONE ARRIVES AND
MAKES ITSELF FELT
TELEGRAPH WIRES FRUSTRATED IN THE SOUTH
AND soUTHwEsT-CHIMNEYs. FENCES,
SIGNS AND TREES BLOWN DOWN
HOUSE FALLS IN BROOHLYN.


AROUSE FALLS IN BROOKLYN.
What seemed to be either the advance guar
or outer edge Of the Southern cyclone reache
this city shortly before theatre time last evenin
and gave New-Yorkers a taste OF what a Yves
Indian storm. even after it is near
exhausted can accomplish when its eff
forts rightly directed Shingles
signboards. nowerpots and all portabl
property that came in the way of th
wind had to go with it. From the Battery t.
Harlem the wind thrashed about and howleC
with suclr fury to create the impression thai
the Southern cyclone itself was really at hand
All over the city slight mshaps were caused
by the jetsam and fotsam that were borne or
the wings Of the wind but none Of them. sc
| far as Is known. were serious.
Communica ton by telegraph between this city
and the South and Southwest was practically at
standstlll. and for several hours the operators
handling keys on the Washington. st. Louis and
Kansas City circuits had nothing to do The
Weather Bureau could not communicate with
the Washington office after o'clock.
/ for the reason that the wires be-
tween this city and Washington were
down The New-York Weather Bureau reported.
just before midnight that the city was feeling
travelling inland. and which had at that time
reached Chicago. Washington was said to be
tho centre Of the storm and l.s2 inches of rain
had fallen in that city.
THREATENING SKIES DURING THE DAY.
All day long caden-hued clouds hung over
the city and the humidity was great enough
to cause discomfort The mercury in the
barometer fell steadily. and good sharp
". 1nok Cd far bp
s a. m 81 degrees. with 90 per cent Of hu-
mldi,y. and the dew point at 80. The wind
AZ that time blowing about twelve
miles an hour. As the day came to a close
the wind increased and brought the sere and
yellow leaves In showers from the trees, and
at the same time blew vast quantities of dust
that Commissioner Andrews had probably for
gotten to take away into the eyes Of New-Yorks
long-suffering citizens
When the factory whistles blew at o'clock
the leadened hue OF the clouds deepened and
there was storm In the very air. slight fall
Of rain began shortly before : O'Clock, but the
wind was 50 strong that the rainfall appeared
much heavier than it really At o'clock
the wind was blowing Justify. \ velocity of
forty miles hour was reached AT
o'clock and the luckless pedestrians who
happened to be on the streets con
sidered themselves lucky If they escaped
without the loss " . hat umbrella. II was
about 1890 O'Clock, when the wind was bowling
the most hercelv. the minor accidents occurred.
At midnight tho wind had fallen TO about thirty
i've miles an hour but haf-hour previously
II was more than ton miles hou' faster.
At Il. m. tho wind died down somewhat and
there WAS "A total cessation Of rain The
Weather Bureau a: that time reported only 40
4. .f,.. I., ,f,,
storrn period
SLIGHT INCIDENTS ~ AND ABOUT THE CITY.
Frank NJ Aldrideo. a telegraph operator in
tho Western Union Companys service. was
sitting near a window on the eighth floor Of
tho Western Union Building No l9' Broadway
la.' evening when tho force Of the storm tore
the window from It's fastcninEs and the debris
cut and bruised him about the face. and when
an ambulance surgeon examined the injured /
man he found that his coIlar-bone had also /
beer broken. Aldridge was removed to his /
home. No III West Nincty-fourth-st.
\ large wooden sign. which stretched across |
the front Of the second story of the building /
at Nos 2 and - Elizabcth-st.. was torn from /
its fastcnings and carried about twenty-five /
feet away Fortunately few persons were on
the street at tho time Of the accident AMI no
one So far "a could be learned was hunt
Mary Mcdonald. Of No 322 East Sixty-nrst.
ST. while passing No. $40 East Sixty-nrst-st.,
was struck on the head by portion of a chin
ncy. and sustained a scalp wound. She was
taken TO the Presbyterian Hospital.
4 tree in from, of No. 53 Charlon-st.. and "A
fence in front Of No. ~ Suliyan-st. fell but hurt
no one.
While the storm. raging in Brooklyn last
,vening two-story frame house at Ralph
,vc and Park Place was blown down. The
building. which had jus, been completed was
owned by Henry Mcnkcn. of Atlantic and Van
icrbiIt avcs 1t was valued at $1,000 No one
was hurt
just previous To the accident, about 10 o'clock.
. tee which h,d stood for many years on Court
IT, near Third Place. was blown down. and
blocked surface ear traffic for over an hour
\ little before midnight the wind sent a
roliey wire of the Myrtle-ave line crashing to
he ground at Fulton-sf.. brooklyn. 1t sounded
ike the report of a cannon. anI people in City
Iall Souarr were badly frightened Fortunately
10 one was under the wire. Stories wcre circu-
aed at first that a house ha fallen. but these
we're soon found to he untrue.
Bcdford-ave. for the greater part of the
light was in total darkness. the lights having
ono out when the storm was at it's height ,
lany of the wires connecting the various po-
cc stations were also broken. so that all
IRES DOWN ~ THE SOUTH And SOUTHWEST
The Western Union Telegraph Company suf
cred severely 10y the storm. business at the ,
lain Office at No 1915 Broadway. was at one ,
me practically suspended-that IL. far as
he wires the Southern and Southwestern
rcuits were concerned Washington cut ,
II for several hours. and the principal cities ,
| the South for several hours after o'clock ,
ad really no means Of communication with ,
ne metropolis. Among these cities thus cut
# were Baltimore, Wheeling. W. Va; Nash T.
lille. Augusta 81. Louis. Kansas city and ,
theirs Newspaper dispatches were far be-
ind time. and great confusion resulted from
lis fact. !
r.. T.. Cummings. the night manager of the T.
'estcrn Union Company, said late last night f,
reply to inquiry as to the condition of J.
10 wires: "The wires are in bad shane all