New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-30
HEAVY LOSSES IN THIS STATE
GREAT DESTRUCTION AT MANY PLACES
v,prors Crops sr-FFER FROM THE FURY OF
THE sTORM-BOATMEN on THE HUI SIN
HAVE 4 ROUGH EXPERIENCE-vESsELs
DRIVEN ASHORE AND SUNK.
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pouehkcepsie y. V. Aug 2,-The hurricane
struck the Hudson River Valley at miansn. roc
night the course OF it being from the sou'"eaS"
and IL ragged with great severity TOT over zen
hours when the wind suddenly veered 10 "e''
southwest The flood tide was the heaviest KNOWN
in vears The sidewheel steamboat KaatersKili
hound south and loaded with summer Doarne'S
going home. when within twenty miles Vi -e"
York had TO turn back. and she ran twenty NV
miles before the wind. one OF her Whee'ho"'e'
was destroyed. and her baggage-room 'o'" ~
The steamer Austin bound SOUTH at the northern
entrance TO Newburg Bay with "A number oil
harg.s IN tow was driven north again. and Is no"
Wing here She lost three barges' whlch VIZ
sunk 4 small yacht started from mere, Ior r"e
Island Yesterday with four persons on poatn'
This morning the yacht was found OF hose'oh WI"
nobody on board. ana II TX thoueh' "'"' ''' ~
men were drowned.
eooroI hoats Of n tow were sunk In Newburg
nav blocking the ferry slip that the ferry could
not run for four hours. Al p IN to-udy we
water on Main-st pier was two te"t deep anu
when the day boats landed passengers were cdrrip'
:, and from them in wagons The tracks OF the
New-York Central and Hudson River kaiiroad are
badly washed and undermined AT many places
Ncar Croton the washout Is forty feet in length
North of Staatsburg a locomotive house was nearly
washed into the river. and nineteen elesraP" Po'ea
were torn down During the afternoon All Trains
were running from two to three hourS pen'"'
m evening
tho water from the tracks. trains are delayed ohy
nfteen or twenty minutes. and the wind. which IL
directIv from the west has lulled greatly. The
rainfall was very heavy all through the HUDSON
Valley and fruit and corn are severely damaged
Telegraph and telephone wires in every direction
have either been torn down or crossed.
Albany Aug 90 (SpeciaD.-The wind mere
r.,chet a velocity Of nfty-four miles hour at
10 o'clock and vas preceded by n 1--WE hours
rain which shed A-iOoths Of an inch of water
The wind was from the southeast, ana rocked
buildings tore limbs from trees ana sent even
heavy portable objects scurrying along o''ore
IT,
s.rst,pa Snrlngs y V Aug. GA severe gale
an Saratoga Lake this afternoon. destroyed the
Thomas Lake House dock. and sank the steam
Yacht Nellie Price Colonel Iiilton's steam y"cht
Iolantha was considerably damaged, ana I. D.
/ Totten's naphtha launch Exile was driven ashore
on Point Breeze The passenger steamer Ermihie
orco,n,ere,l enormous waves the trip north from
White SULPHUR Springs and did not return on
time waiting until after the gale had subsided
Ttlca. y y Aug ~ (SpecaD.-The hurrican"
which swept the state to-day feached the
, height OF s fury here soon after noon lr"-
araphlc communicat tons were almost entirely smut
/ o0 and m. wir were not untangled until o clock
,hia evening Reports from the country snow
that the farmers ar" the greatest sufferers pis'
matches from Waterville. in the centre or the mop
producing district say that the greatest harhaH"
/ known for years has been zone among 'he mop
| wards They are laid fiat. and II IL estimated that
| the crop now ready for picking will be reduced
| onr-quarter
! LYONS y y Aug. % ,SpeciaD-This county was
struck by a terrible wind and rain storm at about
Q o'clock last night. Nearly three inches OF ram
has fallen The damage to crops. especially the
fruit CROP is lncalcuable Whole orchards nave
/ been uprootcd The storm destroyed large mum
Der Of apple orchards Pear trees were well loaded
and owing 10 their size. were smashed OH IKE
J ppcStems. oo ,,-.,., a. 90,
! carly hour this morning chautailpua was visited
/ lax 0u. OF the nerccst storms In her history Noi
/ Iess than 2pD trees the grounds were uproot,'l
/ and the beautiful building which piotecte, tne
| model Of Jerusalem IL completely demolished no
| cottages were injured and no lives lost
| Watcrtown. " Y. Aug PA ralnStorm whicn
! has been uneduallcd here. except on one or two
! occasions prevailed In this locality during the
! last thirty hours The total rainfall Will approx
| innate four inches. and the heavy clouds indicat'
further showers. though the barometer Is steadil}
! rising The rain was accompanied by high wind
Al Sacketts IIarbor several schoonerS ana priVat,
| Yachts were torn from their mornings ana beached
| sunk