The sun., 1894-10-01
THATiFREAKISH CYCLONE
1T PAssED Us Br AND WENT mr.,
TO SEA.
Pais ne A,tentio- TO the Co,-.. u.
Out fst " by the Weather R.rs..
Msny hips stayed In Port-Inco,,..
vesssis Win Meet ia Hieb T,sts

Faid ne Attentiou 20 the Coarse N.r...
| Out fst " by the weather Rurs..
May ship- stayed IN Por,-I,co..,--
Vessels viii Meet t-A Hish T,s.
The boistsfous West Indian swirler which h,.
kept many vessels In ports north and south for
the last ak Gays decided yesterday 10 10 ,o 500
That II wasp the neiRhborhood Of this c,os,
was apparspt yesterday morning, when ,h.
northeaster. which had been blowing unin,o.
ruptedly for three days, acquired almost ,ho
force Of a gaie.
There are limitations 10 the trade Of rropboc,
Farmer EllssB. Dunn said yesterday. A Wss,
Indian cyclone of the usual breed would u, .o
taken the cosirse prescribed by the Wcatbor
Bureau. This erratic waltzer obfuscated ,h,
prophets. IL WIS, the farmer says, n phenomrnaI,
slow storm. Itwas first felt within the tion,ininn
Of Uncle sam, away down In Florida. at 4 4. NJ
on Monday last Then IL appeared to be travel
ling on its trsR about sixteen miles All buur
The next day. ft A. NJ, IL was central in
lower Florida Then high pressure developed
In the north. tnd the cyclone found it jus,
about as hard get over the high pressure
area rs an elephsht might find the job Of climb
For three dsyslhe laggard storm dashed the
coasts OF GeOrRto south Carolina, North ara.
lina and Virginif. IL could not leap over ar
tear down the utwless wall OF high pressure
ana so II nad TO rnsn OF 10 sea yesterday
ing. Then II was central about 80 miles south
OF Fire Island. and the chief OF the Weather
Bureau sent out alwarning bulletin to shipprrs
hereabOuts that for thirty-six hours vessels
bound south will PUN into grave danger" A
fleet Of coasters. including several steamships
Obeyed the warnink.
Seldom have SO many sailing craft Assem- blcd
In port as were seen yesterday In the leatlen
waters Of the harhar from the Narrows. to Lib,
erty Island. TOwprd evening the wind had
moderated n bit. AMI some OF the storm bound
fleet sailed.
The Prophet Elias said that the storm WAS
central of the NeH England coast last night
IL " about n thousand miles In diameter, and
no incoming vesseis rom European ports can
avoid II. As IL passqs along the line of the Iulf
to the northeast the wind will change in this
neghb0rhood to wet and southwest, and the
air will lie more baln1y.
The northeast wilma which blew steadily all
day yesterday drove immense quantities Of
water into the riversl and bay and raised the
tide two feet above Its usual height Along
South street the largo merchant ships rose hlgh
above their piers and thrust their long jibbooms
almos. into the third STORY windows OF the
houses Opposite. Cellars along the street were
flooded to the depth ofseveral inches.
In the ferry slips tha rise In tide was perhaps
many degrees above tie street level. and teams
found IL hard to ascend At the Staten Island
ferry house the water rose to within n foot Of
the level OF the waiting room floor. All along
the docks the myriad Of rats that live below
and sent scampering Away. The water at the
Battery was hardly more than a foot below
the top Of the granite wall, and one could easily
have stepped into a rovbOat in the basin next
the Barge Office; Passing ferry boats sent waves
This is the highest tide known for several
months, and At 10 80 odlock last night IL was
stll rising In the steady wind.