New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-14
WEATHER EXPECTED.

OCEAN REPORTED by INcoM-
ING VESSELS - WARMER
WEATHER EXPECTED.
The storm is over and a warm wave Is coming
1t was an old-fashioned snowstorm While IL
lasted The snowstorm of Monday and yesterday,
was the most severe that visited New York since
the great blizzard Of March. 1888. 1t was not to
be compared to that great storm for severity,
but 1t was a considerable storm nevertheless. In
the blizzard Of 1888 the winds were higher. the
temperature much lower and the snow was
so fine and powdery that it blinded people and
overwhelmed them. in the streets or the
city The actual amount of snow which fell on
Monday and yesterday was nowhere near that
which fell in the city in the great blizzard.
What made the storm of the last few days most
remarkable was its great extent The reports
which were coming in all day yesterday from
the West showed that in that section or the
country the storm was most terrific Loss OK
life and destruction Of property were the burden
OF the dispatches.
At the same time. from Europe came by cable
accounts of the violent storms which ragged there,
and incoming steamers showed by the record OF
their logs that there was a succession OF storms
reaching across the Atlantic. The ships had
hardly got out of the edge Of the Europeans storm
when they plunged into the advance guard OF
the American storm. When the records OF
damage done by the storm Of the last two days
are all in they will show that 1t was most oe-
structive one on land and sea.
The stories of death and suffering that came
in from the West yesterday were supplemented
by the stories Of shipwrecks along the New-Eng-
land coast and OF crowded harbors, where
vessels had huddled together for safety.
All Monday night the storm continued 10
sweep down on the shores, but yesterday MORN
ing 1t began 70 moderate, and at O'CLOCK the
storm centre had passed far out to the northeast,
and the edge of the storm followed it. BY noon
there was nothing OF it left In these regions.
WIND BLOWING FITTY-TwO MILES AN HOUR.
The high wind continued until toward noon.
and the snow fell until about IL o'clock AT
o'clock yesterday morning the wind blew at the
rate of fifty-two miles an hour at Sandy HOOK:
then IL began to moderate. During MONDAY
night the full force Of the storm was felt by the
Jersey coast and on the heights or STATE"
Island All the Staten Island streets and roads
were badly drfted yesterday morning, and tne
night before the trains and boats ran with
difficulty In the city. when morning came ana
neople began to go about the streets, they
feared that there to be repetition OK the
day before, but their fears were allayed as tne
day wore on The storm did some damage 70
telegraph wires throughout the sections OF tne
country over which 1t swept, but by last nlgns
the wires were working satisfactorily in all d.
rections from this city.
Traffic on the streets somewhat impede4
and incoming trains were delayed In the after
noon. however things were better, ana iaSe
night trains were running regularly. what
made the storm Of the last two days seem the
more severe to New-Yorkers was the fact tnae
il was the first storm Of any account so Lar lar
this winter. Last winter was especially prohno
Of storms. though probably no one vi '"e'"
equalled the one just over
GOOD WORK BY THE WEATHER BUREAU
Nuch ANNOYANCE and much loss by the block
ing of traffic WAS avoided in the storm OF Mon-
dov and Yesterday by the action Of the weather.
Rureau which sent out many kilograms warm
ing railroads and street-car lines that the STORM
was approaching. Observer Dunn sent ou' III. rh
the New-York office 156 warning telegrams' Inc
result was that when the storm came II iounu
people ready FOR IT. -, =, %
The temperature yesterday was close 70 =
and % degrees all day. and twelve lncnes o.
snow fell during the storm In the pls y p,i~~"'~
of 1855 two and one-half feet of snow feii;
The wind is expected to come from the Nor'h-
west to-day
The Indications from the Weather Bureaus re:
norts last night were that 1t would be fair anu
warmer to-day.
THE TEMPEST ON THE SEA
The steamers and sailing vessels which did not
nut to sea on Monday on account OF the storm
went out yesterday. and the vessels when had
been standing off the coast, afraid 10 approach
TOO near while the winds and the waters raeed'
began to come in over the bar with stories Oh
yaIos hurricane and tremendous seas The
British steamer Potomac. from PORTLAND Eng
land came in after a rough voyage. She had
q succession of heavy gales from south-so south.
west To west northwest from the ume she .riS
port. On February .. when In midocean' .ne
steamer experienced violent gale from inc
southwest. accompanied by tremendous hLsh
seas The vessel rolled and pitched fright
fully She was obliged To heave 10. with oil
distributors over the bows until the gale MOD
Grated. BY the time the gale moderated her
coal supply was getting short. ana she proceeueu
under one boiler on February the weather
was fine and she used both boilers, running at
fnll speed The sea was still high. On Feb
rliary 70 fresh gale sprang up from the north
east with heavy snowstorm and high ana
confused seas. Speed was reduced at night and
she stood off to the eastward until morning
when she came about and put into port.
The big freight steamer St Romans arrived
here from Liverpool which port she left on
January 26. after most tempestuous voyage
She had a succession OF northwesterly and south
westerly gales from the time she got out Of St.
/ Georges Channel From January 26 10 Feb
ruary she had hard gales and high and con-
/ fused seas. She then had moderate weather
The Cunard steamer servia got the western
| gales as soon as she left Queenstown. On the
first day n fresh breeze increased To fresh
gale The sky was overcast and high south
west sea was running The gale continued for
the next two days with nigh head seas. She
had moderate weather then until February IL,
when she caught strong gale accompanied by
furious squalls and high head seas. The gale
and the head seas continued all dag Monday.
Yesterday she came into port. running from
! moderate gale into fresh breeze and storm
| OF sleet.
HEAVY WEATHER on THE SOUND.
It was wild night on the Sound but the
! steamers came through all right. Those going
/ to the eastward had To struggle for every inch
4 they made but the westward bound steamers
had an easier time of H. they had the wind
and sea well aft and by keeping in toward the
Rhode Island and Connecticut shores they made
smooth water OF it. The Fall River and Stoning-
ton boats were not seriously delayed In their ar.
rival here. ..