New-York tribune., 1894-10-11

early par, Of the day. but by noon the clouds
began to break. anu shortly afterward sunshine
flooded the city making all the tempestuous
waves Of the upper and lower bays dance and
sparkle in the welcome light At $50 O'Clock
Yesterday morning ,he wind was blowing hard
from east-northeast and ii piled in an unusual
E high tide in the day.
The seas in the Narrows were so heavy that
the Health Officers boat ras not able 10 board
Incoming steamers until about o'clock Inc
White Star Line steamer Teutonlc arrived at
Quarantine when the storm was nearly al lts
height and other steamers were also anchored
Of the boarding station waiting for the Health
Officers boat. At O'Clock the storm had SO
far model ated as to allow Of the Health Oihcer
boarding the incoming Vess els.
The American Line steamer NeW-1 ork' I'i
southampton crossed the Bar "a l2;4O y. m
The sea was SO high that sne was Obliged 20
run down off the coast TO discharge her pl!ot, II
being too hazardous to attempt u on lhe i'dT.
The gale aid considerable damage along the
Staten Island shore. and many sinaIi boa, :
which were anchored there dragged thelI
anchors and went on the beaGh. A"Uhs ,,,r
boats anchored off Tompkinsville was The cat
toat Superior owned by stephen H. Pfo"n' s1h
Of Vernon II Brown. Of the Cunatd Line Sht
dragged her anchor and was dashed d2AHSl t.'e
uestlework of the Rapid TRANSIT ''allI.hI - -.
filed and sank soon dttc' she struck ne
;resile and will probably be 4 to'a! wreck IN"
mast Of The boat stuck up through the ues ol
The westbound track OF the railroad ana I"i
longing u Hugh McRpberts was also sWep'
against the same treStle and wrecked. \ hShlns
smack which was coming up through uhe N",
rows anchored below Fort Wadsw0rth, ana r''e
GU, the gale successfully, refusing the oilers oi
tug which wen; down 20 It's assistance" Inc
sloop yacht Listless had a narrow escape from
going ashore. but by putting "ut auu''Ioii''
anchors she managed 10 weather ne gaze
Slight damage was DO - To all IN" walls ana
piers along the Staten Island shore, ana ihe
ffrybOats We're little delayed. Al! the S'uhd
steamers hal a rough night o.! i. bu' inaHaE'u
% get through 20 this city without any s"'iou"
damsge
The fishing smack Mary Louise went ashor"
tae gale on Highland Beach. Her crew Wtlr
i,sy gotten ashore by ihc Hpernatru o.'r'.
sent 10 sea by the Street-CleaninS Department
n the early morning found the weather too tenn
,sstuous for them when they got outside Sahdy
,hk nook aud returned To Gravescnd gay WhcIe
tney anchored The people on board the ScoWs
We're in state Of anxiety until the storm
aba,ei
More damage was done on land than on sea by
M we nigh winds ana trees and fragile bulilinh'
we're ohyn down. Up 10 noon the streets or the
wy We're swep, by the winds and washed BY the
aaI, iSn which fell one Of The most peculiar Incl
csna,ho, ca Q, the storm was he f0unierhg 81 a
p,.eiooat, VIII u was mOOred al fler No. q. fdSt
N'.-r She had a cargo OF Oalcd hay on board
pai nai 'nai baled hay hOated all over the Upper
s, aes, distributing itself with every current ana
a., ,.io,nins spec acle which Is seldom seen. Along
,n. S Hdst River from: the usual flooding OF cellars
w NJ pace On account Of the high tld"' ana on
isstst things were not much better in IN"
IT,. portions Of he city.
rn le waves on Sandy Hook were reported 10 pe
osossually high, and .he thunie u the breaking
A. On the sandy reach could he heard Tor miles
y,,.a'hgnt IN the morning SIX tugs we're slrue-
ce lp the Bay and had hard work to gel bV
m,..'nors ~ Island with their tows. The ieTryDoats
ts 'e hamilton Ferry, and in fact the most of me
RS mad heavy weather Of II In crossing the
inc which separated them from the neighbor-
n ssnores The Hamilton ferryboats were de-
c,,.u nan an hour al time by fleet oI
va vaoOats which was in tow OF several tugs ana
,ba, uying 10 make Pier No 3, East River. In
Plvs.e easnaiboat village which lies along the East
re-, ,fom Piers No. 10 No. the inhabitants
bo,, Kept busy all the morn preventing the
era,H Hom being dashed aga.l..t the piers and
rsa each other and sunk
,srr"s fuiton Market fishermen were much con-
e,." .u about the safety Of seventy-hve fishing
slaan which are now out Of port. Six fishing
tu..i,s sot In early in the morning. after hard
niis with the gale. They came in with split
6ecs,. ana with considerable damage about their
~ wires from Sandy Hook were all down
kor,n, ,,s morning, and no reports could be got
hns. mere about incoming vessels They were
Tns however. by new ones.
ecns. Ieutonic Of the White Star Line. en-
m v,,ed the storm about the time she sighted
~ Island light, and had heavy Gather OF II
os9 Ine damage along the Long Island