The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-11
1T WASA BUSTLING STORM.
MUCH DAMAGE DOVE IN EVERY
PART or rms CITY

Ths storu Cs-ss rror~ the euIf sas Rsnes
Up the Coast st Rsiirosa ,srsea-O-Gy
Twe.ty.stx Heur, rrc-. Ssvs.nsh-BeA
sides Blowing Down n BuiIsi-E r.
Monroe Street, II Carried or siess sss
show Cases, and Tore Dow- Telegraph
wircs-Trees In Central Park Destroyed
Up from the Gulf, where storms are bred
there came cyclone which. moving along from
the eastern shore, centered over Pensacola,
passed on to Savannah, and then with fearful
velocity swept up the coast and burst upon New
York yesterday morning in an avalanche OF the
elements. bringing with IL devastation and ruin.
From the weather bureau warnings for the
| east had been sent to all the steamship lines,
and the danger signal flew from every signal
service STAFF along the coast Besides the catas-
| trophe on Monroe street. where score OF peo-
| pie were buried in the ruins of building. there
were hundreds of small accidents to persons and
property all about this region. Telegraph, troll
| ley, and telephone wires were blown down,
| houses and sheds were damaged, trees were up
| rooted. temporary ediices blown down. and
windows and glass cases were shattered.
| At first It was only rain. A few pattering
| drops fell just before midnight OF Tuesday.
| There was lull, and then the rain began in
| earnest. Faster and faster came the downpour.
| flooding sidewalk and gutter, and driving all
hours Of this drenching did the wind come,
sure sign of dangerous weather. sung OF in the
sailors doggerel:
when the rains before the wind,
Then your topsall. ards mind.
pun from the northeast swept down, catch
ing up the rain drops and finging them In rat
Ting volleys against the windows. Away over
the city down to the end of the island and out to
sea II sped n herading messenger OF the gale
behind. Another squat followed, then another,
as skirmishers that advance before the line Of
battle. Then like the charge of an army the
gale bore down with mighty roar The big.
pelting rain drops caught up and whirled
about and pressed together into solid masses.
hurled furiousy against every obstacle. to fall at
last in broken cataracts to the earth. Out in the
streets every movable object became the sport
and plaything of the storm.
Wagons left on side streets were overturned,
or, resisting by sheer weight. were shorn of
their tops: showcases blown over and
smashed, and barrels rolled merrily about, hur-
rying and scurrying ahead of the wind like fat,
round storm goblins.
BY = o'clock the wind was blowing forty miles
an hour and still increasing. An hour later IT
was five miles faster. and just before o'clock
II reached forty-seven miles, giving pressure
of l u pounds on every square foot of surface
opposed to It, II was this pressure that crushed
the walls of the factory at "a Monroe street and
sent them crashing down into the tenements
work the storm gathered its forces and for a
few minutes the blast was even more fierce
Block Island it reached - miles an hour Then
II dropped again to 40 miles. and by the time
out OF his window he saw a mass of rain and
mist whirling along at about that rate Of speed |
Al tens e ne S pi hs
selves along in defiance of the storm. II he |
were wise he put on overshoes and left his UNI |
brella at home. II wasn't the kind of n storm |
that umbrella is useful against, because the !
rain came from above, below. and on all sides .
less, overshoes were useful. IL not indispensable.
for by o'clock l. 80 inches of rain had fallen, |
and the going was exceedingly uncomfortable
The barometer registered COLA. the lowest |
mark on record since Jan; :, 1856. when 2s.sI |
registered. That is the lowest mark ever
recorded in this city.
AS the morning wore on there was change in
the atmospheric conditions The downpOur sud |
denly resolved itself into heavy. driving mist. !
that seemed seen to enysiop one and blow down
very recesses of ON ones I personality. Eyerybods
in the streets looked thoroughly miserable and |
bedraggled. particularly the few women who
OF all those who had cause for complaint
probably none were more Disguised than a lot
Of shopkeepers on sixth avenue. from Four
teenth street up to Twcnty-third. All along
there, glass showcases. containing bonnets, /
disc. are usually displayed on the sidewalk.
After the passing Of the storm the contents Of
at the prices paid for rags and old bottles. or
the cases themselves scarcely the fragments re-
e There used to he a glass showcase out in
front Of my store" said one of these shopkeep-
bonnets and pieces of lace as you'd want to see.
All that's left Of the case Is IN the gutter. The
told they Wsre going IN that pafF when as
seen. But there are things left in sight. Look
In the direction indicated, far up on wire
stretched overhead. was bit OF cloth that fiut-
tered furiously in the wind as II in wild efforts
I" Partisan bonnet" said the shopkceper
sadly. Latest design. FloweT;trmmcd, with
storm: Anybody that gets il can have 1t now"
At Fifteenth street, a big sign had blown
ings on broadway became strips of ribbon under
the pressure OF the storm, and went writing
wind took a political turn and wrenched the
roof from the registration booth at Park avenue
ers booth at Centre street and Park row '' Was
overturned early In the morning.
man street, Brooklyn. had Just reached It's lee
side when the building oapszed; Hewsted was
taken 10 Chambers street Hospital where
a large signboard blew from low roof where
II had stood for years, sided across Chatham
a shoe store at No. IL. Three other fanlights in
that vicinity had already succumbed to the
Great was the havoc among the telegraph
wires: sandy Hook was, cut off early in the
there up TO last night. Superintendent Hum
stone Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany said that about o'clock in the morning
the wires began To come down. He said
Al present twelve lines short bet tween
here and Elizabeth, eight short south of New
and eighteen short between Jersey
city and Elizabeth. Between Philadelphia and
Baltimore there are fifty lines down. On the
Harlem River line and south Of Portchester and
between there and New Haven the reports are
anything but encouraging. There is no very
serious interruption, however, nor do We antici-
pate any"
Great was the damage done to trees in the
parks. The combined force OF wind and rain
not only stripped on the leaves. but tore on
bOughs and limbs, and in some eases even up
rooted large trees. Central Park Is carpeted
with twigs and leaves. A large beech tree near
Eighty-sxth street, on the east side Of the Park,
was uprOOted, aud two fine trees on what Is
known as Cherry Hin were blown down. Much |
damage was done TO ivy plants all over the city.
,h the Street-cleaning Department the storm
was regarded with much disfayOr, for il not
only blocked many sewers. thereby damming up
the cutters. bur IL also kent hack the CARRIAGE |