The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-12
LIKE THE GREAT BLIZZARD.
TEsIERDlF's sTORM LACKED oNLT
Low TEMPERATURES

SCWNNeWH0FN
March, Isse-ItsKtessa Up Ds-eerou'
waves ~ the waters Hsrsssout-, sns
uns eone 60 See 60 Meet ths B,e Linsr-
-Four Mes Hurt By the snsppi-e OF 9
New Hswssr-Fineer Piot Boats 0ut
New Workers. who heard the wind howl all
Tuesday night and saw when they woke up
yesterday morning the roofs covered with
snow. with the gale increasing in violence
naturally thought OF the blizzard Of March IL
1888, six years and one m onth nRo to-day. In
more ways than one yesterdays storm resem-
bled the great blizzard All the conditions
were practically the same, except as to the
temperature Had the weather been as cold
a. II was then the snow which melted yesterday
as Il fell would have piled high In the streets
and been rendered for the time being i'm
movable By the subsequent slsst
Weather Prophet Dunn. who warned all con-
cerned against yesterdays outbreak OF the
elements. said yesterday:
The storm shows some OF the character
istics OF the great blizzard Of 1883 II IL lik %
the blizzard In the fact that q secondary de-
preston formed over the south Atlantic States
during the night. which was yesterday part OF
the main storm. with its centre over the LAX o
regions. This offshoot breaking from the main
storm increased in violence with such rapidity
that Il became more violent than the main
storm. which It drew from its original centre.
and with which It reunited on the New Jersey
coast.
This storm started with rain. like the bliz-
card. turning TO snow under almost similar
conditions Almost the only difference be-
tween this storm and that Of March IL. 1888.
is In the amount OF snow which has fallen.
The winds have been almost equally high In
this neighborhood, and on tho New jersey
coast have been higher. Even over New York
the wind blew at an average rate OF thirty
miles an hour. rising at times to over forty
miles. On the jersey coast It blew as high as
seventy miles In some places, sixty eight miles
being Sandy Hooks record. About one inch
OF snow. sleet. and rain. measured as rain. fell
here. Snow fell as far south as Virginia."
Mr. Dunn said that the storm passed to the
east OF New York about 3 o'clock. and went out
to sea during the night 1t would travel. he
tra Hi and Incoming steamers would have a
bad time. especially those near the coast A
dense fog added to the danger caused By the
The waters Of the harbor and lower bay wore
aroused to all sorts OF antics. The waves
In wild merrimsnt. Vessels at anchor waved
at their chains as the wind roared and the
riaSse and fanne. Wses WITH tSe ana rain and
snow. and everything looked gray and gloomy:
Tn o e he No Il hSs
not hold. Then her other. bow anchor was let
s soon bothsanchors were dragging. She
same near going on the ass and
Went e her sssistaScs Capt To%p.et u Dc,
made for Bay Ridge where where he anchored again
The wind played great prsnfs with the tide.
and by noon had 1t two feet above high water
almost over tho granite wall. and the outlines
Of Governors Island were sharply described in
si H rs banks Along the East Rivep 't the
ships at their docks lowered high In the air.
ana their lying Iibhooms that projected over
third stories Of the houses; The floating
bridges OF the ferries were raised several feet
level was considerably higher than that OF the
decks Of the ferryboats. and trucks found it
As the storm increased Just after noon the
Captains were fearful Of collision with docks
risks. The Liberty Island boat started out I'M
dismayed. but at the island the waves were so
so she put back to the. Battery. The Spanish
steamship Ramon de Larrinaga, from Matan-
American Sugar Refinery II @lliam sbarah
but owing to the tide and wind. could not
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Old pilots about tina water front said yesterday
they did not doubt all the pilot boats would
stsnch and lifted to withstand any amount
Of buffeting by the weather.
lem on strated by an accident to the Fall River
line steamboat Puritan while lying at her dock
1 SSt e Murray sk She A ,s got q s@
iosf with four new Yellow Ssvssss, her bow
he pier: The gale had 9 fins mark In the tow.
ering sides OF the steamer, Tho hawsers |
md Mate Thomas Kelley called Deekkand |
william =, CondSSn and they made afs,n tour Of the
s apSy den% sS. 50 ss sey e9aa
dashed across the decks and stung ike whip |
strings OF a huge bass vloi. upon which the |
storm was PLAYING fearful tune. The boat |
.roaned and timbers seemed to be cracking
My God! what windr" cried the second
s got 20 IssD az eye from
Condon hurried away and returned with
men. Kelly ordered the men to take several |
more turns with the 0-lpch hawser that looped |
lNer IN iron post on tue uOck anu WAS nlAuO ]
asst at the stern OF the Puritan. As they bent |
% their task there was a report like that OF |
,AnnOn and the :i-inch hawser parted. its end |
lying inboard, struck the men and toppled |
Then the Iron. steamboat swung away from
he pier. freed OF her greatest restraint The |
leadrnil OF the upper deck was torn away with |
noise like the rattle OF muskstIy, and the
several iron stAnchlons snapped like pipe |
TENS An ambulance. was Immediately sum.
nOned by Capt Gardiner and the Injured
men were carried TO the Cham bers Street Hos
,itaL Their wounds were found to be not seri-
'us but all were suffering from acute nervous
Ihock.
the Superintendent OF the Fall River line
,aid there was NO one TO blame for the Aeei-
lent. The hawser was new, but was subjected
y terrible and unusual strain
Halt a dozen Wall street brokers narrowly /
,seaUed getting their skulls broken In the
torn yesterday afternoon. just at the close
y 'ChAnge when the brokers hustled out Of
he New street entrance. the ftteen,toot brick
chimney on the flve-stOry building at and III |
New street was blown down. Part OF the
'ricks came down with a crash among the
brokers'. tut not man was hurt. The other
'Art smashed throuGh the roof down into the
'arlor Of yanitor Max Knutzen. Mrs. knutzen
aIni ed, the chandeliers and furniture were
demolished. and the wreck OF tho IAnitor's neat
ittla parlor WAS complete. The building is