The evening world., 1894-10-10
STORM WILL
LAST ALL DAY.
AT 8 O'Clock the Centre Was
Off the Coast of New
Jersey.
RAILROAD TRACKS INUNDATED.
Many Jersey Commuters Reached
This City with Great
Difficulty.
AN ENGINE CAB UNROOFED.
Wreckase on a Staten Island
Trestle Renders One
Track Useless.
AN ENGINE CAB UNRO0FeD.

The storm predicted by Weather Fore
caster Dunn arrived as per schedule In
the early hours of this morning bring
ing with 1t all the fury of wind and rain
which characterized 1t In It's first stages
in the West Indies, and effectually
silencing those critics Who think Mr..
Dunn ought to know that West
Indies storm would not touch this local.
ity."
The van guard OF the storm reached
New York at o'clock this morning, and
by o'clock the barometer had gone
down to 2s.l5. northeast gale was blow
Ing A knots an hour and the rain was
coming down in torrents.
New York had been soaked by 100
inches of rain by o'clock. and 1t was
still falling, flooding cellars and making
the street crossings almost impossible,
while the wind blew II In every direc-
ton, saturating pedestrians and maxi
Ing everybody who had to weather 1t
very uncomfortable.
The gale played sad pranks with
swinging signs tearing them down, un-
Ringing shutters and doing all sorts of
damage.
ioIhtl Duhl Sdll inns morning, tnut
the storm would continue all day with
but slight abatement. The wind was
sun norteast and thlrty-hve mile gale
was blowing at 10 o'clock, ana Dunn said
u would continue. only swerving later
In the day to northwest.
me storm centre was at Atlantic City
Dunn.
The, wind was blowing seventy
two-mile clip off Block Island. ana nre-
TunlaDly at greater velocity OFF Sandy
TOOK. put we got no reports from there,
the wires being Own.
III Is extremely dangerous for vessels
or any Kind to leave this port for any
destination, as they would encounter a
gaie stronger on the ocean than on land,
anu stronger than at any of our report
ins stations. | sent out n warning last
MONDAY, and | again caution shippers OF
all kinds OF craft.
lower lakes to a point 500 miles out to
sea, and from Hatteras to Maine. Ii is
Il smaller radius than that of the storm
or ten days ago. but IL fully as danger
aus TO shipping. ana the public viii re-
call the number Of wrecks reported from
That storm In spite OF the suggestion
IN some newspapers that my predicted
storm did not materialiZr."
The rainfall have been heavy every
where In the storm area. There was
2,s6 inches at Norfolk Va: l.SS at Char
iotte' l.I2 at Philadelphia, $50 at Baltl-
more ana LIS at Washington
-, sup. iiumstone. Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, reported that the
service was short many miles south, and
TO Chicago are down.
W. We're intact at o'clock this
morning; said Mr.. llumStone. Now,
AZ III o'clock, We, have 80 out OF 100 wires
perhapse half of the 100 are between
fhiiadelphia and Baltimore have been
rendered useless. There are some wires
down On Long Island and All wires ar.
plOSt1Httu the IargaV
~ men out repairing the damage, ana
thert are probably az many more sent
out from other sections"
At the Fulton Fish Market the police
men We're willing away the dIy pIayInp
cards or dOminues In the cabins of their
niue ships. About slty small smacks
werr ready to sail last Monday, but
or have taken shelter down the bav.
\ Few hshinB smacks are stll out,
RE9 nNn, e Among these are the Sunshine
Augusta Johnson, Abby Dodge. William
u. Garney, Marion Grimes Eva X =.
Ehwina Redmond, John Feeney Lizzie
5.nes and Tutal Cain. There are from
fishermen said that last years eXperi.
4 enceS had taught the men no, to risk
their lives In such a storm. and II is be.
/ somewhere.
| Pilot A. Girdley, one OF the five who
went out ON Capt. John Shooks's pilot
Soal america sept; u, came in with the
Nomadir, OF the White Star line, last
/ night. lie brought goods news of the
| two pilot boats which had not been
| heard from in 50 long that anxiety fol
| thelr SAFETY had become general.
! ~ left No, y about 40 miles out las
/ Monday. she was all right ana tn,
! weather was line, said Grilley. NO
/ body need WORRY about that schooner.
| We passed the Washington. No. 81
about 4iO miles from port as We came up
ana the Ambrose Snow, No. II, abOu
/ piot.
| Secretary Nash. of the pilot Commits
slOnerS office. and Secretary Emmons
OF the Newport Harbor Tow Boat Com
! puny, secuted IN idea OF danger to sea
worthy craft IN this storm, but the lat
ter admitted that none OF his Company
boats would venture out Of the harbo
to-day.