The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-27
FURIOUS WINDS.
Last Nights Storm Has Sell
dom Been Surpassed in
This Section.
FoRTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR
Little Damage in Jersey City But
Much in New York and
on the Coast.
FoRTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR

One cf the severest wind storms which
has visited this section in a long time,
struck the city last night about ten
O'Clock. All day long a steady stiff
breeze blew in from the southeast, and
about ten O'Clock the wind shifted to
4 the so,ruh and began to blow a perfect
gale which increased in strength until
half-past eleven. when it was blowing
at the rate of forty-fve miles an hour.
People who were sleeping peacefully
were awakened by the banging of shut
tiers and the %soughing of the vino dow
the chimneys and through the trees.
Those who were unfortunate enough to
have to face the storm. expected every
minute TO be struck by falling branches
which were constantly blown from trees.
Shortly before midnight a heavy shower
fell. after which the wins gradually fell
off and shifted around to the west
About five O'Clock it was only blowing
at the rate of from fifteen to twenty
miles an hour.
While the storm was at his height. a
fence at the corner OF PaliSade ana
Jefferson avenue was blown down
Monticello avenue. came gambolling
down that ithoroughfare to meet Patrol
man Van Wrinkle. He avoided a lunge
it made at him.. and managed TO take
it captive. He aid not know where It
came from. so he lugged il to the Fourth
precinct station Captain. McKaig this
morning identified IL and sent III to us
owner.
Several fences went down. That of DR..
was blown over. Two telegraph poles
on Pine street, near the tracks OF the
Junction Railroad We're loosened by the
force of the gale, and were braced with
Tong wires fastened 10 trees this morn
ing. A Wagon for this purpose had been
sent out by the telegraph company, and
Mag hI1Su ffhra11Qhnit the fjtV This morn
Down in the Bay the storm was a trine
less heavy. Still it was heavy enough,
and that no serious accidents occurred
was almost miraculous.
During the afternoon there had been a
sight sprinkle. After it the breeze. began
TO freshen and by eight O'Clock 1T was
blowing half a gale.
The Thermometer began to drop, and
with it came the heavy OF rain.
1t started gently at first. but with the
wind increasing in velocity every mo-
nent, and the thermometer dropping de-
gree after degree, it soon began TO pour.
BY nine O'Clock rain was failing in tor
rents, and with but a few brief inter
walls it continued to do so until I:lo;
Then it stopped as suddenly as it had
The wind seemed fairly to have blown
it away. The wind: however, did not SUP
side. 1t increased its velocity steadily
until two O'clock, when 1T attained the
record breaking velocity OF eighty miles
an hour, the highest ever having been
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10 seventy-fiye miles an hour.
After that it gradually subsidized, until
this morning It was blowing at a rate
OF only thirty-fye miles an hour: 1t had
worked havoc in the meantime, however,
end blown away the snow storm Which
Mr.. Dunn had predicted for today.
Tho storm passed away in a north-
easterly direction and is today centred
over Quebec, where its force is fully as
great as it was was here h,,ffer last &c n ng,1cb fT Tne
the storm as we did.
At Long Branch last night the wind
BIZ blew bo at th af s saady Of H ssasnl aftyyfwo ml at
Portland, forty-eight.
There has been in twenty-four hours
a drop in temperature of X degrees.
r rsassgpeS 8 Degrees; today the mer-
craftsaIly colder. Forecaster Dunn avs,
ard a drop of from s degrees to 10 de-
grees is looked for by tomorrow morning.
In nearly all the States east OF MIME
sofa there has been a drop of 30 degrees
in temperature, while the freezing. point
extends south in the Central States as
far as the Arkansas Valley
The storm must have done much dam
age in the Central States, for the wires
wsqa in such a bad condition that no re-
ports got through to Mr.. Dunn up 10
eleven O'Clock this morning.
While none of the accidents reported
by the police in New York We're OF a
serious nature, no end of inconvenience
was caused. and in one instance IN par
ticular traffic on the Suburban Elevated
Road was delayed for more than two
hours. It was at such a time. however,
when travel was highest, and not as
much inconvenience was caused as would
have resulted had the accident happened
several hours later.
Several persons were probably saved
from death-by the accident. An engine
er the road was damaged and a plate
ass window was shattered. The acci-
,sent occurred at two O'Clock this MORN
ing by the blowing down of a big tele-
graph pole on Third avenue, between
One Hundred and Sixty-ffth and One
Hundred and Sixty-sixth streets.