New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-27

rooted, buildings unroofed or wrecked, teie-
graph poles and wires blown down and several
boats in the river were torn from their moor
ings and sent adrift The watchmen and crews
Of packet-boats and towboats were all aboard
and CONSERVATION reigned among them None
Of the boats had steam up, and they were
therefore left to the mercy OF the gale alter
the lines he'd parted. Just above the Big
Sandy wharfboat were moored the steamers
T. j. O'Connel. Roby Boy and Lee Brooks. Ihe
shore lines Of all three snapped and when the
wind subsidized they were all in a buncn at
Browns coal fleet. a distance OF fully hali
mile. A barge was sunk at the Marine Dry
Dock. Nearly hundred empty barges were
set adrift from the Queen City landing. al
Westinghouse :,
Gottlieb Lautenschlager. 1fty-three years old
married and living at No. 1,942 Pulte-st.' was
frightened to death by the storm He was
awakened by the heavy wind. and feeling the
house shake. left his bed and walked the moor
hands and praying for deliverance. After the
storm Lautenschager became somewhat
Gained but every nerve in his body quivered
from the effect of the awful fright. SHORTY
after daylight reaction had fully set in, and
he was so Frustrated that he was forced TO
lie down. From that moment he sank rapidly
and was a corpse in a short time.
At Delaware. fences. trees and small build
ings were blown down. and the people ter
rorized by the swaynS Of their houses a
side Of the City Hall tower was blown In.
The passenger station at Terra Alta. on the
Cincinnati Lebanon and Northern Railroad;
was lifted from It's foundation and carried
some distance away and wrecked. $3.50.
At Lawrenceburg Ind. the Cereal Dstlling
and the Bauer COoperage companies plants
were unroofed. Chmneys were Knocked down
all over town. At Lancaster. Paintsville ana
other towns in Kentucky, the storm was Sc
vere and considerable property was destroyed.
Saratoga. Nov. rs (Spec!aD.-The weather to-
day has been OF an exceedingly abnormal char
acter throughout the Adirondack region. Csu-
ally at this time of the year early winter mas
set in, but to-day furnished a striking con-
trast This morning the thermometer stood at
81 degrees About $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
the mercury rose to 65 degrees. which was FOL
lowed for over an hour by delug!ng storm,
accompanied by a sweeping gale from the south.
Thunder accompanied to-night's storm.
Providence X. l., Nov. 26-For the last egh-
teen hours the wind at has been in the
easterly quarter and Monday night 1t was ac-
companied by hard rain. Monday evening the
wind changed to the southeast. but its velocity
DID not reach over fifteen eighteen miles an
hour. but this, with the high rolling sea and RAIN
made things generally uncomfortable for all
aboard sailing steam vessels SO nasty was
the sea during this afternoon that several YES
sells put into the west bay for shelter. and to-
night Pilot Eaton reported number Of schoon-
ers lying at anchor off Saunderstown. In the
fleet were the schooners Catherine ID. Perry Cap
tain Garfield. from Boston. bound for Philadel-
phia; Young Brothers. Captain Enow. from Bos-
New-York for Narragansett Pier. and Oscar G.
Akin from Narragansett Pier for New-Iork;
the three-masters that came in after dark and
several others.