New-York tribune., 1895-12-28

NARROW ESCAPE OF FAMILY
,.-,n.,on Of damage by the storm Oh ihu,S
| Aav night was be obtained IN an pa o
| c,v Yesterday and showed tna' ''e s" -,
Of the most destructive since the o@za', y. % ,hat
,sss II was so much topic OF generai '''N ''a'
.~ands ~ New Workers had TO tell thei' eNpe''-
| .ncs, The wind played havoc with e'erN'"nns
that was living loose or insecure on "'"'e e,
there were ma. y tales OF narro" e>"P
death or INJURY in the streets -, ,or
At o'clock yesterday morning. when 'he SUI ~
v.. At its height tie wind blew down ionr .',
..,~ranh noes in Morrlsania, one OF wh,ch le''
.cros. the tracks Of the elevated raiiroao 'ane'
Doyle a policeman Of the Morrisnh'a S'.'
was on the lookout for accidents al Ohe-n"'''
snssIx,y-6fth-st and Third-ave. He heard
cr>,klnr noise which sounded distinctly ABOVE "ie
s.i,uro of the wind and tall telegraph poie
touer moment and then fall smashing a 'a"
plank fence to spinters and digging hoe IN
vacant lot Doyle ran short distance 10 escape
the wires many Of which had snapped. ana theh
saw pole fifty feet away snap OFT about hi'eeh
feet above the ground two-story frame mousse
occupied IS a barber-shop and home by Adoph
Kramer was in the way of the falling pole.
LUCK SAVED THE HOUSE
Dovle expected TO see 1t crushed but by good for
tune the strain of the wires changed the course OF
the huge timber and the jagged end swept across
the front O. the first floor. smashing the windows
The crash woke Kramer and his wife. who, think
ing that the house falling, rushed out into the
rain with their two babies in their arms
The broken pole swept around and fell across
the southbound track OF the elevated railroad.
train drawn by engine No 3i7 in charge OF Engi-
neer Blackett. came down at full speed just then
and had Blackett kept sharp lookout there
would have been a wreck. AS IL was. he heard the
crash Of the falling pole and reversed his lever
bringing the engine 10 standstill within ten feet
Of the obstruction James Crawford. the fireman
was thrown against the front OF the cab by the
sudden stopping Of the train. and was slightly
bruised wreckng crew was soon sent 10 Inc
scene The southbound trains were switched TO the
northbound track at One-hundred- and-s!xty y-sev-
enth-s;. and then off again at One-hundred-and-
eixty-thrd-st. The delay lasted only half an hoir
and afte~ that the trains slowly. but regularly
up 1t three hours before the broken
pole was removed and the track cleared
While the sxty-mlle gale was blowing in the bay
early yesterday morning two fourmasted steel SHIPS
came in collision smashed their bulwarks, entanged
their shrouds and almost caused the death OF one
OF their sailors. The ships were the Scottish Hills
Captain Hamilton. and the Dynomene captain n
y. Hausen. Each ship halls from Liverpool. each
is bound for Java and each carries case oil from
the Standard Oil Company In her hold They were
at anchor of Liberty Island at midnight awaiting
a favorable wind. The gale was coming out OF the
southwest. and the two vesses were tossing and
straning at their heavy hawser9.
THE ANCHOR CHAINS SNAPPED.
At O'Clock the oh1in of the Scottish Hills snapped
and In moment Sne nau Crllteu HeaV V' =" 'ii'
Dynomene and a crash that sent the crews spraw'-
ing out OF their hunks followed. The Scottish Hills
bow struck the Dynomenes starboard quarter
smashing In and carrying away her poop rail and
cutting into her hslfrounds The latter vessel ca
reened far 10 port and the shrouds and rigging got
into a tangie from which it impossible to ex-
tricate them for four hours. Finally the Scottish
Hills was cut free and drf'c1 10 leeward. when an
other anchor thrown out 1t caught and he'd
fast.
Charles Jacobson, sailor on the Scottish HIS
had his body badly squeezed between the two YES
sells lie went 10 the Ship Hospital The Scottish
Hnls put 10 sea yesterday. Her bow is stove
slightly. McCaudin Brothers sent two tugs out to
the Dynomene yesterday with men to help get her
into shape go She will probably sail to-
morrow. The damage sustained by the Dynomene
less than $1,000.
TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN
The storm caused considerable damage to tee-
graph lines and several hours delay in transmit
ting dispatches. which up 10 p. m. yesterday
received by the Western Union Telegraph
Company only on condition that they should be
"subject 10 delay" on lines where poles and wires
had been prostrated Linemen TO work all Of
last night and 1t expected that all damage sus-
tained by the storm would be repaired ana the lines
again in working order by daylight this morning
At the Office OF the Western Union Company.
Broadway and Dey-st.. yesterday Line Supeiin-
tendent Griffith sale: "Our lines not damaged
within twenty miles Of this city The heavy winds
in the valley of the Hudson River blew down be-
tween Peekskll and Albany about forty trees
which fell upon lines. pros;rating many poles
and much wire: Between Albany ana Utica or
the line of the New York Central Railroad. damage
10 about an equal extent resulted from similar
hall on both sides Of Lake Champlaln, where the
storm wa was exceptionally severe Our Eastern @ lines Ines
and along the Of Maine badly tangled.
Of a1s Gs sd o q" @ es
siderably between Phiiadephia and Baltimore our
have been working all right. and had very little in
terruption."
THE POSTAL COMPANYs LINE
The superintendent Of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany. Broadway and Murray-st.. said: we LOST
several wires between NewYork and Boston and
New-York and Carbondalc Penn, but they
all repaired by 10 o'clock this morning. IT only
here and there that the force of the wind caused
sulators the pole. but no long stretches of wire
were down No poles were prostrated, and there
At the ONCE Of the Metropolitan Telegraph and
sntendent said tha, few wires were broken in the
trated in the city. though considerable number
the long-distance lines outside of the city had been
The superintendent; of the. Edison Electric Light
Company Duane-st' said that no complains had
TEN and that no broken or fallen lights had been
reported up TO 43O p IN. yesterday.
DAMAGE IN CENTRAL PARK.
The storm a kne of death 10 many bird
that had sought winter shelter IN Central Park
and the city parks. Though there was snow.
there q cold. peting rain. and the birds suffered
greatly. The unwecome sparrow had the hardest
time Of II. He buffeted from tree tree ana.
exhausted died In the gutter. to be picked
up by the boys who came along on the sunlit morn
ing and made packages OF the deal br0s for ale
as reed birds. The little greenlets suffered also.
and many spring warblers pershed. Some of the
squirrels lost their winter homes which were blown
OF the forks of the trees. and the little fellows
busy yesterday building up their homes again
trees that had Withstood the storm Throug ghout
parks there loss In trees but they We're
chiefly the old trees those decayed.
THE SKATINGHOUSE DAMAGED.
The worst damage in the Park that done 10
the skating house. which was erected In anticpa-