New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-01

I morning and the wind reached n velocity OF sixty
| TO seventy miles hour. The height OF the storm
| was reached about s O'Clock. when the wind was
blowing seventy-two miles Houses rocked. street
slgns wers blown away. and telegraph and telephone
| wires torn down. Fortunately the snow was light
! and streetcar traffic was not disturbed
Niagara Falls. y. y. Dec. S.The blizzard has
done much damage here. At o'clock this morning
the river below the Falls over thirty feet higher
than normal and the houses the piers were sub
| merged The pier the Canadian side was swept
from it, foundation and thrown high upon the bank.
| Many o. the hshermens huts along the river were
washed away Work on all lower river improve
| Inen,s has had TO be abandoned.
| Dunkrk y y Dec. IA terrific blizzard pre-
| vais here to-day Trees have been uprooted. tec-
graph and electric light wires and poles blown down.
| and much other damage done throughout the city
| and vicinity Thomas Maliby. lineman In the en-
! ploy OF tho Dunklrk and Frcdona Electric Railway.
attempted 20 adjust what he supposed 10 DC a
dead wir. but which proved to be live one
H. was fatally shocked
= ] Milsnr OF iiamet. caught In the storm
| ard was found % the snow nearly frozen TO death
william, rhurl.r went out to gather his sheep that
were roaming To- the pasture. ani he was frozen so
la lily that his NE Is despaired Of IL Is the heaviest
srowstorm experienced here In many years
Saratoga Dec 1i-A severe wind and rain storm
Of more fry than that Of last Friday passed over
! here last night doing considerable damage. For
I
! almost a gale. In this village trees were over
turned telegraph and telephone wires and fences
1 blown down and the roofs OF several buildings
| damaged
Utica Dec 3I-The heavy rain here last night
| caused a creek 10 overflow In the western part OF
| the city and about $500 damages was done to
propctty There was small washout on the Della
| ware LAckananna and Western Railroad. near
, North Rrookheld and the trains on the New-fork
Central wer" somewhat delayed by high water at
Oriskany The rainfall was greatly needed IN this
| locality.
Blnghamton. Dec 3i.-The heavy rains OF yester
dav and last night raised the Susquehanna and
Chenango rivers twelve feet and the lowlands are
! flooded The high winds caused considerable
damage
Rochester. Dec. 3l.-A big windstcrm struck this
city at 30 o'clock this morning. with velocity OF
| twenty-five miles an hour. An hour later the speed
had increased three miles. and at $3.50 the wind
register marked thirty miles AT o'clock the force
was nfty-one miles. Houses rocked and many
lights Of glass throughout the city ere blown out
and limbs of trees torn on
The Hotel St Paul was unroofed Members OF an
opera troupe were quartered on the tcp floor. When
the crash came some Of the girls tainted and were
removed to lower rooms. The big Empire Moding
Works chimney. seventy hve feet high. fell with
terrible crash to the Of the cnrine-house. de-
moshing Il shed Many telegraph poles fell across
street-car lines. impeding traffic. The largest piece
OF plate glass in the city In Wsners crockery store.
was broken.
Platts6Grg. " Y. Dec. 81 tSpeciaD The wind
storm which has been raging hcrcely In this vicn-
ity to-day blew down "A large brick chimney on the
mess hall at the Military Reservation. crushing
rac building in its fail a company Of soldiers
mlracuousy escaped injury Private Grouse. OF
Company f.. seriously hurt
Kingston. " Y. Dec. 81 (Special)-The entire
northern boundary OF this city has been under
water all day by the freshet In the Esopus Creek.
which Is far It's banks from the torrents OF
rain which fell all last night. and much damage to
property has resulted.
Nan,asket Mass. Dec. 3l-The Nantasket lfe-
saving crew pulled across from Tuckernuck Island
In the teeth Of living gale This afternoon and
port large three-masted schooner anchored be-
tween Tuckernuck Shoal and Cross Rip. flying
signal OF distress. probably sinking. The schooner
was sighted at daybrcak this morning, but as there
was no telephone communication and the terrific
sea prevented the lifeboat going outside. nothing
could be done. About 10 o'clock the vessel hoisted
n signal of distress. and at o'clock this afternoon,
no assistance having come. the crew could be seen
ASKING n spar to the rigging. whereon they could
cling II the vessel foundcred. This reused the