Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-01

NEW YORK, December S1-A cold wave
reached this section to-day II was her
aided by violent wind storm, which at 8
o'clock a. m. had a velocity of Y miles an
hour
Bay Ridge, Staten Island the Jersey
shore ana Coney Island received the full
force of the wind storm. Houses were
shaken and many people. reused from
Slumber By the trembling of their beds.
We're TOO fearful TO again seek repOse. AS
morning advanced the wind decreased
slightly in force but IL was still blowing a
fifty mile an hour gale at TO o'clock.
From the Battery 10 the NarrOWS the
/ harbor appeared TO be mass of broken
wind
AT 10 o'clock the thermometer registered
u. 'at interior of the State the storm
was very severe. AT Little Falls the West
Shore railway tracks were washed out
and considerable damage was done to
roads and property generally. Reports
from the Adirondacks indicate that much
damage was done there 10y the wind.
There was a light fan of snow in some
An impression Of the force of the wind
and Water could be obtained from a walk
along the Battery sea wall. Topped as II
is with heavy granite slabs eight feet
long and TWO feet broad and equally thick
and guarded by stone posts, the walls
lock sufficiently strong TO Withstand any
assault of waves, but during the early
morning whi e the wind was driving sheets
of spray high over the wall and far back
into Battery Park, some twenty-five feet
of the sea wall i'm one place ana twenty
feet in another was washed from It's place
ana thrown by the water some ten feet
from the water line. Some of the stone
posts forming the guard fence were
wienched from their places. during lhe
gale this morning a coal laden coaster
hound east was blown ashore on hogs
back Rock. south of Ward Island. netr
Non Gate There was q strong Hood toe
and the crew had difficulty in gllths
4-rnra ir the small boat. The vessel is
loaded with about coo tons OF coal; me
vessel and cargo may prove n 'olil i'sS.
The schooner Emma Jane. from come o.
- fo57e5 with coal. was sunk az Rock
away Beach during u Pee storm ilei t4'"
had "a narrow escape.
The schooner Dungil. Of New York,
coll laden. was wrecked In Jamaica
Rsv. She dragged her anchors and col
r5sd with the restle of the Rockaway
Reach Railroad. going down IN TWEEN
tv-6va feet of water. The captain and
crew mlnaged to reach the trestle from
the rigging of the craft.
TERRIFIC AT BUFFALO.
Rnnalo. \. Y. December 31-Th.s
civ was swept by a terrific wind storm
last night. which attained q Veloclly Oh
ssvertv-three miles an hour. Along the
water front easements were inundated,
driving the occupants cut into the
storm. with such of their household
effec-s as they could carry.
Rvan's floating elevator broke away
from its mooriugs at the foot OF Ferry
s.re . and drif,ed down the river. The
rocof of the Kellogg iron works was
bl .wn off. Strawberry lslarj and Squaw
Island are completely submerged, and
the waters Of Niagara river are seething
and roaring Ike a mountain torrent.
The Erie canal has oyernowed its banks
in many places.
HARD BLOW AT PITTSBURG.
Pit,sburg. Pa. December 31.-Follow-
ing the heavy rain yesterday, a blizzard
struck Pittsburg aobut 10 o'clock last
night and ragged until daylight The
wind attained a velocity of thirty miles
an ho, blowing down awnings and
other insecure fixtures about the city,
bu, doing no great damage. Telegraph
wires we're prostrated and communica-