The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-26
ANYBODY GOT CYCLONE?
FARMER DUNN AND THE WEATHER
SHdRPS NAVE LOST ONE.
It Was Duo Hero Yesterday ana sent on 1ts
Plckets ana ~shirmishcrs, Then II Ran Away.
aud tho Gooscbone Prophets Don't know
Nhcre-Nuch Damage bono by tho wind.

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was, it Is surmised DETECTED from its course to
northeast by tho high pressure over New Eng
land and some influence over tho ocean, with
which the Weather Bureau is not in communica-
ton by wire.
The prophets had expected tho cyclone to be
raging In tho waters around New York yes
tcrday. We got only n touch of its north
westerly edge. 1t is of continental proper
tons or we would not feel it. at all
with its centre away Off to the cast of Hattoras
bowling through the rigging of craft bound to
and from ports of southern Europe and places
in lower latitudes. Tho Weather Bureau.
through Chief Moore. sent out this statement
last night:
"The storm has apparently moved to the
eastward, and is now central cast of iTattcrns."
Chief Moore said also that the barometer had
risen at Hattcras. and that the conditions wcre
less threatening last night, but that there prob
ably would DO strong northcastcrly gales on this
coast and on tho coast OF New England to-day.
Last night the barometer at Hattcras was still
ow-29.5O-and the hurricane signals were dis.
played from every weather station on tho At.
lantic coast. 1t will not BIO safe for vessels to
leave port until the cyclone has definitely de-
cidcd what course to pursue. There is still n
probability of its recurring and coming this
way.
The nero intimation OF the storm that we had
hcrcnbouts sent the anemometcr on the Man
haitian Life tower spinning at a forty.milc rate.
That was when the storm centre was, perhaps,
nearly a thousand miles from us.
There was doubtless tho st fest kind Of a
blow down Off Hattcrns, about which n fleet OF
coastwiso and West India steamships. bound
hithcr. more than a day late, may have some
thing to tell.
The persistence OF the northcastcrly and enst.
erly winds and gales OF the last several days
piled tho water high in bay and river. There
were high waves oven in tho land.loCked lower
bay. and all harbor and nearly all ocean tugs
remained in port.
Early yesterday morning, when the wind was
at its height, the letter ID. which formed a part
of the electro light sign on the west wall Of u
hotel uptown broke from its fastcninGs and fell
ABOUT scvcnty-tivc feet. where il swnycd, sus-
pended 10y one OF the electric wires; Each timc
as it came back against the wall the ringing OF
the metal was accompanied by the noise OF the
Neutrality-suspicious. breaking,
The sounds were too much like those OF re-
volvcr shots for any kind or rest, and soon n
policeman and the usna! number OF early morn:
ing providers in upper Broadway were assembled
in Forty.fourth street looking for the man
who tired the shots" When the cause of tho
commotion was learned. the policeman turned
aside and murmurcd with a sigh OF relief, ID
for damn" and the crowd dispersed.
Tho rain and the high wind overthrow tho
yesterday. It. fell on the root Of the adjoining
lllbNLu WIN l N'h. l iiiSNAiulAtA Oi NiO
head. cutting hor scalp badly.
In the high wind in the morning tho sloop
i. Loughlin in the East River, slipucd her cable
off Twenty-siXth street. Caught by the swift
iidGG; ID the sio9p o ergShed INTO INTO r1 the G WTic or w the
lying off Twcnty-afh street awaiting inspcc-
ton by the Trial Board. The rigging Of the
sloop foulcd the howsprit OF the war vessel, and
her boom struck one OF the guns, tearing the
boom from the mast.
Two boatloads of bluejackets were lowered
and they speedily cut the cntangicd rigging.
The sloOp drifted into the, city transfer boat
dock. smashing the handrail of the Brennan and
opening her own seams, letting in enough wator
to send the crew to the pumps.
The tug then got a line aboard the sloop. and
she was made fast to the Twenty.sixth street
dock. The gunboat's paint was badly scratched.
but she was otherwise uninJurcd.
A report reached the Central Park Arsenal
at 7 o'clock last evening that the waves wcrs
breaking over the old wooden bridge leading
from the mainland to City Island. and that the
structure was iE great danger Of being washed
Capt. Collins. accompanied by three park po-
iicemen, left for City Island at once to prevent
ing the bridge. They had not returned at mid.
night. The bridge is old and unsafe. and the
Park Board is about TO erect an iron structure
in its place.
The storm PLAYED havoc in and around
at the west end at Coney Island. Frame pa
vilions, bathing houses. boardwalks. and stands
were torn up and washed out to sea or smashed
At 9 O'Clock. when the storm was at its height.
John, Van Ducsen, who Is employed at C,ulIcn's
helping his employer to get the tables and
chairs at the end of the pavilion to n place or
safety, when the floor gave way ard Van
Ducscn was carried ont into the surf. H. was
rescued by his employer and Edward NroOman.
a life guard. Cullen's Pavilion was wrecked.
and the water surrounding his plac was over
six feet deep. Feltman's Pavilion, across from
Cullen's, was also wrecked: When the supports
and the extension floor p]lanking was washed
away. Other pavilions that suffered were
Weiss & Wollace's. Hcnderson's. Stauch's. and
Gnrlands s. Wards.
Sea Breeze avenue. the route formerly used by
the Coney Island and hrooklyn itaiiroad, Was
torn down. The old cOncOursc at the east end
Of the Boulevard was undermined and torn 10
pavement were carried 200 yards along the
beach. The waves washed up to the fence of tue
Brighton Beach jockey Club. and Mt noon it was
surrounded by nearly five feet OF water.
The Sea View Elevated Railroad terminus ut
Brighton suffered much. as did tho lawns and
walks surrounding the brighton Beach Hotel.
Tho Brighton Beach Music Hall was badly
the pharmacy ut the eastern end OF the hotcI
were carried away. The grounds md walks
Manhattan and Oriental hotels csc ped severe
damage. The sea foodc the Boulevard rs far
the Neck road. The meadows ON both sides of
the Parkway were Hooded to he depth Of
those that ycntnrcd out ola 80 in rowb2ats.
Several DulKlcnuS nIOhE INC brhVcSclu SllDrc
were damaged. and the old Avon Beach property
at Bath Beach was washed away.
Mrs. Andrew Hoop and her baby. ono yea
old, who live in Jnrlnnd's bathing pavilion, at
the foot of West Fifteenth street. were nearly
drowned. Hoop had left for his work in New
York at , o'clock. and his wife and child were
alone in their rooms when tho water began to
rise about them.
Mrs. Hoops screams attracted tho attention
OF JOSEPH Eckhard. who. with tho assistance OF
two other men, drew her and the child through
n scuttle in the roof. Mrs. Hoop was taken 10
Chumhcrs's drug store in Mysteries.
Staten Island had a yer! high tide, which,
| combined with tho high wind, which rolled
up huge breakers, made things uncomfortable
for the hotel keepers at South Beach. several
| small sheds were washed away and the PRONE
made damaged.
merged. At st. George. the campaign trans.
parency OF tho Cts was blown of the roof OF the
bcadGuartcrs building and demolished.
HIGHLANDS, y. j., Oct. 25.-lhc fishing village
of Sensible. formerly Pnrkertown, is under water
tonight. The villagers are rowing through The
streets in boats and il il impossible TO walk
about, The Government trcsilc was badly dam
aged. About 200 feet was lifted or tho plling
and washed to one side.
A large pieco of Kay's now hnlkhcnd was