New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-08
COOL WAVE BRINGS A STORM.
SMALL TORNADO LOWERS THE TEMPER
AZURE ELEVEN DEGREES.
MANY CASUALTIES IN AID AROUND THE CITY
PILOTS UNABLE TO SEE THEIR "Af "
THE HABBoR-A PIER AND SEW

PILOTS UNABLE TO SEE THEIR WAY UF
THE HABBoR-A PIER AND SEW
LRAL BUILDINGS WRECKED.
Tho coo wave arrived on time yesterday
afternoon. to the intense relief OF every one IN
New-York. Most people were ht'le ooUo''u,
as to whether or not Mr.. Emery's forecast "oulu
be verified His promised cool waves had
hitherto failed to nlaterialize more than once
and II was feared that this one also might DC
lost in IT'S tourney from the Northwest How
ever. terrific storm started at about 3;''o
O'Clock Yesterday afternoon, and an lnrheu'u'e
drop Of IL degrees in the temperature accom-
panied It. The weather In the morning hao nee"
by no means oppressive as on 'he previous
days, but It was sill hot enough TO ne uhcolh-
Portable. and several deaths and many prosta-
lions were reported For to-day the forecast
is: Fair: cooler on the coast.
The storm was phenomenal one The rain
fell in torrents even causing the Majestic and
other vessels coming W the harhor to stop 1or
some time Il being impossible To geo ahead IN
another column is described the terrible eHeCtS
OF the storm AT Pier 40 % ut West TWciftn~st'
To many people in the city there seemed noth-
ing unusual in the storm. but those VINO "'-
served 1t from the high buildings downtown ana
the shore Of the North River describe II as one
knowledge Trhuna reporter was on the
White Star pier at West Tenth-st when the
storm broke lie declares tina, the cloud seemed
to come in the direction cf the city In straight
line across the river. Tie heavy clouds seemed
10 be sweeping down. continually getting lower
and lower There al nrst no rain ana no
lightning directly overhead At the moment
when the clouds seemed To he directly over the
piers on the NeW-York side. however. Inc wind
suddenly shifted. and at the same time perfect
torrent Of rain BEGAN to fan
The wind shook every part Of the rier with
tremendous power and he attendants rushed to
pull down the iron sidngs. IT was almost i'm
possible for any one Ia walk past the openings
at the sides of the pier The hundreds Of PEI
sons who were waiting for the Majestic huddled
together inside the building. After the hrs'
shock Of the storm thcre wo- rnorncntary lul.
and then wind rain. thunder and lightning were
all combined AZ once The West Twe.fth-st.
pier was struck at this time. hut So binding
was the rein that the accident could not he
seen from the feminist. pier. \ terrific crash
was heard. but that was all. and every one
thought tina; one Of the vcCsels IN the river had
been struck by lightning. The Majestic, Ike aN
the othc. craft hurgod the shore closely, or II IS
proba bic that hundreds Of lives would have teon
lost.
WIND SEVENTY two MILES An HOUR
A remarENSie circumstance ab0u, the storm
was the peculiar yellow color Of the clouds. This
MIR. Emery OF the Weather Bureau, attributed
to reflection cf light. The drop in the temper
allure which followed the storm was phenom
enal. At $50 D. m. the temperature was % de-
grees Eleven minutes later it had dropped to
65. a difference Of eighteen degrees. The storm
came from The southwest. the velocity Of the
wird being seventy-two miles an hour. This,
however. only lasted while the storm was over
New-Ycrk The storm also eliminated the hui
mildly from the atmosphere Before the storm
broke this was 80 per cent.
The wind caused several accidents in Manhat-
tan, Brooklyn and Jersey City. An electric light
pole was blown down az fremont and\ Park
ayes. near the fremont station Of the Harlem
River Railroad When it fell ii carried about
five hundred feet Of feed wire with it.
Iottie CraeN thirty-four years old. Of No lO2
Pitt-st who was passirG in front Of 10. los
R!dee-s.. during the storm. was struck by
falling skylight ana sustained q lacerated wound
of the scalp. She was attended by an ambulance
surgeon and taken home.
Nellie Kane oe No ,J5 West Thlrty-seventh-
st. was struck by a sign blown from the build
ing at No G Columbus save. by the storm. She
wns not severely injured.
John " Williams. bookkceper. OF railway,
N j. while making his way down Barclay-st'
was struck by sign when in front OF No. III
and knocked down. lie lay in the drench'nG
rain for several m!Au;es and when picked UP K
was found that lie was unable 70 move his right
arm and that his head had been cut open. He
was removed 20 Hudson Street Hospital where
the surgeons discovered that his riSh; cellar
90 N Ia
laccratod.
III Brooklyr. jersey City and the surrounding
TERRITORY tie damage was also ero2'
The following is the ofilcla! record OF the tenn