New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-22
WINDS ROUT A HOT WAVE.
RECORD DAY FOR HEAT IN NOVEMBER
BROKEN UP BY A FIERCE STORM.

RAIN COMES DOWN IN TORRENTS-MUcH
DAMAGE TO SHIPPING AND BUILDINGS.
II dared to be warm yesterday-so warm that
everybody was uncomfortable. At p. m. the
Weather Bureau thermometer recorded Y de-
grees The nearest approach to this is 60 de-
grees on November u. 1888.
The temperature at this time of the year
usually vibrates between the thirties and forties
Not only was IL the highest recorded tempera-
ture for the date. but 1t was one of the highest
recorded temperatures for any day in Novem-
Der. The warm and muggy weather Of the last
few days has affected the milk market by sour
ing large quantities Of IL while route to the
city.
The proximity OF a cooler to this unusual
warm atmosphere also caused atmospheric
disturbance OF extreme violence yesterday. Inc
wind at p m. reached velocity Of seventy
two miles an hour, and il blew all the evening
at a sixty mile gait. It kicked up the Upper Bay
in a way that it seldom does The customs ofn-
Gals on the revenue cutters who were obliged to
go down the Bay to meet incoming steamers
said that they had never seen rougher sea in
the Upper Bay. The wind blew squarely up
from Staten Island. The waves dashed against
the wall OF Battery Park with force that threw
the spray high into the air and to the
promenade.
TRANSPORT SEDGwICK AGROUND.
The most serious incident OF the hurricane was
the grounding Of the United States transport
sedgwick or the south side of Governors Island,
IN ButterniIk Channel. She was on her way to
Cuba She left her pier, at Atlantic-ave., Brook
Ign, about o'clock The wind veered her
around in such way that her bow took ground
on Governors Island.
It required six tugs-the United States tugs
Reno and weitzel and four others-to pull her
of. after she had been aground for forty-fve
miAutes. She proceeded TO Tompknsville.
where she anchored. with the intention of sailing
to-day. It is believed that her injuries were not
severe enough TO prevent her from continuing
her voyage
The lighter Sampson of Perth Amboy, in tow |
OF the tug William y. Beach, got loose just as |
she rounding the Battery and was blown |
against the piling in front OF the wall For |
half hour she was in tickllsh situation. |
The Beach was obliged to make three efforts be- |
fore hewser which would hold could be got |
aboard and the lighter pulled off shore
SIGNS AND WINDOWS SUFFER.
The heavy wind blew down a large board sign |
Of the New-York Theatre Company, placed on a
new building in Fifth-ave. between Forty first
and Forty second SITS. George Lund. of No AZ
Fifth-ave. the caretaker and Mrs. Allen, of No. |
224 West Thirty -seyenth-st., who happened 10
be passing at the time. were knocked down by |
the sign Policeman Quinn. Of the West Thir |
tricated the man and woman Lund was taken
to his home in a New-York Hospital ambulance.
He had sustained Commissions of the head and |
body. Mrs Allen sustained bruises of the body |
and head. and was taken TO the hospital Her |
shoulder may possibly be fractured.
large plate glass window on the fifth foor |
OF the eight story building No. 103 Fifth-ave, |
occupied by the Globe School Book Company, |
broken last night The glass fell TO the |
pavement with a crash, but no one was injured. |
window sash used 10 cover up hole on the |
roof OF No 132 West Twenty -seventh-st.. was |
blown TO the sidewalk and struck August Daisy. |
q col0red boy. thirteen years old. Of No. 300 West
Twenty-seventh-st-. the head causing a
laceration of the scalp He went home.
The wind broke large plate glass window in |
Fulton-st-. near Nassau-st,in the late afternoon.
No other damage Of Importance was reported TO |
the downtown police.
Two floors Of the four story brick house IN
course Of construction at No. 112 ST. Marks
ave. Brooklyn. were blown down. James Cor
ccran. the owner; Edward Hornung, laborer, |
and Bernard Reynolds. Of No. 1O2 Graham-st-.
Brooklyn. were slightly injured.
The temperature began 10 fall after the squat. |
and at 1918 O'Clock last night had reached 50 |
degrees. The local forecast for to-day is for |
fair and cooler weather. with west and north !
west winds.