New-York tribune., 1900-11-10
VESSELS BLOWN ASHORE.
HIGH WIND DOES DAMAGE TO SHIP
PING IN THE BAY.

Such a wind as has not blown over this city
since the tail end OF the Galveston hurricane
passed by visited New-York yesterday. 1t at
taned maximum velocity of seventy-two miles
an hour at 1:55 p. m. and drove vessels ashore.
delayed others. disturbed telegraph wires. and
caused large amount OF discomfort The wind
blew all day at an average speed of sixty miles
an hour. In the evening it decreased to about
thirtysx miles hour. The low temperature
which accompanied it made winter overcoats
grateful addition to ones dress The mercury
ranged between As degrees ct 1915 a. m. and
II degrees at 10 p. m.
In lower Broadway. where the various winds
congregate and smite one from the most unex-
pected quarters. hundreds Of hats went whirling
into the streets and down flights of basement
stairs. The cable stopped while con-
ductors chased their hats. and pedestrians
picked their headgear from beneath the trucks
AT Bowling Green, where is the junction OF sew
eral streets. the wind. blowing up them all and
unable to crowd into Broadway, eddied around
whirling paper high into the air. The benches
in Battery Park, which usually to be
found many persons taking sun baths, were
empty A plate glass window the first floor
OF No. 33 Broadway. which is occupied by the
Transatlantic Express Company. was blown in.
Checks to the amount of 5000 were scattered
smashed was valued at S100.
CRAFT COULD NOT ENTER HARBoR.
The wind affected shipping seriously. 1t made
navigation slower and more difficult. and drove
several vessels ashore. The Upper bay was
whipped into whtecaps and numerous guils
which had been blown in from the sea, were fly
ing in the mir. 1t was impossible for coasting
craft to enter the harbor and three schooners.
hair aig ted off Highlands,
bound in dropped anchor off shore TO hold on
until an abatement of the gale and a shift of
the wind. They the William ]. Lermond.
from Pascagoua; r. !. Hazard. from George
town. s c. and Laura L. Sprague, from Salem,
Mass
The Staten Island ferryboats were tossed about
and many OF the women passengers We're sea-
sick. The boats were unable to make schedule
time, and were late all Of their trips Big
toVs OF barGes, in tow of tugs of the LehlGh
Valley Railroad the Amboy Towing Company,
and others. being unable to make any progress
in the face Of the gale, sought shelter oy tying
up the standard oil Company docks at Bay
or ne. Garbage from Manhattan We're un-
able to go To sea, and were tied up at Tomp-
kins vile, Staten Island.
The tug John Nichols came into the Battery
landing with thirty-foot ltfehoNt which she had
picked up.
1t rocked the marine observers tower there so
severely that the observer fed at noon heliev-
Ing that It would topple over.
SCHOONER FINDS THE BOTTOM.
A nfty-one ton schooner. the Grover Cleveland.
In command OF Captain Charles Chevalier which
WAS lying AT the United States Government dock
Sandy Hook with cargo of lumber for the
Ordnance Department. was sunk Every effort
va made to save tho and cargo by Ord
rance Department men and life savers, but the
high seas sweeping clean over her every few
minutes washed on her deckoad. burst open
her matches and swept OF her cabin roof and
loss The beach from Point OF Hook to Camplow
Dock was streWn with timber from the wreck
The tug n. :. Atwood obliged 10 let go a
schooner which she had in tow at Sandy Hook
The vessel blew out 70 sea.
The yacht AiIeen which is used by the Brook
lyn Naval Militia. dragged from her anchorage
near Bay Ridge She saved from going
ashore by the tug f. T. DaIzell The Aileen was
towed over 20 Staten Island and anchored
AT the Highlands at 1880 o'clock yesterday.
an unknown sioop anchored among a fleet Of
twelve sloops and schooner in the Horse
shoe. dragged her anchor and went high and
dry on the beach
A chimney the four story hrownstone build
Ing No II West Twsnty-ffth-st. was blown
over by the heavy wind last night. The build
ing stands between the ST. James Building and
Trinity Chapel. and opposite the Hoffman House
/ The crash Of the falling bricks frightened many
Of the horses standing near the hotel and one.
driven hy James Judge. started TO run away.
The animal ran to Twenty-seventh-s st. and Fifth
ave. where II hit an electric light pole wrecking
the cab to which II was attached.
The Western Union Telegraph Company suf-
fered some damage 10 wires in the neghborhOod
OF Albany The weight Of the wet snow which
fell at Albany made II easy for the winf to
blow down lot OF poles. The wires along the
West Shore New-York Central and Harlem
railroads suffered less. Messages from
the West We're delayed in consequence.