New-York tribune., 1901-12-16
4 HAT CHA SING DA J.
THE WIND RATTLES INSECURE Si0N"
AND SHUTTERS-DAMAGES TO
WIRES REPAIRED.

The cutting and biting gale which. according
to the Weather Bureau, passed over this sectloil
Yesterday at the estimated rate of forty-eighe
miles an hour, caused considerable dlscoillioi'
and did a little damage. Insecure signs % %shu'-
ters and awnings blown off. and many
pedestrians, with their overcoats tightly put
toned and their collars about their ears had 10
sprint in a more lively than dignif1ed fashion
for their hats. The mercury in the Thermometer
maintained q downward course toward the Heio
point, and enthusiastic skaters were elated at
the prospect of thick layer OF ice on the ioc"i
lakes and ponds
Up to a late hour last night no serious dam
age was reported Most of the fiagpoies IN tile
city were bare. but where flag was seen II
stood out straight, pointing to the east anu
appeared as stiff as if it had been mace VI
sheet iron instead of bunting. The storm sig
nails of the Weather Bureau on top of the t"en-
tv-one story building at No 100 Broadway
stood out as if they had been heavily starcheu
Not a wave or futter could be seen IN the
square flag of red with the blue square centre
or the white triangle flag that surmounted IT,
The halyards attached to the high haspoie CD
top of the Importers and Traders bahh' d.
Broadway and Murray-st.. became untasteheu
at the bottom, and the wind stood them out
straight from the top of the pole, notWithstano-
ing the resistance they offered
with the telegraph wires running out Of the city.
but it was remeded by o'clock in the after-
noon Surprise was expressed in the telegraph
offices that the trouble had not been greater
and was so easily overcome In the otlceS 9I
the local and long distance telephone companies
1t was said that thew had experienced no trouole
at all A chief of the long distance telephone
wires said that he had expected conslderaple
trouble but when he arrived at his once ne
found absolutely none.
Acting Manager Howell, of the western Union
Telegraph Company here, said that nunoer
of the cornpany's wires were out of order early
in the morning but were all right at CLOCK
There had been come breaks as a result OF the
high winds but they were quickly repaired, and
t,e wires were working in all directions by
o'clock There had been some trouble about Al
lanta and Washington, he said. but 1t was easily
repaired He had heard that in the mountain
region around Mauch Chunk there had oeeh
considerable damage by floods washing away
ro1es This damage was being rapidly repaired
and the wires there would be in good WORKING
shape by this morning. a number OF wires were
broken around Mount Vernon and on Long
Island bat they had all been fixed IN good
shape. Points south of Atlanta were shut of
for a few hours in the early morning Dut "ete
all working in the afternoon.
In the Postal Telegraph Company's operating
room, II was said that the damage to their wires
was not as great as had been expected, consul
ering the severity of the gale. The wire trouple
was said to have been chiefly South and west
The difficulty with the Western wires was oe-
yond Buffalo. and they had heard Of storm
area between Meadvile and Cleveland. Ohio
that made trouble The New-England wires
we're working well only one wire between mere
and Hartford out OF thirty being out OF order
and that was working.
The train dispatcher Of the New-York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad reported some
wire trouble on that system. but said all the
trains were running on schedule time Ihe
train dispatcher of the New-York Central and
Hudson River Railroad said in the afternoon
that all the through passenger trains from the
West for New-York were from two to four
hours late He had heard OF. trouble between
Utica and Rome, y. Y, which affected the
trains so that they had to be run over the West
Shore road The trouble was the result Of
washout which has destroyed parts of all four
OF the tracks. The Southwestern Limited, due
here at o'clock in the afternoon, did not leave
Buffalo until 1 o'clock. The Adirondack train.
due here at $50 last night, was taken off on ac-
count Of washout on the Mohawk and Malone
read The washout was reported to be serious.
The tracks between here and Albany were re-
ported to be all right
In the windstorm yesterday afternoon Henry
S4nst fourteen years old, of No. S53 Forest
ave- The Bronx, playing on the top of the
retaining wall of the New-York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad al the Hunts Point sta
ton. He was amusing himself at place peril
Gus at all times. but particularly so yesterday
because of the strong wind, as young Senst
found to his sorrow. a gust Of great violence
fairly lifted the boy off his feet and dropped
him to the railroad tracks. n distance of fifteen
feet His nose was broken and his left arm
fractured An ambulance from the Fordham
Hospital was called and the surgeon, after
dressing the boys injuries, took him to his
home Serst is the of policeman attached
to the MCrrisania station.
The temperature yesterday was II at a m.
and 30 at = n M. The weather forecaster prom
ises colder weather for to-day. The lowest point
rea ched yesterday was 20 degrees, at 10 O'Clock
last night On Tuesday the wind is scheduled
to diminish in speed.