New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-17
AIR FULL OF MISSILES.
Horses and Wagons Lifted Bodily
Broad5cay Chief Sufferer.

From banks OF black clouds hanging so low
over the city that they seemed almost to rest
on the tops Of the taller buildings. there came
yesterday a deluge of rain which mercilessy
soaked travellers beating down all protection.
flooding streets and buildings alike. accompa-
MED by a wind which. Strengthening to a gale.
tore roofs from houses overthrow church
steeples. picked up wagons bodily and dropped
them several feet away. and dashed pedestrians
to the ground. injuring many so that they were
taken to hospitals Windows We're smashed all
over the city; trees were uprooted signs were
wrenched from buildings. while telephone. tele-
graph and electric light wires were the sport of
this hurricane which rushed in from the sea.
destruction it's attendant.
At the Flatiron Building there was almost
panic among the tenants when at the height Of
the storm window after window crashed in.
while the building itself swayed and grOaned.
Down in the streets there were no travellers
around the triangle at the worst of the gale.
When the wind had abated somewhat women
whirled from their feet and thrown TO the
cutters. were dashed. Siding crablike.
across the streets. while wagons were blown
along, some Of them being overturned. Three
persons were seriously injured in the shadow
of the Flatiron. while huge plate glass windows
went crashing to the street from all the build
A score Of windows the Fifth-ave. side OF
the FIatiron and almost as many in Broad
way were broken. and the huge sheets of glass
in the 'cowcatcher'' went at the first gale
Across Twenty-second-st. a great window IN
Schumann's jewelry store was smashed: two
windows in Budd's haberdashery went and in
Youman's. Remnants. FIeischmann's and In the
Hoffman House windows were broken Fur
ther up Broadway the sign Of the Herald Square
Theatre was torn away. windows were broken
and showcases blown into the cutters.
Out at sea the storm was even worse than on
land. while in the harbor ferryboats and tugs
were compelled 10 lay BY during the worst OF
the gale. The Staten Island ferries. especially.
had hard time requiring an hour to make the
trip ordinarily made in half that time. The fish
ing boats. Edmund Butler and Angler. were
forced to put back and landed their passengers
only after much trouble. The tug James Kay.
valued at $1,000. was blown on Hogs Back Rock.
in He'll Gate. and totally wrecked Captain Carl
Larsen and r. b Moore and r T. MoOrecock.
the crew. swan to Wards Island. where they
were cared for by the people at the Manhattan
State Hospital. Captain Dean Of the police
boat Patrol. which voyaged up 10 Hell Gate and
down 10 Bath Beach. reported that ne had seen
fifteen wrecks. from rowboat to a 120-ton
schooner but that all the people on them had
yacht in which was a book marked H. A.
Jackson. Captains Pier. Bath Beach,
found. while the Staten Island police have
ffty-foot naphtha launch. the Alice n. Stein.
which they picked up.
Telegraphc and telephone communication be-
tween this city and South Jersey towns. Phila-
delphia. Chicago and Boston was interrupted
The Western Union people said that all their
trouble would be remedied by to-day. Mr. Ste
venson. OF the American Telegraph and Tele-
phone Company. said that its lines to Wash
ington and Philadelphia. well the Long
Island and Boston wires. were badly damaged.
The Postal Telegraph Company also reported
damaged lines TO Philadelphia. Troy. Boston and
Southern jersey.
CAME FROM JERSEY COAST.
The storm began down along the Jersey coast.
worked north. and at / p. m. its centre was
directly over this city. At 10 a m. the wind
was blowing thirty-three miles an hour AZ
IL 40 IL reached it's maximum velocity. sixty
three miles. and then diminished until at 12'3O
il was about thirty miles hour. AT first IL
came from the east. then shifted 70 the south
wsst In all 1 % inches Of rain fell Neither
Coutfuued ON second pare