The San Francisco call., 1904-11-14

NEW YORK. Nov. 13-New York is
entirely cut off from the South and
West tonight By a fierce hurricane.
accompanied by rain and snow. which
is sweeping the Atlantic Coast. Start
ing from Florida last night. the storm
~ wind and rain has come I'D the coast
with almost cyclonic speed.
Rain began falling in New York at
a. m, and early in the morning
changed 10 wet snow. The wind. which
had been blowing moderately. Veered
70 the southeast. and shortly assumed
hurricane proportions. At 6 o'clock to-
night the local Weather Bureau noted
q velocity OF forty-two miles an hour.
which increased 10 fOrty-eight at $3.50
oclcck. That speed kept up for several
hours At 10 clock the storm center
was AT Block Island, where the baro-
meter showed q pressure Of 28. 50 inches
Nllh The wind blowing seventy-six
miles an hour. AT Nantucket the
barometer was a triie higher. ana the
WIND sixty miles.
" are service out Of New York is tied
lp more effectively tonight than at
any other time since the blizzard of
1Ase The Western Union and tele-
graph companies have no direct COM
nilnlcs ton with cities farther south
than Baltimore and all Western points
are cut off. The Postal has been ca
DlAs some ri its most urgent mes
sases 90 Canso. y. s.. from which point
ihey are wired to Montreal and thence
forwarded to Chicago over the Cana
o4an Pacific wires
ICE BREAKS THE WIRES.
Late in the afternoon it was reported
that over one hundred poles along the
Ere Railway had gone down. putting
inc New York -Buffal 10 Chicago wires
b. that route completely out Of service.
Recourse for q short time was taken to
7Fires via Albany and Syracuse. but a
few hours afterWard the pressure Of
ice On the wires carried them. poles
ana al 10 the ground outside Of
Foughkeepsie, thereby effectively clos
1nS The service. The Western Union
was able 10 keep open the way TO Bal
rmOre, Philadelphia and most places
IN New Jersey, but business for other
points. save New England. was only
accepted subject to delay.
Communication between New York
and Boston over all lines was uninter-
ruptec- The telegraph officials are un-
bic 10 state the damage until they
can communicate with the territories
affected. Every effort is being made
tonight 10 make repairs so that busi-
ness VIII be open tomorrow. Special
trains We're engaged on most of the
roads running out Of Jersey City and
Eoboken and dispatched late this aft
ernoon laden with wire-repairing gangs.
REPAIRS WILL BE SLOW.
Owing 10 the completeness Of the tie
up the men do not anticipate much
progress on repairs until daylight en-
ables them 10 examine thoroughly the
extent Of the damage. The Iong-dis-
lance telephone company has also been
badly handicapped in its service.
Ihe Weather Bureau yesterday sent
out warnings advising sea captains TO
remain in port over Sunday
Some damage was done in and around
New York Tonight the ferryboat
Port Morris. running between College
Point and Ninety-sixth street, went
ashore on rocky ledge in Bowery
Bay There were ten passengers and
the crew aboard. Owing 10 the heavy
sea Il IS impossible to send wrecking
boats 20 her, but police boat has gone
10 the rescue
owing 10 the fierce downpour the
streets Of New York were practically
deserted to-day. The high wind
played havoc with the street signs.
which fell in showers. Many windows
were broken and a few passers-by
were cut by the signs and flying glass.
DAMAGE IN THE HARBoR.
The full force Of the gale was felt
IN the harbor. Several boats anchored
of Staten Island dragged their
anchors. Late in the evening a freight
barge apparently unloaded, was
blown ashore during the height Of the
gale in Sandy Hook Bay. The vessel
lies ia very bad position, with every
sea sweeping her decks. The life
savers are standing by, but are unable
70 board the wreck. The fate of the
crew is unknown
owing TO the high seas in the upper