New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-11
COASrINH IN HARLEM.
Pedestrians and Windozcs Bloom
about Streets BIZ Roaring Gale.

while thousands of Manhattan and Brooklyn
youngsters were shivering and making repeated at
tempts to hold their backs against Vlolen'
wndstorm their little cousins in Harlem were coast
ing on two good inches snow defying every
thing for the sled. All over Washington Heights
the snowfall was heavy and tempting enough 10
bring out dozens of sleds The coasting was un-
usually good outside of the American League PARK
where about five hundred youngsters ehJoSeu IheLli-
selves.
Hardly half an inch of snow fell in Manhattan
and Brooklyn, but the two boroughs were swept
by A terrific windstoTm, which lowered the tenn
perature several degrees. There breath of
winter in the first gush that came late Saturday
night followed by rain and hail 1t grew more
violent every hour, until at noon yesterday 1t was
travelling at the rate of sixty-six miles an hour
The tail end of the storm came from Nantucket
and struck the city about noon.
Hundreds of men, women and children gathered
at the Battery landing and the usual quota Of
friends waiting for incoming immigrant ships found
that section of the city most unpleasant SKlIIS,
barges and floats had difficulty in keeping a1oat,
and few Of the lighter vessels braved the sea dur
ing the early hours of the afternoon. The lower
decks of the ferryboats were swept by the waves
on every trip.
While there was no serious damage reported,
plate glass of the tender variety proved weak
against the storm. Three large plate glass win
dows in William Wilson's drug store. at 42d-st and
Broadway were blown out by wind in the after
noon
The wind had been sweeping down Broadway
from Long Acre Square all the afternoon, and
only windows of unusual thickness were proof
against the violence of the storm Several passers-
by had narrow escapes among whom were Two
women who blown off their feet. At the
Flatron Building several women were blown INTO
the street. but We're not hurt much, barring the IN
JuT1es their feelings.
Everywhere people inclined to stay i--oors.
thous few went to the parks ana anus nen mt
places as usual There was a Sigh! f2llIng on IN
the attendance at the Bronx geological Park ana
there were not as many children in Central Park
as on the Sunday previous. Church attendance
was slim, but the Sunday night concerts at the
va ricus theatres were well attended.
incoming vessels reported high seas and terrific
storms fo. several days before reaching TT. The
Pat,iCia was -e,a ell rosi crab by rough wealth r
and ran into q heavy aie several miles south OF
the Far. She eighteen hours late IN reach
ing port Toward ) o'clock last evening The storm
tirifted seaward ana northward The local Weather
Bureau predicts m!lder weather by few degrees
ferce gust that swept around the Flatiron
Ruild e smashed [ zig . tlSss win Ow in
the G ching store c.. NJ. Vincent at No. $40
A s,afold tie .uiloing at No "a Ia g st
beCau 9 so Shally from the Ia me iEg Of the wind
that two policemen from the Tenderloin station
were sent the building 10 warn pedestrians OF
danger. They had to rope off the sidewalk
FLORENCE Buckmaun. twelve years old. Of No 1.6Sq
Pqrk-ave struck by shutter blown from the
third fioor OF building l2Sd-st AM L<vtngto~-
ave. and cut severely about the head and
shoulder