New-York tribune., 1907-12-15

.or ,rera blown down by the hign
wind, but no one was injured.
rJ-- ci,xerman of No. 6f7 West 4rh street.
while walking in front OF NO oio "e
street last night was struck on the heao py d
-,,,,or ,,hich had become loosened by the wind
from, a window the third hoor- he was
nnocked unconscious. and Patrolman Ahearn' oi
o. +ra,ic sauad summoned DR.. Sutton from
,ho Roosevelt Hospital who removed the man
90 that institution. The surgeons founo ohNei
,ra, suffering from an ugly scalp "ouho' he
will recover
Traffic on railroads ferries and trolleys was
seriously hanpered, and most OF the 'iaiils "
the railroads running into Jersey city anu We
haUken were anywhere from nan W
,nree-ouarters of hour late SuIldOe "a
With their fuses burned out were the order OF tiie
dav throughout greater New YORK ana 1t "' q
con1non sight to see a train OF four OF iiioio
surface cars slowly making its way TO 'ne near
est car barn. ,
A.. rasult of the storm the towns OF Hackeh-
sack Ridgewood, Rutherford, Carlstadt' Looi
- ,uas+u,ood were in complete darkness last
;,,. excont in cases where the old candle and
;1 lam, were revived. Early yesterday after
mo, tbe wires of the Public Service Corpora
tion. which supply these towns and a lew more
with electricity. were blown down IN Hnosoh
street Hackensack. not only shutting OH 'le
SUPPLY of light but completely tying up the troll
lev service between Hoboken and Hachensach
A small manic followed. The company was
afraid TO turn on the current for fear OF klllilg
reople. and although large force OF men
worked all night to get the wires up their ef-
forts were unavailing.
A government storm warning displayed
at o:15 o'clock yesterday morning. but in spite
of this several of the larger vessels scheduled to
The storm had no
terror. for the hig Lusitania, Of the Cunard
Line or the American liner Philadelphia, or the
Craf waldersee of the Hamburg American
Line which sailed out of the harbor in the very
teeth of the gale
The gale did thousands of dollars worth of
damage all over westchester County on the
Harlem road. Telegraph wires were blown
across the tracks all the way from White Plains
TO Chatham and commuters were greatly de-
isved.
While the Chatham express was running slow
fy q short distance north Of the White Plains
station a telegraph pole was blown down and
about sixty wires fell across the boiler Of the
engine, bringing the train to a quick stop. 1t
was impossible TO move the train until all the
wires had been removed.
All the northbound trains the Harlem had
TO be run with great caution, as telegraph wires
and poles blocked the tracks in many places
The storm ripped up young trees on John d.
Rockefeller's estate at Pocantico Hills and also
did great damage in his private park on Long
Island Sound
Many vessels had to seek shelter in the cove
at City Island.
An enormous surf swept the Long Island
shore threatening many of the pavilions and
fish houses at the watering places with de-
struction. At several points along the beach
at Speonk the sea cut through 10 the bay, rem
ciering patroling by the lifesavers. who were
obliged TO follow the dunes, extremely hard and
dangerous. A vigilant watch for shipwrecks
was maintained last night
And the worst is vet TO come The Weather
Bureau has just predicted rain and snow for to-
day. No theatres and nothing TO do. with
Blue Sunday. true in every sense Of the word.