The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-06
BIG STORM DUE
OYER NEW YORK
THIS MORNING
Centre Of Gale That Has
Swept Twenty States
Nearing City.
DROP IN TEMPERATURE
MAY BRING SNOW

There was plenty Of wind and some
rain around these parts last night, bW;
unless the weather sharps prove again
that science and charts sometimes err Il
was only a foretas;e OF what Will he fc.i
to-day. And VIVA; Is worse. there VIII
be much more rain to-day than there was
last night, unless the rain happens 10 Dc
snow.
The weather bureau promised fall OF
moisture, either GUngedIed or loose. Ana
81 charts aud telegraph reports from AL
over the country mean anything New
York will have rain Or snow to-day ana
Monday. accompanied by nor beast gales.
which were companions IN last nights
fall OF rain
New York Is just on tho edge of a huge
storm which is taking IN twenty states
Yesterday the centre OF the storm was
In North Carolina, and the storm region
covered all the states In the southeast
went out to the Mississippi and north IS
far as Sandy Hook. Albany, l4S miles
north OF us, escaped It, As did all OF New
England except the fringe along Long
Island Sound
The wind velocity in New York was
only twenty-six miles an hour, which IL
regarded as high hut by no means as
record breaking But in the city an
average Of tweuty-siN miles. steadily
maintained causes more discomfort than
twisted by the high buildings. attain FAR
sreater speed At SANDY Hook the velocity
was tnirty-eight miles, at Block Island
thirty-siN miles and at Nantucket thirty
four miles
Sigh, snow du-rics i'm the evening
in New York wer" followed by a ste dy
fall. BY midnight City Hall Park WAS
covered with a light blanket for the first
time this year.
The storm, centring in North Carolina.
u moving northeIsterly, so the Weather
Bureau expects New York to I've far inside
the edge to-day. and the unpleasant frn u
lures, wind and rain, to make themselves
more noticeable.
The thermometer recorded 20 degrees
at midnight, and II II gets a little colder
to-day there should be snow.
The wind drove a record breaking crowd
FOR this season Of the year To seek shelter
In the Municipal Lodging House AZ the
foot of East Twenty -ifth street At 10
O'Clock 400 persons had invoked tho
hospitality " the city, including hfty
women and sixteen children. Supcrin'
tendent william \. Whiting estimated
that fully 1000 would apply at his doors
before the break OF dawn. As the loig'
ing house has been caring for l.@aO q
night FOR the last TWO weeks. CompareI
with $50 a night this time last year Mr.
Whiting believes that all records for th.'
time of year were broken last night.
The lodging house has accommodations
for about 900. but the city spent $4,000
last summer fitting ny the second 400
OF tn" recreation pier at the foot Of Eas
Twenty fourth street To- house the over
now. Five hundred double dccked beds
were installed. l,n00 army cots and ZOO
blankets twenty stoves wcr" put in tn
sleeping quarters. ana a good Kitchen Wa.
Ntted up. After the lodging house wa
flled to capacity other guests were in
stalled on the recreation pier. the secont
floor OF which had been enclosed BY glass
ELizABErH y. j., Dec. Edward 5
Reeves OF 22S Union street found severa
blossoms on one OF his apple trees TO
day.