New York about 1:00 p.m. and the mnd blew a gale. 

 The disturbance ^ras felt along the wires and shortly- 

 after [|.:00 p.m. their ceased to act entirely along 

 the line of the storm. 



"At .11:00 p.m. the rain began to fall in the 

 city. It was shortly before daybreak when the 

 storm put in its appearance. 



"At 5 5 00 a.m. the storm was in full possession 

 of the town and the rain fell in blinding sheets. 

 The houses shook with the force of the blast. The 

 big limbs were torn from the stiirdy elms. The 

 rain-fall practically ceased at 7 J 00 yesterday 

 morning, with .55 inch being recorded at Hope 

 Reservoir. A maximtim velocity of 28 (?) m.p.h. 

 was registered bj"- the aerometer between the hours 

 of 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. The greatest depth of rain 

 for any one hour was .20 inch between 5:00 and 

 6:00 a.m. 



"At Pairtuxet when it was time for low tide 

 yesterday morning, no low tide appeared. In fact 

 it was said to be higher than usual." 



o. 9 September I896 . From "The Providence Daily Journal", 

 Providence, Rhode Island. 



"The storm which began yesterday morning, came 

 unheralded, as all northeast storms do. The baro- 

 meter had been falling since the night before. 

 The wind increased in severity during the day and 

 by noon was blowing a gale along the shore. In 

 Providence 'the wind held steadily northeast and 

 reached a maximum of 23 m.p.h. This was probably 

 much less fierce than was experienced in more 

 level and exposed districts. This maximum was 

 reached at the hour~ from 6:00 to 7:00 Thursday 

 morning. In/ashouts occurred in many localities. 

 Most of these were small and not productive of 

 any great damage. The total rainfall as registered 

 by the Hope Reservoir gauge was 3,l6 inches. The 

 greatest amount of rain falling in one hour was 

 from I|.:50 to $:$0 p.m. Wednesday when .75 inch 

 was recorded. For a portion of that hour rain fell 

 at a rate of 1-| inch per hour but the torrents of 



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