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Show FIVE DEATHS New York City Feels the Chilling Blasts of Winter New York, Jan. 15. A storm, which struck the city yesterday and buried the streets beneath a foot of snow, was resumed with violence during dur-ing the early hours of today. With the rise of the storm'R force camo a fall of the temperature and high winds which plied the snow In huge drifts. Transportation lines In the outlying sections were near the point of complete paralysis, while surface traffic In the city was difficult diffi-cult and uncertain. Through trains on all roads, particularly from the north and west, were badly delayed and reports of trains completely stalled began to come in during the morning. The snow, the wind and th cold combined to cause Intense suffeiiug In the city and nearby hiiburbs. Five deaths due to the storm was the record up to this morning, with a long chapter of casualties reported from suburban points. There was much suffering In the poorer quarters quar-ters of the city. Long Island was severely hit. Mayor May-or Gaynor was recovering today In llicksvllle from the effects of a harsh experience in reaching his home In St. James last night and afterward going to help a companion, Charles E. Shopard, an editor of Huntington, who met with a possible fatal accident acci-dent in falling from a trestle while walking the tracks with the mayor. |