| Show STORM TORM IS RAGING ON I I. ATLANTIC SEABOARD Ki 11 I Kew ew YorK Feb 17 NEw 17 New York city b Has borne the brunt of the fiercest now storm that has struck this section t he country since the great blizzard bUzzard l Beginning soon after last mid mid- light ht the storm increased rapidly until daybreak the whole city was com com- tely snowed under The rising f force f he gale piled the snow in great drifts t hat at for some time almost suspended c raffle except in the main thoroughfares I open a here the car tracks were Kept ruy n y by the constant use of snowploughs snow I OIl ind nd sweepers I TREMENDOUS SNOW V FAL FAT FALl C Communication Communication bet between eD to long on delay dela subject d Ind Brooklyn was 4 difficulty ty made maae T The e ferryboats with trips across the ice chOked choked rivers and anddie die work of tug tug boats boats lighters and at a 11 i generallY was almost snowfall So heavy Mav was was the hit the loading of ve ve eels els was stopped bIC keep the hatches im it being ing Impossible to open peu SANDY HO HOOK K STEAMERS OFF arrived during duing which wo steamers Iwo h night struggled IlS as tar far as quara- quara to anchor e Seve Sev- Sev t ne net where they came tl off f to be bently are e I 1 steamers waiting for the storm t to 1 n ly Hook attempting to enter the bate before t port rt OF SNOW INCHES OVER NINE JINE weather eather bureau ref re- re tonight l the local f the worst of the snowfall I forts that the afternoon in abate h b began an to to 3 3 over ovet The fall up probablY lock this afternoon noon was as 9 10 03 3 10 inches warnings were hurricane afternoon Sandy Hook and New York ted ert at lols were md and many vessels were detained in port MAILS DELAYED here was considerable delay dellY in m the mails All outgoing mails rival v-rival of the of-the the riyad closed from thirty mi mio minutes to an we the usual time Mails on onh before to 1 o h York hew York Central were from two to toIe hWe e hours la late te and all mail service and ana points on Long this city eity e e WC sl iid was p practically suspended ended Ie TRAINS TR A AWAY WA Y OFF TIME Ire he trains on all the lines n Jersey Jetsey City Ct were hours behind ng fm me O dur ln the morning but toward the schedules were more nearly l t On the New York Central I i gh trains were being moved nearly me by taking off th the local trains STREET STREET TRAFFIC BLOCKADED Tie The congestion of traffic on the Man Man- n street car lines was severe dur- dur ithe morning when many many- of the were blocked with long lines of ailed cars cais On Broadway wheel to lanes be- be beten tas C. was confined narrow and these ten een high snow hills along ibi Ibs bs trucks and cars crawled at a aall's 1 alls lall's pace From other thorough- thorough Ir ires res re's truck traffic disappeared almost In the shopping district the kade was so complete that the great Apartment stores closed at 4 I BLOCKADE BLOCKADE IN BROOKLYN Throughout Brooklyn the blockade as even more general than in Manhat- Manhat nhat I and little progress was made by the ther r. r refet r et cleaning department beyond 1 lining ping ening crosswalks on the principal reels Coney Cone Island Fort Hamilton 11 id d 1 Canarsie were completely completer cut off om fm all communication from over the righton Beach road on which half a afen aizen izen fen trains were helplessly stalled at ate atie atle ie le e time During the day not over 60 recent f r cent of the cars of the Brooklyn pfd Transit system were In fn operation id d tho thousands sands of passengers passenger were com com- com com- to make their way on foot to the ferries r STATEN ISLAND SNOWED UNDER Staten Island travelers suffered more than the residents of any of the boroughs boroughs boroughs bor bor- J of Greater New York The boats time and ef effort effort effort ef- ef were all much h behind no fort was made to keep schedule time the main mam trouble being due to the great masses of ice packed in the slips at St. St George The Island Itself was completely completely com com- completely comI I snowed under and the movement of trolleys or trains was brought to a ahalt halt h halt SLEIGHS STRUCK IN DRIFTS Even sleighs were unable to to make makeI their way through the great drifts I 1 In Iq the afternoon a few trains trams were got through on the North Shore by using the big engines engri s of the Baltimore Ohio road goad D Derailed railed trains stopped all traffic on the South Shore line WORSE THAN FORMER BLIZZARD The conditions of traffic were In every respect greater than in the great blizzard blizzard bliz- bliz zard ard of 1888 1865 Telegraph and telephone service in New York experienced little interruption for while the snow was heavy there was vas no sleet to break the thew w wires ires The fleet of warships lying off quarantine quarantine quarantine antine to await the arrival of Prince Henry was for hours cut off by floating ice from communication with the shore Forty marines who vho put off to the ships in boats from Staten Island were compelled compelled com com- pelle to put back back and and return to the navy Yard Four thousand were were set set to work the streets of Manhattan early in the afternoon Of these half were engaged in opening crosswalks while hile 2000 men and nd OO tr trucks ks were yvere employed to work ork all night clearing the main streets ON THE L ROADS On the elevated lines there was considerable considerable con con- delay in in t the e early t hours ours but by the evening rush hours all tr trains ins were running on time altho although gh enormously enor enormously enor- enor nor nor- mou l o overcrowded d owing to to the In Interruption In- In of the surface lines BI BROOKLYN OKLYN BRIDGE BRIDGE CLEAR CLEAR The 1 Brooklyn rooklyn bridge was kept clear ar arof of snow from the time the storm bega began began be be- ga gan but both the elevated and and the trolley trolley cars cars cars cars' vere were crowded crowde i to their utmost utmost utmost ut- ut most capacity alth although ugh many many- thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of of preferred the perilous pas passages of the ferries to the bridge lines BLANKETED IN WHITE The e eastern st rn part of New York State from this city to the Canadian border was snow swept snow swept by a blizzard such as ashad ashad had not riot been teen experienced for for f fourteen years Up to midnight r reports p sh showed wed that sixteen counties had received in force the effects of gale and the accompanying fall fail of snow These counties counties' TV were ere L Ulster Albany Schoharie Schenectady Montgomery Montgomery Mont Mont- gomery gomery Sar Essex Columbia Rensselaer l Was Washington ington Clinton On Oneida ida Onandaga and Chemung Thus it will be seen that it did not extend to the western portions of the State although It was expected there before tomorrow IMMENSE l DRIFTS There is a sameness about the re reports reports reports re- re I ports from the up-State up towns Anywhere Anywhere Anywhere Any Any- where from four to eighteen inches of snow wind bl blowing at t ta a hurricane rate drifts from six to to in one instance twenty-five twenty feet deep are among the features while there is iteration and reiteration of delayed trains stalled or wholly abandoned trolleys service and impassable country roads The late latest t reports indicate that the worst is over for the wind is abating and in m many ny places the snow has ceased falling |
