Show SHIPS IN BLIZZARD GRIP ASKS FRANTICLY FOR AID I Oy ihy United Press NF NEWYORK I YORK April 3 A A whirling driving ln spring blizzard tonight gripped the entire Atlantic coast from tho the ir Virginia lnla capes cape to Maine Roaring out of oC th the lie tropics the April storm of or December t typo po swept the coast J shipping telegraph wires and railroads in places The fury of or the storm tonight was wag centered north of New York and on tho New England land coast But lInt from north and anti south tonight came reports of shipping In dl distress tress In Now York harbor giant liners were held up afraid to brave tho the gale which whipped the ocean outside outside outside out out- side into a seething cauldron of ot froth Among Amon- the liners held at their piers here hero were the Cunard giantess l Lusitania the of the Anchor Anchor Anchor An An- chor line and several ships hound bound for fOI Cuba and the south coasts The hoped to leave h by midnight midnight mid mid- I night as the tho gale showed slight Blight signs of abating Relayed Belayed by the British warships w watching for the Prinz Eitel came an nn S 0 O S call from Crom the tIme 1 tone OO-tone C Prince Mauritz of the Royal Hoal Dutch West Vest India Mall Mail line hue In distress of ot Cape Hatteras Three ships nearby narby were hastening tonight to lo her assist assist- ance aiice New York and vicinity tonight ht was mantled d under three Inches of snow The snow abated somewhat at nightfall night nightfall fall but from all sides came reports of ot damage damase to telegraph an and telephone wires Trains were several hours late The state slate of or Virginia was wiped off the wire map all aU day Unusually high tides did much damage along alonE tho ho Jerse Jersey coast In the Carolinas the wire damage was said to be se se- se rious Heavier now snow in tho the South even than on the North orth coast was report report- ed Virginia was said to be smothered smothered ered under ten Inches o of sleet sleety slushy slush snow Despite tho the prospect prospector of or continuance of ot the storm through the tho night tho the weather bureau promIsed promised prom prom- a clear crisp Sunday pO possibly mixed with snow mow flurries but not enough to stop tho the Easter parade on Fifth avenue |