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Show NEW YORK SNOWBOUND Worst Blizzard in Years Sweeps Over City. TEN INCHES OF SNOW FELL Dale Accompanied Stoun nnd tho Beautiful Wno riled Up In Groat Drifts That for a While Suspended All Trnfllc on Main Thoroughfares Storm Extended All Over New York State nnd New Jersey Kall-roocl Kall-roocl anil Ferry Trallle Greatly Interfered In-terfered With. New York IVb 17 Npw Yoik city has borne the brunt uf the fiercest snowstorm that has struck this section nf the ccumtrj since the great bllisnid of 1W Beginning soon after last mid night the storm Increased rapidly until by da)bieak the whole ill) was com-plelel) com-plelel) mowed under The rising force of the gale plied the snow In great drifts that for some time almost sus en led Irntllo except In th main thoroughfares where the cm tracks were kept open onl) hy the constant use of snow plouMis and swppppis TUHMHNDOUS HNOW I'Al.l. Communication between Manhattan nnd Brookl)ii was subject lo long delay The fenvlioais with dllllculty made trips across the Ice choked rivers and tho work nf tug boats, lighters mil shipping generull) was utmost nt a standstill fa hpav) was the snowfall that Hip loading of vcrsels was stopped, It being Imposslhlo lo keep the hitches oppn, . BTEAMKItR OFP SANDY HOOK. Two steamers which arrived during the night struggled ns far ns quarantine, quaran-tine, where th) came tu nnclior Hev eral stenmers nre supposed to bn off Handy Honk waiting for the storm to nbitp before uttempllng lo enter tho port OVHIl NINE INCHES OP HNOW, Tonight tho local weather bureau re porta that the worst nf the snowfall, which began to abate In the nfternoon Is probably over Tho fall up to 3 o clock this afternoon wns 9 3-10 Inches This afternoon hurrlcnnp warnings wprei hoisted at Sand) Honk and New lurk and many vessels were detained In port. MAILS DEI.AYrD There was considerable delay In the arrival of tho malls All outgoing malls were closed from thirty minutes to nn hour beforp the usual lime Malls on the New 1 oris Central were from two tn three hours late nnd nil mall service between this city and points on Long Island was practically suspended. THAINH AWAY OI'P TIME The trains on nil tho lines terminating terminat-ing In Jersey City were hours behind time during the morning, but toward evening Ihe achedules wero morn nearly mnlntnlncd On the New York Central through trains were being moved nearly on time by taking off the local trains STREET THAPPIC BLOCKADED. The congestion of traltic on the Manhattan Man-hattan street car lines was severe during dur-ing tho morning, when many of the avenues wero blocked with long lines nf smiled cars On Broadway wheel traf. flc was confined tn narrow lanes between be-tween high snow hllla and along these cabs trucks and pais crawled at a snail n pace Prom other thoroughfares thorough-fares truck trnftln disappeared almost entirely. In the shopping district the blockade vcas to complete that the great department stores closed ut 4 o clock. . BLOCKADE IN IlIlOOKLYN. Throughout Biooklyn the blockade was even more genernl than In Manhattan, Manhat-tan, and llttlo progress wus made hy the street cleaning department beyond opening crosswalks on the prltiplpal streets Coney Island, Fort Hamilton and Canarsle were completely cut off fiom all communication from over the Brighton Beach rond, on which hnlf a doten trnlus were helplessly stalled nt one time During the day not over 60 per cent of tho cars of tho Brooklyn llapld Transit system wero In operation and thousands of passengers were compelled com-pelled to make theli way on foot to the ferries STATEN ISLAND SNOWED UNDEIt Staten Island travelers suffered moro than the residents nf any ot the boroughs bor-oughs of Greater New York. The boats wero all much behind time nnd nn effort ef-fort was mndp lo kpep schedule time, tho m iln trouble being duo to the great masses of len packed In the slips nt St inassen en ie-i! pacKC'i in cne Slips ni Bl George The Island Itself was completely com-pletely snowed under und the movement of trolle)H or trains was brought to a halt. SLEIGHS STHUCK IN DHIFTS Even sleighs wero unable to make their WO) through the gieat drifts In the afternoon a few trains were got thimiiih nn the North Shoie b) using the big engines of the Baltimore . Ohio road Derailed trains slopped ull trutllc on the South Shore lino WOBHE THAN POHMI.H BLIZZAIID Ihe conditions of traffic were In ever) respect grenti r than In the (.rent bllz zanl of lk8 Telegrnph and telephone icrvlce In New York experienced little Interruption, for while the snow wns heavy theru wns no sleet to break the wires Tho fleet ot warships I) lng off quar nntlne to await tho arrival of Prince Ilenrj vins for hours cut off by floating Ice fiom communication with tho shore Porty marines w ho put off to the shlpa In boats from Staten Island were com pelled to nut back and return to the navy jard. CLEARING THE SrilEEIS Pour thoimnl men were set to work to clear the streets of Manhattan eerly In the afternoon Of these half weie engaged In 01 enlng crosswalks, while :000 men and 300 trucks weie eniplujcd to work ull nlkht clearing the main 6tteets. ON THE ' L" UOADS On tho elevated lines there wns con stdernble delay In the eurlj hours but hy he venlng rush hours all trains weie tunning un time, ulthuugh rnor. mouslj oveiciowded, owing to the In teiruptlon of the surface lines BROOK YV BltlDOE CLEAR Thp BiooWljn bridge was kept elnr of snow from the time the stoun ' nn but both the elevated and the trolls) cara were crowded to their ut most capacity, although many thou, sands of llrooklynltes prefened the pp-lloi passages of the ferries to the b Jge lines ULANKETKD IN WHITE The eastern part of New lorl: Staio from thin city to the Canadl 111 hordr wus snow-swept bj a lilluant such uh had not been experienced for fourteen years Up to midnight rportB showed that sixteen counties had received In forra thfl pffee 1 of th" gale, and the accompanying fall of snow ihes" counties were Dutchess Orange Ulstei, Albany, S hohnrle, Schenectady. Mont-gomery, Mont-gomery, Saratoga, Essex, Cnlumbls, Itcnsrelaer, Washington, Clinton, Oneldn, On Jnga nnd C hemung. Thus It will be seen tt-j 't did not extend to the western portions of the State, although It was expected thcie before tomortow IMMKNSE DIUPTS. There Is a sameness about the it, ports Irom the up-State towns Any. where from fouc to. eighteen Indies of snow, wind blowing at a hurricane rate drifts from six to, In one Instance, WM twentv-flve feet, dpep nre among tho 'H featurps while there Is Iteration and v reiteration nf delajpd trains, stalled or '1 wholly aban loned trolley service and , H lmtassable countrj loads H The latest repnits Indicate that tho imm worst Is over, for the wind Is abating 1 and In nianj places the snow has Ol ceased falling UM IIIIIIH |