Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-12-27

THE ROLAR WAVE.
Terrible weather Forth and south
Rain, Hail, eleet and aaew.
TIE eRsArssf crow sroRN roK TWENTY
YRARs.

TEE sRsArssf crow STORM roR Twenty
NEW YORK. Dee. zAs,e~, se,., ,.,rny
ssarn tAis morning ~ about .ishg o clock, vith
sight wind nOIthxesf- The eta q 4 are TO-DAY
hked With snow, No s1eh snas storm has
twenty years. Last night the streets were de
serted from an early hour IN ne evening. Bust-
BITS VS. Tor The hest fart sasIs, nded. and no
feA hehtured cut except irunl zb<uute ne
eesNity Thousands slept down town at hotels
or in their inject, owing 10 th.ls fnshtlitx "a
react their homes IN the upPe- part OF the city.
Some OF the principal hnor vi -Greet car. ase
running tc-oay with double issms, and are
heavily overcrowded. Pedestr AZ on Rroag-
way make their esy through TIE nov IN single
ME few buses With four horts continue RIM
ming on Broadway, but az g. y At rare inter
ysls that carts and other vehicle, 10 be seen
he street cleaning bureau yesterday ordered
It's force Of lsborers az WORK To- cav an cleanin,
the ciosswsiks and approaches O. the ferries,
and IN q eenersl shOyeling OF suOs. Special
attention i 70 he given tO the c.raI.ibg OF Broad
way on which the snow LAYS over : loot deem on
= level. The entire cost OF clean,ug this street
tor distance OF seventy bioCks wall reach
tN,VOo Along the water front toe snow IL piled
mp m huge masses. The therIn meter to-dag
stands about on an average with fAat OF yester-
day, namely: no degrees above z-ro. In many
places IN the city the ground a. covered 90 TIA.
SeptE OF as much as three ieet. fhe storm told
heavily upon business, especially 0y the DELAY
OF the mails. No mails let the city yesterday
except those which we're SEM al an early hOgr.
North river is nned with floating .oe.
no MAILS.
At this hour tl0 a. m no mai irOm any point
have reached the post othce in tins city since
yesterday noon. Tae whole tOTce OF CLERKS
were Kept on duty AL night, AID win remain
uli the arrival OF the mails, 20 mmedistel
sort them.
During the height Of the storm Yesterday
Afternoon, large meteor Was seeu At Hunters
Point. All railway travel on Lon. Island has
ceased The steamships HalssIia and CITY OF
Limerick ior Europe, and Columbia zoe Havana,
10 leave yesterday, are detained by the Storm
There were 10 arrivals from sea yesterday
THE Snow sroPPED PALLINs.
l0.Sc A. N.-The snow storm which commenced
this morning ceased after slight tall.
COULDN'T GET home.
The counting houses, factories and steam
places by parties unable 10 reach their homes
up town and in the suburbs.
ANEW LOCAL TRAINS
nom the immediate viciEity IN New Jersey
have arrived since 10 O'Clock, but only by the
aid OF several locomotives.
THERE Is CONSIDERABLE SUFFERING
amongst the POOR people to-day, by reason of
the absence OF Their usual supplies OF milk and
bread, none being received VI the former hv
uains, and locomotiOn by the bakers an the
ttreets Il almost impossible.
SNOW BOUND PASSENGERS.
PoUeHKEEPsIR. Dec. 2a.-The Montreal ev-
pres train which lett New YORK Al q. m ye--
, reachea here Al 80 TINS morning with
tour locomotives, and proceeded on as Way
north st 10. Nc train has left here gong south
stree noon yesterday. Two locomotives leTt
here At O'Clock this morning 10 clear the ,loUn
track. There are over zoo passengers snOs
bound between here and Peekskill, bat ID A.
thought all will get through 10 New York some
time to-day.
NORTH CAROLINA.
NILMirGTON, Dee. H.-HOuible weather
with rain, rleet and snow, has been experienced
for several days past. The groand is nov COW
cred With snow.
DleAsTkOUs RESULT or THE BREAKING or AN
lCE GORGE MEAN MEMPHIs.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 2s-Last night AZ , O'Clock
the ice gorge Al Hen and Chickens, Just abOye
this city, broke and came down stth territi.
force, sweeping OF the dry docks there con
struciing, then cutting down ten barges OF coat
belonging to Brown * Jones, aud finally
steamer after steamer fEOm the wharf, antl II
was thought that not single one Of the large
number living there could Oe saved. The fol-
lowing Is list OF the boats carried OF Laura
Belle Pike, ). ID. Walt, Undine, West Wind
and City OF Augusta. The tow boat Nellie
Thomas is lying In a critical condition, and u
is doubtful whether she can be saved. a. the ice
Is running very heavily. The West W nd ant
=. ID. Walt are loaded with cotton. Further
particulars VIII De forwarded as soon g. pos
sible.