New-York tribune., 1879-01-17


early morning. The rivers were nearly free from iee'
Onlya few vessels came in fiom sea- The steamship
Alias, of the South American Line; the Fisia OF IN"
Ilamhurg-Amrrcan Line; iho CjtY of Washington, 81
the Havana Lur. alI he B'rmUdl SigamshI? tahlh',
t6o Wh star steamship Adr2tc ant tho stItc ot cav
irrn'. ~ thc state Inc were postponed untu a IN
to-day The Ioiuc. o;thc thicoln - - Nl' was rcl y,
and provisions for Hayio. Tho Italian bark I3'ia,
from Plymouth for Npw-Nork IN ballast, Mcht ashore
yesterday morning ~ Deal Bcgch. Ashmy PaIk. iir
crew refused 30 leave TIE vessel tnr Coast "r'ck'nE
COMPANY sent Captain Young - the Stranded F'sc, 70
make arrangements - float h"r oH. Two llshtcrs oi
cargo from tne steamship Vadlcator ashore 1t S'nt
stor house. staten Hand yesterday. The wr'ck'r.
we're obliged 10 suspend work Oh the vessel because oi
thc storm.
ACCIDENTS AND INC!DENtS
p. Courtney. the man whose skull reported fr'c-
tUr5d by fa on ;hc steps Of the Tweuy-hird street
station Of the Third Avenue Elevated Railroad "n
Wednesday evening, lay in a scini.un"onsc'oHS ana
sreechless state yesterday at Bellevue Hospital. There
ia fracture OF the skull out lie Is sunei-
1t had not been discovered YESTERDAY after
Xacly who Courtney was. The Tag attached Ia
h,- ciOtLng and two or three tEcVht'N. ln MS
pocG. give reason to suppose mat De- !, an cmp"l :"
ncv yesterday, SAID Ac recognized hii, ana mat ne
would inform C'uuucy's friends The f:ct that Court
sem 10 indicate that he lived somewhere in the neigh
Oorhood o1 rwcnt} -lirtst. aud Third ave.
nee had occI.rel i'm ~ ,l0ad OF J.ru.aIcm." on
opposite "a" Aradonv o Muse. The r,-
due 10 the loan of ladder rom nook ana Ilh'
tcnf WIN n was Eeayy wer.h,Cd witn snow IRON the
tops Of the buildings each >ld"
\ new awning ~ Murphy bUicl or st re nj Madison
ard CGthcrHc-stS fell DccauS" II me snow on H. II
was damaged 10 the HmoUut 0f 300
AS d. Murray, of Bellevue Iiu-i ld. on lis way
his nome ~ 80 Jl2 COmHuuIpdW-dN" he fell on ttc
ice aud blok" hls cS
ABOUND THE CITY.
The storm was very severe IA Brooklyn. The snow he
gan TO fail soon after 8 p Wednesday. md CON
tiurcd without interruption W,I nearly yestcr-
dav So raud was the ral that some OF the street.
ralroa 1, sweeper, were set at wo.k b. midnight and
run continuously to cp The tracks clear. Neycrthc
los. ti,rr was A rucd deal OF detention in travel
~ thc lay a.! Only Har 2. fVcut'F usual They
were crowded o their utmost capacity ou al YOSt every
trip 1uc 1c to the depth o plnc or ten incneS
flril%tU q IICl HdtIV>t a. Hl men NhO
a liypIbpoI hV sweeping -tuo uS a8I sidewalks.
In jersey Civ and HUuoken 70" suow diitcd c'u>ic-
erai, ,urip tine day Tie teams a. the different lines
laycd. Iat ir,ry-boat- made thor regular tiiS. Inc
,cal trains upon the Genital Railroad OF NeWJCrsvy,
the Pcuu-yi,,uIa E..ir'ai, and the NeT-I"rk, Ian"
'.ue aud Western Railroad were on time, but through
The storm trpp led travel seriously ana caused Great
Inconvenience, lu Newark. / large force of men was
cEpoyod by the CiIy, but at late hOur IN the day
strcct-crcsSIn.s sin covered with Snow 10 the
depth Of feet. snow began {" 1i a-ain at dlSH.
On staten Island The snow, b"u% dr. ana not heavily
s.atcu Isiand Railway. and the trains made their tlips
ouly q little behiUd time The staten Island shore
Horse Railroad Company WAS compelled to take on IL
rfs carly in tie day aud substitute ~Cighs. Tue snow
.torln caused the auspcns0u IN the work of cutting leo
from tne ponds and brooks about the island.