New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-26
STORMS ON LAND AND SEA.

THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON.
SAFEGUARDING on TnANKsGIvfSG DAY-ANoTHER
COLD WAVE APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH
wEsT-THE TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY IN THIS
CITY AND ELSEWHERE.
A snowstOrm enveloped this city near midnight
Wednesday. and snow fell slowly during the suc-
ceeding hours of the night The early morning
light yesterday disclosed The city in a winter garb,
streets, yards and housetops were covered with
snow. About an inch had fallen in the night. The
sun broke through the gray clouds about 10 a.
NJ. there was a warmer temperature, and the snow
disappeared from oil sidewalks exposed to the suns
rays. while IN the streets botches OF black mud ap-
peared through the white surface III the afternoon
the clouds again gathered At intervals there
were furries Of snow, and at D. m.
the snowstorm set in again IN ear
nest The parks had been crowded with chill
dren merrily playing with their sleds, but soon the
open spaces were deserted and the walks and the
grass were msntled in white. The streets resumed
the appearance of the morning. Throughout
the remainder of the afternoon 1t showed at times
with a ferceness that amazed persons compelled to
be out of doors.
The storm was part of great one that prevailed
during the day throughout the United States. In
the South it took the form Of rain in the North OF
snow. At q. IN. it was raining at Au-
gusta Knoxville, Mobile, Montgomery Nashville
New-Orleans, Norfolk, Shreveport and Vicksburg
Snow was falling at the same hour IN Boston, Cairo,
Chicago, Cincinnati EastDOrt, heokuk, NeW-LOn-
don. Omaha and Philadelphia.
The snOwstOrm the fOreTunner OF another
great polar wave Of cold which is now coming from
the Northwest. The wave first reported by
officers OF the Signal Service on Wednesday night
As early as a. yesterday Its influence was
already perceptiDle in the Northwestern states:
An unusually high barometer accompanies tho cold
wave 40 that in the opinion Of :he Signal Service
Officers it cannot help striking New-Iork As It -
travelling slowly eastward IT'S power VIII NOT be ieIt
in this city much before midnight or Tomorrow
sometime In st. Paul, MIMI, at p, III.
the thermometer registered 1J' below
zero--a fail in tweniy-iour hours ot 10
degrees In La Crosse, Wisconsin. It was ~ below
zerO-a fall of 1OO in Dnluth, IL below zero
"a fall of %; ID Chicago 10 above zero-a fall OF
10 in Caro-. 2So-a tall OF 10; in Keokuk, 150-a
fall of 80 in Omaha, So-a rise of % In ST. Louis,
17o-a fail of 100; in Toledo 190-a fall OF 80; IN
Davenport, 12o-a fail Of so; in North Platte, 40
below zero-a fall of 40 ~ Milwaukee; 81 ab0ye-a
fall of 10; in Madison. Wis. 4o-a fall OF 60; in
Detroit, 15o-a fall OF 5o IN Alpena, l40-a fall OF
In New-York the Thermometer registered zee at
a. M This was rise of u IN twenty-fOur hours.
The thermometer rose in other eastern cities. In
Boston it stood at 2so-a rise Of 10; IN Easitport
MT 29G-a rise of 150; in Ncw-LOndon at IA
rise of 10, and in Philadelphia at 31e-a rse OF
90 The barometer fell in this city ard the
wind Veered about 10 the northwest. lhls second
cold wave closes the Hudson and the canals tor
good y said Signal Service officer yesterday. Canal
DOatInen and produce merchants also expressed
fear yesterday that navigation between New lork
and Buffalo had ceased for the year.
fell on the sidewalk at Broadway aud Tenthst. last
evening and broke his arm
Marcus Kress. age ffty-f0ur, of No. 424 SIXTH
ave. accidentally fell at tourth-st. and Avenue-A
ami received a fracture OF the left leg.
Patrick BrOgan, age iorty-SeVen, OF Ienth-aYe
and One-hundred-aDd-slxty- -hr5t-st, 1cI at Jenth-
ave. and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
broke bis right ankle