New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-02

The steamship Rotterdam, which anchored in the
North River Monday was ,Crc9 n 1 }So North River
by an immense field of large pieces oi navy Ic1 Vs.
terday After getting clear OF me psrrier' peI I
nnabe TO ct into her own pier "n account Oh 'he
ice She WAS moorcd to pier at Harbccks Stores,
where she will discharge her cargo
Tie small steamer used as ferry-D0at between
the Ratiery and Governors Island was disabled by
The ice 1 he North Shore Staten Island ferry -h0Gt
Pomona encountered lar field Of ice in the staten
Island Sound, and was also disabled she VII ne
ready for sci vice again to-day. The staten Island
Railway ierry-bOais met with consld, rabbi delay by
tbc nee but we're able to make their regular tIips.
In The rivers there were fields If large cakes of cc
which at tunes spanned the entire width oil the
rivers and the eDh-iiie Of the aiteino on Drought
down the North River from iappin Bay other large
foes The Roosevelt street ferry DO ;! idAio aooul
GA. m. encountered a large E"id oi u'atluH &C.
which extended nearly acr0ss the rNrr nom Catha
riue-st. The decks and cabins w"I" ht'ed VIM men
and women coming TO New York, anU the shock Was
so great a. to throw many from thcr 1'et Inc
Alaska Of the same Jerry, some tle F!ton Terry
boats and several tu.S also struck the lee noe anu
attempted TO cut their way THROUGH, nut th,y were
CARED Al no the river Deore The h'id was bf9Keh
Tie ChaTl. st0n steamship Charleston was being
lowed to tuachS IToh Works 10 he repaired, "hd
being unable to cut through he ice, Heated along
wita il to opposite Nnti.-s'.. l.. It river, wAen she
ran to the per.
The Sound steamers were delayed an honr or more
when coming 70 this c!ty, ow;nH % he great mass
OF ice in Long I>lanG SOuHd. IbC greatest iTauble
was met il me neghbO iiOOd OF Tort schuyler ana
Wholesome The pios report thai tais - tit haiu,
est w;ut-r known on the sound since 1"fti, and
that several sOops. schOOners and her small cla'
are fast ~ the along tue Long Island ara Con
nectcut shores and also iii the bays and harborS on
Long Island.
Tie residents of this ely should have become ac-
crlstOnrd to sOwstOTmS by this time. rs there nave
been seventeen DAYS this winter besides YESTERDAY
ON which snow has falle here. The liCst snowstoim
OF the season occurred November ~ and contained
all night, Two days later there was another STERN.
and on u, ceuber two inches Of snow Tell Deceln-
Der and 3 there was light tall al snow, and De-
cember 13 there was a severe storm which aitSfwau
charged into rain. There were heavy la,is ,crini
h.,1 81 "A audi tUh 81
90 lie first storm this year occurred January
d, which continued the following evening. There
was steady fall January o, which lasted Tor several
hours. rainstOrm began January IA, but 1t
nged in the evening to SNOW. Tue heavy stern
did nn . tsTaG
and 80 The total amount of snow TINS winter Is
over three and a half feet.
EFFECTS IN BROOKLYN AND ELSEWHERE.
The severity of Yesterdays snowstorm, which
was keenly felt in Brooklyn, not due to the
amount of snow which fell, but to the extremely
low temperature which accompanied it. After the
early morning hours the thermometer ranged below
twenty degrees. very unusual degree OF cold to
accompany snOwstOrn. The fne. pOwderv snO W
began to fall, or rather TO be whIled through the
streets and around corners, early IN the morning.
II continued with more or less violence. and with
increasing cold until DOOI. When IL ceased for an
hour or more. Then it began again with more vigor
than before, and persons Obliged to I've ont suffered
severely. The sharp particles OF snow, IKE minute
Ice chips, stung the flesh like nettes. while vigor,
blew the Slow in drifts and caused mich delay to
street in exposed places and the sweepers were
kept in constant motion, drawn by ten horses. Late
in the day teams were doubled on some lines. When
night came it closed upon one of the most unpleaS-
ant DAYS OF this remarkable winter. In the evening
Brook yn streets were nearly deserted every one
not compelled 10 face the binding snow remained
indoors. The police stations Were crowded with
dodgers and much suffering endired by persons
insuihcently fed and clothed.
Yesterdays storm severe on Long Island
The Snow, being accompanied with a nigh WIId
drfted into the many cuts on the Long Island Rail
road and lis branches. filing them IN sGIne places TO
the depth of several feet. On tie sag Harbor Branch
and the Hempatead Plains, where the wind had
fnl sweep, the snow was driven and packed tightly
in the cIts. The fell steadily all dav and ac-
Uumulated rapidly, especially al the east end Of the
island, where the cold severe. The travel
inembered their experiences on the railroad III the
last blockade preieTring to remain at home. The
morning express train from RlverheaL, with
the Sag H.IbOr connection. reached Hunters
Point nearly on time the snow was
then very light. Trains from the Port Jefferson
Branch and those the MOutauk Road also
reached Hunters Point nearly On tine. Trains
from Jamaica to Brooklyn. as well as ITO on the
Flushing and North Shore Road MT with little Ge-
heavy drirt between GaIden City and HYDE Park
and was delayed over two rours. The ightnesS of
the made its repOval easy, hut the nigh wind
made il almost useless to atc0pt TO clear the cute,
and the prospect last evening" Mas tlat there would
lie another SLOW blockade of the Long Island Rail
road. All tire trains reachuG Hunters Point and
Brooklyn last evening were behind tIme but no
serious obstruction Was reported.