New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-04
THE CITY COVERED WITH ICE.
MANY FALLS IN CONSEQUENCE.
PEOPLE WHO WEIR UNABLE TO STAND on sLIPPERl
PLACEs-TE LEGRAPH WIRES BROKEN.

PLACEs-TE LEGRAPH WIRES BRoKrN
When the dim light of dreary, cloudy morning
broke over the city yesterday il found coating OF
thin ice over streets ana houses. Sidewalks were
sheets o. glass and the steps of houses were frozen
cataracts. The trees in The parks and squares were
sheathed in an icy covering, and had the
sun been out would have become crystal
forests. As it they stood in the
loaden light with an added desolatcness. After
hrca fast the whole city went out OF door, and sat
down in various places in an emphatic manner.
Porly and respectable business men stepped from
the doors of their brown-stOne fronts, buttoncd
their coats around them and then sat down on the
front steps Generally they did not sit there long,
but got up and talked that their wives
sent the children away from the front win
dows Sweet young men with banged hair
sauntcrnc 10 their daily Incidence, lost their eye
glasses and their dignity in vain attempts to navI-
gate the icy sidewalks. Skates were the only
proper things to wear on ones feet and there was
an unverifed rumor that ice boats were TO be sub-
stituted for street cars. IL was surprising how
many people got tired and slid down on the side
walk to think about 1t. A young man going hur-
redly down Broadway suddenly found
himself fat the pavement He was
up again in fash, ooh, keep
Your scat" said polite stranger who was passing
Z" beg Won will accept it," replied the young man,
as the stranger in his turn went down. The police
were completely dcmoraized, and stalwart patrol
men houudored helplcssy along their beats, hoping
that everybody would he good and not want to be
arrested. Every one seemed to tumble TO the
81 nation with remarkable unanimity.
But to many people the ice was no joke. for Il
broken limb takes the fun ont Of the most ridicu-
lous fall There were large number Of accidents re-
ported by the poccn the ofthe day. and there
were still larger number that not reported,
the victims retiring TO the privacy of their own
homes and sputs and baulaceS. The worst If II
was. the sidewalks looked 50 innocent. They lay
there milling brnignlv ordinary occasions ard
it was only when they caught the unsuspecting
wayfarer by the heels aud sent him
through the air IN p1rabolic curve that heir
wickcdncss became apparent. II was palnful 10
see nidllc-aged. respectable looking man. walk
ing quietly along the street, suddenly throw ma
hands above his head. paw the air wildly ana then
deposit him elf i'm q heap on the walk Lamp-posfs
were in great demand, and every one who went MP
hieht ar steps regarded thc balu'rtde ~ ms best
friend. UJTs.s slipped in the street and men
slipped the sidewalks, and to the casual
observer ~ looked rs II everybody ana every
thing was intoxicated. only there was 20 casual
observer. for all wcTc affected alike. II was
good dsy for studying astronomy. and many per-
sons saw not star AZ midday bu whole cnnsiel-
rtious 50 Tho whole city slipped Hud sid, aud
gldcd ard fell. until noon. when slight thaw set
a
than II Ina been To Doe sure 10 lacked the Wild
exhilaratiou that attached 10 u IN the morning.
The sense Of danger, without which u" sport - '"ll
10 Ice perfect, was waning, hui people dh NOT
cruuhle. he morning furnished excitement
enough Tor one day To "a peaceful city k' New
York IL grow sloppy a. che day wore on. q III
people who esca pod breaking their limbs IN the
morning hal an excellent opportunity 10 eaten
pneumonia. the weather was accommodating ia
IGe lie on the lake m Central Par, was IN
q very bad condition and rendered ska ing almost
impossible All the afternoon light mist, cold a!d
penetrating. hung over the cly. ana through N Oh
ircjs doomed with al indiSiluCt ya.tucs- There
vas comparatively little ice M the riNcr- excepting
l.. fine 4 II. slips whore ~ collected q such
tent ~ to render ~ difficult for thc boats o max"
landing \ ferry boat would CONS INTO lis -l WITH
a full head of steam and shake the Ice u lltile.
n zn,H and % SSmc back ISA again as if It
meant business ard knock the Ice ont IN just two
r'unds, Marqui, OF llo"o.en rules. Among tie per
sons who tel Oh account OF the zee was 1uperniend
en- Wal ing. IL was Just leaving MS house when
his feet slipped from under him and no fell on the
Stone steps. lie was MOI seriously h.rt however.
Tho following persons who were injured BY failing
were reported hy The police:
BATH LEwIs. sKtccn years Old. broke HE q arm BY
fan Tsur and thc Bow rs ~ 1880 3D. IN. He
wa!keI 10 Police lirndqnar rr- whore ~ arm vas
baudagra b. an ambulance tnTg,og. Aile'""ias ne
ssEI EiIABEr. seventeen years Old fc Ia mont OF
her home a. 80. AL West Fory ninth ~. o. 10 m
and wa- Injured d Iu-Y SIM was ca.I!ei ~ % 'Ae
house by her friends, aud ATTENDED by phl sic.an
D,rKtrYi Ions si SO. 4i0 East Twcntlcrh-st while
opening tue shutters 81 MoAlpIn's csar factory ~
No. III Avcuu,-D. where Ac was employed -
WHtchuan slipped ON Ia icy grating 10 iIoht Ui ne
building At ga H.. and struck his bead on an ron
raluu.. Hc received severe injuries . his face.
Tnc DO ica sent MIN 10 b. l.yuc Hospital.
UAfTTAR. NICHArG, ~ No. l2@ Johu'oua', bTo"ayn,
broke one 81 mis- fingers while irving % save nlm-,f
from "a iuli a. -Irng-sf and thg BOw'rf ~ 10 %.
H. Hc went home alter h- finger ha b .cu uu1
up ny surgeon a. tac Mulberry street Police
TT non.
KuLfr> JonS. age tiry nine, OF 40 ll3 West rHcniy
ceycuth-sl., fen ~ Niuih.tYc. aud twenty seventh
e. al 10 "a. and hr he hi- irtt lex. Inc police
sout him 10 the Ncw \ .iA hosplial. 49,
MINAUNN, hiIrN ag' hfY-Ifc. ~ No III West IhriJ-
nrn-4t. fell a. IHrty-nftu-rt AMI Niuth-tvc. az
f. IA. AMI dI.lOclttd his right hip lie vas removed
to nis home aud attended 10y Or Goodwin, oi west
Ihuty-hf' h-si.
gCIiLloS, LLILN, hOmeC,, woman slNy-thter years
old. fc tie oro--wak at Houston aud sheriff
st- a. "a. Iu. and bf1hc Acr lrf. leg She Was Ge
fuotrI to I. llcvur Hurpltal.
SMITH J. irS ~. m nine, borcr ~ No. 53 W -
iort,-ih.r r.. fell Ht 10 "a. 90 TyouurtAst To-
tween seventh ana Eish'h nver. ana disl Gated
uu. lIt To tht NtN 1hlh inaIl. a.
The " res o. the Western Union Telegraph M
many gave ont west OF Buffalo az II a. m. ycsicr-
da,. Everything q, Buuno and fer some distance
vc.t Of that city Was SAID Co he cncas-i m lee, ana
~. WEIGH. Of the ice broke The WIS The super
iuf eud.ut OF the OpcrailnFroOn al the
Western Union office SAID 10 IFlBI ~
rep1rirr shortly before midnight that he expected
10 have "a wire III operation W'St "i buHhn every
minute Al the Mutual Union Office he same stale
nf INN 81 e. i-ted. Tho wire of that company vest
of Icyrlald cav. ont al = O'clock. aut ht"i lh the
evening "A the wires west OF Bunaio. II va hld
nj tins ONCE tha "a wire would b" pui IN operation
west of Buffalo to-iay. but IL would b" %tcA be-
fore a the damage doAe hy The STORM '"uid pc IT,
paired.
THE STORMS IN1HE WfST