The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-03-15
Covered With Snow o Foot Deep.

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Covered With Snow o Foot Deep.
NEW YORK, March 12.-The hardest
snow storm Of the year, by far, is raging
in New York City. 1t began early this
morning, and at o'clock was foot even
on the ground. The high wind caused
drifts which, in the upper part OF the
city, were three or four feet high. Traffic
has almost suspended. Thousands of
passengers were blockaded on the eleva.
ted road, and the horse cars we're entirely
unable to move.
People who left up town by the eleva.
ted road were unable to get further than
9th street by the road. Many of the
more venturesome descended to the street
by ladders and walked the rest of their
journey. People in the suburb towns
found it impossible to reach the city:
TROY, N. Y, March 12.-About
fifteen inches of snow has fallen here.
It is still falling. Seventeen inches is
reported at Saratoga and trains are all
late.
CANAJoHAR1RE, N. Y.-Snow has
fallen in the Mohawk valley for "a hours,
and high winds have banked it in the
highways. Railroad trains are greatly
delayed.
NEW HAVEN, CONN storm in
this vicinity is very bad indeed. At IL
q. m. no train had arrived from New
York. The snow packs hard anu is
drifting badly.
WASHINGTON, March ia storm of
mingled rain and snow set in yesterday,
which in the afternoon was accompanied
by high wind, increasing later to
gale. The vet snow clung to the tele.
graph wires and poles and glasses and
offered such resistance to the wind that
before z o'clock all telegraph wires going
out of Washington we're prostrated. No
train has reached this city since daylight
to-day from any point North of Baiti-
more. The first Baltimore train, bring
ing the Baltimore morning papers,
reached here about 1:30 this afternoon.
Tho last train 10 reach here from the
North previous to that time was the
limited express, which left New York at
$40 yesterday afternoon and reached
here at 8 o'clock this morning. The
first train from Baltimore this morning
was obliged to creep its way through q
network of telegraph poles and wire and
stop frequently to clear the track of fallen
trees and scattered timber. The railroad
officials are entirely in the dark concern.
ing their trains, as their telegraph lines
are in the same condition as commercial
wires.
People arriving from Baltimore this
afternoon say the force of the wind was
such that lights were blown bodily from
the railroad signal posts. In this city q
great many trees were blown over, and
practically all the wires were disabled,
but no serious damage was done.
New YORK, March 1913 p. m.-There
is no abatement in the storm. The ther-
mometer has fallen to four degrees.
Frozen ears and feet were never 90 mum.
erous. The drug stores have been filled
with patients all day and evening. a
woman was absolutely frozen to death to-
might at the corner of Broadway and
Fulton streets, popularity supposed to be
| the busiest four corners on the earth. In
hundreds of streets loaded wagons were
| abandoned and the horses taken to the
nearest stables. Where the wind has
blown the snow into drifts countless acci-
dents from slipping have occurred. The
| Astor House alone turned away three
hundred would-be guests. The other
hotels have similar experience.
The State of New York is absolutely
showed under. The Oldest persons never
saw its equal. Not one train was dis.
patched by either the Erie or the Central
Railroads to.day-something unprece.
dented. kilograms from distance of two
hundreds miles have the same story to
tell namely, s'it's the worst storm ever
known here"
The police authorities say the storm
has not been equalled since 1866.
Naw YORK, March 13-There has
been only partial resumption of traGc in
this city. The elevated railroad trains
are running at intervals but they are
wholly inadequate for the requirements
Most business men who have come down
this morning were forced to walk. Sleighs
and carriages were in great demand.
The wind is still blowing furiously aud
the snow is badly drifted, being piled in
many places six to eight feet deep: The
East river was frozen hard this morning
and many Brookgnites walked across il
to the New York side.