Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-13
. A BLINDING STORM.
Unusually Severe Weather
in the East.
TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN
Unprecedented Reports from New
York City-Tratfic Almost
Suspended.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

NEW YORK, March 12.-The heavi-
est snowstorm of the year is raging.
At 8 O'Clock it was foot or over on
the ground. The high wind caused
drifts, which in the upper part OF the
city were three and four feet high.
Traffic is also suspended. Thousands
of passengers are blockaded on the
elevated roads. Horse cars are en-
tirely unable to move. People who
left up town by the elevated road
were unable to get farther than I ighth
street by the road. Many of the more
venturesome descended to the streets
by ladder and walked the rest OF
the way down town. People in the
suburban towns found it almost i'm :
possible to reach town, so severe were
the drifts.
TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN.
The embargo on telegraphic COM
munication is almost complete. The
South is entirely cut off. The Stock
Exchange has just unanimously
adopted the following: "Resolvei, i,
that it is the sense OF the members
present that all dealings so far as pos
sible be suspended and deliveries go
over till tomorrow, March 13.h."
A SERIOUS COLLISION.
About O'Clock two trains on the
elevated railway collided, one train
running into the rear of the train
ahead. The scene that followed was
indiscribable. The engine reared up
on the end OF the last Car and the
steam escaped in great volumes, but
fortunately rushed upward, thus say
ing the hemmed-in crowd on the for
ward train as we'll as those on that
end of the platform. The eng neer OF
the rear train was killed and a mum
Der OF passengers injured.
ANOTHER CALAMITY.
There was similar accident to that
on Third avenue on the Brooklyn ele-
vated road this morning, but fortunate
ly attended by no casualties. Busi-
ness is virtually at standstill. Down
town houses are almost deserted. Only
two trains arrived with the mails this
morning, and the work of the post
office is partially suspended. A hun
dred telegraph wires are down. The
ferry boats between New York, Brook
lyn and New Jersey are running
once an hour or less. The wind at
tanned a velocity of sixty-four miles
an hour.
PLENTY OF SNOW.
The snow in Western New York il
about fifteen inches deep and still fall
ing. The traffic is greatly impeded.
The storm is general in New York
State, Connecticut and points south.
From all surrounding counties come
reports of the severest snow and wind
storm in years.
ACCIDENT AT DoBBS' FERRY.
About this morning, during the
| binding snow storm, an express
train bound south on the New York
Central ran into another express at
Dobb,s Ferry, demolishing several
cars. Four persons were badly in
| iured. Both tracks are obstructed.
ENENING-WORSE AND WORSE.
7 p. M.-The storm is increasing
and is absolutely unprecedented. All
business has been paralyzed. At the
stock exchange less than $4,000
shares were sold, the smallest on
record. The produce markets were
all nominal. The steamers, City of
Berlin and La Champagne, arrived at
the docks. The bad weather has stop
ped the courts. Every street car in
New York and Brooklyn, Jersey City,
and the elevated trains, are stopped,
and the Brooklyn bridge and ferries
are almost abandoned. Down town
hotels are crammed with suburbanites.
| The elevated roads run 5000 trains
daily usually and have never before
been stopped. Westerners declare
that Dakota never furnished such a
blizzard as that in New York to-day.
OF the for y mails due between 4 A. NJ.
and noon only two had arrived by 9
O'Clock this afternoon. The news
from Europe, where also tremendous
gales and snowstorms are occurring,
is unimportant and uninteresting,
mainly relating to the coming obse-
I
quies of the late Emperor.
At 8 o'clock this evening there was
no abatement in the storm. Frozen
ears and feet have never been so
numerous and drug stores are filed
with patients all day and evening. A
woman was absolutely
FROZEN TO DEATH
Tonight at the corner Of Broadway
and Fulton street a place popularity
supposed to be the wlndiest four cor
ners on earth. In hundreds of streets
loaded wagons are abandoned and the
horses taken to the nearest stables.
The wind has blown the snow into
immense drifts. Countless accidents
have occurred from slipping. The
Astor House alone turned away 300
would-be guests, and other hotels have
similar experiences.
AT NIGHT-sNOwED IN.
10P. NJ New York is absolutely
snow-bound. The oldest inhabitants
never saw its equal. Not one train
was dispatched by either the Erie or
Central roads to-day, something un-
precedented. kilograms from dis
tances of 200 miles have the same
story to tell, namely: 1t is the worst
storm ever known here. The police
authorities say that the storm has not
been equaled since 1856. Most of the
police telegraph wires were broken
down early in the morning, and the
policemen are obliged to tramp many
miles carrying important dispatches.
NAVIGATION STOPPED.
Midnight-Owing to the tremen-
dous gale and terrible snow storm
there have been no arrivals or de-
partures from this port. Navigation
has been almost wholly abandoned in
the rivers and harbor and even the