Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-16
4 Big SNOW STORM.
New York and the New England States
Visited by the Worst Gale and
Snow Storm of the Season.
The Various Exchanges In New York
City Suspend Operations and Bust.
ness ia at q StAnds.ilI.
Street and EleVased Railways UnSbIs to
Hun Their Cars-PeopIe Housed Up
Like In a Dakota Blizzard.

Hun Their Cars-PeopIe Housed Up
Like in a Dakota Blizzard.
HARDEST SNOW OF THE YEAR.
NEW YORK, March IL The hardest
snowstorm Of the year by far is raging IL
New YORK City. It began early thil
morning and at o'clock there was foo
or over on the ground.
TELEGRAPaIC EMBARGO.
NEW YORK, March 12.-Tne embargo
on telegrsphic communication is slmos
complete, the south being entirely cut OF
The Stock Exchange has just unanimously
adopted the following:
Resolved, that it is the sense Of the
members present that al dealings, so fal
as possible, be suspended, and deliveries
go over till tomorrow, March Is.
AT NEW HAVEN.
NEW HAVEN, Conn +, March IL The
storm IN this vicinity Is very bad. No
trsin has arrived from New YORK. The
snow packs hsrd snd is drifting badly.
/ A WRECK IN THE STORM.
| PoUGHKEBPsIE N, Y, March 12.-At
about O'Clock this morning, during the
binding snow storm, the Atlantic express
tram, bound south Ga the New York Gen.
| tral and Hudson Rivsr Railroad, ran into
another Atlantic express ct Doo5s' Ferry,
demoIisAing several cars. Four persons
were badly ipjured snd both tracks OBJ
structea. All south-bonad trains are held
at TarEytown.
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
NEW YORK, March I2-Buslness is
virtually at s stSrdstill. Down town
houses are almost deserted. 0aly two
trains srrived with nails this morning,
and work at the poslOfice was partially
| suspended. Carriers made two trips but
in many cases had to bring mail back,
ow ng to business. offices being closed
Postmaster Person said he. had not
seen ouch q blockade for 8 mum
Der Of years. All telegraph and telephone
wires IL the city are in bad working or
| der. Hundreds OF wires are down, hSv-
ing been broken by the weight Of ice and
snow. Ferry boats between New York
and Brooklyn and New Jersey are runping
once 6n hour or less. The wind ct IL
m. attained velocity Of sixt7-three miles
an hour. 1t WAS go fierce no town that
people on elevated trains were fearful
lest the train should be bio IN trom the
| track.
SIMPLY UNPRECEDENTED.
EEw YORK, March Ia r M.-The
storm is increasing and is absolutely ua-
precedented. Ali business has been para
ly25d AZ the stock exchange. Less than
10 600 shares sold, the smallest On record
The produce markets were all nominal.
The steamers City OF Berlin and La Cnsm-
payne arrived out. The weather stopped
hn 60
DuEber of cases were unable to STRIVE
Every street car in New York, Brooklyn
and Jersey City Snd the elevated trains
stopped. The Brooklyn Bridge and ferry
were almost abandoned. TIE downtown
hotels were crammed with suourb.ni.es
The elevated roads run 5000 trains daily
usually AID never before stopped. West
erners declare that Dakota never fur
pished the New York blizzard OF to-day
Oh forty mails due between O'Clock and
noon only two arrived By 2 this after
noon. The news from Europe, where
Also trem -ndous gales and snoWstOrms
are occurring, is unimportant and unin-
teresting, mainly relating to the coming
oosequies Of the late Emperor.
A COLLISION.
New YORK, March l2.-At 7:I0 this
morning two trains on the Third avenue
elevated railroad collided st the Seventy
sixth street station. 0le train was at
the station unloading and taking in pas
sengers, with which 1t was already over
crowded. Owing to the snow on the
track the train IVES unable to start.
After it had been standing about
twenty minutes, to the horror
of all, train came rushing down
the Incline from Seventy-fourth street
and dashed inc the rear car. The scene
that followed Was indescribable. The
engine reared 1p On the end Of the last
csr and the steam escaped in great
volumes, but fortunstely rushed up wards
tnus saving the hemmed in crowd on the
forward train as well as those on thatend
Of tie platform.
AT WASHINGTON,
WASHINGTON, March I2.-The storm
that visited Washington yesterday WAS
one of the most remarkable known for
Years; In fact the capitol seemed to have
been the center of miniature cyclone
thOt brought with 1t a binding success /
sion OF RAIN, snow, wind and cold. In the
carry hours Of the day cutters ran high |
and in many places sewers were blocked, |
thus flooding the streets. The heavy
rain continued until about O'Clock
In the afternoon when it turned /
to bliEding snow which
stuck to everything 1t touched and turned
TO ice. AS nigbtfell the heavily laden
wires Segan to come down, andJ
In many places the streets we've bloeEe6ed
oy them so that the street cars had to
turn around and make partial trips. Po-
ice wires were ont of order, and TO add
70 the discomfort OF the night the electric
light began TO Gail. Ay midnight the
;ity was almost IN darkness, save for
eeble gas 4ts that had filckered through
he storm. At the signal 0fioei
o.daY it was learned that the
torn was the result of q splitting |
4 storm that on the day before yester-
sy extended south froIe Michigan. Sat-
rday night IL divided, forming two storm ;
enters, one ever Lake Erie and one in ,
ieorgia. The southern center then began
iimbing H2 the coast, striking Washing I
On yesterday morning. The center itself {
i'd not reach here until about 3 O'Clock
! The afternoon, when the rain changed
} snow. THIS took until nearly mid s
iGnt to Psss, the total rainfall r
to shout II inches. The wind
cached the velocity or tweRty-six miles /
D hour st midnight, but subsidized to {
bout twenty miles this morning. OF {
ape Henry the wind was blowing fifty
We miles yesterday. The railroads lead
e into Washington have been block
led by the sHow, fAllen trees, Z
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