Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-22
4 TRE MENDous STORM
sweeps Thronah the North; Trafts~is sns.
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One Of the most terrific storms that has
not been equalled since 1855, swept
through the North, and was very severe
in the state Of New York. The state is
absolutely showed under. The Oldest
person never saw 1t so severe. Not one
train was dispatched by either Erie or
the Central, something unprecedented.
Telegmms from distances Of 200 miles
have the same story to tell, namely.
sits the worst storm ever known here.n
Snow drifts in the business streets Of the
Metropolis are AS deep as in the country
districts. Grown persons have never saw
the like. Ambulance horses at different
hospitals were completely worn out early
In the night, and calls in many cases
could not be responded to. The East
river, between New York and Brooklyn,
was frozen hard, and many people crossed
on the ice. Business was suspended. All
telegraph wires were down. Most Of the
people who got to business were unable
to get home at night, and hotel accom-
modations were strained 10 their utmost.
Stores and offices were converted into
sleeping apartments for the benefit of
employees. Many girls were COM
PEELED to accept such quarters. a
majority Of the theaters closed.
A woman absolutely froze TO death at
the corner Of Broadway and Fulton
street, popularity supposed to be the bus.
lest four corners on the earth. In hun
dreds Of streets, loaded wagons were
abandoned and the horses taken TO the
nearest stables. George Barrymore, an
importer and dealer in hops, was found
frozen stiff in q snow drift in Seventh
avenue. Barrymore lived with his wife
and family in Osborne fla.s in Fifty-frst
street and Broadway. He started for his
Office down town, and il Is supposed he
became exhausted aud dropped by the
way unnoticed. The body of Annie
Halpin Fisher, aged about 80 years, was
found In the night frozen stiff in q
hallway in west 3gth street, where she
lived. She was once well known in the
social world, but had fallen into bad
habits.
The storm ragged at Albany, n. Y. It's
equal has never been seen in that yicini-
". Only twenty-three Of one hundred
and sixty members Of the Legislature were
present at roll call, and probably il will
be several days before session will be
called. A train which left Rochester
was stalled about flyemiles tout. About if
" members and senators were on board.
No provisions could be obtained for the
snow-bound party until the next day,
when they ate frosted ham and potatoes.
A Rochester millionaire and a Buffalo
statesman cooked for the hungry passen-
gers until oil were provided for. Astock
train issnowed in, and the stock all froze
TO death. At Saratoga forty inches Of
snow have fallen. The wind Is blowing
from all points Of the compass. The
snow Is badly drifted. At Troy il
showed for forty hours, and the ground Is
covered 10 the depth Of four feet. A
milk famine is threatened II the blockade
Is not soon cleared.
Railroad men who have attempted 70
open communication between Baltimore
and Philadelphia report the railroad cuts
drifted twenty feet deep or more and the
snow frozen solid In the broken country
north Of the Susquehanna river. The
worst trouble was at the Long bridge
over the Potomac, where men could not
work on account Of the high wind and
intense cold. From Alexandria south,
the wires are intact and will be working
between Washington and Alexandria TO
afford nromnf telaUranhic communication
Southwark Washington Is noted for It's
cksngeable climate, hut there Is nothing
upon record, within memory, more re-
markahle than the change from the
spring-like mildness to the furious snow
and rain, followed BY the freezing gales.