Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-17

Two GREAT CITIES PARALYZED.
How New York and Breeklyu Were
Buried Under tho SNOW.
The delayed New YORK. daily papers which
reached this city yesterday, including all pub
lished since Sunday, are full Of the particulars of
the great snow storm which paraiyzed business
and pleasure alike In the big metropolis in the
cary days OF the week. Whole pages are given up
10 the detailed accounts The head lines over the
storm matter In Tuesday mornings Sun-nearly
three pages OF it-are as follows:
blizzard was Klng-The Metropolis Helpless
Under snow-Hardly q Wheel Turns-Business
Knocked Flat as II by Panic-Plays, Trials, Fun
erals All Poetponed-kifty Train Loads OF Pas
sengers stuck on the Main Lines-Where They Are,
Heaven Knows-A Wonderful Change in Our
Eg and Moving sPryng On Us In
GOT INTO Town or Got Out OF It."
AGRAPHIC PICTURE OF REMARKABLE SCENE.
Tne sun OF Tuesday says: "At q quarter past
O'Clock Monday. when the extremely modified sun
light forced its way to earth, the scene IN the two
great cities that the bridge unites was remarkable
peyond any winter sight remembered by the peO-
pie The streets were blocked with snow-drifts.
Inc car-tracks were hid, horse-cars were not in
Sne Ishse ., possibilities wind OF wiId velocity
Durdened with soft, wet, clinging snow, only here
and there was wagon to be SEEN only here and
whistled. banged, roared, and moaned as
IL rushed along. 1t fell upon the house
SIDES sides In In. fearful gusts, IT strained great
houses, pressed against doors so that It was al
most dangerous 10 open them. 1t was visible,
IL came in whirls, 1t descended in layers 1t shot
along IN great blocks, 1t rose and tell and cork
screwed and zgzagged and played merry havoc
carry away. It was Monday morning. when q day
OF rest from shopping had depleted the larders In
every house, and yet there were no milk-carts, no
Dutcner-wagoDS, no basket-laden grocer boys, no
bakers carriers In great districts no attempt was
made TO deliver the morning papers. The cities
were paralyzed"
Wednesdays Sun says: "The snow had ceased
10 faI during the darkness preceding Tuesdays
dawn, but Tuesdays daylight was accompanied
car corporations made no efforts 10 run cars 1t
was all new 10 New Workers. Here were men tun-
neiiing through drifts higher than their heads to
cean the sidewalks; there were others shovelling
their way TO the wagon ways TO get out OF their
houses; elsewhere were letter-carriers bawling to
people IN doors to come out over ten-foot SHOW
neapS TO get their letters Then there were school,
houses, not open In Two days, walled apart from
the children by unsurmoultable ranges OF snow,
wagon could traverse, and shops whose fronts
We're fortified against their owners"
The New York World OF Wednesday says: "In
the city or New York about i've hundred dead
bodies are awaiting the removal OF the snow drifts
which prevent their tntermenJ, and Brooklyn has
one hundred and fifty bodies ready for burial. IL
any funerals. and while some bodies reached the
burying- grounds there were no tnterments. the
remains being placed In receiving-vauits. Cal
varys receiving-vault holds present about forty
bodies"
Humors Of the Blizzard.
From the New York Sun.
AT 1880 o'clock not a dozen stores on Fulton
street, In this city. had opened for business. Men
were making wild efforts TO clean the walks only
to see each shovelful OF snow blown back upon
han, ,ra<Na
"lIave the girls conner" an employer asked Of his
porter.
Girls" said the porter. ~ have not seen
woman blow through Fulton street since I've been
here
During the height OF the blizzard on Monday q
gardener named Jack Mangin, of Staten Island,
left his comfortable quarters near the stove OF q
saloon to go home for his rubber boots. When he
reached his home he found that he was showed
himself In. Armed with the shovel he DOUBLE
reefed his backbone ana again faced the blizzard.
AS ne passed up Townsend avenue In Clifton lady
called to him from window. "John :" sne almost
screamed, "won't you please get somebody to help
you and dig US Out:"
"YOu are better Off inside, ma'am" replied John.
II had TO go half mile for shovel To try 70 dig
myself In"
"I3ut we have nothing to eat!"
"Well, ma am, Lent isn't over yet, and as sure as
you live this is a fast day."
And he vanished In snowfiakes.
SNOW DRIFT LITERATURE.
These are some or the signs stuck In the snow
drifts:
This bank don't bust"
"COine gentle spring."
"Keep of the grass
"MOunt Blizzard
''Closed Tor repairs TO the weather: viii reopen
In the sweet bye and bye"
"wanted-the wretch who wrote Beautiful
Snow
Somebody, who seemed to suspect the veracity
nj hr t.s.lla 10
standard ONCE on Ann street: Henry George
lies here.n
Tackled TO q rickety chair on snow pile at 4od
street ana 7th avenue was the placard: "MayOr
HewittS Grand stand, March L."
broadway snow-heap bore the pathetic plac-
ard: This Biz Knocks BR."
Twas All Owing to the SUN spots.
From the Rochester Democrat. Marchl4
The great storm which has blocked railways
and caused immense damage by the stoppage OF
business over large section OF country along the
Atlantic seaboard and In Eastern New York and
New England resembles the severe visitations OF
the winter OF 1856 During that winter two great
disturbances ON the sun. which were about one
NTH OF the suns crcumfere9ce. or ive days apart,
The storms forming the pair were just fiye days
apart. During one OF the midwinter vsitatiOns
pIetely fioodIng large section OF that city About
nine inches OF Rain fell In very short space OF time
The storm, which began In the East on sunday,
was "cu pOpuftlOncu W tnc energy Oh the
disturbance on the sun which preceded IL. That
was nrst observed last Friday MORN
ing and described In the Democrat OF saturday.
On Saturday indications Of great commotion were
observed In the spot region, spots forming rapidly
ana a rose-cOi0red fame being observed. The ter
rife storm OF sunday, Monday and Tuesday fol-
lowed. Europe appears TO have suffered Also as
great floods are reported from stria-Hungary.
The heavy snowfall In the East is likely to produce
very high water as soon as warm weather sets In.
AZ some places along the Hudson the snowfall was
4 feet AS stated ON sunday, the solar disturbance
which appeared just before the destructive tor
nado at Mount Vernon, H., will reappear by solar
rotation Today II !t has not disappeared Consid-
cradle magnetic disturbance was observed Tues
day morning, and 1t Is possible the advanced
portion OF the group OF solar spots had appeared
at that time. II this disturbance should renew
the atmospheric commotton the storm period would
be prolonged In very unpleasant way.
A Train Jumps the Track.
TWO sLEEPERs AND COACH BURNED AND THREE
PERSONS FATALLY INJURED.
AT > o'clock yesterday morning an east-bound
train on the Delaware IacEaWanna and westarp