Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-03-13
NEW YORK SNOW BOUND
0as woman Freests to Dsath q tie
Corner ef Broadway and Paltsa-
4 Rsesea uassrpaDea.

NEW YoRK. March IL The hardest
snow storm Il the - ar 10 nov raging
A, O'CLOCK the snow wss . foot deep. or
over. on the ground. A high wind eau 60
drtfss which. IN the upper part Of shr ci'y.
were three and four feet high. Trafic
has been sass ended. Thou,Anas OF pas
senEe ase blocked on the elevate
rosaA' The horse cars are enti ccly IN
able 70 move. The pcopis who len no
town By the elevated railroad wcro un
Asse 10 set further than kixhth esrees BY
that n sd. Many Of the more venture
some de. cended to the street By . ladder
and wslkea tie re OF the way down
town: The people IN the suburban towns
found IL almost impose bic ~ reach ;own.
50 severe were the crfftA
The storm II general in New York state.
Connecticut and points south From Ali
surroundin. country reports come VI the
everest snow and wird storm in yeArs
fnird avenue On the Brooklyn elevated
railroad tbs morning, but fos tunaseiy A.
tended ey no Casualties. business 10
virtually at . stands 1. Down town
hsus - are almost deserted. oniy two
trains arrived with NATL this mere ing,
and work at the post flee is pArtiaisy
suspended. Hundreds OF tel graph wires
arc down The ferry boats between New
YORK. Brooklyn and New J rscy arc run
ming only once An hour or lcss Tho wind
stt velocity Of sixty four miles an
hoar.
The embsrzo on telegraph oommunic.-
tons Is aimo.s conpi. te. The sou,h Is
just unan.nously adopted tho following:
Resolved. That Il 10 the sense OF the
mem bers present that all doings. % tas ..
possible. be suspended. 1. n d deliveries go
over tiil tomorrow. March i3,h
Ab)ut O'Clock two trains on the South
Avenue elevated railroad lliied. one
train sunninR into the rear Of the train
ahead. Too sce that feIlowea was in
deecriblble 1be engine reared up on the
end OF the last car and steam eec APE d IN
volumes, but forlunasly rushed upwards,
thus saving the hsmmed in crowd on tie
forward train As well - thos, ON that ID
OF the platform The engineer on the
pa spgers were injured.
= ABSOLUTELY UNPRECEDENTED.
Nkw YORK. March III p m.-The
precodenied. Al, business hA, been par
alyzsd. The sales on the stock exchange
were less than SIS 90. the tmaljcs. on
record. 1he produce marsets were ali
nominal. The weather has evei stopped
The courts.
Every street car in New York. Brook
lyn and Jersey City and the ei-vated
bi idxe and the ferries arc almost Aoan-
bSned. lhe downtown hotels are
crammcd with euburbaniteA The ele-
waited roads wc.e never be orc stopped.
Hestcrners dec aie III OAK ota never fur.
nished an equal Of New Yolks bl N ~ d OF
today. Of The forty mails between (
. clock and noon oniy two have arrived
By clock this aftern Don.
The news frum Europs gave accounts Of
trem Edous gales and snow storms The
news was uoinportaat and un!nteresting.
mainio ria ing to the coming obs quies
Df tho late emperor.
At9 O'Clock this evening there IL no
Abatem. Mt OF tie storm. frczea ears and
lect were never 90 numerous. The drug
stores were nj Cd with patients all day
and evening. A woman absolutely fr re
death tonight 1T the corner of b DAD |
way and Fui on streets. popula " suS-
20 ed to be the bus lest four corners on |
sarth. In hundreds OF streets loaded /
" .gons have been abandoned and The |
horses taken to the nearest stables. The |
win 4 has bl )wn the snow into imme nse /
irifta Countless accidents have occurred |
rom slipping. Tho Astor house. alone. |
urned away 800 would-b, guests. Other
hotels h We similar exp riences.
At 10 o'clock New York wAs absolutely |
Inow-Dound. Tho Oldest inhabitAats |
,ever saw its equal Not ono traia was /
dispatched b. eitner the PennsylvAnis or
1entral today. something unprecedented. |
felcgrans from dist Ances Of two hua-
lred miles have the same story to tell.
lsmely: The worst storm ever known
lsre.
The police authorities say that the storm
las not been equAlled since ls55. Most OF
he police telegraph wires were broken
lown early In the morning. and the police
len are obliged to tramO many miles to |
AIRY important dispatches.
EXPRESS TRAINS coLLIrE.
PouGuKEsPsIE n. Y. March IA
bout s O cioc< this morning. during tho
'lIadiog snow storm. the express train
eund south on he New York Cent q
an ito another express at Dohbs Ferry. |
emo teh ng several cas-. n persons
Fere badly Injured. Both tracks are OBJ
IN CONNECTICUT.
NEw HAVEN. Conn. March I2.-The
torn In this vicinity Is very bad. At II
clock no trains had arrived from New
Iork.
IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
TROY, N. Y, March l2-1he snow In
! stern New York Is about fifteen inches
cep and IL is still falling. Traflc has
cen greatly impaired. L.
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