New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-19
TIE STORM WIDESPREAD.
THE LOWEST BAROMETER IN EIGHTEEN YEARS
RECORDED AT BoSToN-BAD wAsHoUTs ON
THE RAILROADS AND SEVERAL MAR
ROW EsCAPEs-DESTRUCTIoN IN
THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY
SNOW IN NORTHERN
NFW.YORK
fsY rsAEeRArH TO THE TRIBUNAL

Psuehkeepsie Dec 18-Ihe storm yesterday Gro
ated havoc In what Is known as the Shovel Cut
river half mile west OF the Poughkeepsle
Bridge terminus The embankmens OF the cut, twon
ty-Hve feet high, tImbled In, and the tracks for
thousand feet are covered with mud three feet deep
A steam drill was carried $50 feet by the torrent
and cars were thrown over the edge OF an omoank
ment A locomotive is embedded in mud four feet
deep, and the western end OF the cut Is now pono
damages, and the loss cannot be calculated. The
most serious part Is the detention OF the work Oh
the bridge approach.
ALBANY. n. Y. Dec 1s.-The storm which prevailed
here yesterday and ended to-day was equivalent to
two feet of snow. Rain fell steadily yesterday and
last night and after midnight It showed for sew
eral hours Tho Hudson has risen rapidly and Is
overlooking the piers and wharvcs OF the city.
rise OF over seven feet was noted at noon to-day
Locally the storm had many OF the characteristics
of last years blizzard. The lowest barometer ever
eeoed BY the signal @ 4cer sSr mere sSugb the south
wind blowing and the falling OF the mercury
will probably check the flood
Troy, Dec. 18-The ice which formed last Week
in the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers at this oty was
weakened last night by rain, and this morning broke
up and moved south. At noon to-day tho water had
risen fifteen feet since last evening, reaching me
high water mark Of last springs freshet. namDer per
was carried on a cake Of Ice from Waterford mile
down the river. boat pursued and rescued him.
Amsterdam, N. Y, Dec. 1a-Ihe water In the
MohaWk at lhlS pacc mas risch Coneiuoiaoiy oiA"e
last night, and the houses on tho nats IN tho
Fifth Ward flooded
Lockport, n. Y, Dec. 1a 6peciaD.-Snow began
falling early this morning and has continued more
or less all day. Trains late and there are no
connections from New York nor mails tonight
Canajohare, n. Y, Dec. 1s.-A blizzard in the
Mohawk Valley to-day caused trains the Central
and West Shore Railroads delay OF from two TO
four hours. The Mohawk River is high.
oswego, y. Y, Dec. 1s.-All trains in and out
of Oswego are delayed by the storm. All the tels-
four inches of snow has fallen and IL Is drifting
badly.
Watertown, n. Y, Dec ia severe dcet storm,
turning to snow, prevailed here last night Two or
three inches of snow fell. Telegraph wires to the
north and south Of this city arc damaged, but not
In this immediate vicinity.
saranao Lake, n. Y, Dec. Is (SpeciaD.-The
heaviest storm Of the set In last night.
Up to this evening snow had fallen TO depth of
loot The Thermometer is ten above Zero
All tho trans which arrived at the Grand Central
Station during Monday night and yesterday morning
were late and reported heavy storms and washouts
IN the northern part OF the STATE and western lines
The Chicago and Cincinnati express, which due
hero at IL rs a. m. yesterday did not arrive until
80 p. m, and the conductor reported that owing
to the heavy rains and high winds the Mohawk River
had flooded the tracks. and In places near Palatne
Bridge the water was almost a level with the car
lalforms. The Washington express from Boston,
wh.ch comes over the New-York. New-Haven and
Hartford Road and was due at Forty-second-
st. at . :09 a. m. yesterday, did not arrive until
80. The Chicago limited was five hours late and
arrived in New fork at m yes ertaI; Jay ,.ina thls
except during last winter when the travel was
delayed by heavy snoWdrfts.