The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1888-03-29


sThe hurricass Of Wild al sdow alas
stsrk cover H. sYsrks sd Adjsefnt
6aases last xssk ~ 4 'sblixzasa !" that
Dakota's record has not surpassed. The
cold was excessive and many persons
were frozen to death It different places,
and some even in the streets Of New
York, after falling from fstigue while
struggling through snow drifts. The
following paragraphs from the Geographic
reports indicate the severity of the storm
In New York city:
By 8 O'Clock Monday the snow wss foss or
ever o. me ground. The high wiad caused
three % feer 6sse high. Traf1c was almost sus-
pended. Thousands Of passengers we're block
AIDED On the elevated roadA Horse cars were
entirely unable 10 move. People who left up
tswn By the elevated roads were unable to get
further than Eighth street BY the road. Many
by l1dders and walked the rest Of their journey.
People 10 suburban towns found it impossible to
reach she city.
At7P. II. the storm was increasing, and was
absolutely unprecedented. Business had been
paralyzed. The produce maj kets were all NOM
Q I'd witnesses, even In our murder cases, were
unable TO reach the city. Every street car in
New York. Jersey City aud Brooklyn, and ele-
waited trains, are all stopped.
The Brooklyn bridge and ferries were almost
abandon l. Down town hotels were crammed
with suburbanites. The elevated roads. which
run three thousand. trains daily usually, were
stopped, the first time on record OF thirty mails
that were due between o'clock A. NJ and noon
only two arrived by2 O'Clock p. NJ
At 10 p. n. there was no abatement in the
storm. The thermometer had fallen to four de-
grees and frozen ears and feet were never 30 nu.
merous- Drug stores have been filled with pa
tients all day and !ening. A woman absolutely
froze to death tonight at the corner Of Broad
way and Fulton str cts, popularity supposed To be
the busiest four corners on EARTH Hundreds of
loaded wagons were abandoned in the streets
and the horses taken to the nearest stables.
Where the wind has blown the snow into drifts,
countless accidents from slipping have occurred.
The Astor House alone turned away three hun
dred would-be guests Other hotels have had
similar experiences
At IL P. N. the State of New York was abso-
lutely showed under. The Oldest persons never
saw the equal. Not zone train was dispatched
by either the Erie or Central to-day, something
unprecedented. kilograms from a distance or
two hundred miles have the same story to tell.
At IL o'clock the storm continued unabatcd.
The wind was as furious as ever, but the snow
stopped falling. The snow drifts in the business
streets were as deep as in the country districts.
Only meager reports had been received from the
uptown districts, but in the lower precincts,
where the reporters managed to struggle through
the snow and against the wind, more than one
hundred fractures of limbs and contusiors of
skulls were reported. The ambulance horses
at the different hospitals were completely Yoin
out early in the night, and calls in many ;ases
could not be responded TO.
The railroads are impossible, and hundreds of
trains, both express and local, are blocked with
in few miles of the city. absolutely unable to
move. There are thirty trains stalled between
the Grand Central Depot and Spuyten Duyvil
Snow plows will not work and the excavation
has TO be done by hand.
In Brooklyn business Is generally suspended
There are no cars running on the surface roads
and nearly all the stores are closed
The storm interrupted the sessions of the legis-
latures of three States, New York, New Jersey
and Maryland, forcing adjournment in conse
quence of there being no quorums 10 attend
ance
There was much disaster among the shipping
along the coast and many lives were lost by
drowning or freezing.