The evening world., 1889-03-12
THAT CRUEL BLIZZARD.
The MOurnful Side of the
Terrible Storm.
Great Roscoe Conkling Meets the
Face Of Death.
The Pilot Boats Went Out to Sea Mover
to Return.

The blizzard left cruel marks along its
course to be reminders for many q year Of itl
terrible force.
Among its victims, first and foremost In the
minds of the American people, was Roscoe
Conkling; for, though his death did not oc-
cur until several weeks afterwards, 1t was the
result of exposure in the storm.
Late In the afternoon of that memorable
March 10 the great statesman, lawyer and
man, having completed his usual days work
at his downtown Office, set out for home.
There was not q cab in sight, and the stalwart
man, indomitable Of will and Herculean In
strength, started on afoot.
1t was three miles to his house. but with
his famous shaggy ulster buttoned to the
chin and Its bread collar turned up about his
magnificent head, Conkling plunged into the
storm. For three hours he struggled. and at
last he reached Union Square almost ex-
hausted. He paused O moment for breath
and then plunged On across the park.
II was another hour before he reached his
Conkling, weary and weak, related the story
of his experiences. Blinded by the storm he
lost his bearings in Union Square park, and
was nearly exhausted when he stumbled into
the right path. For q few days he was i'll.
Then he seemed TO cover; but o relapse
occurred and he died of an abscess of the
brain.
| On March 70, a year ago. the yacht Cythera
set sail from Staten Island for the Bermudas.
her owner, Lawyer William A. w. Stewart,
going on the yacht to sunny chimes in search
of health. Cornelius Smith Lee, of this city,
accompanied him, and q crew composed of
Joseph Phipps, Charles Syenson and six sea-
men, q cool and q steward.
The craft has never been heard of since.
and her people found graves at the bottom OF
the sea. When last seen she was of Barnegat
Light.
were out in the blizzard. and the Enchant-
ress, No. is, and Phantom, No. IL, never
returned. Their crews were lost, as were the
pilots, Frederick Whitehead and John John
son, of Stapleton, s. l. Services in memory
First Presbyterian Church, Stapleton.
The schooners Mary Hoffman and Edward
Cooper. with all on board. were also lost in
the blizzard.
George D. Barremore. a hop merchant in
Water street, set out from his mothers home
in the Osburne Flats at 0. so o'clock in the
morning. At 4.45 o'clock next morning his
frozen body was found by o patrolman. He
had travelled only three blocks-to Fifty
fourth street and Seventh avenue
James Reilly. a bright young newspaper
a was stricken down and died from ex-
posure while making q heroic attempt to walk
to Coney Island to confirm or DENY a rumor
that the Manhattan Beach. Hotel had been
blown from Its foundations into the sea.
Siz other men died from exposure in the
storm, and the list of manned and crippled
reached enormous proportions.
One of the saddest phases of tho blizzard
was the milk famine, resulting from the
b~lockadinR of the railroads and thorough
fares leading to the city. For four days no
milk was received and the suffering among
the children in tenement-house districts was
fearful. hundreds of cases of sickness and
many deaths resulting among the wee little
ones.
Aside from the bigger troubles reported by
the sufferers there was a vast amount Of
lesser troubles and an immense loss of
money, health and comfort,