St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-27
DOWN IN The DRIFTS.
The Elements Having a High
Old Time From Seattle
to Bangor.
New York State the Center
of the Greatest Storm
of the Year.
Vessels Move Gingerly Be-
cause Of the Density
of the Fog.
traffic Generally Impeded,
and in Some Places Alto
gether Suspended.

New YORK, Dee. 26.-To-day's storm
on the water was much worse for navi-
CATION than the heaviest fog. Every
thing in the line of steam craft was in
terrupted. and the movement of vessels
propelled by sail was suspended alto
gether. The snow fell so rapidly on
the upper bay that even those trusty
guardians of the customs service, the
revenue cutters, hung close to their
wharf adjoining the Staten Island ferry
house, and did not venture out. A pc
euliar feature of the storm was that
while the wind was unusually violent
OH the land, there was scarcely any on
the water. The sea, too, was as smooth
as the upper Hudson in midsummer.
and the snow was lett III complete pos
session. A heavy storm of binding
snow is raging along the entire
coast from Sandy Hook to Cape
May. The air is so thick with
snow that it is difficult to look any dis
tance out to sea. Telegraph and tele-
phone wires are down. and it is feared
there are wrecks along the coast which
have not yet been reported on this ac-
count. Supt. HavenS has ordered the
entire life-Saving service along the coast
to patrol their caches and look out for
wrecks. The name of the schooner
ashore on Deal beach is Yale. She
wants no assistance from the men of
the life-saYing station. The sea is very
high and fears are entertained for the
vessels safety. Reports continue to be
received from oil parts of New York
stale showing a heavy fall of snow
and consequent interruption of
traffic. In the Mohawk valley
the storm is unusually severe.
At 6 o'clock this evening more than
eight inches of snow had fallen at AM
sterdam. and it was Still showing hard.
Railroad travel is greatly delayed, some
of the through trains being from two to
three hours late. West Shore freight
trains have been stalled in the SNOW
this afternoon, and the Hangers nave
been started out. At Lockport the fall
of snow has been continuous through
out the day, but is not heavy. The
SNOW is not drifting badly. The tem-
perature in the morning was reported
at 10 above zero and at o'clock it had
risen to 25 degrees. AT Ithaca the
storm continued throughout the day,
with street car traffic suspended. At
Watertown the snow has been falling
rapidly, accompanied by mild breezes.
The thermometer last night was
below zero and this morning above
zero.
RoNDoUr, N. Y, Dec. 26.-The
severest storm of the season set in this
morning and snow has been falling con-
tinually since About eight inches on
level has fallen all along the upper
Hudson. The thermometer is below the
freezing point.
BINGHAMToN, n. Y, Dec. ga
heavy snow Storm set in about this
morning and has been raging unlnter-
ruptedly since. About ten inches of
snow has fallen, but owing to the light
quality no serious results are reported.
All the electric car lines in the city are
tied up and horse car travel is impeded.
Trains on the Erie and Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western roads and
branches entering this city are reported
OH Time.
UTICA, N. Y, Dec. ga severe
storm is being experienced throughout
the Mohawk valley. The weather is
quite cola, the wind is very strong and
SNOW is falling in large quantities.
Trains on all the railroads and the en-
tire Sy stem of over thirty miles of elec-
trio street railroads in tins city is tied
up, the G irs being stalled on the streets,
and in Inc cases off the tracks.
SARA.JAC LAKE, N. Y, Dec. 26.-
Snow began falling this afternoon and
still continues. The thermometer reg
istered l3 deg. below zero last night. but
has been rising throughout the day and
is DOW 10 deg. above.
CANISTEo, n. y. Dec. 26.-Snuw has
fallen to depth of from twelve to tif-
teen inches throughout Steuben county
to-day. Trains on the Erie road are
from two to four hour late
SARATOGA, n. y, Dec. ga driv-
ing SHOW storm set in at O'clock this
morning and still continues. From eight
10 twelve inches of SHOW have already
fallen. causing much delay to traffic.
Trains on the Delaware IL Hudson are
from two to five hours late.