The morning call., 1890-12-27
Atlantic States Swept by a Ter
rible Blizzard.
all Glasses Of Railway and Marine Traffic
Interrupted.
Vessels Driven Ashore by GaleS-Many Dis
aSterS at Sea Feared Telegraph and
Telephone Wires Down.
Special TO THE MORNING CALI.


trians were few and far between. The sur
face cars made poor progress in spite of the
fact that four horses were trying to do the
usual work of two. The navigation on the
rivers and bay was seriously interfered
with. This storm, which is promised to be
the worst since the blizzard of March, 1855,
has been giving the South taste of its
quality since early yesterday morning, and
its center has worked its way up from
Louisiana to Tennessee. The storm pres
sure is trying to get up an area of high bar
ometer in Lower Canada, and as New York
is in the center of the track she will have
her full share of depression. The Weather
Bureau sent out warnings last night to the
officers of all the Eastern railroads to look
out for heavy snow ard ordered northeast
storm signals to be hoisted.
The mails to-day are late in arriving, the
most serious delays being in the Western
and Southwestern mails over the Pennsyl-
vania roads.
10 days snow-stOrm was worse for
navigation than heavy fog. Everything
in the line Of steam craft was delayed and
the movement of sailing vessels in the bay
was entirely suspended.
A dispatch from Deal Beach, n. j., says
that the schooner Yale, which was anchored
off there to-day, was terribly pounded by
the storm and the crew had to be taken off
by liie-savers. She will probably be total
wreck.
THE HEAVIEST IN YEARS.
WASHINGTON. Dec, 26-Washington has
experienced the heaviest snow-storm in
years, and this morning travel of all kinds
was almost suspended. The snow is ten
inches deep on the level Street-car riding
was precarious, and pedestr,anism difficult.
Through trains from the South and West
were delayed.
The storm yesterday morning in Louisiana
moved to the Ohio Valley during yesterday,
and in the morning was central on tie
North Carolina coast, causing general and
heavy snowfails in the middle Atlantic
States, the Ohio Valley and the Lower
Lake region. A second storm is central in
Northern Minnesota and which, connected
by the barometc trough with the North
Carolina storm, makes the general condi-
tions very unusual Stormy and rainy
weather will prevail, with heavy snowfalls
from the lake regions eastward.
CHICAGO, Dee. 26.-Along the Atlantic
NbdoA, llblh -NOl ltlh " DO7lUU, anu along
the Gulf Coast from Pensacola to New Or
leans, a lunar halo 22h degrees in radius
appeared in the heavens last night. This,
with other remarkable feats performed by
that luminary these last three nights, has
set every old weather dog along South
street and the Battery busy prophesyiug vio-
lent ebulliti0ns OF nature in the very near
future.
COAST WRECKS FEARED
POINT PLEASANT On. j., Dec. 26-Re-
ports have been received that heavy snow
storm is raging along the coast from Sandy
Hook to Cape May. Telegraph and tele-
phone wires are down and wrecks along the
coast are feared. Reports from all parts of
New \ ork State show an exceedingly heavy
fall of Snow and a consequent interruption
of traffic. In Mohawk Valley the storm is
unusually severe, more than eight inches of
snow having fallen to-day. Reports from
New Hampshire state that the snow is the
heaviest in several years. At Bangor
Maine, and vicinity the day was tine coolest
OF the season, the mercury reaching 250 be-
low zero. Reports from several points in
Vermont state that the storm was the most
severe in many years. The street-csrs in
the cities are blocked and the railroads
seriously delayed.
sTREET-CARS TIED UP.
UTICA, Dec. ga severe storm prevails
throughout the Mohawk Valley. The snow
is falling and the trains of all the railroads
are late. The entire system OF electric street
railroads in this city is tied-up
AsHBURY PARK On. j. Dec. GA
heavy snow-storm prevails here three
masted schooner is stranded off the beach
and probably will be total wreck.
SCRANTON, Dec. 26.-Snow has been fall
ing all day and is now half foot deep
The street-cars are not running and rail-
way trains are delayed.
WILKEsBARRE PENN Dec 26.-The
snOw-storm is still raging fercely and snow
IS two or three feet deep in the streets. The
electric street railways and horse-cars are
unable to run. Trains on all the railroads
are delayed and business is practically sus-
pended throughout the Wyoming Valley.
PITTsBURG. Dec. 26-Another big snow
storm is raging here. 1t has been showing
steadily eighteen hours with no indications
of cessation. The trains are all behind
time. Street-car traffic on all but the cable
roads is suspended.
LYNDoNvILLE (Vt), Dec. 26.-The ther-
mometer was $50 below zero last night, and
800 below this morning.
PIERRE Is. Dak.), Dec. 26.-Chinook
winds from the west, carrying binding
clouds of dust, prevail here.
FIRE-ALARM SYSTEM RUINED.
LEXINGTON (Ky.), Dee 26.-The hea3ies.
storm of sleet ever known here occurred
yesterday afternoon and last night. Shade
trees and telegraph and telephone poles were
broken and miles of wire are down. The city
fire-alarm system is entirely ruined.
SPRINGFIELD (Mass.), Dec. &C. - The
storm here Is delaying travel greatly, all the
railroad trains being late, and the electric
street-cars rendered almost useless. Ten
inches Of snow has fallen and it is still COM
ing down.
SrAUNToN Va.). Dec. 26.-Two feet of
snow is on the ground here, blocking all the
country roads.
THE ROOF FELL IN.
ALBANY On. ", Dec. 26.-Two sections
of the roof of the New York Central round
house at West Albany collapsed this after
noon under the weight of snow Three men
were badly injured
PORTLAND (Me.), Dec. GA heavy gale
is blowing from The northeast, with the mer-
curry at 10 degrees above zero. Snow is fall
ing fast and drifts badly. Trains are de-
layed.
CINCINNATI. Dec. 26-It is estimated that
at least seven inches of snow fell here, and
it drifted in many places to depths of two
and three feet. Street-car travel is impeded
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. GA heavy fall of
snow was followed this afternoon by rain,
and tonight it will freeze hard. Many tele-
graph and telephone wires are going down.
The train service on various roads is behind
time. In the interior OF the State the snow
falls to-day ranged from eight to ten inches.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 26.-The heavy snow
storm of last night was followed BY rain
to-day. Reports from Virginia and other
parts of Marylani indicate very heavy
snowfall and much delay to traffic.
PROVIDENCE Or. -, Dec. &C. = The
schooner Bill Stowe of Boston and the