New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-27
NETWORK GOT ALL KINDS OF WEATHER
FIRST 1T RAINED, THEN FELL AND TiIEN
1T SHOWED.

1T SHOWED.
The long threatened storm OF snow. rain ara WIN
reached Ncw-York yesterday and gave TO the unhappy
Inhabitants Of this city a distressing and aDomlhdolc
day. The elimination Of misery attained yesterday
came. however, from a quarter wholly unlocked for By
! the Signal Service officers. The rainstOrm from the
Northwest. part Of which passed over northern Nc"
York on Wednesday, had nothing to do with IT, WINE
that visitation was making its way to the coast by way
OF The 1t. Lawrence Valley, there was born. away DOWN
in Alabama, late on Wednesday, another storm which'
in a few hours. developed energy sufficient 10 delug'
the whole OF the Atlantic states. In the mc'tlunle inc
cold wave from the Northwest, following in the wake
of storm No. |. had a clear course, and between , a. m.
and D. IN. Yesterday reduced the temperatures about
twenty degrees. In New York the rain had fallen
lightly at long intervals all through Wednesday mghi
and early Yesterday morning. With the approach Oh
the storm from the South it grew heavier and more
persistent in combination with the Gfteen-milc wind
from the Northwest. As the temperature approached
the freezing point the rain gradually changed TO a
heavy. pelung sleet, and then shortly after 3 O'CLOCK
snow appeared, and, falling in thick, heavy. wet fakes
took possession Of the city. soon the blacEilcss OF TIC
payements and roadways was hidden under a thlcR
| coating of crystallized white that made the surface OF
the pavement as smooth and slippery as the waxed
| floor Of q ballroom. With the approach of night tho
wind gradually increased until at g 80 O'Clock it was
| blowing at a gait that ranged between twenty ana
twenty five miles an hour. This Is about The Time
| when the majority OF downtown business men, Their
clerks. typewriters and others in the great army
of workers are making their way homeward'
! Tho struggles Of the weary, stOrm-beaten pedestrians
handicapped by umbrellas and heavy ovcrcoatS, TO
reach the elevated roads and surface cars were
ludicrous where they were not painful. The mon
and women who got to the end OF Their Journey WIN
out a fall or q stumble on the treacherous pavement
counted themselves as among the lucky. As usual
the wind seemed to concentrate all It's force at Sprlcc
and Nassau sts.. and the rash persons who tried to
cross the road at that point took an involuntary run
down the steep hill which has so often proved fatal
| 10 the brand new hat. and the silk umbrella. Tic
elevated railroad and street cars were, OF course, packed
TO the guard rail with dripping crowds.
Al 10 80 p. III. the total precipitation for the day
was e~igh,y-two hundredths of an inch. The maximum
velocity of the wind up to that time had been thirty
three miles an hour.
"This storm. which. either in the form Of rain or
SNOW, extends through every part of the country as
far west as the Mississippi Valley. will remain with
us all through tonight" said sergeant Dunn yes
terday. land continuing its northeasterly course II
will 60 of the coast some time tomorrow. The
cold wave will gradually increase in severity until
tomorrow. when the thermometer Will probably
record from 10 to Il degrees below freezing Then
with the departure of the storm, We may look for
clear, bracing weather. which may last over SATURDAY. '
In the early hours OF the day a thick fog hung over
the bay and river. extending also all along the At
lantic coast. II was. however, never sufficiently
dense seriously to impede river traffic. although, with
the arrival of the snowStolm. the boats ran on slightly
slower time. The increasing wind quickly dlspclled
most Of the fog early in the evening. and for tho
rest of the night nothing more than a haze was per
ceptible
Whatever else may be laid to its charge. 1t can be
said that the wind had one good effect. OF itself 1t
was not sufficiently strong to do any serious harm 10
the telegraph service, and by driving the snow before
II in drifts il saved the Western Union wires from
destruction. But for the wind the snow and sleet
would have chung 10 the wires.
We are working well in all directions" sald thc
| acting night superintendent Of the Western Union once
last night. And. although the temperature Is falling.
I don't look for any trouble, unless the wind should
increase In force"
The effects OF the storm In the West and South were
shown in the delay TO the mails, ranging from three
hours 10 twenty minutes. The South mail on the
Pennsylvania road due at 10 a. m. dd not arrive
until q :35 a. m. The mails on the New-for Contra!
and New York and New-Haven roads were all from four
hours to fifty five minutes late. the big delay being
| mainly due to the washout on tho Hudson River, re-
ported In another column.