New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-01-28
TOO MUCH SNOW.
New York Has One of the Worst Storms
in It's History

New York Has One of the Worst Storms
in Its History.
NEW York, Jan. 26.-The storm which
set in at IL o'clock last night and continued
until noon to-day was the severest Of the
season thus far. About six inches of snow
fell and it was of the wet, clinging kind
that fastened itself to everything that it
touched, loading trees until they were
shorn of their branches or fell PROSTATE
with their trunks snapped off as though
they were mere twigs, and clinging to the
electric wires until they gave way under
the pressure and broke in all directions, or
until the poles on which they were strung
Tell, crushed by the immense weight.
No such work of destruction has been
known since the great blizzard of March,
1883, and it is question if that mem orable
storm was more serious in its effects upon
the telegraph poles and wires of the city.
Early in the morning Geographic and tele-
phone connections were broken; and
while the snow did not offer a bar to rail
road traffic. the PROSTATE poles and fallen
wires prevented the running of cars on
many streets, and even the elevated rail-
road trains were compelled to move eau
tiously, and were often brought to a stop
by the wires that had fallen across the
tracks.
IMPORTANT DEPARTMENTS CRIPPLED.
The police and fire departments were
especial sufferers. All wire connections be-
tween the various police stations and the
central office were broken and recourse was
had to messengers. The fire department
circuits were generally broken, and as no
alarms could be sent out excepting on a
very few circuits, patrols Of firemen were
established throughout. the city. Men were
set to repair the damage at once, and these
two most important of the city depart
ments will soon have their telegraph serv-
ice restored. The same may be said OF tn e
telegraph, telephone and electric light COM
panies, all of which had their full effective
force engaged all day.
Early this evening Acting Superintend-
ent of Police Byrnes issued general order
calling upon the police to use extraordina-
ry vigilance during the night as the crimi-
nal class might be disposed to take advant-
age of the disastrous condition OF affairs
and commit depredations against lite and
property. Up to this writing no intelli-
gence has been received of any disastrous
fires or overt acts.
The Western Union is badly crippled by
the storm, all wires being down but three,
those being in the Western circuit, connect
ing Albany, Rochester. Buffalo and Chi
cago. The work OF repair will take several
days, and the company will suffer more to-
morrow because OF more business than to-
day. One thousand men will leave the city
tonight on the work of repairs.
The STORM extended over the entire region
from Boston, through the lower Eastern
states Southern New York, New Jersey,
Delaware and south of Maryland. At s
o'clock this morning there were but few
wires running rom the Western Union Of
flee and at o'clock nearly every wire was
ton to Philadelphia, Albany and Boston
was cut off. The wires to Albany were the
first to resume working which was at l
o'clock: During the day Geographic mat
ter has been sent by train from here to
points in New England and New Jersey to
be forwarded.