The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-26
THE BLIZZARD.
Its Destructive Effects in East
eTn Cities.
Telegraph Poles and Wires Frustrated In
Ill Directions.
4 Thousand Line RepalTeTS Sent From New
York Railroad Traffic Blocked.
Cold Wave in Cuba.
Special 10 THE MORNING CALI.

New YORK, Jan. 25.-The violent wind
and snow storm which ragged in this city
last night and early this morning proved to
be one of the most disastrous to telegraph,
telephone and electric wires that ever was
known here. The poles and wires are down
all over the city. Many narrow escapes are
recorded, and the fire-alarm and telephone
service are rendered nearly useless. A big
force Of men were put to work repairing
the damage as elrly as o'clock this morn
ing. So serious is the condition of affairs
that Chief Inspector Byrnes has sent out
the following instructions to all police cap
tains this afternoon: THE recent storm
having impaired ire telegraph lines, you
will instruct your officers on patrol that
when fires occur, after sending in an alarm
In the usual manner from the fire-alarm box,
they go at once to the nearest fre-engine
house and report"
FRUSTRATED WIRES.
On Chambers street the electric-light wire
was carried down by falling pole, and
struck a pair of street-car horses. killing
one of them instantly. A number of fires
were started by electric-Gght wires, but
were ex,inguished with but trihing damage
AT o'clock this morning tie wind was
blowing at the rate Of from thirty-fve to
forty-fiye miles an hour. The storm opened
in the Gulf Of Mexico on Friday and In
creased in severity until it reached Cape
HRttaTas and New \ ork at 1915 O'Clock
last night. The rain changed to snow about
midnight, and continued until 10 o'clock
this morning, and niHe inches of snow fell
Ii IS Thought that the blizzard VIII not eX-
tend more than one hundred miles inland.
lie Western Union is badly crippled all of
the wires being down but three, and those
Ere now working in tie Western circuit con-
meeting Albany, Rochester, Buffalo and Chi
eago. The work OF repairs will take several
days. a thousand men will leave ton ight
10 repair the lines.
TRACKS BLOCKED.
1Ils morning Seven huge telegraph poles
on Fourth avenue were broken of close 10
the ground, falling with a great crash into
the cut Of the New \ ork Central Railroad
effectively blocking the track. The passen-
ger train came laundering down the track,
and could only De stopped within few feet
Of the wrockage.
At 10 East Broadway an immense tree
1eA into the street and narrowly escaped a
carload OF stfeet-car passengers. In lis de-
scent II carried down an immense number
OF wires OF all description. All of the trle-
y 1
seventh street 10 Filty-niuth street, are lying
nat on the pavement. The heavy poles on
tIlty-nlnih street and Eighth avenue suf
tered the same fate. One Of the poles is
hanging directly over the entrance porch OF
the boSeTeit Hospital, SUSPENDED by Wires.
AT the corner of Fifty-ninth street aud
Nlnth avenue the elevated railroad station
Is partially crushed by falling poles. At 7
Q CLOCK TINS morning line Cf immense poles
fell with a crash, carrying not less than $50
wires and a QQm1HT a
thick, IN which were incGsed from forty to
hfty-hYe wires each.
l he city tonight is in darkness save as far
as the gasiight IS concerned. BY the much
delayed Trains come reports of the utter
pTostlation Of all means of communication
In aud from outlying towns to New Jersey.
EXTENT OF THE STORM.
Tie storm extended over the entire REGION
from Boston through the lower Eastern
States, Southern New York, New Jersey,
Deleware aud tie south of Maryland AT
O'Clock this morning there were
only few wires running from the
Western Union Office and at 9
O'Clock nearly every wire was rendered
useless, and at one time communication to
Philadelphia, Albany and Boston was en-
tirey cut OIL. The wires to Albany were
the hrst 10 resume work, which was at l
O'Clock During the day telegraph matter
has been sent by train from here TO points
IN New England and New Jersey to be for
WaTded.
AN ISOLATED TOWN.
JERSEY CITY, Jan. 25.-The storm has
made Jersey City an nisUiated town. There is
not in effective wire to he found either by
telegraph or telephone fire alarm or electric
light, and, save for the submarine cables to
New \ ork and Brooklyn, the isolation is
complete. Ihs same is true of Hoboken.
The Western Union wires are dead on the
West Shore Railroad and the only hope
south Is said 10 be by the New Jersey Cen