The record-union., 1893-01-07
TRAFFIC ALMOST SUSPENDED ON
ACCOUNT OF SNOW.
Fierce Gale, Accompanied With Snow,
Along the Jersey Coast. Causing
Great Damage TO Property-BuiId-
ings Undermined and Carried Out
TO Sen, Streets Washed Away,
Trains stopped and Piers Wrecked.
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoS.

New York experienced anything SC
nearly like Dakota blizzard as that
which has been blowing here since last
night.
! Traffic on Broadway is almost sus-
pended, while on some OF the less promi-
nent streets the blockade is complete, the
snow being from four to five feet deep.
Snow fell fitfully all yesterday afternoon,
with gusts of wind. Early in the even
ing it began to fall fast and furious, and,
driven by gale, it soon became as fine
| as powder, at the same time increasing in
volume. The storm continued through
out the night with the results given
above.
Signal Service Officer Dunn says the
snowstorm netted New York eleven
| inches on a level. Off the the level there
| is varying number of feet, and it is
mostly off the level. Some surface lines
kept snowplows running throughout the
night, and thus were able to run out
four-horse cars to accommodate part oi
their regular early travel, but not the
overflow.
An army of men were at work to-day
making the street passable, and it is rap
idly forming into well-regulated humps
along the curbing preparatory to being
carted away. There was but little dis
| turbance in the schedule Of railroads up
to night. The weather has cleared, and
is cold, with little wind blowing. The
storm and wind did much damage in
and around Jamaica Bay. Several yachts
were torn from their anchorage and
| blown heavily on the meadows, where
number of them were completely
| wrecked.
| LONG BRANCH PROPERTY DAMAGED.
LONG BRANCH IN. J.), Jan. 6.-The
fierce snow and windstorm along the
Jersey coast has wrought terrible damage
to property. A heavy sea is running
and Shrewsbury Hotel at Seabright is
being undermined. The street being
washed away by raging sea, has caused
the stopping of trains to Highland bulk
head. and the bluff at that place is also
going to pieces. Here the famous iron
pier is total wreck, and the entire bluff
on Chelsea avenue is gone. The bulk
head of other portions of the bluff are
are also greatly damaged.
BUILDINGS WASHED OUT TO SEA.
| FAR RoCKAwAY, IL. T.) Jan. 6.-The
! high tides which accompanied the storm
during the past thirty-six hours almost
overwhelmed Hog Island. Franks Pa
vilion and Gibson's bathing house were
washed out to sea, and Caffrey's Pavilion
and other buildings were damaged. 1t is
feared that if the storm continues every
| building on the beach will be washed
away.
GALE IN MASSACHUSETTS,.
HIGHLAND LIGHT Mass, Jan. Ga
gale which developed yesterday increased
to the worst northeast storm thus far this
season. During the night the sea thun-
dered against the cliffs the entire length
Of the coast. Two barks and the schooner
Alma Cummings were driven southeast
seaward. The steamer Chatham, which
passed out for Baltimore at noon, was la
| boring heavily. One steamer, one square
rugged vessel and five schooners are
storm bound near Provincetown. There
is no sign of a change of weather.
The train due from Boston at / p. NJ.
has not arrived at O'Clock, the tracks
being badly filled with snow.
Eighteen inches of snow fell on the
level in the towns of North Bridge, Mil
vile and Blackstone. being the heaviest
fail since the blizzard of 1888. Railway
travel on the Consolidated and New Eng
land railroad is delayed.
ICE GORGE IN THE OHIO RIVER.
CINCINNATI (O.), Jan. 6.-This evening
an ice gorge in the Ohio River broke.
with nobody knows precisely what loss
to boats and coal fleets. Heavy ice has
been floating and forming in the river
for the past two or three days. An ice
gorge this morning formed between
the Louisville and Nashville bridge and
the Cincinnati Southern Railway bridge.
covering distance of two miles. Float
ing ice came down and joined tho gorge
below the river, and the immense frozen
raft locked all the coal fleets, nine pack
cts and several towboats. The harbor
boats Comet, Ben Wood and Alice Barr
tried all day to break the gorge. but
without result. AT 4:3O o'clock the i'm
mense body of ice began to move in a
solid mass. Packets and towboats. to all
appearances, escaped with little or no in
jury. On the other hand every coal fleet
suffered.
The principal destruction that followed:
The Pittsburg Coal Company's four
barges and two floats, valued at SIC. 200.
Collier, Budd & Co.'s four barges and
several floats, valued at $4,000: Mr..
Buck lost sixteen barges, valued at
$4,000. Seven miles further down the
river two barges and three floats were
taken away, valued at SIC, 1000; other Incl
dental losses are estimated at $50,
making the total 100000.
But the danger is not over, and the
situation is still threatening. Ats O'Clock
tonight the gorge stopped at North
Bend, thirteen miles below. Another
gorge at the same time formed lust above
Lawrenceburg, Ind, twenty-three miles
down the river. Between the two gorGes
the water is clear, and here are lock ed
canal-boats and barges, such as have not
gone down. 1t seems scarcely possible
of saving any property in the imprisoned
ice. The river above is open, but floating
heavy ice. If another gorge forms here
tonight greater damage will be done.
STORM IN MICHIGAN.
DETROIT, Jan. 6.-Dispatches from the
eastern coast of Lake Mishigan indicate
the heaviest snowstorm in years raging
since early yesterday. The storm is gen.
eral throughout the State, but most Sc