River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-01-12
A BLIZZARD.

1t Impedes Traffic of All Kinds in New
York city and Vicinity Michigan Wis
tied by Heavy snowstorm-safferin
in Germany.
NEW YORK. Jan. IA binding snow
storm ragged in New York all night and
until 10 o'clock a. m. The wind blew
a gale and piled the drifts in the open
places from to feet high, and in the
suburbs much higher. Many of
the street ear lines were blocked
until the tracks were cleared.
The cable line on the Brook
lyn bridge broke down early in
the morning and thousands of people
were compelled to walk across in the
storm. Alfred Murphy, night ticket
agent of the downtown elevated rail-
way station, while clearing away the
snow at 3 O'Clock a. m fell in heap of
ously handicapped.
The storm was at its worst in New
Jersey. All the street ear lines in
Jersey City were blockaded by the
drifts. which were in some instances q
feet deep. and the sidewalks were i'm
passable. Very few people ventured
to walk to the ferries TO come to
New York. At Mays landing. in
South Jersey, the worst storm since the
blizzard of five years ago ragged. At
last reports the snow was Is inches
deep on the level and in places was
drifted to depth of S feet. All trains
are delayed, as the snow is drifting
badly on the tracks.
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practically impossible, and several
street car lines are not run1ing, the
re ads being completely showed under.
Many of the railroad trains from the
east end of the island are not yet in,
Notwithstanding that the snow plows
nave been at work all night. In Suf-
folk county the snow has drifted into
the railroad cuts feet high, and
will have to be dug out.
At Long Branch the storm wrought
terrible damage to property and the
bluff. The famous IRON pier, the land
ing place of the Iron Steamboat com
pany, is a total wreck. The high sea
carried off greater portion of the
structure. The entire bluff on Chelsea
avenue is gone. The Shrewsbury ho-
tel at Sea Bright is being undermined
The bulkheads and bluff at that place
are also going TO pieces.
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. dispatches
from Benton Harbor, ST. Joseph. Hol-
land and South Haven. ON the eastern
coast of Lake Michigan, and Escanaba
and Decatur, Mich, indicate that one
of the heaviest snowstorms in
years has been raging The storm
was general throughout the state.
but most severe in the vicinity of the
places named. The snow drifted into
the cuts and delayed railroad traffic
generally, and country highways are
also badly blockaded Trains on the
Chicago & West Michigan road have
been badly delayed by drifting sand
and snow. but the service is getting
around to .ts usual shape.
PARIS, Jan. THE cold weather con-
tinues undated. Two persons have
been frozen to death at Toulouse and
one at Bordeaux. The River RhOne is
frozen over at Tarascon, the Garonio at
Toulouse and the canal at Marseilles
BERLIN, Jan. IA heavy mantle of
snow covers the city of Berlin and all
the surrounding country. The snow is
so deep in the city streets that it has
been found necessary to substitute
sleighs for cabs and other wheeled
The sufferings of the people
are increased by a growing scarcity
of coal, due TO the miners strike in
the Saar district. The mercury sank
to 6 degrees delow zero Friday.
Several persons have been frozen to
death at Thorn and other places on the
Vistuia- The River Main, from Elvers-
theim to its confluence with the Rhine,
and the Rhine from Loreley to Caub,
are frozen almost solid. Canal traffic
has heen almost completely stopped by
the cold spell, and many people en-
ployed on the canal boats are out of