New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-13
THE STORM IN THIS CITY.
SNOW AND sLEET COME ON THE WINGS
OF A HOWLING GALE.

NEw-YoRK WAS AN UNCOMFORTABLE CITY TO
WALK AROUND IN observation-disclosures
AT sEA-coLD WEATHER EXPECTED.
A small Western blizzard came to town yes
terday with sleet and snow and cold and
piercing wind In the morning the wind sprang
up from the northeast. and increasing In force
as the day wore on, brought threatening, heavy
weather on land and sea, Observer Dunn. in
his nest on top Of the Equitable Building, knew
from his telegrams from all over the country
that the storm was coming. and hoisted signals
warning ships not to put to sea. From Kansas.
Missouri, Nebraska and Illinois the wires brought
word Of the severity and the rapid eastward
rush Of the storm. The Western Union wires
were reported at night to be working satisfac-
torly to the West and South, though all the
Western wires were constantly bringing in ac-
counts Of the storm in the regions through which
they passed.
BY o'clock in the afternoon the snow was
falling rapidly In this city and the wind was
driving It about and swirlng II into drifts at all
the street corners In the afternoon the horse
cars put on four horses and the cable-cars kept
their tracks clear by sending out sweepers.
large contingent of the army Of the unemployed
found work in sweeping the sidewalks. At D
o'clock the snow had become so fine that when
one walked against the wind 1t sifted into his
eyes and made pedestranism anything but
a pleasure
BY 10 o'clock the fine snow had become sleet
though under foot 1t was sloppy and "sposhey."
THE WORST OF THE SEASON SO FAR.
1t was the most widespread and the most
severe storm Of the winter far. 1t was central
over Louisville early in the morning. but 1t
rapidly moved to the northeast. There We're
really two belts of storm in the country. South
of the Tennessee Valley 1t was raining heavily,
and north Of 1t 1t was showing. The two belts
Of storm threatened to unite over New-York.
1t was cold in New-Engand and in the lake
region.
The telephone lines in this city were not inter-
fered with, as most Of the wires underground
A cold wave is expected TO follow the storm and
then there will be good sleighing.
When the storm came down on the city yester-
day it caught all the horses smooth shod, and
there much slipping and falling in the
streets. In Chambers-st.. near the Court
house. no less than five horses fell within two
minutes.
The temperature rose slightly as the day faded
into night and 1O:3O o clock the Weather Bureaus
official thermometer on top Of the Equitable
Building registered 20 degrees above zero. and
there were Indications Of a further rise in the
course of the night At IL o'clock three-quarters
of foot Of snow had fallen in this city.
Mr.. Dunn SAID laSt nlgnt lne StOrm CeNtrt
has divided and made two storm centres One
is off the Middle Atlantic Coast and one Is in
the lower lake region This, or course, keeps up
high winds over all the intervening country.
The winds are especially high all along the At
lantic Coast. At Block Island 1t Is blowing
sixty miles hour and in this city about thirty
six miles hour"
The high winds are expected to continue all
to-day. and the weather to become colder. There
was some trouble with the telegraph wires re-
ported in the evening from the Arkansas Valley
and Texas. The manager of the Western Union
operating-room said last night: 1--WE are in fair
shape West, but 1t is blowing and showing all
the way TO Washington"
TROUBLE WITH THE WIRES
Considerable trouble was sexperiepcedin in the early
part the evening with the wires between this city
and Washington but they worked better later on.
From the West reports came in of the blocking
of railroad traffic, and to preserve the balance
of the Eastern and Western worlds the cable
brought news Of great gale bowling over the
British Isles There Is no doubt but that great
damage done to shipping by yesterdays
storm, and that to-day the news of many wrecks
will come in. The gale blew on shore and 1t
a fortunate ship that 'clawed off shore and
added another element Of danger to the high
seas and fierce gales, and a sailors lot was not
a happy one The man on shore was not par
ticularly comfortable. but the man at sea was
not only in discomfort but in peril
The indications late last night were that the
seet would change to rain by daybreak. The
ferryboats made their trips with difficulty after
night came down. and a trip of the long
routes such as the Staten Island and South
Brooklyn ferries, was anything but pleasant.
Coming after such beautiful day as Sunday, the
stormy weather of yesterday seemed especially
severe. A man who could sit before an open fire
yesterday and hear the storm howl around the
corners Of his house was comfortable; those who
had to be out In the storm were miserable.