The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-13
BLIZZARD SPLIT IN TWO.
NEW JoRK, As USUAL, BSCiPEs TINE
WORST OF THE CYCLONE

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One Ceutrs Passed 4. List Night and Az
other IL ApproAchinE-H should CIesr
Up Thi- Afternoon sud ne cold To-
night-Ths Storu, Extremely Dangerous
on This Coast--uurricaue wind. ut Sea.
The snow-permeate northeaster that began
slugginR the city yesterday afternoon came
into being away of in the Pacific on Friday.
The agltatsd islands formerly ruled by
Liliuokslani were doubtless almost In the
centre OF the storm when It began
in a mere tropical whlrlwlnd. Since then u
has developed continental proportions. In
fact It got big that It brok In halves yestor-
day and became two distinct storms lit had
not smashed itself In a mad effort to break the
record, .ev York might be unable this morn
ing to get out Of its multitudinous doors.
1t looked like a blizzard In the early after
noon and the local and International prophet
Elias u. Dunn. suspected at FIRST that even the
famous storm Of March. 1883. might be
eclipsed, II the cyclone. the rain land sleet and
snow-frinEed edges OF which were moro than
1.2Uo miles apart would only hold together.
Before the prophet knew that there was q split
In the aerial disturbance he had notified all
ships to stay In the hRrbor. and had given the
street car lines and the Street Cleaning De-
partment warning OF an unusual snowfall
that mightreduire their attention for several
days Later. whom the prophet learned that
the great cyclone had bscome too big for even
tho universal Yankee nation. and had decided
to divide. he took reef in his prophecy. But
no did not hesitate to say that the storm that
lsmbasted this nsghborhood would be the
greatest Of the winter. He said lust before
midnight:
Tho cyclone has gone to smash butboth
halves OF It are still powerful One storm cen-
tire has passed us and is OF the middle Allan
tic coast just east OF Long Island, and the
other centre 10 over northern Ohio. snow Ia
stlll falling over the lake regions and New
England States- 1t IL raining south OF this
city. Hereabouts the wind from northeast
is blowing with n force OF about thirty-six
miles at Block Island 1t has reached sixty
miles.
AT sea beyond Sandy Hook IL may be bowling
at the rate Of from 80 to 70 miles an hour. IL
is not going to be blizzard; but it is going to
'Perhap. the snow viii continue until noon
to-day today After it is all over the probability is
e viii i0a w wST on the from the
northwest where there IS some arctic
wsd s the s fheS
storm moves TO the northeast OF US 1t will suck
in the southwestsrly and southerly winds, and
finally the frosty northwesteriy blast
" Down in Texas the subsidence OF the
cyclone brought with 1T a phenomenally low
shall not have L so cold In this neighborhood.
il was particularly bad gale ior coasters.
whether propelled by steam or sail as 1t blew
piiing up breakers that the .stanchsst craft
would not DO able to live in II driven on the
beach.
Tor the incoming ocean crossers thers was
not so much danger as tho blast was Off shore
tbs nsr Of rupntna 5ara H th sherG Tns
There is a 1dset of sixteen steamships from
IN nRt
the tierce northwester that will follow the
oaes mat viii bay. . hs{s and all
Among the belated craft are the America OF
the Netherlands American line. the Rugia OF
the Hamburg American line. the servia OF the
Sunard line, and the big freighters Bowie and
At milnight the, snow provided by the ad.
tumbling down on the northeast blast as
merriy but In no such quantity as
seven years ago. believers in condolences re-
CALLED that yesterday was also the 18th OF
is required to make a blizzard was. however.
wholly lacking last night
and ha a0S s. hsa a. n
there was q foot OF snow In places not
sw os9, 9 sscb the tS gale O'hf. places
drifts from one to two feet deep 1t wasN
fine, singing snow. and folks who struggled
that It portended a blizzard.
At 1880 last night locomotive OF the Second
Ferry. partly by tho wind
1t REQUIRED thirty minutes to replace IT, all
stations between South Ferry and Chatham
While. Third svsHus South Ferry y trains faH SsTs
run to City Hall until the engine was rtghted-
The Richard Peek Of the New Haven line
East River TO start out In tho storm Yesterday.
he was due to sail at 80 but waited until
1850, when II looked as though tina storm was
ahating; she carried about thirty passengers
and quite heavy freight
None Of the bosts Of the Fall River lin:
The Norwich line sent out their freight boat.
the city OF Lawrence she took what fe W pas
fss Cg Wore Of that G0qf Inc Is Sa.
this morning. The PTovidencs line sent out
is two BOATS; the Maine and Nashua, AZ
and the eGnot and New Hampshire were sI:
pe"tad from Providence.
1t was not thought probable NJ any OF the
last o nights S Thsy WEI" Mere Out
The following are some o: the accidents that
occurred In this city yesterday as result OF
the storm:
BrNcKU. sdrs BErncrr 81. Of 422 Grand street. fell
at5pt .rand street AID or9ts her leg taken hons
Centr and Pearl streets, scalp wound; taken TO ST.
NSSIs,tr. MGaArr, 20, Of 400 East Twelfth stree.
thTown from his truck a. Carmne aud Bsscker strsss
~ ,,foGss H. Of 3oJ Last II ia street tel a. sSi
T. RI Ayrpps confusion and spran OF neck; taken -
,W"i.r Man =. servant at l.29I Fret ayehuS.
hi ave '11'HS H;p'n IN bn,s5 lshs On 20
Internally injured. taken to Presbyterian Hospital
hs eg A. Eleventh avenue and sEtssnrh street tSksa
wrN,s JGuS 81 Of a. Macdouga street fell ~ front
% h, rome srsl2 w1aul aal confusion, taHsH % 81
VERY 6EVEFE IN THE JyEyT