The evening world., 1894-02-13
DUE TO ARRIVE HERE TONIGHT
N~orthport Train on the Long
Island Railroad Derailed by
a Snowdrift.
MAILS DELAYED A FEW HOURS.
Now the Storm Centre Is on the
Atlantic and Mariners Will
Have a Fierce Time.

NOW look out for a genuine old-fash-
Toned cold snap"
That Is Weather Forecaster Dunn's
advice to the Public to-day. and he usu-
ally knows what he is talking about.
There Is n cold wave following close on
the tail of the snow storm and It II
scheduled to reach this vicinity late this
afternoon or this evening.
While this latest storm cannot con-
form In severity with the famous big
zard of 1858, in many respects II Is quite
as remarkable. One noteworthy feat
ure Is its vide extent. Not a square
mile Of territory in the whole United
States has escaped, and according to
all accounts. 1t has cut the widest
swath on record
In New York the snowfall from noon
yesterday up to s A. NJ. to-day was
n trlfie more than twelve inches. which
Is greater for the same length OF time
Than the 6iizSari record; when i
riches must be added to this for the
fall. up to noon to-day
The worst, however. Is now over. and
the storm centre is passing out to sea.
Rough Times mt Sen.
The winds still continue high along the
coasts ana out at sea. AT Block Island
t'ii9 ili'i inns Nit NtiONllg "a thG lii
was forty-eight miles an hour. Last
night It reached a maximum of sixty
miles; The maximum velocity in this
Sandy Hook 1t reached fifty-two. 1t has
abated considerably this morning..
As the storm is still moving directly
to vessels which are out at sea Is great.
Owing to the area of the storm. II will
be impossible for any vessel north Of he
Florida coast to escape It. The full ex-
tent of the damage which may be done
will not be known for many. days:
Storm signals are still flying all along
to leave port to-day. as the gale viii
Not a ship lief, this pert yesterday.
Most Of the railroad companies were
prepared for the heavy snowfall and
had their ploughs and engines In readi-
In the suburban districts, including
New Jersey. Long Island and Westches-
ter County, there has been very little
trouble with the railroads, and trains
are running on time this morning. Traf-
nc has only been delayed in the case Of
the express trains coming from n long
distance.
Biock an the bridge.
Travel was impeded on the bridge for
more than t|o 3 s nSHrS ON 5n'S tbe mSSr ew go *
II Is the custom to begin sending trains
Of four cars over the bridge at y O'clock:
New York side to-day It was found
that the switch on the south side OF the
demo, nearest the Pulitzer Bnilding
showed that It was frozen. Three cars
were switched on the other switch. and
a message was sent TO Brooklyn not TO
despatch any more long trains. Several
workmen then began thawing the ice
round the switch. and they did not COM
plete their job until after $ o'clock. In
the mean time trains or three cars were
sent over the structure. z
Owing to the mishap the carrying IA,
~cll!tics we're reduced 9~ne,quarter, and
There was a block at the Brooklyn end.
and many persons were late getting 10
business.
Through Trains Delayed.
The New York Central and all the
New England roads have suffered from
the heavy snowfall. and many of the
biockaded. The Pennsylvania road had
were all running on time. South OF The
Tennessee Valley there was yery. ut
tie snow, and along the Gulf the storm
spent Itself in a heavy rainfall.
The delay in the arrival of the malls
at the Post-Otice this morning showed
how the through traffic on the railroads
and Northw est were two and a half hours
late. The delay on the shore line from
Boston and Providence was one hour.
and from Boston by way OF Springfield
the mails were three hours late. All the
mails on the New York Central coming
i'm from the West were from one TO
seven hours behind time, while there was
some complaint of delay from the South
ern tier and the Central States, though
not more than an hour in any case.
For a wonder the telegraph wires
were all working well this morning,
Wire Chief David Mitchell, OF the West-
crn Union sai6 that he had expected
trouble, but within a thousand miles OF
this city the morning report showed
that not n single wirN was down.
Accidents in the storm.
Many accidents were reported by the
po,icp this morning, as a result OF ths
storm which ragged during the night
Thu high wind and the cold penetrated
the badly protected apartments IN, some
OF the poorer quarters. and n number o.
sick persons were forced to appeal 70