New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-27
IN THE STORMS CENTRE.
SNOW. sLEET AND HOWLING GALE
CAUSED MUCH DISCOMFORT
NAILS ARRIVED BEHINpTIME. TRAVEL WAS
IMpEpEp AND THE STREETS WE'RE DAN
crpo,.s PLACES THE MOST SEVERE

fifteen inches of it covering the ground ac'o'u-
ing 10 the Weather Bureau figures III made
travelling about the city an unpleasant eA-
neriance The walking on the sidewalks was |
bad for even the most vgant people couId not
keen the walks in front of their houses ana
stores free from the constantly falling snow.
Driving. except on necessary erIands' was OUT u
the question o,
Nearly all the lines of surface cars hau u'll-
Guilty. but there was less delay thah tinE"' nav
been expected owing. perhaps. to the TACT 'l"'
the snowfall was extended over 50 Iohs " "''''
that tho companies had opportunity to make
preparations to clear the tracks. Inc Plous"S
and swcepers began running Sunday night ana
were kept constantly going all day YESTERDAY
and last evening Both the Broadway ana the
r,bird-avc cable roads had trouble and long
delay occurred on each line
prominent feature Of the storm was the hls"
u,lnd which blew through the streets or the cl'y
~ rho rafe of forty miles an hour much ol the
timo This IS an unusual rate for the wihd u
attain here The temperature throughout was
moderate. as the storm came from the 9'"'''
The intensely cold wave Of saturday ana sun
dav was driven away AMI throughout SUNNI
night the mercury kept near the marx oil j "'
,,r..s above zero. BY 10 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing IL had risen to SO degrees ana II ho\'''"
about the freezing point all day.
7rb. storm, was generated in the Gulf of Mexico
The news was tcirgraphcl t. all the "ei'"''
bur,aus In the country ON Saturday AFTERNOON
thar the clouds were gathering th're' anu '"'
storm was central on the west coast "l '''''u''
that evening" Thence T. swept In a nor'h'"S'''''
direction along the Atlantic coast Inc S'''''
centre was near Washington yesterday "''i '"i9'
d.. ..t almost directly over this city in ihe
"i" ii l''' -, .i,,1 .t,nreI from
afternoon. Al y ''''N '''' .., ,,,,, ,n.,nt
the northcas; To the n"r'h"'S- "''' '''''
that the worst WAS over am '"'' ''''
storm centre had passed q 'H'
ana was somewhere h''"e'" '''''" -
cope Cod. II it keeps % lis present
as IT VIII In a.! pf'o""l"'' - a. hr.,l,s
+ way t. Newfoundland W"'h '"o sun
through the clouds mere '-''''
49, ,,,.,>-s PREDICTION FULFILLED
,, ,..,+h..r ur,phet had
! J.. j.. bdhn' '"' '''' , .1
/ "srzel IN the storm yesterday m"i'''s' ana
| ,,., ,,,, {. would uass over the
h' "''" ''' - i,v Ills later
! city and leave '''"' S"''' ' ,,,
| observations confirmed his prediction an" '"S'
| 80 t.,,, IA o'rlock the stars shone
eN'"'"e "' -. aud nr,,nised fair and
through the '
/ warmer weather Tor 'o-ihN'
IT.. o,,., ~ th. storm was large one. cover
| i, about all the territory east ~ the Blue
! 80 ,,.s, ss Nashville ana was reported 10 cN-
| IND y,.ll nuf al sea by incoming vessels ne
area - heavy rain and snowfall WAS about ''V
| - ~, li,rofer Fogs were reported a places
! ~, o., &c, and fh. high wind and tn x
sn'y and made dangerous sailing FOR all vessels
| mar th. coast
! +, mis- ci,v fhe storm began with light hn'
| .,'.,.. .-btrb changed t. larger flakes as the
temperature rose At o'clock ycS'",'AY W i'3' IT,
Ing IL turned 20 slc"t ann ''h,.,l"," ,..,,,,e
his form until about noon. when IL proaile
fin. snow again VI times during the lorenzo,
II was painful To- walk againrt the "nnd VIZ ..
| dr,vn thc fine hailst0ncs with singing loI'e
against the face.
,, ,rt ,vt.r ,Np WIRES uOWN
,.... +. ,h,. arrival ~ mails
''.,' ',,s,,IDrabo dtnculty with tele
,.',h wins in the track Of the storp. The
- ., an d,v,n carly I'm tn. morning
- ,, Iv.sf.rn Union COMPANY
,i,. '','I L,d i've ar six wires 10 Washington work
ing ont Of about sixty ordinarily J" use
was some delay III Ir, ',"H & rn, intrrrlpte,l
communication with Nashlns'"H @ @a't jr,',i,
cities being established 10y lhn'nu ,,,, .i,d ~
through C"'i"nHu "'t ,,'rar,'s bullding las
the western y. ,t hr,t.n v.ires had h,nI
evening 'h't i'v'' 49, W ,,,,i,, I'm yyur,ing order
patched mp. ana W'I' "t''' ~ ,,' tur, T.
Mails from S""li,'n ~ s,',,,, cleared ava,
SIX hours '1,', i w. 90 80 r,sh forward the belatc'
, tne tr'i"' O'e'''
. maiIs. ....,.., -, tho Grand Central Statio
II was T"p"r',u ~ i.,'or. b,1 b..n cause
! ia'e l'9' h'sm' ,,b.r IN. N.v-York Central
! ~ me S,'' ~ >,''ti,yan and Hartford or New
->'N,,'"i, - y" a,, hevnud tn, usual delay -
England ,""'N' ,,r trains wore from ON
trains. All tic h" ~, cbnrn Iino train due a
to two hours lAt'; e,,t'n a, -.go n,clncL r.ache
the Grand Central Still"h a. '.'' SIM Inn,
there an hour ana hItY n""",'9 ot, I tr
The last section 81 lne Gf,,, minutes lat,
train was also an n"ub AZ" W., tt1qianI . o'coc
the scconu h,,,rs and ten minutes late. Tn
train was TWO nou,s AZ" -ot did moi pull int
. 'h'"tp ,,rfu nearly . o'clock All loci
me s'",,uH !,i,o the afternoon and evening wcr
trains u"i" ,,,or,v minutes late The New
| from ten to twenty NM .l,,h tho eta
z Rochelle tram h1"rNV,, t,,s,nad ~ 7.9I
uoh u"'' - - ,.,,,,
10 SUFFERERS FROM TUE STORM
-, ,,,, .,,.,r,,, ,vo,
> The following accidents ""' ~
, | rcported last night by the ppl'''
- tIorrv Rrnwn fifty years old. OF NO los Ia
" ii',''S , ,,n,,oorth-st fell on the wal
n one-huhn''u o,o w., o,o-hundrad-au,
T. In front of NO. - W. ..,...