Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-09
THE BLIZZARD.
1t Has Paralyzed Business All
 Over the Country.
WREOKS ON SEA AND LAND.
Many Snow Bound Trains Meet With
 Disaster.

The Great storm Has Blocked Almost All
 Tied Up Hundreds of Street Car Lines,
 Played Sad Havoc With Shipping and
 Has Broken All Records Since the Great
 Blizzard of IssS-Three Ocean Steam
 ships Still Overdue at New York-A Great
 Tidal Wave Does Damage Along the New
 England Coast-Many Fatalities From
 the Cold Reported-The Thermometer
 Blew From Fifty to Seventy Miles an
 Hour.
 NEW YORK, Feb. o-The storm which has swept over the greater part of the United States has at last left the vicinity of New York, but the cold wave has talk en its place. With increasing force and violence, hourly growing in severity, and with scarcely & sign of abatement, the blizzard maintained it's icy sway from Thursday night until Friday afternoon.
 Reports from the country at large show that the results of the storm have been serious and widespread. Railroads are tied up. partially or wholly on almost every line east of the Mississippi Disasters to snow stalled trains have be, Il numerous. Several fatal wrecks are reported from the coasts.
 The weather bureau reports that the storm has passed to Canada, but today ev cry channel of commerce is clogged with cold, ice frost and snow, the wind still blowing at n tempostuous rate, and people continue to freeze in the streets. Whether or not the blizzard has passed, it is certain that exceedingly oold weather still pro- vails in this city.
 The ferries, elevated roads, surface cars, steamers, boats and pedestrians have been impeded and in a great many cases stop ped by tke storm The steamers of the different lines plying between here and Boston have been seriously intorfered with, and the various ferries have not only been delayed, but altogether stopped for several hours
 The Fall River line sent out no steamer last night. Tho steamer New Hampshire of the Stonington line. which could not reach the East river Thursday night. made another start She was sighted of City island with n broken screw.
 Captain Ward of tho City of Worcester reports that the ice between He'll Gate and City island was frozen solid, with the OK. C0pUlOu or narrow enamel SeVeral bargcs and schooners are reported ashore along the sound.
 Not one of the ferry lines is exempt from the delays and the stoppagcs occa stoned by the storm. and the Brooklyn boats suffered especially great inconven, fence When the storm was highest, most of the lines suspended entirely. All mail facilities were stepped, and New York wa: practically cut of from railroad commit nication with the mainland for awhile
 Weather Observer Dunn of this city sayt that the big blizzard of 1888 surpassed this only in the extent of the snowfall The area of the blizzard covered a radius of l. GOO miles. while that of six years agc extended over only 300 miles The wint velocity was also greater yesterday. ant the temperature was lower than during ] the blizzard of l>SS.
 There remained scarcely a spot east o the Rocky mountains untouched by thu | blizzard. the TOTO mark extending as ia south as Atlanta and Memphis and thu 1 freezing point prevailing throughout tn, | country with the exception of key West 1 At Sandy Hook the wind blew - mile ] an hour and at Block island co miles,