St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-09
FEW TRAINS CAN MOVE.
New York Central Just Be-
ginning to Emerge From
the Blockade
UNPRECEDENTED IN SOUTH.
Early Fruit and Vegetables
ETectually Killed--Abat-
ing in Southwest.

NEW ~OrN, Feb. S,-Dispatches
to the Associated Press from interior
points in the state report that the
storm is the most severe experienced
in seven years. Railroad traffic is
much impeded, traffic on street rail
ways in many cases is entirely sus-
pended, and the country roads are
completely blocked with snow;
in some localities the fall of snow in
the last eighteen hours is reported
to be as much as three feet, and
everywhere the high wind which
prevailed has created drifts of great
magnitude At Middletown four
Erie trains are stalled. Throughout
the length of the New York Central
trains are from one to four hours
late, and generally local trains have
been suspended. On Long island the
storm was at it's worst, causing
much Inconvenience, and among the
poor entailing great suffering. In
Western New York the storm is
very severe.
NEW YORK, Feb 8.-The storm
which swept over the greater part
of the United States last night and
today still hovers in the vicinity of
New York, and threatens to con-
tinue for an indefinite time. With
increasing force and violence, hourly
growing in severity, and with scarce
ly a sign of abatement, the blizzard
maintained it's icy sway from Thurs
day night until this afternoon, and
continues in slightly milder form
tonight
Today and tonight the ferries, ele-
waited roads, surface care, boats
and pedestrians have been impeded
and in great many cases stopped
by the storm. The steamers of the
different lines plying between here
and Boston have been seriously in
terfered with, and the various ferries
have not been merely delayed but
altogether stopped for several hours.
The Fall River line sent out no
steamer tonight, and the steamer
Providence of that line did not leave
last night The steamer New Hamp-
shire, of the Stonington line, which
could not reach the East river last
night, made another start today
She was sighted off City island to-
day with a broken screw. Capt.
Ward, of the City Of Worcester, re-
ports that the ice between He'll Gate
and City island was frozen solid
with the exception of narrow chan
mel. Several barges and schooners
are reported ashore along the
sound. Not one Of the ferry lines is
exempt from the delays and stop
pages occasioned by the storm, and
the Brooklyn boats especially are
suffering great inconvenience.
The highest wind velocity in this
city was thirty-eight miles, this
morning at 10 o'clock. At Sandy
Hook the wind blew seventy-two
miles an hour today, and at Block
island sixty miles.
At the south ferry, connecting with
Brooklyn, Staten Island and Govern
or'S Island, no boats ran after 6
o'clock, though the ferry house was
crowded all day and night by those
who were DESTROYS of getting home
Numerous cases of froSt-bitten peo-
pie among the poorer classes of the
city have been reported during the
day and night by the police, and
hospitals are crowded with patients
Compared with the blizzard of 1885,
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temperature has been much lower
and the wind of greater velocity
The blizzard throughout the night
was unprecedented in violence, and
trains at all points are practically
abandoned, many freight trains be-
ing stalled in snowdrifts. The storm
had abated somewhat tonight, but
the weather is very cold, ranging
from zero down to Is below, and
railroads are blockaded and country
roads impossible. There has been
much suffering and much damage
to live stock and property.
Trains Moving Again.
PoUGHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Feb S.-The
New Nork Central is beginning tonight
to fully recover from the effects of the
blizzard. Traffic has been entirely in
terrupted all day, trains being stalled at
various points all along the line. The
first to reach here from New York was
the Empire state express, which arrived
at 80 this evening. The Empire state
express continued on to Albany, carry
ing the passengers from the Montreal
express who were in the smash-up at
New Hamburg, near here. The passen-
gers were brought to this city on a
wrecking car. The Empire has a heavy
engine. The other limited and express
trains from New York which have been
stalled at various points south of here
are following the Empire. Four trains,
the mail and express, the Granite ex-
press. the Northern express. and the
Buffalo express, due in New York from
5 to Z a. m, lett this city this evening
preceded by sDowplow and four
engines. They are expected to reach
New York before daylight. Railroad
officials say tonight that it will take all
night to get the blockade completed V
raised, but they expect to run trains on
regular schedule time tomorrow. The
crews are working on the wreck at New
Hamburg. One track is in use and the
other will lie cleared by morning. No
snow has fallen since noon, but the wind
is blowing high drifts in many places.