The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-09
IN THE EASTERN STATES.
The Blizzard still Maintaining ltd


NEW YORK, Feb. S.-The storm which
swept over the greater part of the United
States last night and to-day still hovers
in the vicinity of New York and threatens
to continue for an indefinite time. With
increasing force and violence, hourly grow
liz in severity and WITH scarcely sign of
abatement the blizzard maintained it's ICY
sway from Thursday night until this after
noon and continues in a slightly milder form
tonight To-day and tonight the ferries.
elevate pads, surface cars, steamers, boats
and rians have been irnpeded and in
a many cases stopped by the storm.
The ,eamers of the different lines plying
between here and Boston have been seri-
ously interfered with and the various ferries
have been not merely delayed, but alto-
gether stopped for several hours. The Fall
river line sent out 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 to-day She was sighted off
Captain Ward, of the City of Worcester,
reports that the ice between He'll Gate and
City island was frozen solid, with the exeep-
ton of narrow channel. Several bargeS
and schoonerS are reported ashore along the
sound. Not of the ferry lines is
enpt from the delays and stoppages oc-
6asoned by the storm, and the Brooklyn
boats especially are suffering great incon-
yensence
was forty y-eight miles. this morning at 1890
o'clock. At Sandy Hook the wind blew
seventyFwo miles an hour to-day, and at
Block island sixty miles.
The delay of mail and passenger trains
Z to-day caused great anxiety among those
who expected friends to arrive. aud the
Grand Central Depot was thronged to-
night with eager inquiries for news OF late
trains. Local trains have not been so much
delayed as the through cars. All western
and northwestern trains were between four
and five hours late, while the Chicago linn
tied, due at $50. had not arrived up to 1920
o'clock tonight. The Southwestern train
from st. Louis, due at $780, had not arrived
at 1890, nor had the Empire State express.
ftluef at the same time
north drove the tide out so the river is
lower to-day than In years Boats encoun-
tered much difficulty in docking. Numerous
cases Of half-frozen and frost-bitten people
among the poorer classes of the city have
bS the poee an and fb day ana n
with patients. Compared with the blizzard
OF 1888 there. has been less snow. but the
temperature has been much lower and the
wind OF greater velocity.
The blizzard throughout New York State
was of unprecedented violence. The storm
weather is very cold. ranging from zero
down to Is below. and railroads block
AIDED and country roads irnpa ssable.
Dispatches from interior points report the
storm IS the most severe experienced IN
seven years Railroad traffic is much inn
reded, traffic on street railways. In many
cases, is entirely suspended and country
roads 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 or
great magnitude. AT Niddletown 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. In Long Island
the storm was at its worst: causing much
ing great suffering. In western New York
the storm is very severe
Traffic surface street railways OF this
city is much delayed and in consequences,
the elevated roads a~e being taxed beyond
their capacity. under normal conditions.
With that capacity reduced two-thirds, by
the storm. the delay Is most annoyin9