New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09

four feet and has caused b.ockades on the roauS
The blizzard" knocked out the Staten Island water
Company. which supplies the villages OF Ne" -"'
ton Port Richmond and Mariners harpo' WV"
water. The company made the announcement. yes
terday afternoon that the storm had completely eh-
hausted their service. As II supplies thc Eeo''i0
Light Company attest George. which hiuinina'7s
the streets on both the North and East oh'ie' INA
company was obliged to c.ose down us "orNs, anu
last night the streets were let In darKhess' ''"S
OF the private houses and stores whch are 'is''''
nv electricity were compelled last night TO press
into service kerosene lamps and candies. III
caeo a fire should occur on the North Shore' the
entire Volunteer Fire Department wouid De 'ei'
hclpless without water The trains on the staten
Island Rapid Transi; Railroad were piocheu s'e"'
part of the day. - ,,,
Tho s,orr was exceedingly severe on Long Island
,,o,ar,e from all narts of the island showed that
tho damage already done by the storm was as great
as that I'm ISIS Communication with many 'oW"7
vas entirely cut off. The entire Stsh"ay "o''''
urood in Long Island city. comprising four divs-
ions was practically tied up. Snowpoushs anu
scores Of laborers were at work all day trying 10
Loa, tho road omen but the wind piled the snow IN
drifts five and six high along the derent routes
and made II impossible for any cars 10 De operateu
The Stenway ferryboat OF the Ninety-secohu-s
ferry on hen II o'clock trip on her way from We"
work. Thursday night crashed into a freight hoat
going up the river and became disabled tnssedsels
on either side Of the river rad to wait uh a. I
,rre.nriav when another boat was put IN service
4 false alarm brought the Bssville engine To Hunt
ers Point in the afternoon Inc ovrdrf,s and were
forced to seek shelter in the JachSo'-a''' e"s''e
raft Of tmbers broke away from crib work
n broadway. Astoria. yesterday afternoon car r.
LYING y%Tn unable to put out to rescue him on
oCson T' Of the ice he was picked up by the
ft enrtrcnt of this city and landed in Astoria
lie w.. badly frostbiiten and was sent TO
n0S' snowpough on the Long Island Railroad ran
into number OF men , hC" rack one man was
killed another had both legs broken d nhd mn" he
We %, thc rloIIgh-cngne owing TO the high wind
and the engineer did not see the men until he
The first wcstbound train over the Atlantis stsI
division of the Long i-enu ,Iain near Morris
park, AT $40 a. m YESTERDAY, me ehs ,i
gss thrown Violently forward In the cab. his head
etrilinr tho throttle bar. His nose was .elIlpy
f the p ans Miss Alice Hurley. OF Jamaica
was struck by piece OF iahns gr aIs o,hrr ras
scnrcrs escaped with bruises. The trains are no'
scrousy pacd with fearful violence at North
port and the Sound is completely if3z,n Over. i
large liberty pole in Main-s was n,oTp bnilding
the bank IN the afternoon ana d.iin1 1 The snay
to a considerable extent In so,rs piiers ',, eseI
drifts were twenty feet hsh hc 5eIr in Glen
cove and all the seacoast towns MIS-, , Jn,e 1
Shont p quarter OF a mile distant. and was picked
up from Of us door eyhaus'st ', y rccoyer
CHARLES r. smith. the druggist Of Freepor'. had
both cars frozen while on his way 10 MS S.oi'
Charles H. Lott and william Ellison bpth OF IT.
port went in the Bay cunning yrst'iiay tmrs
had not been heard from last night. ana thelr lhh
Uios were afraid they had perish in the storm
The waters OF Long Island SOUND swcp' aciestt
tho narrow strip OF land connecting Orient WIN
t;rcenport ana nearly washed It away. the
"a a,ers Of the Sound passing over the strip ny"
p@corIc nav The Oldest residents living on tn"
iluns say they 10 not remember 81 any previous
instance where the waters of the Sound r." over
the beaches. 49, - ,... ,-.
some OF The towns in Wesichcst"r County Were
compi.tclv cut of from communication WIN inns
civ The snow an places was banked np many
feet high and the roa i were inlpassaile ne law
r.rs and others who are accustomed 10 drive 10
ia. county buildings ~ Whit" Plains were uhAi
10 do so ana little business was transacted IN ~"
courts and other public buildings a. W hiic PANS
MANY New-Yorl business men whose homes are IN
Westchester County oou.d not i'"ch 'He CITY ~ ''
morning.