The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-11
WORST EVER KNOWN.
SHET YORK sTEPT WITH A BLIzz4RD
WORSE THAN THAT OF fSsS.
Business NJ a standstili-fhe Whole Country
Frozen Hard palm 6ranch, fiorida'
the Only Point Above Freezing.

New York. February S-The great snow
storm that ragged i'm this vicinity today was
worse than that memorable blizzard OF
March I3-l5. ISIS. in three ways-h wihu'
temperature and area affected bniy III
snowfall was the storm of lSsS greater lhah
raday-s. The wind today averaged sixty
miles an hour against fifty in the blizzard
of ISSS: the temperature today lowered
about zero. while in Is> il was above
lsv. ard a half inches Of snow fell today
against two fe,s. then
In the area az The storm. however, IS the
greatest difference noted. The blizzard To-
sisV swept almost the entire country, IN
stead Of the mere radius - ~ miles
around New York thca covered
The storm swept down or the city early
last night and 10y this morning WAS in full
possession. Ii Jill not settle down softly
ami quietly ia nice. BIZ flakes. ON the
contrary. IL WAS driven aiong with blind
fus- force lev furious northwest gale Of
hitter c1llrsess in minute particles that
seemed to l.. covered with sharp points.
ike the END OF needle. ard stEnS the
faces % bclatet pedestrians as they toii"d
along through the drifts. II was so dfy
and licht that ii was piled up IN great
heaps and ridges in every sheltered point,
Tor wherever the gale hod full play IL
swept the streets and sidewalks clean
Masses of Drifting lee.
Traffic on the different ferries was seri-
n,lslv im,,ie,i. Both tire North and East
MYERS were nllci with huge masses Of
drifting ice and the utmost care had to
L. exercised in taking tie boats across.
Astc i'm the afternoon the Hamilton.
South Wall street and Thirt~-ninth street
ferries stopped running on account OF the
s-e THE only serious accident thus Tar
r.srsr-.al aa.. which was attended with
-h.Ete loss o. Ilfe. occurred late last
night In an. lower Say. whore a dshing
schooner. the EmH.a, calsizei. -Four OF
her vreks took b. a boat and attempted TO
reach shore. but have not since been heard
rrasu. Three others remained ia the rig
!. n four Or age hours and then reached
Shore. nearly Irsz ia. in a small boat.
All 81 tee railroads entering this city
we're practically tt,i t-p. \ few trains got
threuen. but they were mostly local The
rnrov-h train service ORA the New York
centred wes resumed with the departure
~ The North Shore Limited at $50 o'clock
This afternoon. and every effort will he
made 10 get the trains through ID Chicago
without delay. Local trains on the Hud-
ss.n Aver division are Running regularly,
AL il is expected that tomorrow all
shrau-h trains on this u. viii lc running
as usueL
al Mails E.a.e.
All the mails due here today were de-
lars.3. some are reported stalled along
the routes. The mails from New England
states due here SO C.i- o'clock this morning
are reported stslieI So Connecticut. The
western MALLS from Washington and Mary
land ara also bee5ul time. The trans-con-
tir,ut4I rlaIi due here at - "a. IN. from
San Francisco IS reported eight hours
late III. mails FROM ite north ana can
ada are scheduled "a, tIo hours late.