Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-17
NEW YORK AND VICINITY SWEPT
BYA GALE OF WIND AND SNOW.
WORST OF ITS KIND SINCE 1888
THREE DEATHS DUE TO THE STORM
ALREADY REPORTED.
street Traffic in the Cities Seriously
Interfered Witb-No Damage TO
shipping 50 Far as Report
ed-BaIny Weather
in Chicago.

NcV York. Dec 16.-The northwest storm
which struck this city about 10 o'clock last
night. grew in violence until, at o'clock
This morning, =. bowling gale of fifty miles
an hour ragged. driving snow through the
air with binding force and pilng it in
drifts. The storm. which cannot be called
u blizzard because lacking The element OF
cold. was the worst since 1855. At daylight
TINS morning i've inches Of snow had fallen
and was being whirIed about by the wind.
As the dag wore on the wind abated and
the snowfall diminished. AT o'clock the
sky began TO clear. and with nightfalI the
Sale disappeared, moving on TO scourge
New England.
About eight inches of snow fell. The low
est temperature reached during the storm
was deg. above zero. Surface and ele-
waited roads and ferries suffered much in
convenience, but now are running as usual.
Fifteen hundred men are cleaning the
streets. and by O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing the snow will have been removed. Fair
and warmer weather is predicted for to-
MORROW. Ample warning of the approach
OF the storm was given to the mariners.
and probably not much damage was done
indirectly to the storm. have been reported
up TO this time. They are:
james Gully. an elevated railway en-
ployc. found dead on the track.
Louis Bressier, tailor. found frozen to
death in hallway in Bell street
Moriarto Zanano. laborer. struck by a
Pennsylvania railway train. while working
on the track near Haverly. n. J.
in addition to these, William Beckley was
found unconscious in a snOwdrift in Jer-
sey city, so badly frozen that he cannot
recover. and George w. Fears was picked
up I'm this city unconscious from the cold;
hs cannot survive. --aa
ffhe same train that killed Zanano fatal
ly injured Huiseppe Caiotto, fellow la
bOrer.
Telegraphic reports from Long Branch
and Asbury Park say that from those
points nothing has been seen Of the sehoon-
er Grace X. Green, which WAS abandoned
yesterday after the rescue of the crew by
the Old Dominion steamer Yorktown. The
last that was seen of the schooner last
night. she had four sails set and was ap-
parently drifting off shore. heading South.
The thick atmosphere caused by the snow
storm interfered very materially with the
river and harbor navigation to-day and
ferry traffic was very uncertain, the boats
OF the different lines running with very
little attention paid to schedule time
In the city considerable interruption of
street traffic resulted from the storm. Ele-
waited railroad trains, ran on time, but the
cable and other surface lines of street rail-
ways were working under difficulties. The
wind was fierce and cutting. the snow
striking the face with a stinging force
Reports from Connecticut, Massachusetts
and from the interior of New York, show
that the storm is of wide range, the snow
fall being from three to eight inches and
the temperature well down toward the zero
mark.
Philadelphia. Dec. 16.-The wind and
snow storm which began early last even
ing continued throughout the night and
until after noon to-day showed no signs of
abating. During the early morning hours
the wind blew gale and railroad and
street car traffic suffered considerably.
The suburban trolley lines. with one or
two exceptions were snowbound- Snow to
the depth. of six inches has fallen. Re
ports from the Delaware breakwaters state
that no marine disasters have been report
ed and that the wind has fallen to about
twenty-five miles an hour.
Bridgeport, Conn, Dec 16-The severest
storm Of the season is raging here to-day.
The snow has reached n depth of seven
inches and the wind is blowing a hurricane.
Only u few trolley cars are running and
the schools are closed. Business is at
StandStill.
Litchfeld Conn Dec 16-The worst
Storm ever experienced in this section this
early in the winter is raging in Litchfield
county. Snow began TO fall al a. M and
still continues. with no signs of abatement.
II Is accompanied hy bowling gale which
is causing mammoth drifts
Sandy Brook Point Conn. Dec. l6.-One
Of the most violent northeast gales for
wears is prevailing along the Connecticut
shore Of Long Island sound. The waters of
the sound have been lashed i'm wicked
condition. Driving snow renders naviga-
lon practically impossible. Not a vessel
has berI seen passing to-day. and the few
hat D. into the Connecticut river last
night J. sc not vcnturcd out
- Midd.etOWn. Conn. Dec. l6-Steamshin
iraitlc Is greatly delayed by the record
nEeaKing storm which now prevails, and
tie trolley lines are badly crippled The
STOW is ten inches deep on the level and II
5 drntod four to five feet deep
Chicago. Dec, l6.-In sharp contrast with
the snow and sle5t accompanying the gaIe
loW sweeping the Eastern coast The
~ nther in Chicago to-day was mild aud
nras'ni 10 almost record breaking de-
gree women shoppers discarded their furs
Tor th" wrnos of early fan and open grin
t''rS were much In demand Cyclers wera
'iif IN iurcc and the jam or bicycles car
NlGeS ana trans on the bouleVards was
As h'aNy as or a summer day.. The. lowest
point reached by the mercury was rs de-
srCcs above zero.
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