The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-17
BIG STORMS ON
THE SEA COAST
New York City the Center OF a Heavy
Coast Storm.
THE WORST SINCE THE BLIZZARD
The Wind Driving Along at Is Niles
an Hour and IicapiIg Up. Drifts.
Weather fOrccastcr Dunn Expects
The Storm TO Continue Through
The eNight..Quukers in the Snow.

+! New York, Dec. 16.-Not since the
memorable blizzard which began on
| March -, 1855, and which lasted for
/ three DAYS. has New York city expert
/ enced such Il snow storm as that which
is prevailing here today. Accord n :,
to Weather Forecaster Dunn, it lacks
only one condition of the great bliz-
( GARD. and that is the element of cold.
otherwise, as regards the fall of snow
and the velocity of the wind, the cOndi-
/ tionS are Identical
/ A few accidents have occurred, that
near Newark. where Il train plunged
through a gang of iaborers, being the
most serious.
Traffic on the water has been car
ried ON as cautiously as possible.
Railway service has been slightly
hampered, but i'll the main no serious
delay occurred.
Here, in the city. the surface roads.
particularly the horse car lines, suf-
fered much by the drifting snow.
Heavily laden trucks also contributed
to the many blookades reported. Pedcs-
trianism was unpleasant throughout
the day.
At o'clock it was announced at the
weather bureau that there was less
snow falling. but that the wind had
not slackened in velocity.
PATH OF THE STORM.
The storm started in the lower Mis-
sissippi valley last Monday, switched
to the Atlantic coast over Florida and
/ passed up the coast, increasing in Sc
verify until early today ii reached "a
climax with its center just over this
city, as stated.
All day Yesterday hurricane signals
were kent flying at the weather hu-
D l,., oil Of m IslN
temperature began falling md the
velocity Of the wind increasing. At go
O'Clock last night rain and sleet began
falling, shortly after midnight turning
to snow. The wind increased in We
locity until at o'clock this morning
it reached the maximum. At that time
is was from the north and was blowing
at the rate of fOrty-eight miles an
hour. From that time the wind de-
creased until at o'clock today it was
thirty-seven miles an hour and had
Veered around to the northwest.
Later it blew up again, the wind
reaching a velocity of forty-two miles
an hour.
Up to s o'clock today little over
four and half inches of snow had
fallen, and by o'clock had reached
almost five inches, by noon the fall
was seven inches.
The temperature here at o'clock was
IS degrees. In the next hour it rose
one degree. 1t dropped again to % ,
and remained stationary at that point
until / o'clock.
The storm today had subsided con-
siderably bv 3 o'clock this afternoon
and storm bound steamers began to
move. The first to pass Quarantine
outward was the White Star liner Ma
iestic, for Liverpool. Shortly after
wards the Noord!and. for Antwerp.
was reported passing, and then fol-
lowed the ST. Louis of the American
line for SouthamptOn California, for
Hamburg, and a number OF coasters.
The Morgan line steamer Elmer. from
New Orleans. was the first inward YES
sci sighted at Sandy Hook. She passed
at 3.I5 y. m., and shortly afterwards
the Tauric. from Liverpool, and Mo-
hawk. from London, were soi"d inside
the bar. These two steamers are only
a day or so beyond their regular time.
THE GALE At PLYMOUTH
Plymouth. Mass. Dec. 1G.-"he worst
storm seen about these paa.s for many
wears has been raging all night and
now shows no signs of abatlng. Snow
is falling fast and the wind is blowing
a gale from the northwest The mar
L0r is on seethng mass of foam and
the tide is very high, washing up over
tEe wharves.