The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-17
A H0WLING STORM,
Tremendous Wind and Much Snow
in New York City.

New York. December 1G-Thc north
west storm which struck this city about
~ O'Clock last night grew in violence un-
I'll O'Clock this morning Il bowling gale
OF often fifty miles an hour ragged driv-
ing snow through the air with binding
forcc.a and pilinS it in drifts. The storm.
which cannot be called Il blizzard, be-
cause lacking the element of cold, was
the worst since 1883. At daylight this
morning five inches OF snow had fallen
and was being whred about nv the
wind As the day wore on the wind
abated and the snowfall diminished At
4 O'Clock the sky began To clear and with
nightfail the gale Disappeared. moving
on To scourgc New England. About
eight inches of snow fell The lowest
temperature reached during the storm
was % degrees above zero. Surface and
elevated roads and ferries suffered much
inconvenience, hut are now running as
usual. Fifteen hundred men are c,can.
ing the streets ana by Is o'clock to-mor.
row morning the snow will have been re.
moved
Ample warning of the approach of the
storm was given To mariners and prob
ably not much damage was done to shin
ping.
Three deaths due directly or Indirectly
10 heastorm are reported mp tn this time.
They are: James Gully, an elevated
railway cmploye, found "ead on the
track; Louis Brcssler, Il tailor, found
| frozen 10 death in hallway in Bell
street; NJ. Zanano, II laborer, struck by y
Pennsylvania railway train while work
ing en- the track near Waverlv, n j. In
addition to these William Becklcv was
found unconscious in II snowdrift in .Jer.
sey City so badly frozen that he cannot
, recover, and George w. Fears was picked
up in this city unconscious from the
cold. lie cannot survive. The same
tram that killed Zanano fatally wounded
Giuseppe Calotte, IL fellow laborer
Snybrook Point, Conn, Dec lG.-One
of the most violent northeast gales for
years is prevailing along the Connecticut
shore of Long Island Sound The waters
of the sound have been dashed in Il wicked
+, condition. Driving SNOW renders navi-
CATION practically impossible. Not "A yes
sci has been seen passing to-day and the
few that ran into the Connecticut river
last night have not vcnturcd out
Norwalk, Conn, Dec. IL The Bridge
port'New York steamer Rosedale was
compelled to put in at Wilson'S Point
last aight owing to the vchcmence of the
gale prevailing on the sound. Her pas
seEgers, .seventy-fvc in number, were
landed and taken to their destination by
train The Rosedale remained nj the
| Point all night.
New London Conn, Dec. l6--This OK.
pansive harbor is crowded with sailing
crafts of all sorts which have sought ref
u@e from one of the ugliest storms in
years. The Sound steamers succeeded in
reaching this city. mot far behind their
schedule time, but no navigation was at
tempted to day. The trolley lines are
seriously crippled.by the snow fall
Philadelphia, Dee. 1.-THE wind and
snow storm which began early last even
ing continued throughout the night and
all day. 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 The
wind began going down about dark ana
the worst of the storm seems TO be over
Hull, Mass, Dec. II The three mast
ell schooner Ulrica, which left IIillsboro,
\. b., last Friday for lIoboken, y. j.
With cargo of plaster rock, was totally
| wrecked Ivy II violent storm on Nantusket
| Beach Just before noon to-day Captain
John Patterson and his crew OF six men
| were rescued in an exhausted condition
| after undergoing II terrible experience.
Boston, Dec. l6.-A severe storm has
been raging here since shortly before mid
| day. The wind is from the north and
! blowing ut the rate of thirty seven miles
| per hour. The barometer marks % rs
| while the temperature is IL degrees above
zero. No. accidents of any kind were
reported in the harbor. Telegraphic com
munication with the Highland lights anl
other points on Cane Cod is interrupted
| on account of the storm