The herald., 1896-12-17
A HOWL|NG GALE IS RAGING
Over the County East of the
Rockies
THE WORST FOR A DECADE
Four Deaths Reported With Still More
to Come
HE WORST FOR A DECADE
Ample Warning Was Given and Ship
ping Is Expected to Escape Serious
Dana age-Not a Blizzard.
Associated Press Special Wire

| Associated Press Special Wire
NEW YORK, Dec. 16-The northwest
storm which struck this city about 10
o'clock last night grew in violence until
at about o'clock this morning bowling
gale of fifty miles an hour ragged. The
storm, which caninot be called a bliz-
zard, because lacking the elements of
cold. was the worst since 1888. At day.
light five inches of snow had fallen and
was being whirled about by the wind.
AS the day wore on the wind abated and
the snowfall diminished. At o'clock
the sky began to clear and with night
fall the wind disappeared, moving on
toward New England. About eight
inches of snow fell. The lowest ther-
mometer reached during the storm was
% degrees above zero.
Surface and elevated roads and fer
ries suffered much inconvenience, but
are now running as usual. Fifteen hun
dred men are cleaning the streets and by
o'clock tomorrow morning the snow
will have been removed. Fair and
warmer weather is predicted for tomor-
row.
Ample warning of the approach of the
storm was given to the mariners and
probably not much damage was done to
shipping.
Three deaths due directly or indirectly
to the storm have been reported. They
are:
James Gully, an elevated railway en-
ploye, found dead on the track
Louis Bressler, a tailor, found frozen
to death in hallway in Pell street.
Mortar Zanoano, a laborer, struck by
Pennsylvania railroad train while
working on the track near Waverly,
N. J.
In addition to these William Beckley
was found unconscious in a snowdrift
III Jersey City so badly frozen that he
cannot recover, and George w. Fears
was picked up in this city unconscious
with the cold, and he cannot survive.
The same train that killed Zanane IA
tally injured Giuseppe Callotto, fellow
laborer.
A VESSEL WRECKED
HULL, Mass, Dec 16.---The three
masted schooner Ulrica. which left Hills
boro last Friday for Hoboken, N. j., with
d cargo of plaster rock, was wrecked
on Nantasket beach just before noon
today. Captain John Patterson and his
crew of six men were rescued in an eX-
hausted condition after undergoing q
terrible experience. A furious north
east gale, accompanied by snow struck
the vessel before daylight this morning
and all her sails We're blown away. Cap
tain Patterson threw out his anchor, but
the sea was running high and they failed
to hold. The wind gradually increased
to a hurricane, and the thick snowfall
made it impossible to see vessels
length away. Mountainous waves broke
over the vessel, saturating the clothes of
the crew. The temperature was far be-
low the freezing point and the men were
badly frost bitten.
At 11:30 the Ulrica struck on the big
sandbar off the beach and in a short
time broke completely in half. Several
of the top spars went overheard. The
life-saving crew of Stony Beach, head
ed by Captain X. James, launched a
boat but could do nothing in such a sea.
The second time the boat made consid- =
cradle headway when it capszed, letting
the crew into the water They narrowly
escaped drowning, but finally reached the
wreck and took off the captain and the
crew, who were lashed to the after part
of the vessel.
The men were completely exhausted, the
hands and feet of several being frozen.
1t was late this afternoon before they
were able to tell the name of their yes
sci and of their experiences. The life
savers themselves We're almost eXhauted
when they reached land.
TOOK TIMELY WARNING
NEW LONDON, Con-, Dec. 16-This
expansive harbor is crowded with sail
ing craft of all sorts which have sought
refuge from one of the ugliest storms in
years. The sound steamers succeeded IN
reaching this city not far behind their
schedule time, but no navigation was at
"a foil -ti
tinues and promises to rage indefinitely
... A FATAL RIDE
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Dec. 16.-Percy
Middlebrook, Frank Rowe and Patrick
Powers. sons of prominent citizens of
Florida. took ride in sleigh last night
returning at midnight. Roe and Powers
attempted to assist Middleton from the
sleigh, but found he was frozen stiff.
TRAFFIC DELAYED
MIDDLETOWN. Conn, Dec. 16.-
Steamship traffic is greatly delayed by
the record breaking storm which now
prevails and trolley lines are badly Grip
pied. The snow is ten inches on the level
and has drifted four to five feet deep.
All country roads leading into the city
are blocked.
FEW CASUALTIES
BOSTON, Dec. 16-With the excep-
llOI VI Lie StedIileI I1ONaTu, WHICH lei [
for Baltimore, there have been no sail
here on her usual sailing hour yesterday
ings of local steamers. OF the large fleet
of European steamers now some days
overdue at this port only one, the ST
Romans. from London, came to anchor
today after a fearfully rough passage,
fully three days late.
No accidents We're reported in the har-
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