New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-12
A FURIOUS SNOWSTORM.
ITS DATE RECALLED THE GREAT BLlZ-
ZARD OF 1885,
ONLY ONE DAY AHEAD OF THE ANNIVERSARY
WIND WHICH BLEW FORTY SIX MILES AN
uovR-HA1r. FOLLOWED THE SNOW
HURRICANE SIGNALS SET
ALONG TIE COAST.

HURRICANE SIGNALS SET
ALONG THE COAST.
When Ncw-Yorlers woke up yesterday MORN
Ing and looked out Of their windows many "'"-
dered If tn, blizzard OF 1855 wts to be repeated
The stormy weather justified their specoiH''o"
for the wind was bowling a gale and the sho"
was blown hither and thither In furious style
Not only that. but to-day. March Il, is the ANN
versary of the great blizzard Of 1883. :,
The incipient blizzard Of yesterday star'e'
early. and the snow piled up so rapidly '"d' ~
: n m. more than five inches OF II hau l""'''
and II was still coming Soon after that 'iine Wv
temperature which had been making 'li"'",
mass OF the fallen snow, began TO iaii'. anu "'
- =, when the snow had partly ceased the
increased cold giving sim sups'""oe
the nearly half foot Of snow. A fall of hail.
which was driven down by the nor'heas'e'iy
gale was no reapecter OF umbrellas. ana !"
brought the blood to the cheeks OF pe"''''
who faced the stinging blast.
Although the snowfall Of March L. lSSS' was
many times as great as that OF yesterday '"e
ir1 of ves.erdav was six miles stronger than
I, WAC eirht wears ago. II blew forty-six miies
on hou- Yesterday at the highest. while In the
blizzard Of 1ssS the greatest velocity was lor'!
miles The highest point reached by the fner-
curv Yesterday was "a degrees, and the lowest
% degrees.
THE STORM ALONG THE COAST.
Tho s,orr, was central last night off Long
Island. and the storm signals up at Sandy HOOK
,o,d ,bo wary mariner that It was blowing with
hurricane force that few save the largest
,.osea,s v.ntured outside the Hook TO face the
co,o No sailing craft were reported as passing
:, or out ~ IN, Hook after the storm began 10
ra, we'll under way. Hurricane signals are dis-
nloved along the Atlantic coast from Cape hat
teras 10 Boston. and the coastwise sailing crait
that cannot make harbor before the blow be-
gins vii! have sorry time. Many tale OF
marine disaster may be expected within the
next few days
rOprcASTER DrNN's PREDICTIONS.
Mr. Dunn. the local forecaster. had this 10 say
of the storm YESTERDAY: The storm will create
northeasterly gales along the coast tonight md
storm signals have already been displayed. CIV
ing warning The snowfall will not be heavy
tina. Is in comparison with others. The snow
will be followed By n decided drop In the tempera-
,urc The forecast is nor:heasterly gales this
afternoon and tonight. snow tomorrow morning
and CO der weather" Mr. Dunn received the foi-
lowing dispatch from Washington:
IAN order has been issued TO hoist hurricane
signals and be active In notifying shipping a
severe storm. now central in Georgia VIII PROB
ably reach the intensity - hurricane hiohe 'ne
coast line az It moves northeastward TO New
England during the next twenty-four hours.
storm blockade is proba bic in New-England ana
the Nlddl. Atlantic States followed by decidedly
colder weather Thursday"
EFFECT on TRAFFIC.
The snowfall while II VS. not severe enough
70 stop traffic on the elevated or surface roads,
seriously impcded IT. The snow ploughs on inc
surface roads kept busy throughout inc
dav clearing tho tracks so that the cars coul'
keep their headway. on the elevated roads "heh
the storm was at It's height the trains were run
az reduced speed and az longer inter'a's' - a'
10 avoid the danger Of collision
on the Bay and rivers the binding snow had
somewhat the effect OF n FOG. ana vesse's hau W
proceed with extreme caution NO SERIOUS
casualties on land or water were repo''eu "'
result OF the storm
EIGHT YEARS AGO TO-DAY.
r,o ,,vxord ~ March y. 1888. completely
showed under the city. all traffic being at
standstill and business largely abandoned. Ihe
storm set IN on Sunday March H. with dT'z-
zrne rain and grsty winds. The wind and the
rain slowly Increased until shortly after hliu,
night. when snow began To fall and the VIM
hustled around the corners AT iua,uus ,r,od
When the city awoke. the streets were nufi,n
under great snow drifts the snow kept raining III
millions Of fine dry fakes, ana the Veiociy vi
the wind had not abated 49,,
Most of the people who succeeded IN sr,''iS
downtown had 10 walk. az the elevated rh'i'"au
eurroce broke down. the surface-cars were
staIled In and only a few carriages couih De
hirnd even at exOrbitant rates. There were ~
trains out Of the city and few In In me harpot
navigation was practically suspended. The storm
nlavo1 havoc with the telegraph ana telcpnone
wires and telegraph poles were pr"St,a''u ~
many ulaces The average velocity or thf WHO
,,as o. niles an hour and the highest abou; AZ
,nucs About two feet of snow had fallen up 10
8 o'clock Monday. ,,, .no, -,
ON Tueedav. March l3 the blizzard passed OF
~ sea leaving the city still hemmed In by snow,
with food and coal running low, the MIX supply
ovbaustcd and prices rising. By thursday an
the railroads except one were III oP''o'io'' anu
milk trains began TO arrive
Tbc blizzard first made Itself felt In the Lake
rocion. then il went TO the Atlantic coast ana
80, c,ne JIatteras Il ran into another storm that
came from Georgia increasing its fury. III theh
sned along the Atlantic coast to this city
TO-DAYS OUTLOOK
Tho local weather bureau at a late hour last
r,cht issued the following bulletin:
The storm ras moved easterly with great
rapiditv and Il now central sou'h "i LUIS
i"innd II has developed hurricane force the
nressurc being about twenty-nine inches u, % .u'
nao,ro SNOW will continue tonight In southern
New- England and Ncw-York, with hiSh porth-
west winds.
THE STORM AT SARATOGA
car.toya March II (SpeciaD.-The blizzard OF
March 12 1885, threatens to celeprateits hh"'eI'a'
,hrouohou, Saratoga and the Adirondack footh'iis
rh,s afternoon a binding snowstorm. accompanied
.t.I pnIh