The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-17
WORST OF THE ATLANTIC COAST
GALE IS OVER AT NEW
YORK.
TRAFFIC is ALL TIED UP.
SURFACE LINES BOTHERED BY
THE DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW.
NO CASUALTIES REPORTED AT SEA.
The Crew of One Wrecked Schooner
Taken OF Only With the Great
est Peril.

NEW 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 a howl
ing gale of fifty miles an hour ragged,
driving snow through the air with,
binding force and piling it in drifts.
The storm, which cannot be called a
blizzard, because lacking the element of
cold, was the worst since 1885, At day
light this morning five inches of snow
had fallen and was being whirled about
by the wind. AS the day wore on the
wind abated and the snow fall dimin-
ished. AT 4 o'clock the sky began to
clear and with nightfall the gale dis
appeared, moving on to scourge 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,
but are now running as usual. Fifteen
hundred men are cleaning the streets,
and by o'clock tomorrow morning
the snow will have been removed Fair
and warmer weather is predicted for
tomorrow.
Ample warning of the approach of
the storm was given to mariners, and
probably not much damage was done
to shipping. Three deaths, due directly
or indirectly to the storm, have been
reported up to this time. They are:
James Gully, an elevated railway employe,
found dead on the track. Louis Bressler,
tailor, found frozen to death in a hallway in
struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train
while working on the track near Waverly,
N. Y.
In addition to these, William Buckley
was found unconscious in a snow drift
In Jersey City, so badly frozen that he
cannot recover, and George w. Fears
was picked up in this city unconscious
from the cold. He cannot survive.
Only two steamers reached quaran-
tine this morning, the Starlight, from
Swansea, and the Asloun, from China
ports. No vessels have left port this
morning. The American line steamer
st. Louis, for Southampton, the Red
Star steamer Noordland, for Antwerp;
the White Star liner Majestic. for Liv-
erpool, besides a number of coasters
are scheduled to sail today, but it Is
doubtful If they will venture out in the
teeth of the gale.
During the prevalence of the binding
snow storm a Pennsylvania passenger
train west-bound ran upon a gang of
laborers near Waverly, n. ]. Moriarto
Zanano was killed outright and Gui-
seppe Callotto was dangerously Injured.
Middletown, Conn.,, Dec. 16.-Steam rail-
road traffic is greatly delayed by the record
breaking storm, which now prevails, and the
trolley lines are badly crippled. The snow
is ten inches on the level, and it is drifted
four and five feet deep. All country roads
leading into the city are blocked.
Boston, Mass, Dec. 16.-With the exception
OF the steamer Howard, which left here at
her usual sailing hour yesterday afternoon for
Baltimore, there have been no sailings of To-
cal steamers. OF the large fleet of European
steamers 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.
Hull, Mass, Dec. 16.-The schooner Ulrica
was totally wrecked on Nantasket Beach
just before noon today. Capt. John Patter-
son and his of six men were rescued in
an exhausted condition after undergoing a ter
rible experience. At 1870 the UlIica struck
the big sand bar off the beach and in
short time broke completely in half. Sew
eral of the top spars went overheard. At
the life-saving station of Stony Beach the
crew launched boat, but could do moth
ing at first in the The second time the
boat had made considerable Roadway when
1t capsized, letting the crew into the water.
They narrowly escaped drowning, but finally
they reached the wreck and took off Capt.
Patterson and all of his crew, who were
dashed to the after part of the vessel.