The record-union., 1897-01-29
Snow Reported From Fifteen to Thirty
Four Inches on the Level.
Drifts Piled Up From Five to Ten Feet
in Hight.
Country Roads Everywhere Rendered
impossible, and Railway, Tele-
graph and Telephone Service Badly
Demoralized-Baiti Enjoying
the Novelty of Sleighing-Virginia
Covered With Snow.


BOSTON. Jan. 2S-Not since the bliz-
zard of 1888 has there been a storm OF
such severity throughout New Eng
land as that which has prevailed dur
ing the past twenty-four hours. Snow
is reported from fifteen to thirty-four
inches deep on the level, and the high
wind has piled up drifts from five to
ten feet high. Country roads every
where are rendered impossible, while
steam railroad, electric railways, tele-
graph and telephone service has been
pretty thoroughly demoraMzed. In
many places schools have been closed,
portions of mills shut down and business
of all kinds is practically suspended.
The storm in this city Developed into
very near a blizzard, and the snowfall
has been about twenty-four inches,
causing great interruption to street car
and steam railroad traffic, beside prac-
tically placing an embargo upon all
ships hereabouts. With the exception
OF two or three schooners which came
in this morning, the harbor has been
barren of arrivals. Ferryboats are
making their trips, but are greatly
hampered by the thick snow. All sorts
of rumors have been afioat in regard to
vessels being ashore AIT Nahant, VIM
throp, Galloupes Island and other points
below, but diligent inquiry has failed
to confirm any of them.
Rockville Conn.,, reports fall OF
thirty-four inches of snow and drifts
from five to eight feet deep.
SLEIGHING AT BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 2S.-Sleighing is
always a novelty in Baltimore, and to-
day thousands took advantage of the
opportunity to enjoy the unusual sport.
Almost seven inches of snow fell yes
terday, and last night was the most Sc
we're storm of the present winter. In
fact, there have been few heavier snow
falls in this city than that of yesterday
since the blizzard of 1888. Ice has fast
ened itself in the waters of the river and
Chesapeake Bay, and is giving tresible
TO the shipping interests. Several yes
sells are locked in by the ice. A num-
Der of oyster vessels have been tenn
porarily abandoned, their crews walk
ing on the ice to the shore.
A great deal of destitutlon in all parts
of Baltimore has been brought to light
by the cold snap, and police headquar-
ters is being run over by men, women
and children in search of fuel, food and
clothing.
Reports from Western Maryland in
dicate the heaviest snowfall and the
lowest temperature of the winter.
STORM ON THE JERSEY COAST.
LONG BRANCH On. j., Jan. 2S.-
Reports from UP and down the Jersey
coast show that this has been the
heaviest storm of the season. An un-
commonly heavy sea is running at At
lantic Highlands. The surf is rising
over the board walk at Asbury Park,
and washing up sand in the ramparts.
The snow is SO deep that all traffic
on wheels is stopped. Trains running
into Long Branch are all delayed, and
wires are down from Barnegat City 10
Atlantic City.
At Isle City the sea walls of several
cottages have been destroyed by the
storm. Business IS necessarily sus-
pended in Ocean City on account of the
storm.
STEAMER DRIVEN ASHORE.
NEW LONDON Comm, Jan. 2S.-
During the violent storm last night a
steamer, supposed To be the freighter
Mohawk of the New London Steam
boat Company, went ashore on Goshen
Point at the mouth Of New London
Harbor The binding snow renders it
impossible 10 see the steamer.
SNOW IN VIRGINIA
RICHMOND, Jan. 2S.-The Old Do
rninion State is covered with four to six
inches of snow. The fall began early in
the morning and in some places has not
abated. Danville has four inches. Peters
burg three, Newport News five and
Roanoke six. The temperature over the
State ranges from 20 to - degrees.
COLD IN TENNESSEE.
KNOXVILLE. Jan. 2S.-The ther-
mometer stands 10 degrees above zero
bv far the coldest Of the winter. About
three inches of snow covers the ground
and for the first time in two years hum
dreds of sleighs are on the streets.
HEAVY SNOWFALL IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Jan. 2S.-New York
awoke this morning TO face the heaviest
snowfall in this region for some years.
1t started in with determination the
evening before, and kept up continual
downfall until the city was buried at
10 a. m. to-day beneath robe of over
ten inches. But the snow was dry and
the wind was not strong enough to Gre
ate any heavy drifts or any blizzard
conditions For this reason IL readily
yielded 10 trackmen, and reduced the
discomfort TO the lowest possible notch
The storm ranged along the South At
lantic Coast, and moving northward
came in contact with the cold wave in
this region. This made New York the
storm center, and while snow was fall
ing all over the Middle Atlantic States.
this region got the heaviest dose by far
Delays TO all sorts of traffic, clogged
surface lines, congested thoroughfares,
crowding and yelling truckmen, ner-
vous and pushing pedestrians. and loud
grinding of snowplows and the deter
mined work of the cart men and shovel
ers made up the regulation tableau that
always comes with metropolitan
storm Four horses to each car ap-
peared on nearly all the horse car lines,
but they had slow work Of IL at best.
Gable cars were troubled by slippery
cables. which made travel slow and
halting on them too.