Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-12-03
BLIZZARD'S GRIP.
November Snowstorm in New
England and New York.
BLOCKADE TO TRAFFIC.
The wtnd In Sew York At One Time Rlsw
ga miles an Hour. and Made the snow
fais = Bsindtag One-Urban Transit.
Railroad Trains. Telegraph Ltass All
Seriously Hatnpered.

NrW YoRK (spsciAD. The metropolis
vas visited by a blizzard more severe than
any since the noted one % March. IssS Il
was part OF a storm which did much dam
age over the Middls states aud New Eng-
land.
The storm. whi,h began with a soft,
slcety snow on saturday at noon. Increased
greatly as the day wore on with heavier
snowfall. the wind blowing gale At mid
night. Untn 10 O'Clock sunday morning
the snow still fell and drifted high. while
ths temperature dropped rapidly. The
wind blew ca miles an hour during the
heighth OF the storm.
The fall OF snow In Now York city. ac-
cording TO the weather bureau reports. wss
about ten inches. In Philadelphia. nine in-
ehes Bostoe. six tnchos. and Portland,
Maine. fonr Inches. The lowest tempera-
/ tures reported were. New York city. - de-
srees; Albany. is degrees.
4 popularity Of the storm In New York
| was tho encrusting of nearly every window,
the sides OF buildings aud the trces. aud
! when the storm cleared Rwayshe grcat city
was transformed into a spectacle of giis-
tening white OF surprising beauty. Broad
way and all the throughfAres ot tho city
presented fantistic appearance In ihe
great artery os business activity OF the
country there were drifts on the sidewalk,
through which the early morning wayisreE
plowed 20 the waist In some streets great
drifts formed barriers. and In macy IN
stances nlled up trenches that bad been due
by street railroads for TRANSFORMING tneil
motive power from cable 20 electricity. Ihh
caused many an unfortunate person 20 sud
denly disappesr from view a. he sried 4
cross the street The city was slow In get
tug rid Of the snow because the contract
for removal had not yet been let.
The cable roads we're more fortunate thai
the trolley lines. Nearly every underground
trolley line 10 tue city was Imperative a
= day. owing 70 tho nlling up oi the slot b.
"A freezing sleet. aud the nliag ~ the condui
a by snow and frozen slcct. Hundreds q
y Iaen were employed by the trolley con-
l. panies 20 put them Ia coalition, but tho
efforts were futile.
y Suburban traflc was blocked Tor sever'
hours Ia tho morning. And after that trair
= ran Al long intervals. All trains were d.
= layed
N The terrible blow did much damage 20 u
re- small shipping in New York huroor.
ID The storm played havoc with the tel
C. graph wires along the coast of New Jers'
and the New Engiand coast
OF There were a number % casualties. Il
= cluding several deaths. from exposure.
D. John Martin. nfty-hve years old. form
d. insurance agent. was found 10 city squa
H. with his legs and hands badly frozen
a. had had nothing % eat for several days.
ht A woman was found unconscious IN
q, snowdrift al Seventy eighth street al
Avenue A.
re An aged German, Frank Schneider,
N Dutch Kills, Long leland city, was fou
Nv at Seventeen street and Second avenue "a
n serious condition.
An unknown man, discovered In a Ia
.t ment on the Bowery and removed 10 liz
,ht son street Hospital, dled there'
policeman rescued Dennis Quinn. =
ter carrier. who had fallen helpless IN
At snow early ia the morning, badly frozen.
az Ia Jersey city. the body OF Rosanaa @
a nInghAm was found on sidewalk AZ a
break. Her skull was fractured. The bS
A was almost covered with snow IL IS
- nrved she received her injuries from I
At A.M.a policeman found Cha
Schopp unconscious In the snow. BET
-. he could be carried Into a house Sch'
died. He had started for a butcher st
san where he was employed, and his death
- attributed 10 exposure aud exhaustion q
hts struggle through the binding storm.
IN John Bohan. while on street car,
,ar came benumbed at Avenue B and II
street. and fell from the platform OF the
lie lay In the snow for considerable 9
but was nEally discovered by passe
and sent 70 hospital.
's"' Julius Hoosebsrg. n homeless man.
sought shelter In barn al Staplston. y,
oeh' Island. was found frozen and died shc
a. afterward.
,na FIELD or LAsO.s-