The herald., 1898-11-28
Keeps Its Promise Of Breaking
All the Records
SHIPS sunk and TRAFFIC BLOCKED
The Worst Weather Since the Memorable March Blizzard
Of 1888, Causes the Death Of Many People
and Vast Financial Losses
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-When the people |
# New York awoke this morning they found
the blizzard that ragged when they retired
was still in progress. The storm, which be-
gan with a soft, sleety snow on Saturday at
noon, increased as the day wore on, with
heavier snow fall, the wind blowing gale
1T midnight There was slight abatement
Of the wind this morning, but the snow still
fell and drifted badly and the temperature
dropped rapidly. 1t looked this morning as
though the blizzard would continue all day,
but at 10 o'clock there was breaking away
in the west and finally the storm ceased
altogether, and the severest blizzard since
the memorable one of March, 1888, came to
an end.
The wind blew at the rate of sixty miles
an hour during the height of the storm.
Snow fell throughout New York state. The
fall in New York city, the weather bureau
reports, was about 10 inches, Philadelphia
inches, Boston inches, Portland, Me-,
4 inches, Albany little over an inch.
The lowest temperatures reported were:
New York city 25, Albany l8.
A HEAVY SNOW FALL
With the Frightening of the skies in this
city this morning came an increase in the
velocity of the wind, and the loose, dry
snow was sent swirling and eddying every
where. Nearly foot of snow had fallen,
but in places it had drifted to four or five
feet The popularity of the storm was the
encrusting of nearly every window and the
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cleared away the great city was transformed
into a spectacle Of gistening white of sur
passing beauty.
Broadway and the great thoroughfares OF
the city presented fantastic appearance
In the greater artery of business activity
of the country there were drifts on the side
walks through which the early morning
wayfarer plowed to his waist. On some of
the streets great drifts formed barriers
across them and in many instances fillee
I'D the trenches that had been dugl by the
street railways for the Transforming OF th'
TRAFFIC BLOCKED
AS soon as there were signs of abatemen
In the fall of the snow, the street cIeanin,
department went to work, but little pro
gress was made. Suburban traffic wa!
! blocked for several hours in the morning
and after that trains ran at long intervals
All trains were delayed. Some that were
due in the early morning hours had not beer
heard from at night. The superintendent o.
mails in the general postoffice reported tn,
train from Boston due at a. m. had not
been heard from, nor had the mails beer
received up to o'clock tonight The in
al ha
were from two hours to an unknown number
of hours behind time. Few trains due at
the Grand Central station today arrived
on time
DAMAGE TO SHIPPING
The terrific blow of Saturday night did
much damage to the small shipping in New
York harbor. 1t is reported tonight thai
several tugs belonging to the Kingston Tow
ing company, together with a large number
of canaI boats, were sunk up the river by
the force of the gale. The shores of the
Hudson river are Uttered with wreckage.
ALL DRUNKS RUN IN
An order was sent out from police head
quarters to the various precinct command
ers to have arrested all persons found alone
in condition that would raise even the sus.
picion of intoxication. AS a result, the
police courts today were crowded with EN-
inently respectable looking persons, who
were let got with small fine and an admo-
milton to get in out Of the snow.
DEATH FROM EXPOSURE
Notwithstanding this precaution on the
part of the police, there were number of
casualties, including several deaths from
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former insurance agent, was found in the
park at Eighteenth street and Avenue and
taken to Bellevue hospital Both his legs
and hands were badly frozen. He had laid
down on bench to die, he said. He had
had nothing to eat for several days.
An unknown woman was found, uncon-
scious in a snow drift at Seventh street and
Avenue A. She was removed to the Pres
byterian hospital, where her condition was
said to be serious.
An aged German, Frank Schneider, of
Dutch Kills, Long Island City, was found
Saturday night at. Seventieth street and Sec
ond avenue. He was lying on a snow bank,
almost unconscious, and was transferred to
the Bellevue hospital.
An unknown woman discovered. in a. base
ment on the Bowery was removed to Hudson
street hospital, and died there from alcohol
ism and exposure.
A policeman recovered Dennis Quinn, let
ter carrier, who had fallen helpless in the
snow early this morning, badly frozen.
In Jersey City the body of Rosanna Gun.
ningham, AZ year old, was found on the side
walk on Van Vorest street early this morn
ing. Her skull was fractured. The body
was almost covered with snow. 1t is be-
lisved she received her injuries from fall
At a. m. policeman found Charles
Schopp unconscious in the snow in JERSEY
City. Before he couldi be carried into
house he died. Schopp had started for a
butcher shop, where he was employed, and
his death is attributed to exposure and ex
laustion from his struggle through the
binding storm.
George Beck, AZ years old, and William Al.
len were also found in Jersey City by the
police, badly frozen. The former had been
drinking. He was unconscious, and is
likely to die.
John Bohan, while on street car, became