The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-11-28

In New York and Jersey City a Dozen
Persons Were Discovered Lying Uncon-
scious in the Snow-Of These Three Are
Dead and the Condition of Others Is
Cntical-New York Police Took Heroic
Measures to Prevent Further Fatalities,
and the Plan Was Successful.
New York, Nov. 28.-when the peo-
pie of New York awoke yesterday
morning they found the blizzard that
ragged when they retired was still in
progress. The storm, which began
with a soft, sleety snow on Saturday
at noon, increased greatly as the day
wore on with heavier snowfall the
wind blowing a gale at midnight. There
was a slight abatement Of the wind
yesterday, but the snow still fell and
drifted high and the temperature drop
ped rapidly.
1t looked in the morning as though
the blizzard would continue all day,
but at 10 o'clock there was a breaking
away in the west, a Frightening Of the
light, and finally the storm ceased al
together, and the severest blizzard
since the memorable one of March,
1883, came to an end. The wind blew
at the rate Of SO to so 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, 9 inches; Boston, inch
es; Portland, Me, inches; Albany, a
little over an inch. The lowest tenn
peratures reported were: New York
| city, 25; Albany, is.
With the Frightening of the skies in
this city came an increase in the
velocity of the wind, and the loose dry
! snow was sent swirling and eddying
! everywhere. Nearly a foot of snow had
fallen, but in places it had drifted to
four and five feet. The popularity of
the storm was the encrusting Of nearly
every window, the sides of buildings
and trees, and when the storm cleared
away the great city was transformed
into a spectacle of gllstening white Of
surprising beauty. Broadway and all
the great thorOughfares of the city
presented a fantastic appearance. In
the greatest artery of business activity
of the country there were drifts on the
sidewalks through which the early
morning wayfarer plowed to his waist.
An order was sent out from police
headquarters to the various precinct
commanders to have arrested all per-
sons found alone in d condition that
would raise even the suspicion of in
toxication. AS a result the police courts
yesterday were crowded with eminently
respectable looking persons who were
! let go with a small fine and an ad-
monitiOn to get out of the snow. Not
| withstanding this preCautton on the
part of the police there were a number
of casualties, including several deaths
from exposure. John Martin So years
old, former insurance agent, was
found in the park at Tenth street and
Avenue B and taken to Bellevue hos
pital Both his legs and hands were
badly frozen. He had lain down on q
bench to die, he said He had had moth
Ing to eat for several days. An unknown
woman was found unconscious in {
snow drift at Seventy eighth stree
and Avenue A. She was removed tc
the Presbyterian hospital. where heI
condition was said to be serious.
| An aged German, Frank Schneider,
of Dutch Kills, Long Island city, was
found late Saturday night at SEVENTEEN
street and Second avenue. He was
lying on a snow bank, almost uncon-
scious, and was transferred to Belle
vue An unknown man, discovered in
| a basement on the Bowery and re-
moved to Hudson street hospital, died
there from alcoholism and exposure. A
policeman rescued Dennis Quinn, a let
ter carrier who had fallen helpless in
the snow early yesterday morning, bad
! ly frozen.
In Jersey City the body of Rosanna
Cunningham, AZ years of age, was
found on the sidewalk in Van Worst
street early in the morning. Her skull
was fractured The body was almost
covered with snow. 1t is believed she
received her injuries from a fall
! At a. m. policeman found Charles
Schopp unconscious in the snow In Jer-
sey City. Before he could be carried
into house Schopp died. He had
started for a butcher shop, where he
was employed, and his death is attrib-
uted to exposure and exhaustion from
his struggle through the binding storm
George Beck, AZ years old, and William
Allen were also found in Jersey City
by the police badly frozen The for
mer had been drinking and was uncon.
scious, and is likely to die,
John Bohan, while ON a street car
became benumbed by the cold at Ave
nue. B and Third street and fell from
the platform of the car. He lay in tn
snow for considerable time, but wa
finally discovered by a passerby an
sent to Bellevue in an ambulance,
Julius Hooseberg, q homeless mar
who sought shelter in a barn at Sta
pleton, Staten Island, was found froze
70 death.
Frank Jones. aged 40 years, was foun,