The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-28

City Has Seen in Years.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-When the
people Of New York awoke this morn
ing they found the blizzard which rag
ed when they retired was still in prog
ress. There was q slight abatement in
the wind this morning, but the snow
still fell and drifted high, and the tenn
perature dropped rapidly. At 10 o'clock
today there was a breaking away In
the west and finally the storm ceased
altogether. The wind blew at the rate
OF nifty TO sixty miles an hour during
the height Of the storm Broadway
and the great thofoughfares Of the city
PRESENTED a fantastic appearance. In
the greatest artery OF business activity
Of the country there were drifts on the
sidewalk through which the early
morning wayfarer plowed to his waist.
In some districts great drifts formed
barriers across them, and in many In
stances filled UP the trenches that had
been dug by the street railways for the
transferring OF the motor power from
cable to electricity.
As soon as there were Agns Of abate-
nlent in the fall Of snow the street
cleaning department went to work, but
little progress was made. Suburban
traffic was blocked for several hours in
the morning, and after that trains ran
at long intervals. All trains were de-
layed.
The blow Of Saturday night did much
damage to the small shipping in New
York harbor. 1t is reported tonight
that several tug boats belonging to the
Kingston Towing company, together
with a large number of canal boats,
we're sunk UP the river by the force of
the gale. The shores of the Hudson are
Uttered with wreckage.
An order was sent out from police
headquarters to the various precinct
commanders to have arrested ell per-
sons found alone in condition that
VIC uld raise even the suspicion of in
tcxicatlon. AS result the police
courts today were crowded with end
nently espectable-looking persons who
were given a small fine and the adano-
milton to go and sin no more
MANY CASUALTIES
In spite of this precaution on the
part Of the police, there were a num-
Der Of casualties, including several
deaths from exposure. John Martin,
fifty-hve years old, a former insurance
agent, was found in the park at Tenth
street and Avenue 3, and taken to
Bellevue hospital Both his legs and
hands were badly frozen. He had lain
down on a bench to die, he said. He
had had nothing to eat for several
o., a
unconscious in a snow drift at Seventy
eighth street and Avenue A. She was
removed to the Presbyterian hospital,
and her condition was said to be seri-
GUS. An aged German, Frank Schnei-
der, of Dutch Kills, Long Island City,
was found late Saturday night at Sew
entieth street and Second avenue. He
was lying on snow bank almost un-
conscious and was transferred to the
Bellevue hospital. An unknown man,
discovered in basement on the Bow
cry, was moved to Hudson street hos
pital, and died there from alcoholism
and exposure. A policeman rescued
Dennis Quinn, letter carrier, who had
fallen helpless in the sonw early this
morning, badly frozen.
In Jersey City the body of Rosanna
Cunningham, forty-two years OF age,
was found on the sidewalk on Van
Worst street early this morning. Her
skull was fractured The body was al
most covered with snow. 1t is believ-
ed she received her injuries from
fall
At a. m. a policeman found Charles
Schopp in the snow in Jersey City, un-
conscious, and before he could be taken
into house Schopp died.
James Beck, forty-two years Of age
and William Warner were also found
in Jersey City badly frozen. James
Bennett while on a street car became
benumbed from the cold at Avenue 3
and Seventieth street and fell from the
platform. He lay in the snow for some
time. but was finally found by a passer-
by and sent to Bellevue hospital in an
ambulance.