Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-28
DEEP DRIFTS ON BROADWAY.
Pc ss,rians are Frozen 10 Death on the
Streets.
Sew York is visited by the worst Biis-
yard Experienced In the
Esst for Years.

New York, Nov. e1.--when the people
q New York awake thls morning. they
FOUND The blizzard that rugged when
they retired was SIN In progress. The
storm. which bsgan VITA a soft. sleei
snow on Saturday at noon. increased
grutiy as the day wore on, with
heavier snowfall. the wind Blowing a
gale at midnight.
There was slight abatement OF the
wind shls morning. but the snow s;la
fell and drifted badly. and the tenn.
pefu,urc dropped rapidly II looked
this morning "a though the blzzarI
would continue all day. but at 10
o'clock tfiore was a breaking away IN
the west. and np,lD the soivn ce1sed
arore,her, and fhc eeverest hllzzhii
since the memorable blizzard Of March,
1883. camo ~ an end.
Tho wind blew at the rate 81 hfty-
rine or elxty niAs an hour during the
height OF the storm. snpw foll through
ov New York State. The fan In New
York City. she weather bureau repJris,
was uboW ten Inches. Philadelphia
nine inches. Boston SIX Inches. Port
Land. Me-. four inches. Albany a little
over an inch. The lowcsl icnpermnrees
Nloftru Nef's 4NtN Twin tNSf 80
Albany, H.
with tlse Frightening Of thc skies In
this city this morning o1nne an IN.
crease IN the velocity OF the wind. and
ire hose. dry snow was sent swirllng
and cSiying everywhere. and IN places
u drifted - four or i've feet.
The popularity % the storm was the
eucrustlng Of merry cyTy window and
The sides Of bulldings, and when the
storm cleared away the grcsi city was
transformed into q spectacle ~ glis;en-
ting white. OF surprising b,auty.
Bruudway ana fie great thorough
A,rer OF the city presented q fantastic
appearance. In The Ereatesi artery Of
business activity Of the country there
wurc drinss on me sidewalks through
which the ariy morning wayfsrcr
piouxhed 30 his whist. on some OF the
streets grrat drifts formed barritss
Acrpss them. ard In many insances
fiiied M the trenches ifhai had been dug
by the Street rallroads for the srup--
forming OF the motive power from ca
bic 20 electricity.
As room as there were signs Of ubaie-
msni In the fall VI ne snow. the stree,
cleaning Department. went 20 work. bvt
iftfic progress was made. Suburban
traiiic was beoeked for several hours In
the morning. und after that ,rains ran
a. bng Intervals. All tfafne were de-
hycd. Some thar wers due IN the early
morning hours had MOI been heard
frtan at night. The superintendent Of
mails In the general poatsfflce reported
the mail train from Boston. due at 9
a. IN, had not been heard from. nor
had the MATS been received up TO .
o'cHck tonistfi. The Incoming malls
from other paris. he said. were from
TWO hours 10 nm unknown number Of
hours behind time. Few trains due at
the Ursnd Central station today ar
rived on time.
The terrific bow Of Saturday night
did much danaRc 20 the snnh shipping
In New York harbor n u reported
tonight tha. several iuRboats belong.
lng ~ the Kingston Towing company.
together With n large number Of canal
boats were sunk up the river by ,h'
Hudson are filtered with wrrckage.
An order was sent on. nom polite,
head1uariera TO the various precincts
commanders 90 have arrested oil per
sons found alone In a condition tina
would raise even the susp,ci0n OF In
fonoa,ion. A. n result. rhe pole,
courts Today were crowded with emil
nefrly reapectnb.c looking persons wis
were le, 90 wg;h a small line ani az
admon.sion TO get In out Of the snow
notwithstanding this prccnu,ion on th,
Islrt OF the police. there were mum
ber OF casualties. Including several
d.aths from exposure.
John Martin. ts years old. a former
Insurance agofr, was Ouni In IN,
park at one Hundred and Eighth
street and Avenue ", and taken q
Bellevue hospital Both Oils legs and
hands were badly frozen. lie had lair
down on n bench 20 die. he aid. n,
DAYS.
An unknown woman was found un
conscious IN snowdrift at Seventy
Eighth street and Avenue 4. She wa
removed 10 the Presbyterian hospital
where her coDs,ion was sid TO be W.
rsous.
An ag,d German. Frank Schneider o
Dnchkills.fong Island Citywas foun
late Saturday niRht at Scycntietl
street and Second avenue. lie was "
fnx on n unowlank almost unconscipll
and was transferred to the Bellevu
hospital.
An unknown woman discovered In
basement on she Bowcry was remove
to HudFcn street hospital and die
ther~ from alcoholism and exposure.
\ policeman rescued Dennis QuinI
a ieu,r-carf1er. who had fallen help
less IN the snow carry this morning
lady frozen.
In Jersey City the body OF Ronnn
Cunningham. ~ years OF age. wa
found on ihe sidewalk on vanvorei
sire" early this morning. Her sku
WIS fractured. The body was almo'
covered with SNOW. II s. believed IN
received her inJuiies from n fail
AZ this morning a policeman foun
Charles SehOpp unornclous In N
snow In Jersey city. Before he coul
be carried into a houss.he died. Schop
had started for q butcher shop w'heI
he was employed. and hi death II al
tr3hu,cd 10 exposure ana sxhaustio
from bs struggle through che hlnd
Ing storm.
George Deck. ~ years Of age. on
William Allen were nlro fruni In Jel
rey City ny she pOlice. badly froEei
The former had been drinking II
was unconscious ana Is likely 20 dle.
From ne Mission Field.
ElAfr IA u IifEe late OF the MIN