The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-11-28

NEW YoAK, Nov, 27,-When the peo-
nle of New York awoke this morning
,bey found the blizzard that ragged when
,bey retired stIll in progress. The
storm which began with u soft. sleety
snow on Saturday afternoon, increased
greatly as the day wore on, with heavier
snow fall, the wind blowing a gale at
midnight There was slight abatement
Of the wind this morning, but the snow
stIlI fell. and driftcd high, and the tenn
perature dropped rapidly. II looked THIS
morning as though the blizzard would
continue all day, but at 10 O'CLOCK tnere
was a breaking away in the west, 1n9
Enol,v the storm ceased altogether, and
The ssycrest blizzard since the memora-
HE one of March, 1888, came to an end.
The wind blew at the rate of ttty-nine
IN sIytv 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 ten inches'
Philadelphia nine Inches, Boston SIX
inches. Portland, Me-, four Inches, AL
bany little over an inch.
The lowest temperatures reported
were. New York City. 25 Albany, Is.
With the Frightening Of the skies In
this city this morning came an increase
in the velocity Of the wind. and the loose
drv snow was sent swlrling and eddy
InS everywhere. Nearly a foot OF snow
mad fallen, but in places 1t had dritted
to four and five feet.
PrcmIInrttios Of tile storm.
The regularity Of the storm was the
encrustIng of nearly every window, the
sides OF buildings and the trees, and
when the storm cleared away the great
city was transformed into spectacle Of
glIstcnlng white, Of SURPRISING beauty.
broadway and the great thoroughfares
Of the city presented fantastic appear
ance.
In the greatest artery OF business ac-
uyity of the country there were drifts
on the sidewalk through which the early
corning w6yfarer plowed to his waist.
In some of the streets great drifts form
cd barriers across them, In many In
stances filled up the trenches that had
been dug by the street railroads for the
transforming OF the motive power from
cable to electricity.
AS soon as there were signs Of Rbate-
mentin the fall OF snow the street clean-
Ing department went to work, but little
progress was made.
Suburban traffic was blocked for sew
eral hours In the morning, and after
that trains ran at long intervals. All
trains were delayed Some OF them were
due in the early morning hours that
- +. AZ FtUhk Tho
superintendent of mails in the general
postoffice reported that the mail train
from Boston, due at a. M, had not
been heard from, nor had the mails been
received up To o'clock tonight. The
incoming malls from other parts, he
said, were from two hours to an un-
known number OF hours behind time.
Few trains due at the Grand Central
station to-day arrived on time.
The terrific blow Of Saturday night
did much damage TO the small shipping
in New York harbor. It Is reported to-
night that several tug boats belonging
to the Kingston Towing Company, to-
gether with large number OF canal
boats, were sunk up the river by the
force OF the gale. The shores Of the
Hudson are Uttered by wreckage.
Victims Of the blizzard.
An order was sent out from police
headquarters to the various precinct
commanders to have arrested all per-
sons found alone in condition that
would raise even the suspicion Of In
toxlcation. AS result the police courts
were crowded with emInently rcspecta-
ble-l00king persons. who were let go
with small fine and an admonltion to
get In out OF the snow. NOtwithstand-
ing this precaution on the part OF the
police, there were number OF caBual-
ties, including several deaths from ex-
posure. John Martin, flfty-five years
old. a former insurance agent, was
found In the park at Tenth street and
Avenue b, and taken to Bellevue hos
pltal Both his legs and hands were
BADLY frozen. He had lain down on a
bench 10 die, he said. He had had moth
Ing to eat for several days. An unknown
woman was found unconscious in a
snow drift, Mt Seventy-eighth street
The Presbyterian hospital, where her
condition Is said to be serious. An aged
German, Frank Schneider, OF Dutch.
kil! Long Island City, was found hte
Saturday night at Seventeen street and
second avenue. He was lying In a snow
bank, almost unconscious, and was
transferred to the Bellevue hospital. An
unknown man, discovered in a base
Inent on the Bowery, was removed to
hudson street hospital, where he died
from alcoholism and exposure. A po-
Heenan rescued Dennis Quinn, q letter
carrier who had fallen helpless In the
snow, early this morning. badly frozen.
c IN Jersey City the body OF Rosannn
Cunningham, forty-years OF age, was
FOUND on the sidewalk IN Van Worst
slIeet early this morning. Her skull was
fractured, The body was almost covered
with snow. 1t Is believed she received
ner INJURIES frOm fall.
=, ~ a, m, policeman found Charles
Scoop unconscious in the snow in Jer-
icy City. Before he could be carried
mo house, Schopp died. He had
started for n butcher shop, where he
was employed, and his death is attribu-
Ltl TO exposure and exhaustion from
n'S struggle through the binding storm.
H,sGHge Beck. forty-two years old, and
Nllam Allen were also found in Jer-
~ city by the police badly frozen. The
1orner had been drinking and was un-
conscious and Ia likely to die.
John Bohan. while on n street car be-
,usine ~ benumbed By the cold at Avenue
y and Third street. and fell from the
w1uorm OF the car. He lay In the snow
IWr considerable time, but was finally
nng,,"vsrea hg passer-by ana sent to
rH.guc " an ambulance.
JULIUS Hoosehcrg. homeless man.
".' sought shelter In n barn at Staple
,h staten Island, was found frozen
~ morning and died shortly after