Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-28
THE EASTERN BLIZZARD TURNS OFT
TO BE SERIOUS.
DEEP SNOW IN NEW YORK CITY
SUBURBAN TRAFFIC BLOCKADED
FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
Railway Trains Badly .DeIayed-In
spite of Police Precautions,
There Were Great Many
Casualties, Some of
Them Fatal.

NEW YORK. Nov. 27.-when the people
Of New York awoke this morning, they
found the blizzard that ragged when they
retired was still in progress. The storm
which began with a soft. sleety snow or
Saturday at noon. increased greatly as the
day wore on, with heavier snow fall, the
wind blowing gale at midnight
There was d slight abatement of the wind
this morning, but the snow still fell and
drifted badly and the temperature dropped
rapidly. II looked this morning as though
the blizzard would continue all day, but
at 10 o'clock there was a breaking away in
The west and finally the storm ceased alto
gether and the severest blizzard since the
memorable one Of March. 1sSS came 10
an end.
TIL, wind blew at the rate of fifty-niae
20 sixty miles an hour during the height of
the storm. Snow fell througout 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. and
Albany "A little over an inch. The temp
- cratures reported were: New York city,
twenty-five: Albany, eighteen.
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 IL had drifted to four or rive
feet. The peculiarity of the storm was the
encrusting OF nearly every window and the
sides of buildings, and when the STORM
cleared away the great city was trans
formed into a spectacle of glistening white.
OF SURPRISING beauty.
Broadway and the great thoroughfares
of the city presented a fantastic appear
ance.
In the greatest artery of business activ-
fly of the country there were drifts on the
sidewalks through which the early morning
wayfarer piowed to his waist. In some of
the streets great drifts formed barriers
across them and in many ins tances 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 abate-
ment in the fall of snow, the street clean
ing 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. Some that were due in the early
morning hours had not been heard from
at night. The superintendent of mails in
the general postofice reported the mail
train from Boston, due at a. m, mad not
been heard from, nor had the mails been
received up TO 9 o'clock tonight. The in
coming lndllS lTOHl OtQeF ne SalQ,
were from two hours to an unknown num-
Der of hours behind time. Few trains due
at the Grand Central station today arrived
on time.
The terrific blow of Saturday night did
much damage TO the small shipping in New
York farbor. 1t is reported tonight that
several tug boats belonging to the Kings
ton Towing Company, together with a large
number Of canal boats were sunk up the
Wv, f,x,f fHn Snvn 80.
OF the Hudson are Uttered with wreckage.
An order was sent out from police head
quarters 10 the various precinct COM
manders to have arrested all persons
found alone in condition that would
raise even the suspicion of intoxication.
As a result. the police courts to-day were
crowded with eminently respectable look
ing persons, who were let go with a small
fine and an admonition to get in out of the
snow. Notwithstanding this precaution on
the part OF the police. there were a num-
ber OF casualties. including several deaths
from exposure.
JOHN Martin, 90 years old, a former in
surance agent. was found in the park at
Tenth street and Avenue b and taken to
Bellevue hospital. Both his legs and hands
were badly frozen. He had lain down
on bench, 10 die, he said. He had had
nothing 10 eat for several days.
An unknown woman was found uncon-
scious in a snow drift at Seventh-eighth
street and Avenue A. She was removed
10 the Presbyterian hospital. where her
condition was said to be serious.
An aged German, Frank Schneider, of
Dutch Kills, Long Island City. was found
late Saturday night at Seventieth street
and Second avenue. He was lying
snow bank, almost unconscious. and was
transferred to the Bellevue hospital.
An unknown man discovered in a base
ment on the Bowery was removed to Hud-
son Street hospital and died there from
alcoholism and exposure.
policeman rescued Dennis Quinn. a
h. InoW ThS s ornnr nma baH
In Jersey city, the body OF Rosanna Cum
ningham, q years of age, was found on
morning. Her skull was fractured. The
body was almost covered with snow. 1t is
believed she received her injuries from
fall.
Al a. m. policeman found Charles
Schopp unconscious in the snow in Jersey
house. Schopp died. He had started for a
butchershop where he was employed. and
exhaustion i tm + from his struggle through The
George Beck. ~ years of age and Will
lam Allen were also found in Jersey city
by the police badly frozen The former had
been drinking and was unconscious and is
John Bohan. while on street ear. became
benumbed by the cold at Avenue u and
Third street, and fell from the PLATFORM OF
the car. He lay i'm the snow for a consider
able time. but was finally discovered by a
passers-by and sent to Bellevue in an am
bulance. .--..
Julius Hoosburg. a homeless waif, VINO
sought shelter in barn at Stapleton; % Sta
ten island. was found frozen this morning
and died shortly afterwards.
The storm pIayed havoc with the tele-
graph wires along the coast of New Jersey
The Western Union and other wires in
Long Island are nearly all down. and be-
yond Jamaica there is practically no con-
nection-
Late tonight the wires were getting into