The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1898-11-29


pie of New York awoke yesterday
morning they found the blizzard which
ragged when they retired was still in
progress. The storm which began
with a soft sleet on Saturday after
noon increased greatly rs the day wore
on with heavy snowfall the wind
blowing a gale at midnight. There
was a slight abatement of the wind III
the morning. but the snow still fell and
drifted high and the temp rlture
dropped rapidly. At 10 Gel OK there
was a break. ng away in the west an
finally the storm ceased alt g Their
The wind blew at the rate of fifty-five
to sixty miles an hour during the
height of the storm. Snow fell
throughout New York state. The fall
in New York city, the w ather bureau
reports, was about ten ire les; / h Ia
delphia, nine inches; Boston, six
inches; Portland, Me-, four iEche
Albany, a little over an inch. The
lowest temperatures reported Wera:
New York, %; Albany, IS. With the
Frightening of the skies II tbs city
came an increase in the vel city of the
wind, and the loose dry w was sent
swirling and eddying everywhere.
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in places it had diff ed to fur or five
feet. Suburban traffic was Blocked
for several hours in the morning, and
after that trains lal at long intervals
All trains were delayed The tt II 1ic
blow of Saturday hi gLt did mucl
damage to the small shipping in New
York harbor. 1t is rero ted that sew
eral tug beats belonging to the King
stCn Towing company, together with
large number Of canal boats, were
sunk up the river by the force of the
gale The shores of the Hudson are
Uttered with WIRE ckage. A number of
casualties were reported, including sew
eral deaths from exposure.
In Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Nov. 29.-The BLIZZARD,
which came out CT the west rel che
this city at II o'clock Saturday mcrn-
ing and ragged furiously until l o'clock
yesterday morning. AS unexpected as
it was violent, it wrought great havoc
not only here, but through the ext r.
state. In those fourteen hours the
snow fall reached a depth ct over nine
inches and the wind a velocity OF 40
miles an hour. In this city traffic OF
every kind, as well as wire communi-
cation was crippled. The suburban
lines were brought to q complete stand
still, with the roads piled high with
drifted snow Dispatches from in
terror towns tell of like nd items In
the mountain regions of Scranton and
Wilkesbarre the greatest damage WAS
to telegraph wires, but the delay to
steam traffic was inconsiderable. The
gale was especially severe around Eel
aware capes. The schooner William
M. Wilson, from Philadelphia for Ncr-
folk with cargo CT coel, sprung aleak
four miles south Of Metakim life saw
ing station. Her signals were prompt
ly answered and the guards took off
her crew Of six men, The schooner is
anchored a mile ard a half eff shore
and is likely to sink.
Traffic DemOraIfzed
Boston, Nov pa + c3rd-tr ak ne
November BLIZZARD swept ever the
greater portion CT New England and
completely demoralized traffic of every
description and well nigh paralyZed
telegraph;c and telephone communica-
ton, while the northeast gale, coming
on a high course Of tides drove the
sea far beyond it's usual limits AMI
made q mark along shore, exceeded
only by the memo rable hurricane OF
1851. While the st nm was heaviest
in the southeastern part of New Erg-
land, the whole distr ct was affected,
and experienced a snow fall Ct from
eight to twenty-four inches. Fortu
nately the stern was heralded SUI
ficiently in advance by the weather
bureau to detain NEST Of the coastwise
shipping in safe harbors, hut the warn
ing was entirely unheade1 and ignored
by these on shore with the result that
nearly every one, especially tie rail
roads and electric companies We're
caught mapping, and suffered accord
ingly. There was not a raj road in
New England that was not more or
less tied up by the heavy fall of snow
Only the barest facts have been re-
ceived from the coast towns, but even
those reports gave the gravest fesrs
as to the safety Of what little shipping
may have been off Cape Cld during
the past two or three days. It may be
several days before complete list of
the disasters can be made known. A
dozen CT more coasting vessels were
driven ashore in Bost harbor ar d the
great ocean steamer Ohio was tern
from her moorings and driven high
and dry on Spectacle island Sch lels
and coal barges with two anchors out
and every reason to expect "a safe
weathering of the gale, were dragged
from their mOorings and hurled
against pier heads, dashed on islards
and rocks or sunk outright.