Evening star., 1899-02-08
Whole North Atlantic Coast Carpeted
With the Beautiful.
STILL FALLING IN new YORK
The Storm Has Been General
Throughout Pennsylvania
SEVERE WEATHER AT SEA

NEW YORK, February s.-Travel afoot
in this city. which was very disagreeable
! from Sundays snow storm was made moro
troublesome last night and today by the
| fal or snow TO depth of about four
| inches. As the day wore on the storm in
| creased, and at noon a heavy fall OF snow
was in progress.
Considerable trouble was caused by the
high tide in the bay and harbor occasioned
| by the winds outside. which backed the
water up into the North and East rivers To
| height that had not been reached for sew
eral years The streets on the lower west
side Of the city wera flooded. causing the
| commuters from New Jersey a great deal
Of trouble in getting from the ferries, and
nooding the floors of stores and countless
cellars.
Along the East River shore.
Up along the East river shore the food
ing was as bad as on the lower west side
The grounds at Bellevue HospitaI were
flooded, and considerable damage was done
by the flooding of cellars
The dock Of the New York Yacht Club
and the charities department near Belle
vue, is six feet higher than the usual high
tide but this morning it was only two feet
higher than the water.
lhe hfe department has been greatly
handicapped by the storm.
Dispatches to the Associated Press from
points in centra. and western New York
report heavy fail Of snow. but that
hlndrance TO railway and street car travel
is insignificant.
The storm in the vicinity of New York
has been more severe than in the city and
the drifts are deeper, causing delay in rail-
way traflc. Along the lines of the New
York Central and Pennsylvania roads drifts
OF from three TO seven feet are reported.
On Long Island some drifts are as deep as
twelve feet and trains on the Long Island
railroad have had considerable difficulty
in forcing a way through them
At sea the storm is raging iercely Sig
nals are set, cautioning vessels not 10 put
out to sea.
Storm General i'm Pennsyiyaute.
PHILADELPHIA. February S.-The snow
which began falling early Sunday morning
has continued with more or less regularity
up to the present time and shows but lit
tie signs Of iet-up.
About eight inches of snow have fallen.
Reports from throughout the state are to
the effect that the storm is general the
snow in some localities being over a foot
deep.
Northeast Gale mt Boston
BOSTON, February s.-A heavy north
easterly gale, with snow, prevailed in Mas
sachusetts bay and along the coast today,
placing an embargo on both inward and
outward-bound shipping. The wind reached
a velocity of over forty miles an hour The
high tide flooded Nharves and freight sheds
along the water front.
No disasters had been reported up To
noon.
The snowfall in this city was not unusu-
ally heavy, but II dritted badly and caused
delay to the suburban train service
The storm extended along the entire Cape
Cod coast, where the wind reached a We
locity OF fifty miles an hour. The snow ac-
cuElpanying the wind made il impossible 10
distinguish any object far from the shore.
and it cannot be told whether any vessels
are III the offing or not. The life savers at
All stations along The cape coast have been
patroling the beach since early in the morn
ing. and have experienced great hardships.
The wind is causing very high tides.
Showing i'm Colorado. Too.
LEADV1LLE, Col. February S-A snow
storm which began here last night deveI-
has filled the railroad cuts with snow. and
the railroads are again bockaded both east
and west Of LeadVille.
DenNer's Coidest Period.
DENVER, Col, February S.-AccorIing
to the official figures of the weather bureau,
the first seven days in February are the
coolest ever Known in Denver. The bureau
has figures extending back to 1872 The
average of the lowest readings of the first
seven days just past was l4.4 degrees be-
low zero, the coldest period being Monday
OF this week, when the temperature drop
ped to % degrees below zero.