Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-16
DIGGING OUT.
Eastern United States Re.
suming Operations After
the Blizzard OF 1899.
STORM has GONE TO SEA.
mometers Only 16 Above Zero In
Jacksonville, Fla.-Tho Railroads
Hardly Free From Their Fstters
of snow Street Blockades.

New York, Feb. 1i--With clear skies
and warmer weather. New York slowly
started to dig itself out of the snow this
morning. The great blizzard of 1899 had
gone as quickly as it came. There WAS
rot a cloud in the sky but under foot lay
lot inches of snow on the level with drifts
ten feet high in many places.
Meanwhile the great snow storm has
blown itself out to'sea, putting in IT,, last
vicious stroke in Nova Scotia. 1t ieIt the
entire country bCtwe, Maine and Florida
buried in snow for 1000 miles inland Nu-
gina felt least It's fury with two inches
OF snow on the level and New England cN-
perienced most its Igor. with is inCnes,
New York being good second.
inc snow fan fell short by six inches of
reaching the record made in this city by
the great blizzard Of lsSs. The snow fall
was fraction over 20 inches. Barring
that mighty storm, this blizzard is the
worst in twenty years, according to the
records In this city the Thermometer
rose sanartly to-day. BY noon tho mercury
had reached % degrees above zero which
was warmer than il was in JacksonVille
Fla, where the thermometer sank to ii
degrees above. The city presented n
beautiful sight. Everything was white
and dazzling. The noise Of its mighty
volume of traffic was hushed--nothing
could reach the rafting pavementi be-
meath the three feet of snow left i'm the
After Saturdays half holiday and sus-
pension of business on sunday and Nor-
day to-day's street traffic was trcmordot..s
kesuIt-blockadcs everywhere. There was
no pace to go save along the car tracks
ON either side of them the roadways in all
the streets were heaped high with snow
thrown there by the car sWecnars and
pied there by the workers tho Iveals no.
fore
The railroads running into tho Grand
Central station did not make much nrnr-
ress to-day in restoring order from tba
chaos into which the blizzard had nIrur-
ed them While their oficioIs wara ,tr,,
hopeful that they would be able to os.,h.
nsh some kind Of = train SERVICE to-rn,-
row thev were obIiped 70 ,dn,it mo- ,io
through trains had nasecd over tboi. ro-
spective lines sirAe Monday Five b,,r-
dred men were struggling with mo errnt
drifts in the Grand Central Yards all dnv
and late this evening, II vyos anrornccd
that all tracks were clear
The New York Central continued to ,o
tied all dav as far as incomiro ,raj,,s 900
concerned The great drifts So rnjIas south
Of Pouehkeepsie at and near cola snri,'r
were too much for the snow pIovs ana
trains were massed at both sides of This
point in large numbers Tho Emnira Sta,o
express was annulled between New York
rI'o Lat', atD',ny put iS Sa'u 10 nave made It's
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in ,l,. o,t,. S'i.'n S,ou.u nave arrived
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i,at,'nd ~ o"s s"Nosps'S, no - Is rISht
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-.,rI ,to ~, '-' uur d. GOV H. III. iueSd'Y.
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.nta g oit me non""k ulNlslon' II IS
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.',,i ~. u.s nIi!s "'lc Saiu 10 oe al rochester
,.a,aa p'nulhB the resumption of
,a''h NoIt oi tHelh IL was sad, would
w" olh CITY uhtii edhesday
cha',,. T. ~ ra'ns NOS IL ana q which
20 ',la ~, 'le CITY respectively at
,'n aa'" ", 30 dohuay hisht Tor western
- c'i'!'5' %. w. aeh' OUT. AZ $40 p. m. trains
VI anu o' lor iroy ana Albany respectively
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