New-York tribune., 1899-02-14
WORST BLIZZARD IN YEARS.
CLEARING AND COLDER WEATHER IN
DICATED FOR TO-DAY.

Puirg In on the very heels Of a period Of bit
terlv cold weather, such as New-York has never
known since there was local weather bureau
~ record its observations. a snowstorm broke
On the city before daylight yesterday morning
such as has not visited this part % the country
since the famous blizzard Of March u 20 H.
1SSS Never since that time has traffic been so
utterly paralyzed IN this city as Il was last
ntcht. and the storm was stu raging with
violence that increased with the passing Of
every moment The snow began 70 fall gently
early Saturday evening. with a mlldness that
lullod the forebodings that might otherwise have
been aroused All day Sunday 1t fell most gen.
tly and quietly at intervals. and still there was
no promise q the blast that struck the town
before dawn yesterday.
When tie town opened It's eyes. however there
was different story 10 tell The snow was
living horizontally across the city on the wings
of a fuu-fedged gale. The snow fell more ana
more heavily as the day advanced The Wiha
likewise took heart Of grace and took on added
strength II was not long before the city re-
allied that the storm was nothing more or less
than blizzard Outside Of the city that fact
daured uDon people much earlier Those VINO
tried 10 get into the city from the suburbs Were
not slow in realizing that something quite out OF
the usual run had happened. AS matter OF
fact. before nightfau it was practically impossi-
h!e 10 get into or out Of the city and to traVel
within the limits Of Manhattan was possible
only, with much delay and Inconvenience.
Although the storm seemed 10 be at rs height
late last night. the weather prophets sent out
word that IT was almost over and that when
morning dawned today it would have passed on
its WAY TO devastate New w-England. Clearing
.t,or fslI morn
ing and fair and colder for the afternoon with
dangerously high northwesterly winds.
FEW RAILROAD TRAINS MOVE.
The condition Of things last night was never
equalled except upon the occasion OF the great
blizzard The Long Island Railroad gave up all
attempt 70 move trains early in he day. NOT
= wheel was moving yesterday afternoon on the
staten Island Rapid Transit Road The Jersey
Central Railroad abandoned its efforts 10 move
trains at noon. and the other roads having ter
mini in Jersey CITY or Hoboken were practically
closed. although they reported few trains NOV
ing All OF them had trains stalled In snow
arifts a. various points on their systems The
New-York New-Haven and Hartford Railroad
stlu pretended 10 move its trains, but they were
all many hours behind their running time, and
nobody could promise that they would get in
until they had been dug out Of drifts at various
uoiuts In New England The same condition OF
affairs prevailed on the New-York Central, and
no nretence was made at moving trains on the
New-York and Harlem. Westchester County
was srnothered with the beautiful" Not
trolley wheel was moving. Traffic vas al COM
plete standstil
over In Brooklyn some of the trolley lines ran
cars at long and uncertain intervals, and more
did not try 10 run at all Few Of the lines run
ming 10 the suburbs doing any business
whatever The elevated roads still trains
with difficulty and at long intervals. In Man
haitian itself the underground trolleys were tied
M early in the day They did fairly we'll until
the wind began 10 assume the proportions OF
hurricane. and then they succumbed. and late
IN the afternoon they were practically on the re-
tired list The Broadway cable-cars covered
themselves with glory. BY the aid OF numerous
o.,.,.,iorebs they were able 10 keep moving
r,b reasonable regularity all day. although
,,o,, uera far from running on time The ele-
,.a,o1 trains IN this borough had less trouble
.har most Of the surface cars. and were run
.',,,, trains ND to a late hour last night at IN
frequent Intervals
STATEN ISLAND ISOLATED.
Staten Island was isolated from NewYork
earlv last evening when the hurricane and the
ice made il impossible to run more boats Ferry