New-York tribune., 1899-02-14
DEATHS IN WESTCHESTEp
THE COUNTY COMPLETELY TIED =,
BY THE STORM
TROLLEY TRAFFIC ABANDONED AND ur,-
RAILROAD TRAINS HAVING HARD TINE
EXPOSURE FATAL TO TWO FORT
sLocUM SOLDIERS.


sLocUM SOLDIERS
What is regarded as the worst storm ,,.
1883 holds Westchester County in lts r,.,'
Yesterday morning opened with heavy no,,,
east wind. which increased in strength dur
the day. The roads and highways arc block.'
with from ten TO fifteen inches Of snow. drl,,.,
! In many places above the win )w-s sil.s ~ hou,..
| The New-York New Haven and Hartford Pes
road, which is exposed nearly It's entire leny,.
to coast storms, is being kept open with ns
Guilty The local trains are creeping along D..
one to two hours late. and some have h...
abandoned entirely. Locomotives with mo,,
| than three cars are unable 70 push their Va,
through the snow which has drfted ln,o -.
great cuts along the road between New.Yo,,
and Port Chester Trains on the New-York A.,
Harlem Railroad are making little better Tin,
| than those Of the New-Hayen.
Yesterday being a holiday. many Of the CO..
muters remained at their homes The Uns.
Railroad, from the Borough Of The Bronx a
Mount Vernon Yonkers. Pelham and Nsv
Rochelle, has nearly fifty cars buried in sno,
drifts on its system. The large sweepers sert
clear the rails became blocked also. and y.
company employed men with horses and plou,
| 10 clear away the snow. The trolley lines .
| Port Chester and from Mamaroneck to Viii.
| Plains were tied up early in the day At c,r
| Island the horsecar line 10 the railroad stat,
in Barlow has not been in operation for wss
The company, in order to hold its franchise hu
| mounted a car on sleigh runners and Is mah,,
| four trips d day.
SO far the only deaths reported are among q, /
soldiers at Fort Slocum. Private Llndsley =
| Battery T. Seventh United States Artillery DE-
on Sunday from pneumonia. the result OF bresk
| ing through the fee on Long Island Sound VIII,
| skating. Private Anderson. OF the same batter
Is also dead. it is said from exposure encounters.
in rescuing a drowning comrade.
FOUND FROZEN ~ DRIFTS
George Nen. the keeper Of store IN ps
! Chester. is dying in the hospital in that pa,.
lie fell from his wagon and was frozen n
snowdrift between Port Chester and Wlt
! Plains.
While returning from dance on satur
night al Mount Kisco some people found Loa
| Ends, farmer. forty years old, lying in L,
| road almost frozen stiff He was taken to L,
| home OF Waller Brundage. overseer Of the poi
and may Gie II he lives MS hands and feet WI
| have TO be amputated
| bad condition II affairs IS reported frc-
! the New-GoIk Infant Asylum, about mis-
| from Mount Vernon, where five hundred home
| less babies are kept The extreme cold has
burst the heating and gas pipes. leaving the il.
! stituiion almost without heat and light. SON.
Of the doctors, il is said. sick. and the plaa
! is almost snowbOund. So far the natron (;
| charge says there has been no great suffering
| among the children.
THE TEMPEST ALONG THE HUDSON
The wind blew perfect hurricane along the
J ~ "a
the snow on the railroad tracks In imUenA
drifts 1t was Ike sand, and as dry and maV
trains became stalled.
Between Glenwood and Yonkers stock ran
was stalled, and the live stock in the )pen cars
! We're apparently perishing Win me eola. .as a
gale was whistling through the cars ana US
moor animals were shiNerlng Wltn the c0ld
All the trolley roads were buried out OF slsni
and from present appearances will not be 10
running order again for week -.
The courts at White Plans aoJouineu Ias.
! Friday until Tues stay. so that the usual crowd:
! going to and from the county seat remained
/ az home yesterday. All the county offices were
! also closed. ,,so, d.
The school-children also. had honaay oa
account Of its being observed as Lincolns ol9A
9ey otherwise they would have been caught o..
/ in the blizzard and frozen. for the storm %
not manifest its great strength until alte' 'as
| would have arrived at school anu "0u'N no.
| to get home in some manner
| All dav long snovploughs were oens u
along the roads ard or sidewalks 10 keep "a "a
! o,an 9ra This was effected with great OH
Guilty. for the gale swept the snow PACK aga. ga
| into the cleaned spaces often smoo'llhs '-'-
over before the plough was out of slgnt .,.
The trains were all running on so,d,;..,
rl.aca" schedule The Croton locals tried hAi'
| 70 maintain a semblance ot running on en. s-
J 6,t as trains were required 70 return ~.
! New-York in order 10 be made UP ior Ine m.. r.-.
! trip. ard as they did not return there ""'
! long waits between trains. &,
! All places Of business were closed cary
| there was no transient business being d0He Co.,
! no shoppers were out. - h.., a.
| .,no,al' Gov The evening. but for the most pI'
thew we're postponed and people who were iG';.
nate enough 70 reach their homes RENAMED J.
| doors.