New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-18
SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW.
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level spots the fall measured about six inches
sns some Of the drifts were over foot in depth.
The underground trolley lines kept their tracks
ysi cleaned. but the travel was light on
,ount OF the storm. Some cars were withdrawn.
The travel across the ferries was not as heavy
Is usual but the railroad boats kept their sched-
ME tine pretty well Navigation was difficult
hut stiI at late hour no mishap had been re-
ported 70 the police.
WIRES NOT MUCH DAMAGED.
While the snowstorm covers a large area of
the country the wire chief Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company ST 10 p m. said that all
the lines were working. and that there had been
little no trouble. The same report was made
At telephone headquarters.
As soon as the snow had become deep enough
sleighs were in great demand. and the jingle
he bells was heard for the first time this winter
IL the uptown streets and along Broadway and
FIflh-ave To-day there viii be sleighing par
ties IN Central Park and on the Speedway.
The snow was falling fast at midnight but
the Weather Bureau said that il would tighten
IN the night and that the wind would shift to
the northwest and the temperature would go
down nearly 10 zero.
SHIPPING TIED Up
The snowstorm tied up shipping in this port
TIE last boat 10 leave Quarantine inbound was
the CaEpania. Her captain reported that she
ran into the at O'Clock IN the morning
land Lightship she had TO slow down to half
speed on account Of the thickness Of the atmos-
phere- The EtrUrls, which left this port for Liv-
thick-
Traffic in the harbor was almost entirely sus-
pended. and AT ) o'clock in the afternoon the
fog bells were set ringing. The ferries ran on
tow schedules and pilots had 20 make their
way cautiously about the harbor
Al late hour the American liner st. Louis
cue yesterday morning. had not been reported
Her agents attribute her delay TO the storm
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passengers on the St Louis are Colonel Winfield
Scott PrOskey. Sir Charles Arthur Roe and the
Count Ainerbi- La Touraine is due to-day but
her agents mink she VIII in all likelihood be de-
lzved BY the snowstOrTn
A curious influence Of the snowstorn was seen
a. Bellevue Hospital during the night. The hos
pitsl yard is on the East River and the wind
and snow combined TO make il extremely IN
pleasant on the waterfront Persons are con-
tinuslly calling at the hospital TO see about
bodies in The Morgue which is on the waters
edge and number Of such people called last
night All started down toward the Morgue. but
not al reached il Despite their desire 10 see
the bodies OF relatives or in some instances TO
find out II missing relatives were there dead
they turned back sought the shelter of the hos
piLal for q few minutes and returned home
Two horses were attached TO all the ambu-
ances that left the hospital and there were
numerous calls during the evening. The cases
we're chiefly Of people slipping on the sidewalks
or crossings. The ambuIances made fairly good
tine
CITY LODGING HOUSE FULL
The storm drove the homeless toward the City
Lodging House, at First-ave. and Twenty-third-
St 50 fast that before o'clock il was filed over
three hundred and sixty men and women were
n II Superintendent Yorke provided for all of
them, and besides, gave ali hot coffee as soon
as they entered The inmates were between
eighteen and eighty years OF age. and there
we're among them twenty-t11ree women
Arier = o'clock Nj Yorke sent the applicants
around 10 the Charities Department building, in
f-asI ! -sixth-st-, where the pen in which
ne persons 20 be sent 70 the institutions on the
tast RIVER Islands are kept while awaiting the
naat was given over their use The room
h9tds between sixty and seventy. and IT was
pretty well filed.