The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-02-20
THE RUSH
OF THE BLIZZARD
New York Shivers in the
Binding Storm.
MANY PEOPLE INJURED
TRAINS DELAYED AND HAkBol
SHIPPING MOT1ONLESS.
GRAF Wal DERsEe AGROUND ON A ShOAl
One Death Reported From Exposure and Much
= Suffering Among the Poor. Sno" al
Richmond and Sleet at Mort TX.
Cold Wave in Tex1s.

New York. Feb. 11.-WIth all the fury
of a blizzard the first real snow storm
Of the winter descended upon New 1ork
today. For many hours snow came
down so heavily that buildings a block
were only dark blurs.
4 wind out of the northeast. bloWlnS
% to 80 miles an hour, whlrled the SNOW
about in thick. binding clouds. About
10 inches had fallen by midnight and It
was still showing tercely-
Great was the menace to shipping De
cause of the binding storm and the IN
shore wind. The last ship TO arrive IN
this port today was the Campanla, winch
pasSed quarantine at $50 IA. M.
The American Liner st. Louis was
due this morning. but She was not re-
ported up to midnight. The Touraine is
due tomorrow. but it is not expected that
she will reach port on time. Inc last
ship out was the Etruria, which left her
pjer nj s d. M. The Graf Naldersee.
which attempted to pass out went
aground near Romer Shoals 1T = p. ~.
Harbor SHIPPING was almost at Il
standstill. Fog bells were ringing and
ferryboats We're creeping about. running
on slow schedules. On land trains were
DELAYED and in many instances stalled
by the storm. the high Win causing the
snow to drift.
AS a result of the storm the poor or
the city suffered greatly and the de-
partment of charities had to extend It's
utmost energies to relieve the supffer-
erS. \ great many accidents We're re
ported by the police. and ambulaIceS
from the various hospitals We're contln-
ually Oh the go throughout the day. AS
yet but one death from cold and eX-
posture has been reported.
As many as forty people suffered from
fractured limbs from falls.
Throughout the suburbs of New York
in Long Island and about New Jersey
everything pointed TO a partial block
ade by the snow.
THE STORM AT RICHMOND.
Richmond, Va. Feb. 17.-Snow has
fallen quite steadily here and throughout
the State toGay. 1t now lies on the
F, ground here TO 4 depth Of about four
inches.
Woodstock reports a depth Of twenty
inches. At Reathsyille, Northumber-
land county, a regular blizzard is said
to be prevailing.
COLD WAVE IN THE LONE STAR.
Houston, Texas, Feb. IA cold
wave is doing considerable damage in
the coast country to truck farming anG
fruit. Strawberry farmers have sui
fered the greatest, as the plants Were
blooming. Shipments will be three
weeks late and the crop cut in half. The
cabbage crop is also affected disastrous
ly, shipments having just begun. Cat
tie are being cared for and there viii
be no loss. One negro is reported froZer
to death in Burleson county.
A WILD, BAD NIGHT.
Norfolk. Va, Feb. lit began rain
ing here this morning. and WIS followed
by sleet. Tonight it is showing ant
raining and the wind is blowing abOu'
81 miles an hour. Disasters at sea ar.
expected tonight.
STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE heav
lest snow storm since the blizzard 0
last year, and the first genuine fall o
!. the season has been in progress in th,
: State of Pennsylvania since last night
: Throughout the State the fall of snov
: varied from two to ten and a half inches
At a late hour tonight the force o
r the storm had been spent and the ther
! mometer began to fall, indicating a ces
= sation by early morning.