Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-02-21
A FURIOUS STORM.
Terrific blizzard sweeps Eastern
Portion of New York md the
New England States.


has borne the brunt of the fiercest
snowstorm that has struck this Sec
tion of the country since the great
blizzard of 1883. Beginning soon aft
er midnight Sunday the storm in
creased rapidly until by daybreak the
whole city was completely showed un-
der. The rising force of the gale
piled the snow in great drifts that
for time suspended traffic except
in the main thoroughfares, where
the car tracks were only kept open
by the constant use of snowplows and
sweeperc. Communication between
Manhattan and Brooklyn was subject
to long delay.
The congestion of traffic on the
Manhattan street car lines was Sc
we're during the morning, when many
of the avenues were blocked with
long lines of stalled cars. On Broad
way wheel traffic was confined to the
narrow lanes between high snow hills
and along these cabs, trucks and cars
crawled at snails pace. From 9th
er thoroughfares truck traffic disap-
peared almost entirely. In the shop
ping district the blockade was so
complete that several of the great
department stores closed at four
o'clock. Four thousand men were
set to work to clear the streets of
Manhattan early in the afternoon. OF
these half were engaged in opening
cross walks, while 1000 men and 300
trucks were employed to work all
night clearing the main streets.
The conditions of traffic were in
every respect worse than in the great
blizzard of 1883. Telegraph and tele-
phone service in New York experienced
| little interruption, for while the snow
was heavy, there was no sleet to break
the wires. During the day only few
minor accidents to pedestrians result
ed from the storm.
New York, Feb. 1s.-The eastern
part of New York state from this
city to the Canadian border was
swept by blizzard such as had not
been experienced for ii years. Up
to midnight reports showed that 1G
counties had received in full force
the effects of the gale and the accom-.
panying fall of snow. These coun.
ties were Duchess, Orange, Ulster, Al
bany, Schoharie, Schenectady, Mont
gomery, Saratoga, Essex, Columbia
Rensselaer,, Washington, Clinton
Oneida. Onondaga and Chemung. Thus
it will be seen that all the eastern
tier of counties caught the storm
and that it did not extend to the
western portion of the state, al
though expected there. There is g
sameness about the reports from the
upstate towns. Anywhere from foul
to eighteen inches of snow, wint
blowing at a hurricane rate, drift!
from six to, in one instance, twenty
five feet deep are among the features
while there is iteration and reitera
ton of delayed trains, impeded o
wholly abandoned trolley service ant
impossible country roads. The lates
reports indicate that the worst i
over, for the wind is abating and il
many places the snow has ceased fall
ing.
Boston, Feb. 1s.-After an unprece
dented stretch Of clear weather da tin:
back to Candlemas day, New Englan
was blanketed Monday with foot o
wet snow and swept by n northeas
gale. This onslaught of the element
impeded traffic and carried down tn
telegraph and telephone wires, so tha
many important points We're cut of
Fortunately there was not larg
amount of shipping off the coast, an
, no marine disaster had been reported
New Haven, Conn, Feb. 1S.-Eigh
inches of snow had fallen in this cit
up to six o'clock Monday evening, az
| cording to the measurement of tn
weather observer. 1t is the heavies
snow fall of the winter and, piled int
; drifts by wind of a velocity of SO mile
an hour, has greatly delayed traffi
: all over the state. The train servic
of the steam railroads has been in
t peded and many trolley lines have bee
blocked.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1s.-The heav
, snowstorm which began in this sectio
, at ten o'clock Sunday night ceased q
5 five o'clock Monday morning, the fa
/, of snow being the heaviest in thre
e years. A high wind accompanied TIL
sHoW. III tiiiS cry II ihShCo VI sho
e we're recorded at the weather bureau
J. and in the interior of Pennsylvani
e snow fell in depths varying from OF
S to six inches. Snow was reported I
!, be falling Monday night in the nortl
S eastern mountainous section of I'll
state. The steam railroads centerir
in this city were considerably han
percd, trains were greatly delaye
4 and in some instances annulled. I'll
greatest difficulty was experience
within the city limits, and on the lin,
leading to New York and the seashor
s. New York, Fels. 1S.-Advices receive
u from points in New Jersey show tn;
> the great blizzard has been felt fro
= Bergen county to Cape May and fro
Atlantic City to Camden. The late
II advices are that the storm has abatt
= considera bly,, the snow having ceas,