New-York tribune., 1902-02-18
THE EFFECT IN JERSEY AND THE SUBURBS.
IMPRISONED IN TRAINS.
LONG ISLAND SERVICE BLOCKED ON
HEMPSTEAD PLAINS-SUBURBAN
TROLLEY CARS STALLED.

Traffic all over Long Island last night was
almost at a standstiIl The storm was the worst
that has been experienced there for some years.
Nearly two feet OF snow fell on the level and
the wind blowing at a speed of nearly nifty
miles hour. piled UP immense drifts of snow
in all the deep cuts of the Long Island Rail-
road. Between Floral Park. Garden City. Hemp
stead. Mineola and Hyde Park travel by rail
completely blocked.
Trains leaving Brooklyn and Long Island City
for Hampstead. Garden City. Mineola, Oyster
Bay and Sea Cliff were from three to five hours
late, and several trains for those points last
night stalled between Jamaica and Hemp
stead and Oyster Bay. despite the efforts OF
two engines each train.
Many people from Hampstead and Garden
City were imprisoned from early yesterday in a
train with two engines in deep cut on the
Hampstead plains. and so rapidly did the drifts
fill the cuts that at early hour this morning
they had not been able 20 effect their release.
Telephone and telegraph wires were down in
many places Many oe the highways Of Nassau
County were impossible because Of large drifts.
In several towns along the Sound considerable
damage done to shipping. and numerous
piers were wrecked. parts OF them being washed
away The wind caused immense sea. and
high tides that washed over the lawns OF many
of the country places on the shore.
In Westchester County both steam railroads
and trolley lines suffered. The Huckleberry cars
throughout The Bronx. Mount Vernon, New
Rochelle, Yonke-s. Tarrytown and Mamaronack
were completely tied up while trains on the
Harlem Railroad were from twenty-five TO fifty
five minutes late.
The sorm IN the northern part of westchester
was much worse than in the southern section.
The highways were filled with drifting snow
and in many cases were impossible. In Peeks-
kill the villagers awoke yesterday morning 10
1nd several inches of snow on the ground and
by night more than a foot of snow had fallen.
which high wind had piled In deep drifts.
Trolley lines were obliged to cut of their ser
vice and all railroad trains were late.
Not even the great blizzard OF 1855 tied up
Staten Island as did the storm yesterday. m
that year some traffic kept UP and the
trains were running in fairly good shape. but
were practically nothing. The two trolley lines
were at a standstill last night. The Staten Isl
and Electric Company tried to run ears in the
morning. but about noon abandoned all enort
and shut down. The Midland Railroad Com
pany, after a vain effort in the early morning,
resigned to the elements and Will dig itself out
in a day or two. After noon there were few
vehicles on the streets Even Sleighs could make
little progress, owing TO the drifts. which piled
up six, seven and eight feet deep.
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad did
little better than the trolley roads. Early in the
day trains were thrown from the tracks at Fort
Wadsworth and Arrochar. Late last night they
had not been put back on the rails The south
shore trains were run as far as Clifton or Con-
cord and then sent back to ST. George. Only
two cars were ever used on a train. and these
were loaded to their utmost on every trip, the
North Shore branch did little better by using
Ohio Railroad. These jerked the North Shore
trains through the drifts about every three
hours The Totenville line up 10 last night
managed TO get train through every three
hours.