The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-18
EAST PARALYzED BY
BLINDING BLIZZARD
Fierce Gale Accompanies Heavy FalI,of Snow
Which Results in One of the Worst Storms
Since Great Disturbance in 1888.


NEN YORK, Feb. 17.-New York city
mas borne the brunt of the fiercest snow
storm that has struck this section of the
country since the great blizzard of 1883
beSlnmng soon after midnight the storm
increased rapidly until by daybreak the
Whole city was completely showed under.
Inc rising force of the gale piled the
snow in great drifts that for time al
most suspended traffic, except in the main
thoroughfares, where the car tracks were
only kept open by the constant use of
snowplows and sweeT ers,
Communication between Manhattan and
Brooklyn was subject to long delay. The
ferryboats with difficulty made trips
across the lce-choked rivers, and the
work of tugboats, lighters and shipping
generally was almost at a standstill The
IAN up to O'Clock this afternoon was
$40 inches
There was considerable delay in the ar
rival of mails. These on the New York
Central were from two to three hours
late, and all mail service between this
city and points on Long Island was prac-
tically suspended The trains on all the
hnes terminating in Jersey City were
hours behind time.
-Four thousand men were set to work to
clear the streets of Manhattan early in
the afternoon. OF these half were en-
gagged in opening crosswalks, while 1000
men and 200 trucks were employed all
might cleaning the main streets. The
Brooklyn bridge was kept clear of snow
from the time the storm began, and both
the elevated and trolley cars were crowd
ed to their utmost capacity
The fleet of warships lying off quaran-
tine to await the arrival of Prince Henry
was for hours cut off by floating ice from
communication with the shore. Forty
marines who put off to the ships in boats
from Staten island, We're compelled to
put back and return to the navy yard
Long Island from Montauk Point to
Long Island City is snow-bound. The
storm kept children from school and the
schools were closed at noon. All lines of
trolley cars were blocked by drifts and
efforts to open them were of no avail
Many thousands of people in New York
and Brooklyn had to turn back unable
to breast the binding snow squalls. The
Long Island Railroad company and the
New York & Queens County Railway
company employed small armies of men
WlsA shovels all day long fighting the
snow. They sent out every available
snowplow. Trains on the North Shore
division of the road were all greatly de-
layed. Mails were more than two hours
late. In all parts of the island hail and
rain preceded the snow and the wind
blew at velocity of more than si-ty
miles an hour.
Severe in New Jersey.
Advices from points in New Jersey
show that the great blizzard has been It
from Bergen county to Cape May and
from Atlantic City to Camden The lat
est advices are that during the evening
the storm abated considerably the snow
having ceased to fall and the VIZ. hav-
ing decreased in velocity
AS was natural the brunt of the gale
which approached the dimensions of a
hurricane, was felt by the seacc- It
towns, but the interior cities and town
ships did not escape. Travel by road was
almost impossible; cities and villages not
provided v-en large gangs of street
cleaners gave UP the battle against the
driving snow early in the day: the rail-
roads were enabled to move trains by
the free use of snowplows and street
car traffic all over the state was stopped
until the sweeping machines cleared the
tracks about the middle of the. afternoon.
Ihere was a general suspension of
the schools in the afternoon, while the
morning sessions We're only thinly at
tended. AT most places heard from no.
tices were given that there would be no