Evening star., 1902-02-17
STORM ALONG COAST
Heavy Fall Of Snow With
High Winds.
WIDE IN ITS EXTENT
EXTENDS FROM VIRGINIA CAPES
TO NEW ENGLAND.
Shipping Taking Shelter in Protected
Harbors-Ocean Liners Delayed
by Adverse Winds.

snow storm tlal mas come 10 NeW ] oih II
three years began late last night. and the
weather department at Washington pre-
Gicted that it would continue during the
next twenty-four or thirty-six hours Traf-
fc was generally tied up, and business men
who started for their respe ctive offices at
the usual time were from one to three hours
late The storm. an hour after 1t started,
had all the marks of the blizzard of fifteen
years ago. 1t was accompanied by a howl
In gale out Of the north. and, according to
the weather bureau reports, covered an area
from along the New England coast 10 the
interior of New York state.
The BROOKLYN residents and the commut-
ers suffered the worst. The dozen of lines
operated by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company were completely tied UP for hours.
The Il roads Of Brooklyn were taxed far
beyond their carrying capacity.
The Il roads did fairly well under the
circumstances. Only short riders had the
temerity to board the surface cars
The horse cars Were the worse tied up
For hours traffic on these lines was com
The New York Central. Pennsylvania.
Jersey Central. Erie, Delaware. lacka-
wanna and Western and New York. New
Haven and Hartford railroads suffered de-
lays. All ferry travel was off schedule.
At pm eight inches of snow had fallen
and at that time there was no sign or the
storm abatement. The wind grew strong
er and If was difficult to keep the snow
from drifting III the streets. The tel
graph companies reported that their busi-
ness only slightly delayed. There was
no sleet 10 contend with, and except for
the wind the telegraph lines had little to
bother them,
Highlands. Sandy Hook and quarantine
observing stations reported q northerly gale
blowing. Two steamers which had arrived
during the night were anchored off the
quarantine station, being the Primers
Point. from Dundee. and Olinda, from
Cuban ports. No other shipping was III
sight Coasting craft probably found shell
ter in good time are keeping well off
shore to escape damage from the storm.
AS the wind is off shore wrecks viii not be
So liable II occur on the Long Island and
New Jersey coasts as during the last gale.
Ocean Liners Overdue.
Many passenger liners are due. among
them being the North German Lloyd
steamer kaiserin Maria Theresia and An
chor liner karai1ania. both from Mediter-
ranean ports: Atlantic Transport liner
Manitou from London: Anchor liner Cali
fornia and Italian liner Isela di Levanzo.
both from Mediterranean ports. and Red ID
line steamer Philadelphia. from Venezuela
and Porto Rico. Probably some of the
steamers due have arrived outside Sandy
Hook bar and anchored till the weather
clears.
The floating ice driven by the gale is
packed in on the Staten Island shore. MAX
ing navigation very difficult. The Staten
Island ferryboats are making trips without
any attempt To observe schedules.
The local weather bureau received the
following today:
..Washington. ID. C.--Observer New York.
Heavy snow and severe gales will prevail
during next twenty-four 10 thrty-six hours
III interior Of New York and New England
and along New England coast.
tsigneD "GARRIOTr."
Jersey Coast Visited, Too.
CAPE MAY, n j.. February 1.-THE
heaviest snow storm Of the winter is rag
ing on the southern New Jersey coast. The
wind is blowing from the northwest and
III" snow is ten inches deep The
prospects are that the snow will continue
all day. The life savers experiencing
difficulty i'll patrolling the beaches owing
10 the drifting of the snow. and it is i'm
possible for them to see more than few
yards from the shore line.
LEWES. Del. February IA heavy
snow storm is raging here, seriously inter-
fering with the craft on the Della aware bay.
Ii is impossible 10 tell whether any vessels
have passed in the capes since midnight.
one cannot see more than fifty yards from
the shore. OF the vessels anchored in the
breakwater not one has ventured to move
since the severe storm began during the
night.
The steamship Noordland. Liverpool for
AlitoH'Iftlist WHICH passed Ill tue cdptS
last night. IS supposed to be anchored in
The bay above here. as she has not been
reported from any of the reporting sta
lions between the Delaware Breakwater
and Philadelphia.
Snow to the depth of eight inches has
fallen and the storm shows no signs of
atating.
Boston in Storms Track.
BOSTON, February IA northeast
snowstorm began here about ! O'Clock this
morning. The wind had been blowing
strong nearly all night. and although the
srow heavy the breeze was Of suffi-
cient force to cause drifts which promised
to make trouble for railway lines The
temperature was about :sG above zero when
the storm began. AT one time the wind
reached a velocity of A miles an hour
NEW HAVEN Conn. February 1.-THE
most severe SHowstorm of the winter near
ly approaching the proportions of bliz-
zard. began in Connecticut early this morn
ing. The weather bureau reports ii to be
the edge of disturbance which was CEN
tral on, at sea. AT o'clock the wind was
from the north. Blowing thirty-five miles
an hour. Railroad trains We're delayed by
the drifting snow and street cars were
stalled IN many instances.
PHILADELPHIA Pa, February IL
The heaviest snowSt0rm of the season be-
gan here at midnight and still prevailed at
o'clock this morning with no indication
snow has drifted badly. interfering with
trolley and steam railroad traffic.
MANCHESTER. Conn. February IL
During the severe gale and snowStorm this
morning the cracker factory of Frank
Goetz. in North Manchester, was destroy
ed by fire. boarding house connected
Win the factory and Il large coal shed Were
also burned, the total loss being $4,000.
SEATTLE. Wash. February 1.-THE
heavy rafnfalls caused number of slides
on he railroad lines entering Seattle and
Trains generally were delayed several
hours.
Heavy Snow at Portsmouth.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
PORTSMOUTH, Va, February 17-An-
other heavy snowfall set in at midnight,
and by morning three inches had fallen. A
thirty-mile gale from the northwest, ac-
companied the storm. and down the coast
II kicked up a tremendous sea- Cessation