The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-02-21
new YORK IS SHOWED M,
TRAFFIC SERIOUSLY INrrnn.
AND BUSINESS pan.
A4ia.A.. LYZED.
Tue WHOLE COAST cArcrsl
UNPRECEDENTED FALL NJ.
IS ACCOMPANIED BY nr.-T
49, WIND, Y

snowstorm that has struck this ~.
or The country since the srea, h.''
OF 1883. Beginning soon after ~.
the storm increased rapid,v rs.,
daylight the whole city wa. cora.sI
snowed under. The rising force !. n
gale piled the sno in great dr,,,. !
Tor a time almost suspended tram.
cept IN the main thorouehfares -
the q tracks were only kent on..
tns constant use OF snowplovs
sweepers.
Communication between MarA.a
and Brooklyn was subject to lon. IN
the ferryboats with difficulty nj
trips acros the ice-choked rive,.
the work Of tugboats. lighters ana n
ping generally was
Almost 1t . standstiu.
30 heavy was the snowfall III.
loading Of vessels was stopped. IN
impossible to keep the matches ~
several steamers are supposed to !
Sandy Hook waiting for the ston
Abate before attempting to ent., I
port. The local weather bureau ~
that the worst Of the snowfall. ~
osgan to abate In the afternooa
probably over. The fall UP to 3 e.
yesterday afternoon was S.s inchsa I
the AFTERNOON hurricane warnins, O
hoisted at Sandy Hook and New n
n many vessels were detained n -
There was considerable delay in IL i.
rival OF the mails. The trains ON n Il
lines terminating in Jersey City :
hours behind. The congestion Of usa
on n Manhattan street car linss u
severe during the morning. when ~
OF the avenues
Were Blocked
with long lines Of stalled cars. n "
shopping district the blockade ~ :
complete that several of the great 4
partment stores closed at 1 o'esa
-Four thousand men were set to work y
clear the streets of Manhattan early
the afternoon. Throughout BroohMI
h blockade was even more geaen3
than In Manhattan.
Staten islanders suffered more tAaA
n residents Of any OF the boroughs 4
Greater New York. Long Island, fca
Montauk Point to Long Island City VI
enow-bound. AL liRss of trolley cuI
were blocked by drifts and efforts vi
open them we're Of no avail. Mani
thousands Of people employed in Ns|
York and Brooklyn had to turn baA|
unable to breast the binding snv'
squalls.
Throughout the State
The eastern part of the state, ffsai
this city to the Canadian border, VA
swept by a blizzard such as had NJ
been experienced for fourteen year,
Up to midnight reports showed that d.
teen counties had received in full fore
the effects Of the gale and the acccn.
panying fall Of snow. There is a SAM.
ness about the reports from the ~
state towns. Anywhere from four .
eighteen inches Of snow. wind BLOWN
at q hurricane rate, drifts from six u
IN n instance. twenty-five feet deer
are among the features, while there
r~eiteration Of delayed trains. impede'
or wholly abandoned trolley servin
and imrassable country roads. III
latest reports indicate that the worst >
over.
New jersey Pnralyxed.
Advices received from points In New
Jersey show that the great blizsan
has been felt from Bergen county y
Cape May and from Atlantic City y
Camden. The latest advices are that
during the evening the storm abatN
considerably. the snow having ceased
to laff and the wind having decrease
in velocity. AS was natural the brunt
OF the gale. which approached the u.
mansions of a hurricane. was felt M
q seacoast towns. but the inteh6
cities and townships did not eseapA
The thousands Of people who nats
their homes in the cities, towns and VI.
l6ges OF New Jersey lying within twenty
miles OF New York city, and who are b
or work here. suffered great
inconvenience in the morning. ~
hours the North river ferries ran irreS'
ularly ana with small loads, all ~
morning traips being late.
Marine Disaster Reported.
Philadelphia, Feb. Is. - The heau
storm which began in this sectiaa
at 10 o'clock Sunday night. ceased =
5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. the ~
OF snow being the heaviest in thru
years. A high wind accompanied ts
snow. The greatest fall Of snow q
at Atlantic City, which was II
center of the storm. The weather b..
there reports that seventeen inches
tel and that the maximum velocity 3
the wind was thirty-four miles. VIM
the exception OF the stranding Of -
schooner Anna Murray, from Bostde
Tor Baltimore, near Indian river inlet
miles below the Delaware bresks
water. the lifesaving stations free
Chincoteague. Va, to Barnegat. N. -
report that there are no vessels in o.
Eress. Trains wer greatly delay
Ind In some instances. abandoned.
New England Bisnkcted.
Boston. Feb. 10. - After an unprecs'
Tented ctretch Of clear weather, datise
back to Candlemas day. New Englas..
bis nketed yesterday with q foot 3
vet snow and swept by 4 ~northesr
Iale. This onslaught OF the elemeau
lnpeded traffic and carried down z.
telegraph ana telephone wires. 90 81,
many important points were cut -
there was mot Q Ias1
AMOUNT OF shipping or the coast q
10 marine disaster has been rsportsA