Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-02-22
HEAVY SNOW STORM
Fall Varied in Depth From Three
to Twenty Inches.
ATLANTIC CITY STORM CENTRE


The Snow Fall Was the Heaviest In
Three Years and Was General.
The Railroads Were Greatly Han
dicapped.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1S.-The heavy
snow storm which began in this Sec
ton at 10 o'clock Sunday night ceased
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon, the
fall Of snow being the heaviest in
three years. Cape May reported a
snow fall of eight inches. In this city
IL inches of snow were recorded, and
in the interior of Pennsylvania snow
fell in depths varying from three to 10
inches.
With the exception of the stranding
of the schooner Anna Murray. from
Boston for Baltimore, near Indian
River Inlet, 10 miles below the Della
ware Breakwater, the life savers from
Chincoteague, Va, to Barnegat, N. J.,
report the coast clear Of wrecks. The
Murray went ashore during the thick
est of the storm yesterday, and her
crew was rescued by life savers by
AuNeNhS VI NhO DAGGCuSS
The steam railroads centering in
this city were considerably hampered.
Trains were greatly delayed, and in
some instances annulled. The great
est difficulty was experienced within
the city limits and on the lines lead
ing to New York and the seashore.
Trains to the west and the south
from here experienced comparatively
little trouble, the trains arriving from
those sections maintaining the sched-
ule fairly well.
Jersey Swept BY Blizzard.
Trenton, n. j., Feb. 1S.-Advices re-
ceived from point in New Jersey
show that the great blizzard has been
felt from Bergen county to Cape May,
and from Atlantic City to Camden. The
latest advices are that last evening
the storm abated, the snow having
ceased to fall and the wind having
decreased in velocity. AS was natural,
the brunt OF the gale, which approach
ed the dimensions of hurricane, was
felt by the seacoast towns, but the
interior cities and towns did not es-
cape. Travel by road was almost i'm
possible; cities and villages not pro-
vided with large gangs of street clean
ers 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 snow plows, and street
car traffic all over the state was
stopped until the sweeping machines
and plows cleared the tracks.
Twenty Inches at Atlantic City.
Atlantic ~ NJ
the most severe snow storms since
1883, the year of the great blizzard.
struck this coast yesterday morning.
and by nightfall, when the snow fall
ceased, nearly 90 inches of snow had
fallen. The trolley railroad in this
city was tied up, and It is feared Il
may take two or three days before the
snow plows now at work can clear the
tracks as far as Longport. Residents
living in the suburbs cannot get to
town. On the boardwalk two-horse
snow plows are at work preparing a
pathway for the Lenten crowd of
visitors.
In New York.
New York, Feb. 1S.-The snow king.
who has rarely shown his form in this
10y NAS PdSe NAhSSA, opcueu MS treas
ury yesterday. For hours a perfect
sheet of snow filed the air, and
strong breeze drifted it until streets
became blocked and all kinds OF traffic
was seriously interfered with. The
city has employed $4,000 white
wings" to clear the streets. The
storm is the worst for three years.
Lewis Linn, a homeless man, was
found unconscious from cold in the
street by policeman. He died in an
hour.
Blizzard On Mountains.
Stroudsburg, Pa, Feb. 1S.-A terri
nc blizzard ragged last night on the
Pocono Mountains. The storm was
one Of the severest for years. Bust
ness is practically at a standstill.
Trains on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western railroad, both east and
west-bound, are running behind the
schedule time.
A Victim Near Bridgeton.
Bridgeton, N. j., Feb. 1S.-Edward
McGear, aged 60 years, was found
nearly frozen to death in a snow drift
on the Buckshutem road about seven
miles from here yesterday.
Count Baudlssin In Philadelphia.