The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-18
ALL BURIED IN SNOW !.
Worst Storm In Years Sweeps
Atlantic Seaboard.
yEW YORK CITY IS HARD hit.
Fall Of snow From one to Tw" Feet
In Many Placcs-COuntry Roads
Blocked and Railways
BADLY Ham pered


city has borne the hrunt of thu. iicl,cs
"nowstorm that has struck this section
of the country since the great blizzard
OF lSSS. Beginning soon after midnight
the storm increased rapidly in iutensi
~ until 10y daybreak the whole cit v
was completely showed under the ris.
Ing force of the gale piling up the snow
III great drifts that for time almost
suspended traffic except in the main
thoreughfarcs, Why're the ear tracks
were only kept Open by he constant
use or snowplows aud swetpers.
Suburban. ira fic and communication
between Manhattan and Brooklyn were
subject to long delays, the ferry boa, Is
with difficulty made trips a~soss the
ice choked rivers, and the work of
tngboats. lighters and. IN fact. of ship
ping generally WIS almost at Il stand
still. SO heavy WIS the snowfall that
the loading Of vessels was stopped. it
being impossible TO keep the matches
open.
There was considerable delay in the
arrival of the mails. The Chicago mail
due at 4:i5. did no, get in until 30
q. NJ. and the Washington mail was
IN hour and Il quarter late. The local
deliveries of mail were hampered by
the difficulty of driving he wagons
through the snow encountered streets.
All outgoing mails were closed from
thirty minutes TO an hour before the
usual time.
The congestion of traffic on the Man
haitian street ear lines was severe dur
Ing the ncrning. when many OF the
avenues were blocked with long lines
of stalled ears.
In the shopping district along sixth
avenue the blockade was SO complete
that several Of the great department
stores decided to close their doors ii
4 O'clock
-Four thousand men were set to work
TO clear the streets Of Manhattan early
In the afternoon. or these half were
engaged In opening cross walks while
2,uG' men and 300 trucks were engaged
to work all night clearing the main
streets.
Throughout Brooklyn the blockade
WAS even more general than in Man.
hat'au, and bat little progress was
made by the street cleaning depart
ment ntvonH opening cross walks on
the principal streets, rOncy Island.
Fort Hamilton and CAnarsip were com.
piet"ly cut off from all communication.
Staten Islanders suffered more than
the residents Of any OF the borouyhs of
Greater New York The boats were all
badly behind time. aud no effort was
made to keep schedule time. the main
trouble being due to the great sses
of Ice packed IN the slips at ST. George.
The island itself was completely SNOW
"u under. and the movements OF troll
leys and trains were brought to halt.
Long Island from Montauk Point to
Long Island City is Snowbound. The
storm kept children from school. and
those institutions were closed mt noon.
and teachers and pupils were sent 10
their homes. All lines Of trolley cars
were blocked by drifts. and efforts 10
open them were of no avail. Many
thousands Of people employed in New
York and Brooklyn hud to turn back.
unable TO breast the binding snow
squalls
Adviccs received from points in New
Jersey show that the great blizzard has
been felt from Bergen county to Cane
May and from Atlantic city TO Cam
den. rs was natural the brnnt of the
gale, which approached the dimensions
OF hurricane, was frl, by the sea
coast towns but the inferior cities and
townships did not escape.
Tn" eastern part of New York state.
from This city 10 I'll" Canadian border
was swept by a blizzard such as had
not been experienced for fourteen
wears. Up 10 midnight reports were re-
"rlr"h showing that sixteen counties
had received in fnll force the effects Of
The gal" ana the accompanying fall OF
snow. Thes" counties were Dntchcse,
Orange. Ulster. Albany. Srboharir.
Montgomery Saratoga,
EAI"K Columbia. Rensselaer, Washing
ton Clinton, oncidn, Onondaga, and
f'hom,ng. Thus it will liz seen thai all
III" eastern tier Of counties caught The
storm and that it did NOT extend TO the
western, portion Of IN" state
Philadelphia In storms Grasp.