Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-19
IN GRASP OF A STORM
Blizzard Conditions Prevail in the
North Atlantic States.
TRAFFIC BADLY HAMPERED,
Wind Attnins Great Velocity In New
York and New England High
Drifts Render Roads In Many
Districts I'm passnbIe.

Washington. Feb. Is. 40 The severe
storm which started on the Florida
coast Friday night and ragged along the
coast in a northward direction was
central during the day off the coast of
New Jersey. according to the weather
bureau reports based on telegruphie
advices. At New YORK city the official
reports show a velocity of tlirty-eight
miles III hour. which is expected to in
creas to sixty miles.
The storm area extends from south
ern New York TO close to this section
q! the country. The storm is increas-
ing III fury as it O V north through
New York state and the New England
states. and in its wake during the next
t~wenty-fonr o. t%hirty-siX hours. accord
ing to the bureau predictions. will be
heavy snowfalls. already setting in in
the southern part of New York.
The storm is expected to pass off be-
yond the st. Lawrence valley. though
it will he felt along the northern New
England coast. At Boston the wind
attained "A velocity of forty-four miles
an hour during the day. The storm
passed over this city in the night. but
the snowfall was light. There is M
snow falling south of New Jersey.
In New York city and vicinity biz
zard conditions are prevailing. Street
car service has been badly hampered,
and the steam railway systems enter
ing New York have also suffered great.
ly. Shipping in New York harbor was
at times at a complete %standstill.
In New York and New England.
The following dispatches show the
extent and nature of the storm:
Schenectady. N. Y.-Schenectady is
experiencing the heaviest fall of snow
il has had this season. The storm be-
gan early in the morning. and there ls
no sign of abatement.
Nyack. n. Y.-The storm greatly i'm
peded rravel in Rockland county.
Schools in various parts of the county
were closed because high drifts had
made roads impossible.
New Haven. Conn.-The most severe
snowstOrm of the winter. nearly ap-
preaching the proportions OF a biz
gard. is on in Connecticut. Railroad
trains were delayed by the drifting
snow. and street cars were stalled in
many instances.
Boston.-An old fashioned northeast
snowstorm began here about Z O'Clock
this morning. The wind had been
although the snow was heavy. the
breeze was of sufficient force to cause
drifts which made much trouble for
railway lines.
In New Jersey and Delaware.
Cape May. n. 1.-THE heaviest SNOW
storm of the winter is raging on the
southern New Jersey coast. The wind
is blowing from the northwest. and
the snow is now very deep. The life
savers are experiencing difficulty in
patrolling the beaches owing to the
drifting of the snow and the impossi-
bility of seeing more than a few yards
from the shore line.
Lewes, Del.-A heavy snOwstOrm is
raging here. seriously interfering with
the craft on the Delaware bay. 1t is
impossible to tell whether any vessels
have passed in the capes since mid
night. as the eye cannot reach more
than fifty yards from the shore. OF the
vessels anchored in the breakwater
not one has ventured to mOve since the
severe %snowstorm began during the
night.
The steamship Noordland, Liverpool
for Philadelphia. which passed in the
capcs during the night, is supposed to
be anchored in the bay above here. as
she has not been reported from any or
the reporting stations between the Del
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