Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-02-21
OF WINTER.
They Cause Great Inconvenience il
Eastern States,
TRAFFIC OF ALL KINDS IS DELAYED.
New York city visited BY the worst
Blixzard Since 1885 Army Of
street Cleaners at Work
storms at Other Points.

New York, Feb. 1s.-New York city
has borne the brunt of the fercest
snowstorm that has struck this sec
ton of the country since the great
blizzard of 1883. Beginning soon aft
er midnight Sunday the storm in
creased rapidly until by daybreak the
whole city was completely showed I'M
der. The rising force Of the gale
piled the snow in great drifts that
for q time suspended traffic except
in the main thoroughfares, where
the car tracks were only. kept open
lby the constant use of snowplows and
sweepers. Communication between
Manhattan and Brooklyn was subject
to long delay. The ferryboats with
difficulty made trips across the ice
choked rivers, and the work of tug
boats, lighters and shipping generally
was almost at q standstill. There
was considerable delayzin the arrival
Of mails. The trains on all the lines
terminating in Jersey City were hours
behind time during the morning, but
towards evening the schedules were
more nearly maintained.
Traffic Greatly Congested.
The congestion of traffic on the
Manhattan street car lines was Sc
we're during the morning, when many
of the were blocked with
long lines of stalled cars. On Broad
way wheel traffic was confined. to the
narrow lanes between high snow hills
and. along these cabs, trucks and cars
crawled at a snail's pace. From 9th
er thoroughfares truck traffic disap-
peared almost entirely. In the shop
ping district the blockade was SO
complete that several of the great
department stores closed at four
o'clock. Four thousand men were
set to work to clear the streets of
Manhattan early in the afternoon. Of
these half were engaged in opening
cross walks, while 1000 men and 800
trucks we're employed to work all
night clearing the main streets.
Throughout Brooklyn the blockade
was even more general than in Man
haitian, and little progress was made
by the street cleaning department be-
You'd opening 0 walks on the prin-
cipal streets. Coney island, Fort Ham
ilton and Canarsite were completely
cut off from all communication over
the Brighton Beach road, where half
a dozen trains were hopelessly stalled
at one time. During the day not over
Copper cent. of the cars of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit system were in opera
ton, and thousands were compelled
to make their way on foot to the fer
ries.
Worse Than in 1885,
The conditions Of traffic were in
every respect worse than in the great
blizzard of 1883. Telegraph and tele,
phone service in New York experienced
little interruption, for while the snow
was heavy, there was no sleet to breaI
the wires. During the day only q few
minor accidents to pedestrians result
edhfrom the storm.
Storm Was General.
New York, Feb: 1s.-The eastern
part of New York state from this
city to the Canadian border was
swept by a blizzard such as had not
been experienced for IA years. UI
to midnight reports showed that II
counties had received in full force
the effects of the gale and the accom-
panying fall of snow. These coun
ties.were Duchess, Orange, Ulster, AL
bany, Schoharie. Schenectady, Mont
gomery, Saratoga, Essex, Columbia
Rensselaer,, Washington, Clinton
Oneida, Onondaga and Chemung. Thus
it will be seen that all the eastern
tier of counties caught the storm
and that it did not extend to tn.
western portion of the state, al
though expected there. There is {
sameness about the reports from tn,
upstate towns. Anywhere from foul
to eighteen inches of snow, WING
blowing at a hurricane rate, drift,
from six to, in n instance, twenty
fvesfeet deep are among the features
while there is iteration and reitera
tion Of delayed trains, impeded o:
wholly abandoned trolley service ant
impossible country roads. The lates
) reports indicate that the worst j
over, for the wind Us abating and il
many places the snow has ceased fall
t ing.
l At Other Points.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1s.-The heav,
snowstorm which began in this sectiol
at ten o'clock Sunday night ceased a
Ave o'clock Monday morning, the fal
, Of snow being the heaviest in tire
years. "A high wind accompanied tn
. snow. The greatest fall of snow oe
CURED at Atlantic City, which was tn
center Of the storm Monday morning
. The weather bureau herereports tina
I II inches fell. and that the maximum
velocity of the wind was "a miles. Cap
May reported a snowfall of eigh
: inches. In this city II inches,of sno,
were recorded at the weather bureau
E and in the interior of Pennsylvani
!. snow fell in depths varying from on
: to six inches. Snow was reported t
: be falling Monday night in the north
eastern mountainous section of tn
state. The steam railroads centerin
/ in this city we're considerably han
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