The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-06

storm, accompanied by rain and later
by snow, struck New York to-day, and
for time seriously interfered with all
railway and steamship traffic. as well
as with business in general. Surface
line, the elevated railroads and all fer
ryboats Were compelled to abandon
their schedules and run as best they
could. Part of the elevated system
was tied up completely, and the Sixth
and Ninth avenue trains were badly de-
layed. The tie-up was so severe that
even the Stock exchange began to-day
with an extremely small attendance.
Toward noon the snow ceased to fall,
but the wind continued high and it be-
came much colder. The maximum We
locity was forty-eight miles an hour.
Telegraph service was much hamper
ed by the storm. Both the Western
| Union and Postal companies reported
that their systems had been shaken up.
The worst conditions for the telegraph
companies were in New England and
in the Hudson Valley, although bust
ness to the south was somewhat de-
| layed.
Dispatches from up the state show
that the storm was severe in the coun-
try districts and that snowfall in the
interior was much heavier than in the
city.
The snowstorn of to-day coming so
suddenly upon the heels of a remark
able period of mild weather, adds much
to the coal complications in which the
city has been involved for many
months. While it does not create an
alarming state of affairs, the city being
| in daily receipt of practically its normal
| quantity of coal, it adds to the annoy
ance of both dealer and consumer, since
it delays transportation and delivery
and causes much keener desire on the
part Of the consumer to have his coal
in hand for emergency.
| To-day's snowfall set the coal dealers
wondering what they would do in case
the storm continues and New York be-
! came storm bound. There is a reason
| able amount of coal in New York, so the
operators say, but being stormbound
would mean being cut off from the sup
ply. A careful estimate made by one Of
| the coal road presidents placed New
| York's present supply at about enough
| to last week.
| President Olyphant of the Delaware
and Hudson company was asked to-day
| his views of the coal outlook In the
event of the continuation of the snow
storm. He said:
! There is no possible way Of ascer-
| tanning how much coal there is in New
York, nor how long a siege Of snow
the city could stand. But l know that
after five or six days of it there would
be a great deal Of discomfort. I will
not say suffering. because there is
enough coal here to prevent that"
The gale blowing across the Jersey
| meadows to-day tore down eleven tele-
graph poles west of the West Hacken-
sack bridge on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad. The fast
mail from the west was caught in the
mesh of wores and the windows on one
side We're broken, the flying glass cut
| ting one of the women passengers. The
| train was blocked three hours.
| Pemmsylvnhla
| Philadelphia, Dec. 5.-The snow and
wind storm which swept over the east
ern part of Pennsylvania during the
morning abated late this evening. The
| fall of snow in this city and surround
ing country amounted to about four
inches, but the greatest damage was
| done by the high wind which, at II
O'Clock, attained velicity of fifty-four
miles an hour. Telegraph communica-
ton between this city and Pittsburg
was practically paralyzed and subur-
ban street car and railroad traffic was
badly crippled. One life was. lost as
| the result of the binding snow and
| few minor accidents occurred.
| During the height of the storm George
| Chiverton drove an express wagon in
to a trolley car and was instantly kill
ed and two persons received fractured
limbs by the collision of two trolley
cars in West Philadelphia.
In the anthracite coal region the fall
of snow amounted to eight inches. but
mining operations were not seriously
interfered with.
The only shipping disaster of moment
reported to the maritime exchange was
the sinking of the three masted schoon-
err Virginia Rulon at Assateague, Va.
about fifty miles below the Delaware
| Breakwater The vesesl was lumber
laden from Norfolk to Philadelphia.
Her crew was rescued by the ASA
league life savers.