The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-02-22
TRAFFIC SERIOUSLY INTERRUPTED
AND BUSINESS PARA
LIVED.
THE WHOLE COAST CATCHES Il
UNPRECEDENTED FALL OF GOV
rs ACCOMPANIED by HEAVY
WIND.

VI the country since the great blizzard
OF 1888. Beginning soon after midnight
the storm increased rapidly until by
daylight the whole city was completely
showed under. The rising force of the
gale piled the snow in great drifts that
Tor q line almost suspended traffic, ex-
cept In the main thoroughfares. where
the a tracks were only kept open by
the constant use Of snowplows and
sweepers.
Communication between Manhattan
n Brooklyn was subject to long delay.
The ferryboats with difficulty made
trips across the ice-choked rivers, and
the work Of tugboats, lighters and ship
ping generally was
Almost at q S%tandstill.
So heavy was the snowfall that the
loading of vessels was stopped, it being
impossible to keep the matches open.
Several steamers are supposed to be off
Sandy Hook waiting for the storm to
abate before attempting to enter the
port. The local weather bureau reports
that the worst Of the snowfall, which
began to abate in the afternoon, is
probably over. The fall up to 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon was 80 inches. In
the afternoon hurricane warnings were
hoisted at Sandy Hook and New York
and many vessels were detained in port.
There was considerable delay in the ar
rival Of the mails. The trains on all the
lines terminating in Jersey City were
hours behind. The congestion of traffic
on the Manhattan, street car lines was
severe during the morning, when many
of the avenues
Were Blocked :.
with long lines Of stalled cars: In the
shopping district the blockade was so
complete that several of the great de-
partment stores closed at 4 o'clock.
Four thousand men were set to work to
clear the streets Of Manhattan early in
the afternoon. Throughout Brooklyn
the blockade was even more general
than in Manhattan.
Staten Islanders suffered more than
the residents of any of the boroughs Of
Greater New York. Long Island, from
Montauk Point to Long. Island City, is
snow-beund. All liess of trolley cars
were blocked by drifts and efforts to
open them were Of no avail. Many
thousands Of people employed in New
York and Brooklyn had to turn back
unable to breast the binding snow
squalls.
Throughout The state
The eastern part Of the state, from
this city to the Canadian border, was
swept by a blizzard such as had not
been experienced for fourteen years.
Up to. midnight reports showed that six;
teen counties had received in full force
the effects Of the gale n the accom-
panying fall Of o There is a m
1900 H~~,k p H. R.oA-Ns 80 pA-
state towns. Anywhere from four to
eighteen inches of snow, wind blowing
at a hurricane rate. drifts from six to-
are among the features, while there is
reiteration Of delayed trains. impeded
or wholly abandoned trolley service
and imrassable country roads. The
latest reports indicate that the worst is
over.
lew jersey Paralyxed.
Advices received from points 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 T that
during the evening the storm abated
considerably. the snow having ceased
to laff and the wind having decreased
In vele city. AS was natural the brunt
Of the gale, which approached the d.,
mensions of a hurricane, was felt by
the seacoast towns. but the. interior
cities and townships did not escape.
The thousands Of people who make
their homes in the cities, towns and viii
leges OF New Jersey lying within twenty
miles Of New York city, and who are In
business or work here. suffered great
Inconvenience In the morning. For
hours the North river ferries ran irreg-.
ularly and with small loads. all the
morning trains being late.
Marine Disaster Reported.
Philadelphia. Feb. Is. The heavy
snow storm which began In this section
at 10 o'clock Sunday night, ceased at
s O'Clock yesterday afternoon, the fall
Of snow being the heaviest in three
years. "A highsswind accompanied the
The greatest fall 81 snow oc-
CURED at Atlantic City, which wal the
center OF the storm The weather bu-
reausthere reports that seventeensinches,
fell ana that the maximum velocity Of
the wind was thirty--four5miies. With
the exception of the stranding ofsthe
schooner Anna Murray, from Boston
for Baltimore, near Indian rIversEinlet,S
ten miles below the Delaware break
water, the ~lifesaving stations from
ChincoteagAhe.sss:ya. to Barnegat. N.3J,
report that there + no ye8selsgin dis
tress. Trains were greatly delayed;
and, insscme instances, abandoned.
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