New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-27

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Scores Of persons were blown down by the
sheer force OF the wind. and Others unable TO
keep their balance on spots where the melted
snow had turned 10 ice, fell and slightly injured
themselves Such cases reported were the fol-
lowing:
at a. B&s0sdEsy & & s5d Twenty ssoouds coatuaisas q
cApRAzIIL S. James Of No. ee Eass Elzhty-arss-st.
Lex flactgrsa RoossvsIr Hoa5iss1 ana right
FISHER Her Joha of Ne s33 East Ezghs-sesonasr blown
kneecap broken; Bellevue Hospital
ooR4N az h:2S.n |1 sn5 81 he's si blown down
oc9SN4R 0Iis - i-. Of No SIS East ThiTsssaa BIT
and arms injured: Bellevue Hospital
9s Il nG h D8r6 o. 35 a, P @ o Io4E sg aPq : 1 y
fen on ice IN srOat q Postoaee. fractured ankle:
wHALEN. Margaret. OF No. - Norrs-st.. fell ice
opposite No. IS Broadway; contusions Hudson street
wFioRLER Walter o. No 225 EIn-=t-. Newark. y J;
LETT knee es'A - anu 9O''---'''' .
From morn till night it was day Of winter
rigor. beginning with hurricane and snow IN
the morning and ending with hurricane and clear
sky at night. the cold growing more bitter with
the advancing hours. With the initial swoOp OF
the hurricane and saowstorm black cloud set
tied over the harbor and city with the gloom
that portends a midsummer tempest. Thick and
heavy like huge. all enveloping blanket. it set
tied over ships and tail Office buildings over
busy thoroughfares and rows OF Aathouses. in
all OF which the hum OF the big hive gath
ering force as the workers and home staysrs
took up their tasks. soon lights CLEANED on
ships mast and ferry be ats bow; from Argus
eyed office building; sent slanting rays across
wide streets and narrow streets, revealing
myriad thousands. men and women venturing
forth into day whose light was that OF night
FerrybOats groped their whistles shrteking.
groaning. muttering, in the bIackness pilots az
their wits ends for their bearings. From pier
and dock from the decks Of ships tied up and at
anchor. came hoarse Rawlings. shouts OF wonder
and disrnay- High above all. the triumphant
note in this medley. roared the hurricane blow
ing whistle blasts the noise of creaking chains
and rigging. the shouts OF men and the swish
ing hum of the slanting snow into confused
outcry that swept out over the face OF the
waters
In the ferryboats. their decks bare uen and
women huddled in the ca bins anxious. wonder
ing at the aimIess spurts. backings and slowtnss
down while in the pilot houses captain and
pilot gripped the wheel. frresOlute which
way to turn il. Lights. as II spectral, were
scattered over the harbor's blackness now ap-
preaching each other. veering. Collisions
were missed by hairs breadths- Pilots reached
the ferry slips. and. not knowing it. steered
away from them The word schedule was blot
ted from mems minds. Vessels tugged and
strained with taut ropes their moorings Men
crawled along deck and pier on their hands and
knees: TO stand upright was to court destruc-
ton
In this city a bent multitude hurried and shIv-
cred it's heads almost hidden in coat collars its
shoulders hunched Up Swayed by the hurri-
cane blasts. driven like rudderIess ship. il
pursued zigzag course now brought up stand
ing. now hurled pen nell. now picked Up and
thrown bodily 10 one side. II gasped as the
wind drove it's breath down its throat; splut-
tered: dared not open It's eyes. for fear OF the
binding snow needles. rubbed its numb ears
and noses with fingers stifened. though en-
cased in gloves and mittens- It sought refuge
in dOorways 70 open its eyes and fnd whore
it was: ventured forth again into the biting
blasts and pushed as men push against a bar
rier. 1t sent scUrrying around in speeding
circles the dead leaves are in an alley
corner in the fall. it was driven heIter skeIter
as the paper chase scent is by the March wind
And finally it reached its shops and Offices.
beaten. battered, out OF breath with aching
toes, ears fingers and noses eyes running water
and faces tingling and smarting. 10 remark
Great Scott this is a corker.''
The revenue cutters had just got down 20
Quarantine, with the BOARDING officers board,
when the big black clouds IoOmed up over the
Staten Island shore. and a minute later the
anchorage was wrapped in binding blanket
OF snow
The Vigilancia. from Havana. which had ra-
manned in the anchorage over night was about
to get uEder way. TO go 10 her Brooklyn pier.
In another minute her anchors began 70 drag.
and she would have been piled up 0s~shCre had
not steam been up She moved In nearer
the Staten Island shore and her anchor dropped
again. II held nrmly for few minutes. but
/ then the steamer tegan to drag for the second
/ time The captain thought It would be safer
to go up the bay, he got Under way and
went to his pier without further mishap
The NsW-York. Just in from san Domingo
rad to drop her anchor until after the storm
All the cutters scurried close in 10 the staten
Island shore. where they dropped anchor in the
+ lee OF the island.
For an hour this darkness. as u an Egyptian
plague. lasted while the snow feL Then the
blanket slowly lifted. was folded Up and put cut
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