New-York tribune., 1905-01-05
A RECORD MAKING STORM.
DEATHS; TRAFFIC TIE-UP.
Worst Bizsard of TsUentieth Century
-Sno1CfaU Sets Neu Mark.

A nine inch snowfall driven by fifty knot
gale yesterday formed the worst blizzard and
contributed to the coldest winter New-Y York has
seen this century, Death and untold dscom-
fort were the results Six person perished In
the cold The hospitals overhowed with casea
Of asthma, pleuro-pneumonia. pulmonary tuber-
culosis, srysipelas. directly caused made
acute by the intense cold. for the wind and snow
and sleet had likewise lowered the temperature
TO 10 degrees above zero. Numbers Of fractured
limbs. too. caused by falls the slippery
streets and sidewalks, were reported
From early Tuesday until late yesterday
the horsecar service YVES virtually discontinued;
the surface car lines were practically paralyEed
and the elevated trains blocked for hours The
subway, besieged by multitudes the llvelong
day. alone seemed to remain unaffected by the
record breaking storm. Even worse conditions
on the surface roads prevailed in Brooklyn and
Richmond boroughs. where for many hours the
elevated and surface roads were completely de-
moraHzed.
All trains from the west were from one 10
three hours late. the suburban services being
completely dislocated- On every road the mails
were seriously delayed. So. too. were trans
atlantic and Sound steamers
While hospitals and charitable institutions
ore thronged with victims of the storm, it's ef
feet is not expected to become evident before to-
day or tomorrow.
If the storm showed any silver lining to urban
and interIrhan travellers. e lay IN the un-nis-
taxable boon vouchsafed by tbs subway. Un-
expectedly enough the telegraph lines were 1T
tie affected, and aside from delays, the harboz
traffic reports TO the contrary Notwithstanding
was much usual.
Frozen and buried hydrants snowdrifts as
high as the engine wheels as well as the slippery
condition of the streets seriously interfered with
the work Of the Fire Department
It was the worst night in years. The treachs
erous streets-here Slides there skating Kinks,
and there again toboggans-formed every
side not the least evil of the storm. Horses fell
IN herds. All day long the hospital surgeons
were busy setting the fractured limbs of men
and women. sober and unsober alike.
Some idea may be gained Of the intensity Of
the storm when II is said that six inches of snow
fell between midnight and a. m; that the
snowfall this winter is now already 1868 inches.
against SO inches for the whole winter Of 190S-04
and that with yesterdays contribution. it is the
coIdest winter New-York has witnessed since
that Of 1s99-1900.
At a. m the thermometer registered 13 de-
erees above zerc against SO the preceding morn
ing At the same hour the wind blew twenty-slx
miles an hour BY o'clock the temperature
sank TO 10 degrees, remaining at this point until
IL when IL rose one degree. Forecaster Emery
daclares snowfall is over Tor Two Gayo dt
least. and predicts clear weather, with rising
temnerature and diminishing northwest winds.
for to-day. -, -. -
AT the application bureau of the Charity Or
gsnization Society the Tribune reporter was
Told that the applications for relief were not
above the normal 1T is peculiar fact" said
The superintendent that in a bad storm such
as this il always takes two or three days for an
effect on the applications. Tomorrow, or on
FRIDAY the applications will begin to pour IN
TODAY things have been very slow.
a similar view was expressed by Acting Su-
perintendent Rickard at Bellevue Hospital.
THE influx of cold cases." he said. is to-day
much as usual. But wait for a day or two.
AS a result largely OF the condltion or the
streets the poor, especially, suffered from lack
While coal Is still Sc 80 ton" the re-
norfer was told at the Coal Merchants Associa-
lion. I'VE cannot supply the demand In time
and 7 should estimate that our deliveries to-day
have fallen off 90 per cent. We have to use
three horses instead of two, and whereas, under
normal conditions. the delivery 10 one route
should occupy only half an hour on such days
as this il takes from three to four hours"
Milk companies declared they had delivered
suit many a West Side father. not blessed with
a farsighted wife or housekeeper, had to do
without milk in his breakfast coffee, and many
an East Side little mother was not able 10
obtain the baby's staple for all meals until the
afternoon
The same conditions expected to-day, but
Tomorrow Il is thought normal conditions will
be resumed.