Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-01-06
WORST BLIZZARD IN MANY YEARS
wars THAT CITY AND I'M
PsDEs TRAFFIC.
SEVEN PERSONS ARE KILLED
FIVE DIE FROM EXPOSURE AND
THE OTHERS IN ACCIDENTS j
DUE TO THE GALE. 3

New York, Jan. 5.-Not in several
years has New York been visited by a
storm Of such proportions as that
which commenced Tuesday and con.
tinued until early Wednesday. Nine
Inches Of snow fell. paralyzing traffic.
snd the marked drop in the tempera-
tpre brought untold. suffering to the
city's poor. The blizzard caused
seven deaths In New York and vicinity,
while many persons, overeome by the
cold, dropped to the street, some of
them receiving FRACTURED bones.
The storm began With an Icy sleet.
speedy abandonment Of railroad and
trolley schedules. The sleet covered
the sidewalks and streets with ice and
rendered them almost impossible.
Scores of horses fell and many were
90 badly injured that they had to be
A fine snow succeeded the sleet and
aided by the wind, soon piled up
drifts that shut OF many suburban
points from the city.
At 2 a. m. the mercury registered 10
degrees above zero and continued in
SAAoS NASAAAIy uoys ia
The drifts caused milk famine and
only small percentage Of the usual
amount Of milk was delivered in the
city. Milk trains on the various
roads were held by snow banks.
Suffering Among the Poor.
Owing to the inability Of small gro
GERS and coal dealers to get supplies,
they ran short and put their wares up
to famine prices. Great suffering re-
suited in the poorer districts from this
action.
Five of the seven men who met
death from the storm died from ex-
posture, another slipped on the icy
platform of an elevated station, fell in
front of an approaching train and was
ground to pieces. The seventh, L. w.
Filler, q conductor on the Pennsylva-
mia railroad, blinded by the driving
snow, stepped in front of the con-
gressional limited train at South
Amboy, N. J., and was instantly killed.
The decentralization. of the surface
car service played havoc with those
going to business. The y elevated
trains ran infrequently, throwing the
bulk of the trafic from the upper dis
tricts Of the city to the subway. Even
the underground road did not escape
the storm. At the Times square sta
ton snow drifted in, forming O drift
i've feet high and it was impossible
for people to use the station until the
snow had been cleared away. ~,
It Is esti ,ated that the storm will
cost the New York City Railway COM
pany over 100000. General Manager
Oren Root, IT., of the road said it was
the worst storm his company had he'd
to contend with for ten years.
Though the residents of Manhattan
had hard time, their trials were in
significant compared with residents in
the Bronx and Brooklyn. The whole
transportation system in the Bronx
broke down just when the morning
travel was at its height and people
were compelled in many Instances to
tramp miles to the nearest IL" sta
lions. All the surface lines were tied
up.
Storm ParaIyzed Traffic.
The storm paralyzed traffic In the
country districts Of Staten island. In
many places the snowdrifts were very
deep and several trolley cars were
stalled all night between Richmond
and Newdorp Small buildings in va.
rious parts of the island were blown
down by the gale and telegraph and
telephone wires were much damaged.
A trolley running between New Ro.
chelle and Mount Vernon carrying a
dozen people, including several wo-
men, ran into big snow bank and in
bucking the drift blew out its fuses,
leaving the car without heat or light.
The passengers were marooned there
for nine hours before being rescued.
Unable to see what was before them
because of the binding snow, an ex.
press train from Patchogue, L. l., to
Long Island City, crashed into train
stalled in a snowdrift at the West
Floral Park station. creating terror
| among the passengers. One passen.
ger was SO badly injured that he may
die. "
Incoming ocean liners report biz.
xard at sea. The effects Of the biz.
zard we're felt at most points along the
New England and Middle Atlantic
coast. So far no marine fatalities
have been reported. due in large meas.
| ure to the fact that mariners had been
warned to stay in port.
| EXPIRES or PNEUMONIA.