The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-05
NEW YORK'S
 POOR SUEEER Metropolis Rssrasp Of
 ml'sZ.as. SEVEN , ifHs REPORTED Others Overcome in Streets
 by the Cold. Nine Inches of Snow Paralyxe Traflc. No Marine Fatalities Reported, Due Largely to Warnings
 to Vessels.
SEVEN ? kTHs REPORTED

 a storm of such proportions as that which commenced yesterday and con- tinued early today. Nine inches of snow fell. paralyzing traffic. and the marked drop in the temperature brought untold sufferings to the city's poor The blizzard caused seven deaths in New York and vicinity, while many persons, overcome, dropped to the street. some of them receiving frac- tured bones.
 The storm began with an icy sleet which stuck to car rails and caused 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 so badly injured that they had to be killed.
 A fine snow succeeded the sleet and aided by the wind, soon piled drifts that shut off many suburban points from the city.
 Ten Above Zero.
 A q o'clock this morning the ther- mometer registered 10 degrees above zero and continued in that vicinity all day.
 The drifts caused d milk famine ana only a small percentage of the usual amount of milk was delivered in the city Milk trains on the various rail- roads were held up by snowbanks.
 owing to the inability of small gro cers 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 results of the storm died from exposure and slipped on the icy plat forms of an elevated station. fell in front of an approaching train and were ground to pieces. The seventh, l. w. Filler, a conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad, blinded by the driving snow stepped in front of the Congressional limited train at South Amboy, N 5.r and was instantly killed. The demoralization of the surface car service played havoc with those going to business The elevated trains ran infrequeutly, throwing the bulk of the traff1c from the upper districts of the city to the subway. Even the under ground road did not. escape the storm. At The Times Square station snow drifted in, forming a drift five feet high and 1t was impossible for people to use the station until the snow had been cleared away.
 SubWay's Big Business.
 
 bours business in itsshistory between 6:30 and 1O:3O a. m. The regular sched ule was abandoned. Six car trains were run instead of five cars. and a large number of additional trains were added to the service.
 Though the residents of Manhattan had a hard time. their trials were in significant compared with residents in The Bronx and Brooklyn. The whole I a.. broke down just when the morning travel was at it's height and people were compelled in many instances to | 'ramp miles to the nearest "L" sta tion.
 The surface lines were tied up. The storm paralyzed traffic in the country districts of Staten Island. In many plac- es the snow drifts were very deep and several trolley cars were stalled all night between Richmond and New dorp. Small buildings in various parts of the island were blown down by the gale and telegraph and telephones were much damaged.
 A trolley running between New Ro- cheele and Mount Vernon, carrying dozen people. including several women, ran into big snow bank and in buck ing the drift blew out its fuses. leav- ing the car without heat or light. The passengers were maroOned there for nine hours before being rescued.
 Trains Come Together.
 Unable to see what was before them by the blinding snow, an express train from Patchogue.L LLL., to Long Island City on the main lines of the Long Is- land Railroad. crashed into train stalled in a snowdrift at the West Flo ral Park station this afternoon, creat- ing terror among the passengers. One passenger was so badly injured that ne may die.
 Incoming ocean liners report a bliz- gard at sea. The Teutonic and Are menian, from Liverpool; the Furnessia from Glasgow and the Prinzessin Vic toria Luise from Hamburg, are at quarantine after tempestuOus passages, but outside the bar are several vessels from European and South American ports
 Telegraphic and telephonic commu- nication was not interrupted bX the storm.
 Today 5000 men were put to work clearing the streets of New York and tomorrow the number will be doubled.
 The effects of the blizzard were felt at most points along the New Eng land and mid-Atlantic coasts. So far no marine fatalities have been re- ported, due in large measure to warn nigs to vessels to stay in port.