The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1905-01-27
Not Since the Blizzard OF 1888
Has New York Been So Com
pletely SnOwbOund.
FOOT OF SNOW FELL IN THE CITY.
The Entire COaStIine From the Della
ware Capes North Has Been i'll
the Grasp Of a Storm
Land Reports From Maine Through
Northeast States and Middle At
lantc States Indicate a Com
pIete Winter Tie Up.

New York, Jan. 26.-Not since the
blizzard of 1888, by which all storms
are estimated, as great or small, has
New York been so completely snow
bound. The city itself is lying under
d foot of snow that in many places has
been banked by the wind to height
Of several feet. Surface travel early
in the day was abandoned, overhead
transit was irregular and slow, and
to carry home, so far as they could
reach within the city limits, the hun
dreds of thousands of workers from
the downtown districts.
The entire coastline from the Della
ware capes north has been in the
grasp of a storm which, because of
the heavy fall of snow, the intensity
of cold and the force of the gale has
exceeded anything in years. The land
reports from Maine through northeast
states and the middle Atlantic states
all indicates a most completet win
ter tie up.
Disasters To Shipping.
Everywhere railroad traffic is de-
l9yed; reports of disasters to shipping
are coming in and with the rapidly
falling thermometer much suffering
must ensue. So severe was the storm
in this city that even during the day
hours several persons were frozen to
death or died from exhaustion.
The hospitals, the police stations
and the house of refuge are crowded
to their full capacity.
More than once police reserves were
called out to take care of the crowds
that were struggling around the en-
trance to some belated ferrybOat,
which was soon to attempt another
trip. Long before shutdown the home
ward bound workers learned that troll
legs everywhere throughout Manhat-
tan had been abandoned and that ca
BILE cars were stalled in many places.
Not a vessel of any kind had sailed
from or arrived at this port in more
than "a hours and at the port of BOs-
ton only one arrival was reported and
that a cOastwise steamer. Two trans
the mails, and the Nord America have
been unable to leave their piers. Sew
en- other steamers all scheduled to
leave during the day are still in port.
Gale Blew 60 Miles An Hour.
At Sandy Hook and quarantine the
gale blew at 60 miles an hour and q
number of vessels are reported at an
Choir there. The Atlantic transport
line steamer Menominee, from Lon,
don, the HOlland-American line steam
er Rotterdam, and the Fabre line
steamer Germania, all of which have
been reported by wireless, are in San
dy Hook bay. A dozen or more other
steamers now overdue have not been
heard from.
This city, always susceptible to alb
normal weather conditions, is facing
condition unequaled since that of
March, II years ago, when it was cut
off from the rest of the world by a
record snowfall.
Probably the most distressing tie up
resulting from the stalling of these
trains on the Long Island railroad
was that witnessed on the Manhattan
side of the 34th street ferry. Hun
dreds of girls and women who live in
Long Island and work in Manhattan
were unable to get across the East
river, and a vast majority of them
were without necessary funds to Sc
cure food or get lodging.