New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-16
WINTER BEHIND TINE.
REAL STORM At LIST.
Deaths, Delays and accident Caused
by Belated Blizzard.

The Oldest fnhabitant chortled in gles yester-
day as he told his poor frozen neighbor how
much worse IL was about this time in IS. This
cold comfort did little 70 cheer I'D the frozen
New-Yorler as he slid and fell on the slippery
walks made worse by the buIlseye glass sky
nghts.~
The early spring. which a lot az people ex-
pec-ed vas lost TO sight entirely. and viii be no
nearer TO view to-day II the weather bureaus
prediction is correct. Early yesterday storm
warnings were displayed from Delaware Break
water to New-YOrk- By the time the storm
had reached New-York from the Carolinas
We'll developed blizzard was in progress. The
snow and sleet are expected 70 cease this morn
ing. and viii probably be followed by clearing
and colder weather. the high northeast wind
shifting TO the west
Two homeless men were frozen 10 death, fer
ries and passenger trains delayed. streetcars
held up BY the blizzard. and pedestrians and
horses hurt through falls in the slippery streets.
About six inches OF snow and sleet fell before
midnight
Thomas Flynn. an old man, was found dead
from exposure and starvation huddled under
some rubbish in a coal yard in East 18th street.
near. the river. He had not had any work for
about four months. and had been kept alive BY
his friends. For some days he had been sleeping
in a stable in 26th street, but Wednesday night
the stable was locked when he arrived He then
crawIed under the rubbish heap where he died
Patrick Walsh also died from exposure. al
though alcoholism helped He was found IN
conscious late in the afternoon at Hudson and
Christopher streets. He was taken 10 the
Charles street station and later TO Bellevue Hos
pital The man had been drinking. and in fall
ing struck his head He died few minutes
after reaching Bellevue.
Bronx, who was the sole support u his sister
and six children. tried 70 keep the cold out by
frequent internal applications Of whiskey. He
fell into a snowdrift, where he was found by
a patrolman and taken TO the Harlem police
court After he had been revived it was found
that his ears, nose, hands and one leg were
frostbitten badly. He was discharged
William ]. Bradley. who has the contract for
snow. began work early yesterday, but
little. After mapping out the dis
trtcts which were 70 be attacked first, the con-
tractor called his men OF until the Middle Of the
afternoon, on the theory that by that time It
would either stop showing or rain As a re-
suit, the business streets were in a bad condi-
ton by noon Horses slipped and fell all over
town, traffic was blocked and the surface cars
delayed all day, driving crowds 10 the subway
and elevated lines.
put the men 70 work about thirty
five hundred men starting shoveIIing. Nine hun
dred teams were at work by nightfall. By this
morning the contractor says that he will have
full force at work In Manhattan and $500 IN
Brooklyn.
There delay Of about fifteen minutes on
the Brooklyn Bridge in the morning rush hours
through the breaking of a part OF the cable
mechanism It was soon remedied. and traffic
on the bridge moved about the same as usual
the rest OF the day.
The ferry system Of the whole harbor was dis |
organized by the snow. The Staten Island boats
only about half The normal service.
The East River ferries were all on fog schedule.
which means no schedule at all The snow also
tied up the Hudson River passenger traffic. /
which had opened weeks ahead Of time. II moth
Ing happens. however. the steamers c. ". Morse
and Adirondack will sail next Saturday for
Albany.
For many hours the trolley system OF Staten |
Island was out of commission. Six school teach |
ers bound for the Linoeumville public school |
were stalled for hours, and did not reach the !
school until noon. Hundreds OF commuters had |
to walk from their homes to the ferryhouses and
back. All the trolley lines out Of Brooklyn and /
Long Island City were blocked. The train yards |
at the Long Island City terminal filed with 4
snow. and the blocking OF the switches caused |
much delay. Around MineoIa the trolley and /
railroad tracks were covered ir places by drifts |
ines were hampered much and not until night |
fall did the trains arriving in Jersey City show /
any marked delay, though the steamship United /
States, of the Observation-Disclosures Line. at /
was held foc over two hours for the |
arrival of a party Of emigrants- Most of the
through trains coming into the Grand Central /
station were late, but the suburban trains were |
almost on schedule time.
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