New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-05
ALMOST A BLIZZARD.
ONE DEATH FROM STORM
Nearly FiUe Inches of Sno7c at Md
NIGHT and More to Come.

A storm from the northwest brought heavy
fall OF snow driven by cutting blasts. in its
wake yesterday, and at midnight about five
inches had fallen. There had been preliminary
furries all the morning, but at II a. m. the
storm set in in earnest and continued without
utermission all day. and. according to the
Weather Bureau. likely to continue all
night, followed by clear weather this afternoon.
The temperature ranged from IS degrees above
zero at $40 a. m. to % degrees above at 1l:40
O. III.
John Stanley, sixty years old. Of No $50
Bramhall avenue, Jersey City, was found lying
in the snow near his home last night. and died
in the city Hospital Apparently he had gone
for medicine. because bottle was found
Clutched in his hand
James Miller. fifty-fve years old. OF No, lo'
Marshall avenue, Paterson, y. j.. was also
found badly frozen at Grove and 9Th streets.
Jersey city. He was taken to St Francis's Hos
pital
\ slight collision between the Ward Line
steamer Cienfuegos which sailed yesterday for
Havana and Tampco, and the Norwich Line
steamer City of Lowell occurred about o'clock
last evening off Liberty Island during the snow
storm.
Five persons suffering from fractures Of the
knees or ankles caused by falling on the icy
sidewalks were admitted to Bellevue Hospital
last night.
Edward +. Johnson. curb broker, OF NO. -"f
West 10Th street. was found unconscious I'm a
snowbank at 74th street and Broadway last
night by the bartender of schIager's saloon, at
Broadway and 74th street. He carried into
the saloon and revived. and after a short time
was able to go home. He said that In getting
off a car he fell, and knew nothing more until
he regained consciousness in the saloon
Traffic all over the city was greatly delayed.
Trolley cars Crawled along, their progress I'M
NEEDED by trucks whose drivers sought the car
tracks which had been cleared by sweepers
Snow and ice on the third rail retarded the ele-
waited trains and caused brilliant electrical dis
plays Although the subway was not troubled
directly 10y the storm. the greatly increased
number Of passengers who sought that method
Of reaching their homes caused some delay and
considerable discomfort from overcrowding.
The traffic superiuteudents Of the New York
Central PENNSYLVANIA, Erie. Central Railroad OF
New Jersey and other railway systems denied
that there had bcen any delay to incoming or
outgoing trains, and declared that they old not
expect any trouble unless the snowfall was
much heavier. Incoming steamers had difficulty
In reaching their docks owing 10 the binding
snow.
In Brooklyn and The Bronx trolley cars were
bothered a good deal by the fall. though the
companies had sweepers out early and kept the
tracks fairly clear Sometimes there were long
delays caused by horses falling in the path Of
the ears ana being unaLle to rise. There had
been coating Of Ice on many of the streets and
sidewalks before the snow fell and this caused
many people 10 fall and injure themselves in
different parts of the city. Horses that were
not sharp shod suffered from the same cause.
William Bradley, one Of the contractors for
snow removal in this city said last night that
he would put three thousand men and two thou
sand trucks to work this morning. and that he
hoped TO have the principal streets cleared in
short order
At the headquarters Of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ii was re
ported that the society ambulance had been kept
busy removing horses that had fallen and Sus-
tanned injuries for treatment 10 the society $
shelter at 1U2d street and tho East River
on Broadway and on Third, Fourth. sixth
Seventh Eighth and Ninth avenues, the surface
cars were operated on pretty good headway
General Manager OTCn Root. jr., of the New
York city Railway Company lines was busy
last night directing the operations OF eiEhty-tVe
sweepers and forty channel rail- scraperS over
the 30 miles of surface car tracks in the city
Mr. Root said the only delays were caused by
vehicles the tracks impeding the progress
Of streetCar traffic.
During the rush" hour last night there was
Q block the Brooklyn Bridge which lasted
only ten minutes. but for a tim" paralyzod traf-
fc At 6:20 a coupling pin broke train was
air hose snapped off. While the damage was
being repaired thousands OF passengers piled on
the island" platform. and Captain MUrtha or
dcred the gates to II closed.
Passengers I'm the ferry houses along the two
rivers and at the Battery had long waits III
many Instances before they got ferry accommo-
dations. All the ferries used slow schedules,
and most of them had difficulty i'm maintaining
even them.