Omaha daily bee., 1908-01-25
STORMON EASTCOAST
Blizzard Almost Completely Blocks
Travel in New York.
SNOW PILED HIGH IN STREETS
Brooklyn Bridge Tied Up for Forty
Minutes.
ONE MAN FROZEN TO DEATH
Charitable Societies Unable to Care
for Rush of Homeless.
BIG LINERS REMAIN AT ANCHOR
sOuthenstern New England In Grip
of BiE StOrm--Tramc In New
Jersey IL Greatly
Delayed.
BIG LINERS REMAIN AT ANCHOR

NEW YORK. Jan. 24.-The snow storm
which swept over the city late yesterday
developed into a little blizzard during last
night. To-day the streets we're piled deep
In places with drifts and street car traffic
and the movement of river craft was
badly hampered Coming suddenly on the
heels Of long period OF unusually warm
weather. the storm caught the homeless
and the poorer people Of the east side
totally unprepared. Many who had found
shelter In wagon sheds for the night were
driven out and there was a rush of the
homeless to charitable institutions for
shelter. For the first time this winter the
city lodging house was overcrowded and
the covered pier OF the charities depart
ment at the foot OF east Twenty-sixth
street was turned into an emergency lodg-
ing house. Several hundred men were giveH
work clearing the streets of snow.
The body of a man named James Smith
was found under a stoop in East Twenty
third street, into which he had crept for
protection and had frozen to death.
In Brooklyn nearly every line of travel
was blocked, and in some cases no attempt
was made to move the cars. The long
cut in the Brighton Beach line extending
the whole length OF Prospect park was
completely filled with snow. forty
minute blockade on Brooklyn bridge added
much to the discomfort and delay of the
passengers bound for Manhattan.
Steamers Remnin at Anchor.
AZ Sandy Hook this afternoon, moth
west gale was blowing and the swirling
snow made navigation hazardous. The
steamer Graf waldersee which reached
the, Hook last night, was still at anchor
this forenoon. also the Adriatic from
southampton and the President Lincoln
from Hamburg Other steamers due today
include the Friedrich der Crosse from
Genoa and the Astoria from Glasgow.
BOSTON Jan. 24.-southeastern New
England is experienced q northeast snow
storm today Tho thermometer dropped rs
iegrees last night. The wind at Brentons
Rerf blew sixty to seventy miles an hour.
rhe steamer Providence, OF the Fall River
line. due at Newport at 1880 a, M, landed
its passengers at New London at a. m.
peep snow ht Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA Jan. A-n Pennsyl-
vania. New Jersey and Delaware. snow,
which begun falling last evening had this
morning reached a depth OF six inches,
and the storm continued through the day.
A high wind prevails. The storm is the
worst IN New Jersey where railroad traf-
flc is badly crippled
Telegraph, telephone and railroad service
in southern New Jersey is paralyzed by the
storm. No wire communication was had
with Atlantic City and the electric trains
of the Pennsylvania railroad, due to arrive
from the seashore at midnight and the
carly morning hours, had not reported at
noon today owing TO broken wires. On the
Reading railway lines traffic was tied ur
below wlnsow Junction. N. j., and Cape
May branch is showed up from Millville
Sesshore trains on the Pennsylvania lines
operated by steam are also tied up. Most
OF the trouble is caused by telegraph poles
being blown across the railroad and cleo
trio tracks
Shipping on the Delaware river was COM
pletely tied up today by the storm which
swept over the east. For the first time
this winter not vessel arrived at this
port and only a few movements were re-
ported at any point in the river. A strong
northwest gale and thick snow prevailed
the greater part of the day and because
of the storm and wire trouble absolutely
no reports were received from the mari
time reporting stations at the Delaware
9icakwater.