Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-01-25
SIX KILLED BY COLD
Storm Blocks Traffic and Causes
Big Damage In New York.
NEW JERSEY ALSO SUFFERS.
Sound Steamers Take Refuge In Har-
bors, Shipping Is Greatly lnterfered
With and Schedule of Atlantic Liners
Is Disarranged-Poo Suffer.

New York, Jan. 25.-Burdened with
a snowfall of something more than ten
inches, the city and its surrounding
territory struggled valiantly to keep
first real storm. Everywhere were
signs of lost fights against heavy odds
made during the night and early morn
ing hours. Stalled trucks, blocked car
tracks and streets congested generally
met the wayfarer in the city, while
from outlying and suburban sections
come stories of dislocated train sched-
ules, of cars lost in snow banks, of
lines that were closed to all traffic. un-
told suffering among the poor and an
appalling amount of discomfort for the
millions of toilers who left their homes
in a binding gale Of snow.
Six deaths We're reported as directly
due to the storm, and there were scores
of minor casualties. One man was
frozen to death near an East Twenty
third street lodging house, from which
he had been elected. A Grand street
merchant succumbed to heart disease
after battling with the snow and wind,
special policeman died in Woodlawn
cemetery while digging path to a
newly made grave. and a civil war vet
eran died from heart disease, caused
by exposure.
Sound steamers took refuge in har-
bors to avoid the fate of the John ii.
Starin, which went ashore during the
snowstorm, and shipping has been Sc
riously interfered with. The schedules
of liners have been disarranged. Even
the subway was blocked for half an
hour in the midst of the downtown
rush. Snow falling on the third rail
service for some time.
Down off Sandy Hook small fleet
of transatlantic steamships ran into
the binding snow, which hid the har-
anchor until clearing weather. Nine
big liners due here are still unreported
and will not likely make port until to-
morrow. The delayed steamships, for
which, however. no anxiety is felt, are
the st. Louis, from southampton: the
Amerika, from Hamburg; La Touraine,
from Havre, and the Arabic and the
Campania, from Liverpool.
Because of the storm the Kaiser
Frederick der Crosse, which was to
sail today. is still anchored outside of
Sandy Hook. Her sailing has been
postponed until Monday. The only At
lantic liner TO come up the bay was an
Italian steamer, which got to quaran-
tine.
The steamer Providence, from New
York to Boston, was driven into New
London by the storm. and her 400 pas
scngers proceeded TO Boston by rail
The steamer Massachusetts of the out
side line. New York and Boston. is an
chered off the New London lighthouse.
The EdgemOnt of the JOY line is an
chOred under the lee of Fishers island.
and close by is an outside line steamer
of the Portland New York line.
The retail coal dealers advanced the
price of the domestic sizes of anthra-
cite coal 30 cents a ton. the increased
price TO remain in force until traffic
conditions become normal again.
Staten Island. was so badly affected
during most of the day that practically
no trains We're running on any Of the
railroads or trolley lines. and regular
ferry service so far as exact schedules !
were concerned was out of the ques- |
tion.
Along the Jersey coast the storm did
great damage. At Seabright the mar !
row strip of land between the ocean /
and the Shrewsbury river was sub
merged. and Mayor Packer nf that /
town advised the occupants Of houses
Oh the strip to retire across the river
To the Rumson roadside. where the |
ground is higher. The little town re-
sembled a Venice On a small scale, |
and the only way Of transportation |
was by boats.
The havoc with railroad schedules |
has rarely been paralleled. Eighteen |
trains were stalled for |
three hours west Of the Hackensack |
bridge. All the trains. commuter and |
otherwise. running into Jersey City |
were late. some of them hours behind |
time. and further delay was caused |
when the passengers crossed the river
One train over the Erie's Greenwood |
AXE branch due at S..io o'cIock landed ]
It's passengers in Jersey city at los I
o'clock
Trains on the Long Island railroad I
were from ten to forty minutes late F
The snow vas heavier at the east end /
u the island. and in many places drifts I
were fifteen feet high At HammelS I
Junction the locomotive - 4 passenger |
train FROM RockaWay Park left the 4
rails. hut ua Due was hurt.
Engineers - trains 0n the New York /
rentraI and New YoTk. New Haven .
and Hartford reported uuch trouble 4
and were Iate. Harlem division trains
were on time North n PouxhkeepSie Z
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snow had falIsn-
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