The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-25
High Wind With f alling
Flakes Bring Disaster
and Loss Of Life.
NEW YORK HAS TO
DIG HE rs IL F OUT
Thoroughfares Of Millions Piled
High With Drifts car Traf-
fic Innpeded, Trains Stalled
and Ships Are Unable
TO Reach the si
Harbor.

NEW YORK. January 24.--New York
is digging Itself out OF a foot OF snow,
The thoroughtares of tha millions are
piled high with drifts that impede tlls
progress Of man and beast, and that
have tied up street car aud :vehiculay
traffic. Tomorrow morning. 1t is be-
lieved, will hnd something like normal
conditions restored. Tonight thestein.
perature was failing slowly. and the
snow promised to stay for another day
at least.
The snow-storm. which began last
night. continued until past noon to-.
day, and even after the snowfall ceased
q half gale Kept the air thick witt
nurries that illei the walks as fast
as they were cleaned, c.ogged the
Wheels OF traffic and blinded the skip
pers or shore.
The storm was the first OF inpor-
tance OF the season. Much suffering
has been occasioned; there has been
the usual toll OF deaths exacted, and
the monetary damage must be recorded
by thousands OF dollars.
Mercil1uliy, the snow was accoulpa-a
MED by moderate temperature. ana In
Its earliest stages II VAS welcomed by 4
tha honest part Of the 35.0u0 unenl-
ployed men In the city. All who sought
employment from last Midnight on
found 1t readily and at good wages.
Even with all who would work erll-
ployed, the streets in the outlying secs
tions could not be kept open.
Charity Workers busy.
AS the day grew shorter and the NOR
curry fell the cold pinched In many
/ quarters, and to-n.ght the charity sos
4 icistiesl had their hands fun. Thu
1 l3Owery bread lines were extended to-J
might Cor blocks farther than at any
i5tnne before this winter. and at an
early hour 1t was said that the sup
ply would not nearly meet the need.
/ The FREQ !lodg ing houses were packed
4 Tonight and the salvation Army and
/ kindred organizations were working
| heroicallyi to minimize the effect OF the
sudden shift from spring to freezing
weather. During the day the thermom
eter registered from 36 to % above
4 zero. iohowsd by gradual decline to-
sward midnight. s} B}s S
"A number OF accidents and four fas6
taHt.es were credited to the storms
account One man was frozen to death
near an East Twenty-thlrd Street
lodging house, from which he had been
elected. A Grand Street merchant sue
cumbed to heart disease after battling
with the snow and wind In wv odlawp
Cemetery u special policeman died whlle
digging u path to q newly made grave,
| A Civil War veteran was another vlc>f
tim of heart disease, caused by expos
i ure. s@553 5fi
Street Cars Tied Up.
The storm gave the new public ser.
vice commission It's first opportunity
Il to witness the transportation COM
pnny's struggle With the elements. Ex-
.Icept for the Subway. In which thers
Twas onlyfone brief delay, and the ele-s
,Ivated roads, where. tho trains. with one
Exception, ran nareEularly, though under
slow speed, the transportation facili.
! ties of the city and the suburbs were
|well-nigh Sdemoralized Throughout the
day. Surface cars wero paralyzed In
all tho boroughs. Trains on the rail-
roads from ontlying New Jersey and
Long Island towns were blocked for
hours In many cases. The steam rail-
road trains from distant points cams
Into tho Grand Central Station gen.
orally helated I'll though schedules to dis
tant points were fairly well mains
Etained. n
The steam road s in New Jersey suf-
Ifercd more. train on the New Jersey
Southern Railroad is stalled tonight
Damage Along the Coast.
Along the coast the storm whipped
4 the waters into dangerous fury.
4 to avoid the fate of the John NJ. Starin,
(which Went ashore during, the snow
lstorm. and shipping has been seriously;
Y Dinterfered with. Tho schedules OF
Timers have been disarrnnged.
Along the Jersey coast much danl-s
] nge8 Is reported, The strip of land sep.l
Slinratlng shrewsbury River from theS
q ocean Il was swept over by huge
4 |waves, ana several towns, particularly
4 l5Seabrlght, We're more OF. less under
A water. Bnlkheatls ana pavil lions vera
washed away. The steamer sI'royllen
from Nav York to Boston, was driven
Into New London by the storm. ami
q her 400 passen gers proceed ed to- Boston
by rail. Down OF Sand y Hook a small
Il fleet OF transatlantic steamships ran
into the bllnding snow, Which hid the!
! harhor bAacons. IA nd made it ne ecesssry
I TO anchor until clearing weather, It
a was nor unit to-nl ght tha at the Ham
burg amer can steamship Graf Wal
derses and w hita Star ii iner
riatic threaded THAR courses up the
wlnd-ssweptt channel to tn heir dock A II
which broke ever ships sides and bait
tered the decks. Nine steamships duAs
here tonight ware still sunr rspnrted AT
4 Sandy Hook tonight
\ Late toni ght the weather was clear
Il and the Wind had slowed to twent tys
4 four * miles an hour. $ VS. VIZ: x;
Child Fatal W Burn ed.
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Y iits2g QW5tIA,rAN.14 VA. January 2t.-~ThA8
q Eiour-year-old child OF Mr., and Mrs.
chasley9 Dorset, who lives near clsy,Ss
slNllle, was dreadfully burned at TIA
n home a. few days ago. and III died from
Il the injuries after A. few dAys 4 sdes awialSS;
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