New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
WEATHER HERE
Homeless Men Sent to WOrgue
Chapel to Sleep.

.rres and back to another cold wave with the
thermometer down to Is degrees. with toucn o'
SNOW in the air and gale or hfty-t"o hhiiee q"
hour from the west was the weather record hei
Yesterday and the government prophets III NJ loS W
pr,.duav were INCLINED believe that there "ouio
ne snow before daylight to-day Socn al'er
O'Clock last evening the wind attained i's ihe"eS
velocity At Buffalo II q miles an hour' az
BLOCK Island &C. and at Eastport- Ne, ea Win
the cyclone central over Portland Me- ana moving
,,-.heasrvard The wind at Eastport was from
she east
Because OF the large number of applicants al the
Municipal Lodging House last night more IMAM
fifty homeless men were sent 10 the cnapei at uA'
Morp-,e Although II was bitterly cold several re-
fused TO sleep there. Long before lo O'CLOCK tne
LODGING house was crowded and then applicants
were sent the pier at East 18th street, ana WHICH
that fun. to the Morgue
storm that gave this city its unusuai 'as'e oi
the freakishness Of weather during the last thiry
SIX hours of continental scope A neat wave
in fhe Rocky Mountains started the cyclone. anu
when II was well in force IL had attained diane-
ter Of from / 200 10 500 miles Then the cyclone
started eastward. swirling with ever increasing
force IT VIII spend Itself somewhere around the
Norway coast but before that it viii have brought
back TO the city low temperature and cieaT,
bracing weather
The centre OF the storm in Oklahoma on Fri
Asr morning and In Illinois on Friday night III
was bringing the temperature OF the ice zones TO
this city at that time, but as ii advanced to the
lake region the swirl here came more and more
from the eastward, until early yesterday morning
the rush OF winds was from the Atlantic. with an
accumulation OF moisture that was thrust upon
New York City In the shape Of blixzardIike snow
storm
The temperature, influenced by the Gulf Stream,
went up with a rush. and from degrees on Fri
day morning attained IS degrees by yesterday
morning. The snow became rain. and with the rain
came q wind Of forty-two miles hour When
the encw changed to rain one and eisht-tenths
inches OF had fallen.
About the Fratiron Building and in Park Row
the xreckage Of umbrellas gave q dark tnge to
the streets. Garbage cans were choked with
twisted steel ribs broken handles and torn silk and
cotton. The rain from ell directions and
drenched sill pedestrians however well protected
It washed the streets Of the newly fallen snow
and then attacked what was left OF the fall of
week ago Friday, the result making 1t almost i'm
possible for horses TO keep upright.
On the West Side the streets were awash with
water and slippery a skating rink up to noon
time. Particular places of suffering In the early
morning the ferry approaches. where the
wafer was ali the way from six to twelve inches
deep and the suburbanites were compelled to wade
The lines from the ferries were blocked, and
uptown the trolleys were also delayed The bay
was churned into wild rush Of waters by the
storm and the Staten Island ferries were aWash
going and coming until late in the day, when the
wind moderated and the waves went down
Strong winds and q tide which the ''oldest resi-
dent at Coney Island said was unparalleled
for height, turned that place into an American
Venice yesterday and completed the destruction
begun by the big storm g week ago. The break
water at Ocean Boulevard was washed away, and
the water surged Surf avenue and flooded
cellars and first floors. Electric trains were un-
able TO run over fhe Brighton Beach line because
the water interfered with the motors, and an old
elevated engine pressed into service. Benja-
min HeroHitz. a conductor the Sea Beach line
WAS blown off the rear platform Of his car and
fell into the water covering the meadows.
The rainfall heavy as il seemed was only
Ie1esfs Of an inch before the wind shifted toward
the southwest and cooled the air enough to check
ST Then the sun visible from time TO time.
but IL never sent a full ray through the clouds
When the change came the storm centre was well
over the Gulf of ST. Lawrence, and by this morn
ing the cyclone disturbance, It was raid at the
weather bureau. Will be well out in the Atlantic,
which for prediction purposes, is a blank wall.
The weather bureau believes that there Will be
more before the weather settles. The tenn
: pereture to-day, it said. would be down to
Nabout Is degrees. with fair weather and high west
Xand northwest winds