New-York tribune., 1909-12-26
GALE In SANTA
CLAUS'S PACK
CITY BURIED CNDER
SNOWDRIFTS.
Uhite Christmas, litter Al, a.
4AnszCer to Plea for Old
time Holiday.

Christmas came IN Ike Mary's hrris
lamb yesterday morning and went ous
last night roaring and angry. like one Of
those male sitatungas Kermit Roosev-r
bagged recently in the African iunsls
IN short. it was one OF the worst Christi
mas Day storms in years. Up 20 mid
night more than two inches OF snow had
fallen.
The velocipede and tricycle. which did
good service in the morning on clean.
dry pavements gave wsy 20 old dust
covered sIeds before sunset. and oy
O'Clock the merrymakers VINO deplored
a green Christmas were coasting down
hill over white tracks. Throughout ths
forenoon the gossip alorg the street was
devoted mainly 70 the absence OF snow
Mrs. Jones told Mrs. Green that ths
weather was simply awful" and ths
former said yes. Il was "a shame 10
have such a dry Christmas" The
weather man came IN for some harsh
knocks for predicting what had not yet
come and Mrs. Toybuyer said she would
never have bought a sled for the kids II
il had not been for ths promise of snow
in the newspapers
Nearly all the adverse babble about
the weather, however. was carried On
with eyes fixed straight ahead OF down
ward The man who looked skyward
should have been able 70 see snow fall
ing a million miles away. for the vord
snow was written in the heavens. THs
air smelled snowy. and by the time th-
real old New Yorkers had passed NJ rhs
cav as an unreal Christmas the snow
furries came as fOrerunners OF ths
storm that closed in on the CITY ar night
The forenoon was not too cold II was
pleasant This, OF course. was IN thss
citv. but 10 the north and east and vest
OF IL biting winds from the north. laden
with fine snow. blew with fury against
trains and held them back
Two persons were injured. one prob-
ably fatally. as a direct result % the
storm IN South BROOKLYN. Bennsto D.
Rosa or No % Calling Place. Fort
Hamilton. was hit by Firth svenue
trolley car az 94th street and Third
avenue, when he slipped while crossing
the trackS He was taken 20 the Nov
wegian Hospital. where II was said early
this morning thar he had little chance OF
recovery John Kelly Of No. 22t s1sr
street, Brooklyn. fell from south0ound
Fifth avenue car ar 4Sd street aud- -Fift1
avenue. It was crowded car. and
Kelly was holding on 20 the rear plat
form. His hand became numb and ha
lost his grip He was taken 90 the
Norwegian Hospital II was said there
that he was suffering from a possible
fracture OF the skull
shortly after o'clock there vas
enough snow on the ground 20 permit
cOasting. and by midnight the Christmas
covering piled I'D in thick drifts. check
ing the schedule OF the trolley and ele-
waited trains. The subway, which always
defes the snowstorms. held close -
schedule. and paid the toll by CARRYING
the brunt OF the evenings traf1c.
EDWARDS OUT ALL NIGHT.
Big Bill Edwards the Street Clean
/ ing Commissioners. after mapping out ms
campaign. took 20 an automobils about
10 o'clock and prepared 70 spend ths
night experimenting the work OF snow
removal
I'm be on the lob all night" said he.
This is going TO be a stin job. and
want il 70 be done right Cnless u-
break all records for snowfall the peo-
pie viii be able to go 70 church n COM
fort tomorrow. and you can tell them
so from me I've got hot coffee ami
sandwiches here fer myself. and III So
that the men who are working havs
them. toe
Trains from the North and the West
were delayed, although I'D 20 midnight
The local service OF the Pennsyivants.
Lackawanna and New York Central rail
roads was not much molested BY IN,
storm some OF the New York Centrars
trains from Albany were or time. bur
the trains from Buffalo and ths vss.
were from two TO four hours late. The
Lackawanna's local trains were all on
time. but the trains from Buffalo wsr>
over an hour late.
The storm shut down over the hars-~
about 3 o'clock. The horizon where tbs
snow met the water was hardly hun
dred yards away. and few steamers
made an attempt 20 get through the pail
The White star liner Laurentic. on her
maiden passage from Liverpool 70 this
I port, made good time. and stole I'D 20
Sandy Hook az 8. SO D. m She crept up
Z the Ambrose Channel and got into Quar-
antine at : 81 D m, but the blizzard. in
creasing in fury. forced her skipper IN
anchor there for the night The Lauren
tic under ordinary weather conditions
would have landed her passengers
last night The French liner Touraine.
which was behind the Laurentic. was
not reported iast night. but II was be-
heved that she either anchored or the
hghtship or was coming along through
the storm az greatly reduced speed
FERRYBOATS NOT DISNIAYED
I The ferry boats managed 20 get back
and forth across the North River with
OUT much dificulty. and the municipal
7 ferry 90 staten Island maintained an
uninterrupted schedule. nOtwithstandins
/ the fact that its route Is the longest %
any ferry service In the harbor. Tn.
pilots went out by compass. and c.ut
through the blizzard az their usual hiSh
I speed.
The young blizzard PLAYED havoc with
+ the theatresOers and the thapsands or
I others who Were rafYf~ufn.y f~S,,, l~,,-t..