New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-05
STORM SWEEPS EAST
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those from the South. The sudden drop in tenn
perature which made itself felt in this city early
in the afternoon probably Will not last long. as
a rise in temperature is reported in the Misss-
sippi Valley, and this probably will move East
quickly.
BABY BLIZZARD ARRIVES.
Locally there was plenty of warning. On
"Wednesday night it was apparent that a storm
OF some magnitude breeding Soon after
midnight yesterday the first herald Of the BABY
blizzard arrived in the shape Of an electrlc
storm Thunder and lightning such as usually
accompany a summer squall, were apparent all
over the city 10y o'clock The rain accom-
panying this storm mixed with hail ana
snow Soon after the storm broke bolt Of
lightning struck somewhere in the lower part OF
the city. affecting the police telegraph and fire
alarm systems.
BY daybreak there was heavy, soggy snow
fall BY noon there were several inches OF
snow and then. the wind backed around INTO
the westward. it became dryer and dryer, until
as the last furres swept around the corners anu
along the roofs the slush in the streets began 10
freeze and the sidewalks were soon coated Win
ice.
The elevated and streetcar lines here hao
plenty Of trouble. In way this proved a
boon to the t. travellers, for the Roadway OF
the trains was greatly lessened so that the Ice
would not form the power rails. once THESE
are we'll coated, even the steel brushes in front
of the motor trucks become of little use Inc
streetcar lines all got out their heavy sWeepers'
and by dint of much hard work kept the lines
clear enough TO maintain almost schedule time
FERRIES SUFFERED THE MOST
/, OF all the transportation systems in and about
the city. the ferries suffered the most. The
3 ofYa ,,rolar
able circumstances loaded down until their lower
decks are a foot below the bridge at the slip,
came across laden down far that many
women passengers had 10 be lifted from the
decks With the strong tide running even the
old river pilots had hard time in making their
slips. AS a result most of the boats bumped
into the piling of the slips harder than they do
when q North River fog settles down under
the Palisades. and only the jamming together
OF the messengers kept scores from being flung
from their feet.
For little while some of the boats were run
on fog schedule which is no schedule at ALL the
one rule then being that only one boat of line
shall be on the river at time. After two or
three hours Of the early morning weather most
of the boats looked as though they had just bat
tered their way in from the outside through zero
weather. thoroughly were they covered WIN
snow and freezing brine.
As usual, drivers of heavy trucks and wagons
had great difficulty in moving their loads on
the great milk wagons double. teams were used
Coal dealers, too found it necessary TO put four
horses to ar ordinary twO-hOrse truck. The So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals
had all Of its agents out early in the day, and
about score of arrests were made in the morn
ing chiefly on charges of overlooking. The
sprinkling of ashes some of the principal
downtown streets helped the teamsters to con-
siderable degree
LONG ISLAND SNOWBOUND.
All Long Island snowbound. The rail-
road was tied up and several automobile parties
were stranded along the main roads, which
made business good at the roadhOuses In Mas
sau County all the trolley lines We're stalled. At
Hyde Park trolley being pushed along
by another got of the track. and that the
end of traffic on that line. The passengers on
( both cars reached Hampstead in farmers rigs.
The wind, blowing at about forty-five miles
hour, snapped trolley wires which completely
demoralzed the systems.
high tide. II undermined the causeway between
College Point and Flushing, putting a stop to
trolley traffic. Near FowlerviIle and Queens
boro Hill the meadows two feet under
water, and the trolley line between Flushing and
Brooklyn was put out Of commission. Boats all
along the shore, hauled out for the winter, were
damaged.