Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-01-16
Eighteen Thousand Men at Work
Clearing Away the Snow.
MAYOR GAYNoR AT CITY HALL
Executive Little Worse for His
Experience in Snow Drift.
NEW DISTURBANCE IN THE WEST
Area of Depression Now lowering on
Coast and May Sweep Eastward
-Mississippi River is
Way Down.

NEW YORK. Jan. 15-Nine lives were
lost and six persons injured in one of the
worst storms that ever visited New York
City. The total snowfall at 10 o'clock this
morning, when the skies cleared, was 14h
inches, second only to the blizzard of
1899, when l51s inches fell, and of 1885, in
which Senator Roscoe Conkling lost his
life, when 2O9 inches fell Eighteen thou
sand men have been put to work clearing
the streets and 1t is estimated that the
cost of removal will exceed $SO0.OOO.
Mayor Gaynor appeared at city hall to-
day quite IL he had not fought for his
life in the storm last night
Said the mayor: We went through hard
ships that l would not willingly encounter
again. L very much regret the injury to
my friend Mr. Sheppard"
Mr. Sheppard, who fell off a railroad
trestle, while fighting the storm with
Mayor Gaynor, is seriously III tonight. His
left leg and ankle were broken, and he
suffers from shock and exposure. He is
6S years old.
During the afternoon traffic conditions
began TO approach normal again, though
there was still much congestion. Transat-
lantic liners all reported savage weather
at sea. The thermometer began to fall
tonight and a cold wave is predicted. Thus
far the snowstorm, though heavier than
that of last Christmas has caused less
suffering because the weather has been
milder.
Whitelaw Reid's Marrow Escape.
The American line steamship st. Louis
which has been anchored off Sandy Hook
since Thursday night, reached its dock to-
day after much difficulty. 1t was closely
followed by the Cunard liner Lustania
which arrived off the Hook last night
Whitelaw Reid, who had rushed across
the ocean In the hope OF attending the
funeral yesterday morning Of d. o. Mills
his father-in-law. was a passenger on the
ST. Louis.
Passengers on the st. Louis, which was
three days overdue, reported that Ambas-
sador Reid narrowly escaped injury when
huge wave swept by a tremendous sea
mounted the vessel last Wednesday even
ing
Mr.. Reid was in a steamer chair on the
promenade deck with his secretary, Miss
Rogers, when the wave struck the ship
Carrying a large section Of the port rail
with It, the wave washed back and car
ried most of the passengers. including Mr..
Reid and his secretary. quite a distance
down the deck. They were drenched.
| The Lusitania reported being struck by a
giant wave last Tuesday which did much
damage. Some of the crew declare that
the wave was sixty feet high. 1t smashed
through the bridge and broke in part of
the wheelhouse. The two quartermasters
| operating the steering and engine room ap-
paratus were knocked from their posts but
| were not hurt.
The wave seriously deranged the steering
gear of the wheelhouse. The ship was
compelled to reduce It's speed until the
storm had subsidized and the damage re-
paired.
indications of clearing weather were
welcomed today
New Disturbance in West.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ia strip OF cold
wave that marks up zero In northern New
York and 10 below at Greenvilie, Me-, in
the extreme northern tier OF New Eng
land, scores today's lowest record in the
country. The snowstorm that swept over
this section two days ago is passing to sea
on the New England coast, and In its wake
all along from the Ohio and Mississippi
valleys to New England the weather Is
clear or clearing, with warmer days In
sight What the weather sharps call g
depression" a disturbance that has mean
deTed over from the Pacific coast, is mark.
ing time in the northwest today and caus.
ing speculation to whether 1t will de-
velop into a storm and travel eastward,