The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-12-25
BLIZZARD SWEEPS
COAST, CAUSING
DIRE DISASTER
Lives Are Lost, Vessel Driven
Ashore And Inland
Traffic Tied Up
SCHOONER ON BAR
AT SANDY HOOK
Fruit Liner is Blown Ashora
Near Atlantic City And
Newport Steamer is
Disabled


ern section of the United States froO
Maine to the Carolinas and - Or
inland as Western Pennsylvanis hnD
experienced a storm OF blizzard prO~
portions for the past twenty-kouR
hours that has cost several lives, In.
jured many people, sent vessels
ashore, hampered all means OF trann
portation and communication. delays
ed the arrival in the port OF Nevps
I ork OF thousands Of home-comefa
Tor the holidays, and caused delay ~
the delivery OF huge consignments 04
matter intended as Christmas gi1tnI
The storm tonight has practtcnl1Y
spent It's force, giving promise o9
clear and much colder weather touacrs
row. 4 sl
The United Fruit company's stsau
or Turrialba was blown ashore earlYs
this morning in terrific gale and to-.
night lies beached four mites north o.
Atlantic City. She has sixty paspon.
gers on board, together with q crew
OF about fifty-five. but they are In ~
danger.
Several revenue cutters ana III
wrecking tug are standing by TO rem
der aid II necessary. but It II b.
lieved that nobody will be taken 81
tonight The captain has wirelessod
to New York that the ship 10 not IN
any danger OF going to pieces. and &
10 hoped that she may be pulled OF
in the morning by the tugs. The pes.
sengers. who now have scant show Of
spending Christmas at home. are
mainly from the East The Tarrt~
alba carries high power motor boat.
which can handle all its passeneera
easily. and the ife-saving stations H.
the vicinity are similarly equipped.
and little or no fear Ii tonight g.
pressed for those on board.
Schooner IL Wrecked.
The schooner John H. May wae
wrecked on a bar or Sandy Hook
during the morning. and the crew
were rescued with great difficulty.
The steamer General. Of the Wick.
ford line. with a number of the -.
ciety colony OF Newport, r. l., oa
board. became disabled during the
storm in Narragansett bay. Answer
ing her calls for help. the naval train~
ing and torpedo stations sent out tugmL
and. after a battle with the wHv1A
succeeded In attaching q line 10 the
General. and she was towed back "
Newport. where her passengers e.
trained for New York and Boston.
The society folk on board. who, -.
cording to the captain, "behavod
handsomely" cheered the crews u
the tugs time and again, and gavo
them a tiger when the lines were m
ally attached.
The storm. which the weather bue
reau says 10 the game that gave TexAa
and the Central South . coating ~
white two days ago, struck New York
shortly after midnight today. and in-
creased in intensity as the day came
on So fierce was the hlisxard at
times that II was impossible to -
across the streets. and accidents o9
q minor nature Were many. Street CO.
service on nearly all the lines Wa
practically at standstili for several
hours. despite the fact that snow
piows were put In operation early in |
he morning.
Delays in New York.
The elevated lines did little betteq
and the delays in the subway wore
numerous. Everybody was late TO-
business. On Staten Island there NAa
practically no street car service. an4
several thousand commuters were
forced to walk from one to Ave miles
through knee-deep snow, and In thMS
tace of biting and binding storm, ~
the ferries. These boats ran ~ III
s;reat disadvantage. as II was almoaes
impossible to see far enough ahead
70 prevent collision. At one time
curing the day the crew Of one ~
the boats In this Inns refused to make
any more trips until the storm had
abated, and slammed the gates In the
faces OF a thousand passengers who
had been waiting more than an hcuD
tor boat
The subway was crowded to sufkos
cation all day long. the heavy trn&~s
tic contributing to many delays.
ynA re rfr
man was struck by an automobile go
so badly injured that he died u Nv
short time. Two men employed It'd
tho uptown yards of the New York
Central. unable to see tho appFoaGA
Of a train, were run down and kAto4e$
The disarrangement OF the trAnnpo1
ration facilities within the city cArno
sveral jams at the Brooklyn hr101
s-nd In one OF two subway stations H. X
such magnitude that the police 64
to be called out to prevent = pAMtl%
1t was impossible for the express col
panies or the big stores TO do a1($
delivering during the morning n1#
strong was the wind. Snow In nQnS@a
parts Of New York ana BROOKLYN
dvifted to q height OF fivs ana G|
feet, and all kinds OF vehicles a1t 4
autos were stalled. ID 81
No Rest For Laborsrs. $2
Tho street cieAhine OcpeFa1M
which had announced yesterday tl1k
the 1000 employees would have ! H. II
Christmas holiday. was forced "a n Il
scind the order at daylight ana 1n n
out the entire force Despite e00
efforts. but little Roadway In cleAxs
the streets Of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
snow was made, and Il Mae n01
evening before the principal aF
were In condition % permit a
movement Of traf1c. All over fheS
tonight huge piles Of SNOW arG
every street ready for this Nnu1
which win work all night and a.
tomorrow,
Several incoming steAmes1
large lists Of passengers weFa3
up al day down tho tAy, An4
snn m 9e6 IN R0fk fhnfxe