New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-02


They are equipped for such weather.
There are about three thousand or
these. Of which only two thousand are
employed in Manhattan.
'rll wait and see what sort of prac-
teal Joke this IS" responded Commits
s!oner Fetherston. ruefully. when asked
what his plan of action would be. He
pointed sadly TO the weather forecast
of Saturday. which read Fair tonight
and probably Sunday" and turned 70
look out on the streets. where the slush
was then piling up four inches deep.
If II will only turn to rain we VIII
he all right" he said. His hopes were
Immediately dispelled by the weather
bureau. which sent out an advance
forecast Of a twenty-degree drop in
temperature during the next twelve
hours.
Ae soon as the men consent 20 come
back TO work. which will not be before
tive stora has stopped, gangs VIII he
ser. .at as before to open mp me
streets as much as possible. # more
CARTS were available the force OF men
Gould be greatly increased. but since
This is impossible various methods OF
nsiug the sewers arc being tried.
Snow PlOuehs Prove Useless
shortly after noon YESTERDAY the snow
olorchs were put ON Firth avenue ".,'
'sroa3way. bur they could make NIUE
h-,dv.av. In the Times Sq~afe se0''o''
.r.oous" used I'm cxcavatng work were
,r,ssed into service 70 dras the snO" 10
tins sewers. ..,..,
1,be storm had scarcely started Wheh
the streetcar swecpers were ce"ll"e '"0
tracks. Although the cars were 'oHslue'
,hlv hAbind IN their schedule. they map-
.ved 70 ron throughout the day VITA ,"7
ovception Of the Lexington avenue INC
from 10th street to the Harlem RIVER
,rhere traffic had 10 be abandoned tate l'
the afternoon ,.,.
rhroushout both Manhattan and Brook
iyn many telephone wires were u"''7'
in the streets
4 large electric sign i'm front OF the
millinery establishment OF Nine. Noil' at
Va. IA West saith street was blown uo""
ard fell through the plate glass WINDOWS
NJ the Ross Brothers jewelry store. =
,,rentv-foot smokestack at No. 216 west
eotb street was blown down and tore a
hole in the roof Of the building
While walking along the tracks OF lhe
Van, York Central Railroad, with his
head down TO avoid the oiinoihs SNOW
Francisco Palumo. a laborer' was s'lucA
bv a freight train and had his leg cr
4 similar accident happened al lne o.
ner Of Broadway and 5Sth street.
Augustus Mayerson, eighteen years olu' u
No 16 Orchard street, was strucN oS
taxicab. julius Phenalop' a subway ua'i'
disnatcher. residing at No 81 West Z'tn
street. slipped and fell, breaking ms rlsH'
leg I'D
Ravrnon Poland, an eleven-year-olu
hov was caught beneath heavy Ho" &
awning that fell from over butcher store
At No. 1921 Amsterdam avenue ana SER
ouslv injured. He lay for quarter Ga
-, hopr pinned down while policemen
ereren and crowd tried to free him
I'm ? game sport he said as they
t,gged at the heavy iron framework 'n@'
lay on him.
Edward Short, who was also under the (
sv,nine when II started TO fail. ledped ioI
life and was struck on the shoulder ne
zen free Of the wreckage and was onI!
slightly hurt. ~.
snecial order was sent out by Police
commissioner Mckay directing all po !
ucenan 10 report fires at once 70 Fire
Headquarters and Police headquarters !
This was done because Of the badly work .
ing fire alarm system.
Telegraph service over both western
Union and Postal lines was badly
crippled. Neither company had a WIRE
70 the South or East.
II will be weeks before conditions are
normal in the city again. The cost Of the !
storm Is rated at many millions, ooth II
damage 10 property and the cost of re- Z
moving It from streets Of cities
No Cars for Richmond.
As usual. the storm completely par
slvzed the trolley service I'm Richmond
Borough, and not car moved along any
Of the roads after noontlme.
The municipal ferryhouse last night
resembled a barn. There were no eiec-
trio lights In it because OF the breaking
Of tho wires and 1t became necessary 70
use large stable lanterns. There we're
about a dozen of these placed at various
points in the big building so tnat passen-
gers might be able 10 see their way y
and from the boats.
The trains on the Staten Island Rapid
Transit, the steam road. were running
but they were about half hour behind
ALedules. The boats to and from Man
ttan were also kept running, and al
pugh they encountered much ice In the
yer bay they we're not more than ten
fifteen minutes late I'm making their
s.
be police wires were down and the
re on the island were not able 70 get
Communication with Headquarters in
nhattan at all
Eight Rescued from Barges.
Blight persons narrowly escaped death
Long Island Sound last night, when
our barges they were on parted from the