New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-14
Observation-Disclosures
Hampered and Ship
ping Damaged.
70 AUTO PLOWS
BUSY IN CITY
Rescue Trains Sent Out by
New Haven to Aid
Stalled Commuters.

: Storm Of snow and sleet that came
,y- Of the Mississippi Valley anc
vbirlcd up tho Atlantic coast seized
New York in It's frigid grasp yesterday
afternoon. Because the city and the
,-,nsportation companies were caught
roppinc. the storm wrought much dam
see.
Timer New York State. New jersey
,ad all Of New England are snow
iou7d Traffic on the New York, New
iaven & Hartford Railroad was at a
Nsnistill after 6 o'clock last night, and
the other railroads maintained a par
,.a, schedule during the night with dif-
fculty
These conditions seemed liable 20 be
worse before morning, the Weather
Bureau holding forth no promise Of tn
Storm clearing up. "Wc expect heavy
show 20 continue all through the
night" was the announcement al II
D. m. Sandy Hook reported a gale and
thick saow of Ambrose Channel.
According 10 the Weather Bureaus
message from Washington. the storm
was central Of Sandy Hook at IL o'clock
last night and was moving northeast.
Because Of high winds accompanying
the disturbance, the bureau ordered
warnings to shipping displayed at all
coast points from Sandy Hook north.
1900 Shovellers at Work.
IN this city the snow caused delays
ia transportation that were more irri-
tsiing than serious. A thirteen-minute
iis-up in the subway, owing to a short
circu, al Brooklyn Bridge during the
rush hour, put a crimp in the under
ground traffic that was not ironed out
u1tl three hours later.
OF the inconvenience to vehicular
traffic the most serious certainly from
the children's point OF view was the
s.alling OF numerous heavy motor
trucks loaded with Christmas presents
from New York stores.
When Street Cleaning Commissioner
John T. Fetherston ordered out his re-
serve force Of snow shovellers at 4
m. only $500 responded to tackle
the problem OF removing the thick,
sticky snow and slush that clogged up
all the streets. 81 need 14,70O minute
men, Fetherston said last night.
Scarcity Of labor accounts for the
failure OF men 20 answer the call. and
many OF them have not shoes warn.
csouch 10 stand in the snow"
Scores OF minor accidents we've
caused By the slippery pavements and
the binding wind. but no deaths re-
suited from the blizzard IN the metro
pohiau district Andrew Campbell, a
ineman employed by the Public Ser
wee Corporation, was shocked 70 death
While repairing a broker wire IN Nut
ley. y. J.
0fhcials Of the New Haven Railroad
said last night that they faced q
serious situation in sending relief 20
Commuters tailed on trains that were
blocked somewhere between Greenwich
and Mount Vernon. No local or through
train left Grand Central Terminal after
D D. N. Because all the railroads tele-
phone and telegraph wires were down
ohciais 40 that time had no idea where
The stalled trains were. They were in
formed that there was break IN the
hgn tension feed wire AZ Greenwich
ana another break az Cos Cob.
Word was received about 1880 O'Clock
ian morning al the New Haven Offices
here that tho line had been cleared be
iseen this city and Bridgeport. Every
lrsin was reported 20 be moving under
steam power.
Relief Trains Sent Out.
Relief trains equipped with plough,
l~ battling through the snow, fuel
sna food for the comfort Of the com
ns'ers. and rescue gangs we're sent out
IN from the Grand Central and STAR
!ofd soon after 10 o'clock.
Darkness fell on Greenwich, New Ro-
essiie and Pelham Manor late in the
eiifrnoOn, when the main wires sup
..f-'@ hA|'a4Af AAENr EaFf way DtNfaLO
weight Of snow Many Of the
wealthy residents in those communities
vent out IN the storm 20 purchase can
uIef Twenty-Five and 30 cents apiece
we're ne prices for the tallow sticks
.Alii the grocers' limited supplies gave
osI hleet was accompanied by a wind
'i hurricane velocity, wh ch blew down
Sllbuildings and caused much property
a.. trolley trsnic Was crippled In North
v1tNafk, believillc, Nutley, Arlington
Afarny and other town. in New Jer-
- toon after nightfall. Owners Of
ih'yt blessed the storm that brought
zen double farez and more business
l.ah ihey could handle until close "a
N'omrht. when the lat grUmblinR sub
e'ps.hi'e had reached his home. with
ne Newark limits ploughs sent out
~ lae Public Service Corporation man.
tH'4 10 keep the trolley lines open
LffiHc light telephone and telegraph
Nif's we're blown down and six Gr,
''1fm bozes we're put out Of order
Drifts Clog Trolley Lines.
In Jsrsey city and all through Hud
,'n County the trolley ears maintained
once in while" schedule that wa'