The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-27

The .vratie winter may merge her.
ss,f Into spring to-day. II the forecast
es the national prophets 10 verified.
m. forecast calls for eloudless skies
sud warmer temperature this day and
Increasing cioudiness and west winds
hacking to south tomorrow.
Ever so often at this time OF year
storm whirl,ng northward out OF the
warm South and storm twisting south
ward out OF the cold North bump pc
rnheries somewhere over this city or re-
zion with results that are startling.
This was exactly what happened yes
.eriay morning and most Of the s,000.-
600 persons living in or around New
York city were affected in one way or an
other by the meteorological freak. which
first transformed itself from slow. warm
rain or a pounding thunder shower with
vivid lightning flashes and terrific
thunder reports, then TO a savage gale
with the wind driving from the north.
west at 90 miles an hour. then to
light fall of snow and finally to hard
freeze which silver plated the clty's
streets.
At II o'clock on Saturday night II was
rining gently. with the Thermometer
registering 81 de2rees-very un-Chrtst'
massy weather. indeed. \ few hours later
the sow patient fall of water had changed
TO q hammering storm of rain and sleet,
all driven by furious gale which. at
A. NJ. was gauged ty the Weather
Bureau instruments as having pace
Of ninety miles an hour. Many persons
we're awakened from sleep by the crash
Ing reports of thunder and saw. as they
hastily looked to their windows. that
TIE lightning was stabbing through the
storm welter in greenish yellow flashes
| Of extraordinary briiliancy.
Then It began TO snow and the mer-
crry dropped down the tube SO that by
~ NJ. II stood AT 2s degrees. a fall
Of - degrees I'm seven hours. The snow
cane very heavily for nearly three
hours, or up until 9:45 4. NJ. but the
warn rain of the night had left no abid-
| re foundation for snowfall and much
Of Ire tluffy deposit melted away. AL
together there was snowfall OF 2.S
inches recorded by the weather observ-
e,, IN the top of the Whitehall Build
ng, not enough 10 interfere seriously
| slth the operation Of the 1nterbOrOugh
Ines. subway and elevated. or with the
.urface car lines or with the railway
], lines entering New York city. but quite
/ enough to incommode '~avellers and to
cause indirectly the deaths of seven
Hrsons and serious injury to at least
twenty others.
THE DEAD.
CHARLES, MRS. MARGARET. +ss Cherry
street, crossing Jackson street at Grand
.r't when, blinded BY the storm. she
ns,ePPss.di in n toni Of trolley car; Xxx p..r,
~ srtat -, i brooklyn % iied in prisonsrs pen
o; he ADAMS street police court while
'a'tng hearing on charge OF IN
uoRoWITz; ANNA. e5 years old; dropped
kSrsiS99iKHf' sANrHoNY. as year. old.
A.~, Hyle Park /. /. riding bicycle
sfo. ridine with him. was badly hurt.
oNt4L, FArRlck. deekhand. drowHssd
Hoo. Bay and were cast ashore near
For Hancock. Twenty women and chill
erfu "Te rescued from canal boats by
n rETBfiEpY' PATRlcK. 50 years old, a
sss,an s,s!onsd a Pleasant "a" itv Plains. ,rsnn
ch, S.atsn t IslaTnd Rapid Transit Com
vpsES' T2Gd Irn L. front OF rsan train, o, Hook
and Ladder Company No. 9. riding on a
irUck which was hit by a trolley car IN
.s % @ IF w,eH and stes snG~ Twd 4, srs%a so
pah' Ns hurt ana motorman OF car ar
f.s. on homicide charge.
A Texas twister born near the RIO
Grade last Thursday sped northwest
"ard 80 rapidly that II was over the
| lower Mississippi on Friday morning
and was here by Saturday night just In
tine 70 collide with Lake Ontario gale.
Neither was Il really first rate storm. AS
Street Cleaning Commissioner Fether-
ston realized thankfully yesterday, or
W. would have had bowling blizzard
with many inches OF snow and all sorts
OF Distressing conditions; but each was
potent enough and active enough ~
Great unusual, peculiar conditions.
one Other FierceP Blast.
There have been fiercer blasts In this
hegHboIho0d than 80 miles, but never
IN December. ON one occasion the cups
OF tie official thermometer were carried
away and the experts had to guess tha'
III wind exceeded 100 miles. which was
The parting record Of the machine be-
| Sofc nrw out of commission.
| What made yesterdays blow seem
migaiIost of all was the weight Of snow
and -le-t and hail that II bore along
horz,ntally, driving everything befort
Il ll,t was not anchored, at sea or on
land
II Texas twister that started the
fImpla was central in Hartford Mt
oci'a Yesterday morning and iatel
ted'"a out 10 sea, bringing In fine
~ gale from the West, with cieai
\ sFr' llat will lingcr with us day OF
noe
| A'aough the gale played queer prank