The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-29
80 MILE BLIZZARD
SWEEPS NEW YORK


Continued from First Poos.
fused to face the blast and hundreds OF
motor trucks were stalled.
Many women and many men enfeebled
with age or otherwise weakened were
blown down and hurt, and in some
instances both mon and women were
hurled by the blast against moving troll
ley cars and injured. Bit the actual
casualties were not numerous.
The fear OF something happening
worse than anything that had happened
prompted war organisations to take care
Of the storm victimA The Knights OF
Columbus threw open their huts and
service stations. and the Y. N. c. A.
did likewise. to all who wanted shelter
or felt bad.
Hot chocolate and coffee were served
to = multitude who had q hard time
keeping their feet in the succession OF
gales that did not cease until early
this morning.
Icy pavements and streets contributed
TO the discomfort and caused falls and
near falla In tho theatrical sections
sixty stalwart cops were detailed to as
sist folk at windy crossings The
Keith theatres were thrown open to
soldiers unable 10 get back to their
camps or barracks and after the per
formances all men In uniform who had
no place to lodge were taken care of In
the theatres.
Crushes occurred on the elevated and
surface lines at important terminals
such as the Brooklyn Bridge. But no.
body was hurt Skiddins automobiles
knocked down and injured persons cross.
ing streets. there were automobile col.
hoN< L.. ~ o.. a.
and afternoon. snow blinded folk fel
down in the streets and were injured
trees. mostly In tie suburban boroughs
were uprooted.
The outdoor attendance In the bright
light district was hardly noticeable by
those who went out. They counted one an
other. but did not send the returns TO the
newspapers. whose reporters we're quite
content to take statistics from folk who
said they had talked to other folk who
had heard rumors Of still other folk sus-
pected of having taken q stroll in Times
Square or places further north.
There were cases of snowballing 70.
ported by persons who enjoyed the nov
city of the sport: also there were
rumors that young children who could
not recall ever seeing snow in New
York were having a good time with
their Christmas sleds. the activity OF
which they had begun to doubt.
Eight Inches of Snow Upstate.
New York seemed to take all the
hohors In the blast area They 70,
some OF the blow down along the Jersey
coast, but 1t was all of shore. and
therefore die not disturb the residents
Upstate the gale was accompanied by
a heavy snowfall, Albany getting nearly
eight inches. with drifts running to
three feet
Dispatches from parts OF New Jersey
last night indicated that the frosty tenn
perature lad seriously affected the fruit
crops. Burlington county reported that
the visitation OF yesterday probably had
killed crops OF peaches. plums and pears.
had injured the apple trees and had
damaged hundreds OF acres OF young
pea vines 1t was said that the farmers
stood to lose several hundred thousand
dollars.
There were conflicting opinions as to
the quantity OF snow that had fallen, and
Forecaster James II. Scarr admitted that
the Government machines could not
measure snow. by reducing II to rain. II
the snow simply fitted across tho meas
uring pan on n gale that blew everything
along on the horizontal Snow that
comes down perpendicularly can be at
tended to. but snow that not only blows
along horizontally but also blows up and
down and all around the town and above
the town In like the Irishmans pig that
moved 80 fast that Il could not Be
counted. But the weather folk are sure
OF the wind. which cannot escape the
thermometer. The highest velocity last
night was close TO eighty miles for five
minutes, which seemed much longer TO
the man on the street who happened to
get in the way OF II.
Out at Camp Mills Long Island. the
$4,000 troops there called the storm a
blizzard. and much OF the day they kept
Indoors In their we'll heated. well lighted
barracks. enjoying the picture shows and
othor entertainment given to them by
the various welfare organizations that
know how to provide for the soldier.
Many OF the soldiers went out In the
afternoon and INDUCED in SNOWFALL bat
ties, which pastime to the colored labor
battalion from Florida was a novelty.
About 10000 men were added TO the
snow removal bureau OF the Street
Il saninE Department IN expectation that
the snowfall might reach three inches or
more. AS II did not the men were not
put TO work. Thus the snow removal
bureau has gotten on scot free In the
first time in It's history.
Twoi men were reported to have been
drowned by the capsiEing OF n rowboat
OF Bay Sixty-ninth street. Brooklyn. last
evening. They were making their way
toward the Brooklyn shore when a heavy
gust overturned their boat. Capt. Peter
O'Brien of the ship Andrew A. Laver der
and Capt. NJ. +. Green OF the ship Mary
Carpenter cav the two men disappear.
The unusual spring gale that accom-
panied the passage OF the cyclone across
this neighborhood will be felt more in
the open than II was by residents among
the chimney pots. In the spaces where
there are no tall buildings or any other
sort, an eighty mile wind becomes a
ninety mile blast, and that Ia what the
troopships are going to get as they near
this coast. The great Cunarder Aqulta-
MIA, due normally on Sunday morning,
probably will not get In until tomorrow
night, or maybe Monday morning, and
lesser ships may be delayed two or three
days.
To-day will be clear and cold, accord
ing to the national and local weather
forecasters, with strong northwesterly
winds
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