New Britain herald., 1920-02-05
New York Crippled.


 New York Crippled. New York, Feb. 5.-New York to- day started to dig itself out of the most severe snow storm of the winter. Snow, hail and sleet, carried on the i wings of a 55 mile gale, fell steadily during the night and early morning hours, closing the streets and side l walks of the metropolis with great 1 drifts, demoralizing street car traffic, delaying train service, seriously im- l peding navigation in the harbor and causing discomfort to pedestrians. l Wind Smashes Windows. ] Although squads of motor sweepers were kept busy all night cleaning tracks, street cars moved at a snaiPs pace and blockades were the rule- Tens of thousands of workers on their way downtown sought elevated !. and trolley lines and swamped the ! subways The icy condition of the sidewalks made walking per1lous. ; The wind smashed many plate glass windows in stores along Broadway. Ferryboats were delayed in making l trips, owing to high tides and floating l ice Harbor craft generally was tied up to moorings- Nearby seashore re- sorts reported considerable damage to docks and cottages along the shore. | Nearly all incoming trains at rail- way terminals were far behind their schedule Trains from the west l were hours late.
 4,OOO Men at Work. l More than 4,00O men were pressed i into service by the street cleaning de- partment to clear the streets. In an effort to assist the department the of ness men called upon it's members to i request their employees to volunteer i for snow removal work.
 ] Reports from Atlantic Highlands l and other marine observation points 1 along the coast early today were that 1 the storm was the worst in years. The ! tide, driven by the 50-nile northeast l erly gale, is pounding the beaches and l threatening in many places to under l mine summer homes.
 No Casualties Net.
 No marine casualties have been re- ported but the condition Of the Weath- CT is such that captains Of incoming ! ships have avoided attempts to enter l the harbor and are holding off in deep l water to ride out the gale.
 ] Weather bureau reports indicate the 1 storm center was centered this m orn-
 
 ing slowly northeastward. All along the coast from Hatteras north high seas and strong winds were reported.
 The high tide flooded the Erie ternll- nal ill Jersey City and several hun- .; dred yards of the street from the en-
 trance to the station. Ferry service
 to New York was discontinued. Water l leaked from the Erie station into a
 station of the Hudson tubes and sprinkled commuters. Some New Jer-
 sey trains were two hours late arriv-
 ing at Jersey City owing to snow
 drifts
 Hotel Undermined.
 Reports from the New York quar- l anttne station on the east shore of
 Staten Island were that heavy ice foes
 from the Hudson river were being
 driven on the beaches and against the
 wharves. The binding snow storm
 made it impossible for observers to
 see more than 100 yards off shore and
 two ships which came in during the
 night were located by the captains of l. the health officers tugs by repeated
 whistling.
 1 The Pasadena, a summer hotel on l the beach at the foot of Seth street, 1 Brooklyn was washed into New York i bay by the wind beaten combers ! which dashed on the shore during the
 night and early morning. The police | reported it a total loss. Two bathing
 pavilions on the same beach, at the ,, foot of 102d and 18th streets also ! were swept away.
 Steamer ICebOund.
 Three Long Island Sound steamers
 were fast in the ice today near Exc
 cution light, off New Rochelle. x. Y,
 and Sound shipping was practically at
 a standstill as a result of the storm.
 The vessels in the ice were the
 Maine, which left New York yester-
 day afternoon for Bridgeport, the New
 Hampshire from New London for New York and the Pequonnock from New York for New Bedford.
 In response to rocket signals from the Maine, which had three passen-
 gers and a crew of 70. fleet of tugs was sent to the scene from New York. Later all three ships reported that ] they were held fast but were not in
 great danger.
 The Colonial line steamer Concord bound from Providence to New York put back into Providence today after touching at Newport, according to in- formation received by the line here No report had been received this morning from tho Colonial line steam CT Lexington, which left New York 1 for Providence last evening. Three firemen were knocked off ar