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THE EVENING SUN THE EVENING SUN I

HM a largar circulation than any W Is the moat popular and successJj Iother waning newspaper printed u ful evening paper ever knownIn English Price One Cent

VOL LYNO 105 NEW YORK TUESDAY MARCH 1888 PRICE TWO CENTSn 1 1

BLIZZARD WAS KING

The Metropolis Helpless

Under Snow

HARDLY WHEEL TURNS

Business Knockel Flat as fb a Panc

PLAYS TRIALS FUNERALS

ALL POSTPONED

Fifty Train Loads of Passengers

stuck on the Main Lines

WHERE THEY ARE HEAVEN KNOWS-

A fonder Change in Onr Ways of

Urine and Maying Sprung on-

Us in a Night

ELECTRIC LIGHTS OUT

MIGHTY LITTLE NEWS GOT INTO

TOWN OR GOT OUT OF IT

GOING TO LET UP NOW

The Elevated Roads Alter a Days

Paralysis Get a laU Hold

Again on Travel

It was uiNew York had been a burningMidi upon which nature had clapped a mut-

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leaTinr nothing ot the olt1 activity but 0strui >allng ember

At little after 18 oclock on Sunday nl btorMonday monitor the loverrain that had beenpelting doWaoe tlmoment ot the opening

I tho church doors sudd nly changed ta-

1lat etorm that plated the sidewalks with Ico

Then b aathe great ittorm that 1Is to become

r0years l household word a symbol ol theworst of weathers and the limit ot naturespossibilities under normal conditions

At f quarter past 8 oclock when the ex-tremely

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modified sunlight forced Its way toearth the Boon In tb two great cities that thebridge unites was remarkable beyond any win ¬

ter sight remembered by the people Thestreets were blocked with snowdrifts The cartricks were hid hors cars were not in therange ot possibilities a wind of wild velocityhowled between the rows ot houses the nlrwas burdened with soft wet clinging enowonly bore and there was a wagon to be aeononly hero and there a feebly moving man

The wind howled whittled banged roaredand moaned Mlt rushed alone It fell uponthe house sIdes In fearful Busts It strainedgreat plate glass windows rocked the framehouses pressed against doors so that It wasalmost dangerous to open thorn Iwas a visi-

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substantial wind so freighted was It wltenow It camo In wulrla It descended In la-yer

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It shot along In great blocks It rose andjell and corkscrewed and zigzagged and playedmerry bavoo with everything It could swing or

bat r or banK or carry awaywas Monday morning when a day of rest

tam shopping hud depleted the larders Inevery house and yet there wore no milk cartsno butcher wagons no basketladen grocerboys no bakers carriers In great districts noattempt was made to delIver the morningpapers The cities wore paralyzed

Few of the women who work for their livingcould get to their wont places Nover perhaps-In the history of petMcoats was the Imbecil-ity

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of their designer bte luAtratod To-ot here I bad to my up and

clamber through tim snowdrifts said awashwoman when she caine to tho house ot the re-

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who writes title Bho was tho only meseoger from the world at large that reachedthat house up to hall past 10 oclock With mydress down I uouM not move bull A blockIt was so with thousands of women the thousand few who did not turn back when theyhad started out Thus women wore seen tocross In front THI Bux office and at many ofthe busiest corners up town But all thoWomen In the streets assembled togetherwould have made a small showing They areLgd to tbe much averse to stoylnl In but theytayed in Aa a rule

At haf past 10 oclock not a dozen stores onstreet In this city hud opened for

business Men were making wild efforto toclean the walks only to see eaoh shovelful ofsnow blown back upon them and plIed ogulns-Ib doors acaln

Have the girls come an employer askedhis porter0Qlrisr said the porter I have not Been 0woman blow through Fulton street since Ive

tn hirestreet was dead Rare and there I truck

moved laboriously but more trucks were stuckla drifts Id the horses were being led awaytrod them The elevated roads were rnnlnitrains semloeMslonally at this erlyand mainly over only certain parts of theirrooUi Only on Eat Hirer terry the Fultonwas making Its trips The Brooklyn elevatedwas chockablock with an engine brokendown and a 1011 lIne of trains from the tarryto Greene The big bridge wee next to

Is A dsase mass of moo wero packed I-nto Brooklyn depot and a shuttle train run

a dummy was poking dainty mouthfulsout of the iroat multitude running now andtbon The cable whirred along but It neverwould have done to hItch oars to ItThat wouldlimply baTbeen to have the grip torn out ofthe oar bttomThe attendants would notaJow ay man attempt to walk over theserial footway

The Fulton ferryboats picked their wayacross tbe turbulent river Ablind men gropewithout their flicks The watervt blackboisterous the air above It white and roaringallW bois would holenot another paisenctr-

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tland boats ran in a desperate effort tmlnlholr time table Nothing was evermoke any difference to a Staten Island boatexcept when the Westdeld burst her boiler In871 The Jersey ferries at least those tatwharf down town ran as best they couldthey brought unofficial rumors that not a railrosd wheel was turning In New Jersey

You could not see Now Jersey from NowYork t you could not BOO Brooklyn or even Gov-ernors Island But the storm was plain toles to hear to fool and to nbtWhat a storm I What a I What a crip¬

plnlollndlistt1 I Policemen who dtdnothldealonl the middle of the

Itreotl In a chimney took frsomewhere up at the head ot Broadway 1hose carriage was seen going to It with fourhorses at the rate of two miles an hour Atiroadway the firemen must have thought allthe horso cam In town were huddled there in ahoar for they were blockaded there

Nassau street from the Tribune building tothe southern ond of tho Vanderbilt building-and tho Kelly building opposite hnd become 0funnel I windcondensing cation Tho Kalethere swout the flagging clour and took men ortheir foot so Irresistibly that they were seenfalling and lying down everywhere and thoroIwhile tho seemed littarodwlth flying huts andilorccd with the yells of the merry idlers whoblocked tho doorways and looked on at the fun

Cabmen at tho Astor House were demandingfive to eight dollars to carry passengersBionrtwny below Central Park Cab horseswore breaking down nnd tiring out and theirdrivers were resting them wherever ono wentWhoever faced the wind had his breath drivendown his throat his eyes blinded his earsfrozen and his hands numbed Whoever wentwith the gala achieved tho velocity of 1 cutterAs Is usual when thorn Is snow in tho air thelaboring men and the Imll boys yelled at thelop of their voices was there hoard InSew York such Ichorus of shouts curses apIiouls idle screams and peals of laughter

low on earth did you got here w u whatmln askod every other man who appeared

In the downtown streetsEvery man had Imoving tale of hairbreadth

escapes of blockades and breakdown of pucll-

Btia settos with tho gale of miriness in fabulousdrifts of queer sights ot hampered businessand snowchoked plans gone In the slorm

The Stock Exchange could not provide themeans cumblinc the banks worn withoutlands to do their work the Stewart will case Inthu surrogates Court developed nothing butnn abandoned court room THE BUN found Itsnevorbtuderod energy confronted with Isltun

ton wherein reporters could not make theirway about messages by wire would not go orcomo nnd for a time all the news seemed to beof wires down business suspended publicplaces Rapine tenttntless and only 0ohone wire-tofor

lbladelphlo and another to Boston in shape

THE EVENING SUN was on dock precisely asif the elements were at rest and a summercalm hallowed the atmosphere It brought outwhat it iinppiiy called 0 Blizzard edition tofind Us wny to tho eager hand of ovary man onthe Streets who could read to be welcomedwith exclamations of delight In tho clubs andhotels bettor yot to do what no other eveningnewspaper succeeded in doingto present fullyand compactly and in its own Inimitable styloa compluto view of tbe atmospheric disasterthat had befallen every Inch of the countrythat could be beard from Its account of thelate of the great metropolis loft nothing to bedesired or provided

As the hours wont on and noon drew nighthe torm lost none of Its severity Dusk cameand then darkness and the wonderful visita-tion

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was etlll In progress Still tho streets werebanked high wIth rifts ot snow still the windroared and bowled and hollowed and flung itself against tbe citys walls still the horse carwere out oil from their tracks and the pillaredroads wero idle still the wagons were few thewomen were obliterated from the outdoorscenes the polling snow and sleet blindedmens eyes tho cold wind numbed man andbeast the uproar of wild voices continued

The streets were littered with blowndownsigns topS of fancy lamps and all the wreckand debris ot projections ornaments andmovables Everywhere horse cars werelying on theli sides Intrenched in deep snowlying across the track jammed together undIn every eon position Tho citys sur-face

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was like a wreckstrewn battle HoldLocomotion was especially dlfQcult on ac-

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of human helplessness Men wore con-stantly

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thrown against ono another and wer-continually falling on the sidewalks A womanattemptDI to cross Nassau street was obliged

cal help She saId she had lost herstrength and her clothing was s entangledwith her limbs that she could not move Twomen helped her to the sidewalk Up townwelldressed women bogged tbe drivers of pri-

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carriages to let them Into the vehiclesTheir manifest helplessness often got them thoopportunities to ride

Bo llorco was the wind that sparrows couldnot fly azulnst it They rested in the windowsof THE BUN building and started out againstthe air to stand still with wings uterlnlvainly I they attempted to fly with galethey wore hustled along like stones thrownwith fearful force

So IlnlZlnl so unprecedented was the situa-tion

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u 3 oclock in the afternoon the onlyvehicles In Irlntnl House square wore twoabandoned e curs covered with sleot stuckiiurcless In the snow The only human beings-

to bo neon wero I fat nollcomitn knee deep In adrift nil three boyit on the sidewalk

Clothing tim like or which Is seldom Been Intown wuBbroiichtujt Men appeared In quaintcaps In enormous thigh boots some loollnlllko theatrical properties In vast cOliscloth rubber canvass fur oilskin souwoslersIndian moccasins trousers legs tied at thebottom with twine everything anything thatcould keoii out the weather was to bo found ontho puohle In the street

Thu husloHt streets woro lifeless the wireswere down nt last not subwayod but hang-ing

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In tnlurl The houses were coated withsloot general tone of every scene waswhite the general motion was whirling tbogeneral sound was roaring

When dusk came there was no abatement ofthe fury of the blizzard Ihowled more andmore loudly accentuated the darkness andabsence of all distracting sounds New Yorkhad nt last experienced at least ono day with aWestern blizzard At last weather had beenfelt the like of which no old inhabitant ven-tured

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to say he had over seen in this neighbor ¬

hood The city went Into Its gaslighted roomsand Its boated houses and Its parlors and bedstired wot helpless and rul of ImaementTie ill blizzardan no one goodsays the proverb and In this cate the goodcame to tbllvormon Here Is bow It worked-A nelr Central Park went totho Fiftyninth street station of tim 1lravcnuolIaled It WAS packed and the

boon there two hours Hewent homo was thawod and dried and maderoady for another venture Ho plodded be-

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ankledeep and kneedeep to the Sixthavenue road Tbe same conditions there Heturned back and wont to a stable Therethey would take him to the Post Office for110 He would not pay so much for hedid not know that at that titus therewere no carriages in most stables and menwere paying 8 to go down town from Twentythird street Whtlo this traveller waited helearned that I carrIage was to be sent down tothe Product Exchange to bring a broker baokCould he not KO In that for 15 t Noii but ba-

oonld for 110 He would not pay 110 Wouldhp y7 JJoiaotuwntmorttiuwMi Well

be oould go for that He was a lucky manOthers walked or stayed at homeMen walked to business from the other side5f Brooklyn from Harlem from Jersey CityHelghtl Those who chose the main avenues

their way with reasonable ease butnearly every one had more or lees of side streetIXPOrOnCl and those they wi narrate for

years or long maya a lveAN VKUEAHDOF DAY Uf OWl

Ways Wlthnt Zn4 la Which that StormFubtercMlM 1Tho morning ruth down Broadway wan a

very little one considered at a rush It was tbe called that only because I was thewhoa thero usually iis a rush A thin stream-of plodding pedestrians struAalong the driftheaped sidewalks down town snowcovered Ice fringed breathless and perspiringunder tim close wraps that wore neoesslr toshut the line snow out from nooks wristsThey wore mostly young men and boys whowero continuing the journoy Interrupted byblocked elevated trains or Mailed street carA few elderly men struggled with thorIn thorestless eager mood that conies of tho factthat pomlasor notos and little matters ofthat stop not for blizzards-

A few women nnd girls also faced tho stormThey wore tho weakest nnd least prepared of

for tho contest Yetany runny of them laughedgnyly at they plunged and slipped nloDIOthers proceeded slowly and painfully ¬

spite additional pairs of coarse stockings drawnover their shoos and the most careful use ottheir meagre wraps thoy were evidently suffer-ing

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They attracted attention and excited I

pity no doubt but no one could spnio tho timei

nnd strength to turn this sentiment Into prac-tical

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iissl ance Bo thoy helped thomsolvos asbelt they could and floundered thronirli driftsand across streets knoodoop with floury snowor wIth elulI effort tried to braco themselvesagainst the wind when they struck clear sootTiLe contort was bitter nnd thoy wore oftendriven to doorways to gain breath and strength-

In the roadway the yellow ears were row andfar between Tho reporter saw but three be-

tween Tonth street anti the City Hall None otthem was mllklnlany progress though In onocase six borsel wore tugging In vain at thetruces One with four horses was In much theeaton fix and tho third with a single teamstood motionless no effort or strength beingleft In horses or driver

The vehicles that were getting along worevery few Cubs coupes and carriages werethe liveliest while the big double wagons oftho express companies seemed to be makingpretty good weather ot It Trucks wero farfrom plenty but their drivers were us usual Ingood spirits nnd good tongue Ono ol them ad-

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the three drivers ot tho slxhorso carteam to swim out when you are over your

hld As be disappeared in the snowclouded

1 burst of profanity followed him thatought to have melted the snow which electedtho wheels of the oarUnOiDWXT STORE SHUT AND SNOWED UHDXR

The persistency with which these men andwomen struggled toward the usual scone oftheir daily labors was usually but poorly re-

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The business done anywhere was In¬

considerable and In many oafOB the doors wereclosed altogether and half hidden in driftedsnow As Into as 10 oclock In tbe downtownstreets nnd aonuos clerks and shop girls stoodshivering lu doorways und hallways shelteringthemselves ns well as they coullad anxiouslywaiting for tho arrival of of the keysOnly about half as 0rule of the force In allthe business houses banks and offices was onhand by noon and this number was not addedto during the slowmovlnl hours of the after ¬

noon up to an early closing wasgenerally determined on to give everybody achance to try and let homo-

In the Equitable Insurance office OS out of205 clerks made their appearance and no offi ¬

car of higher rank than tho assistant cashier-was on hand The offices throughout thlrt andthe buildings were only half of themoponed and these but half tenanted Business-was practically at 0standstill and one or twoelevators were enough In the biggest build-ings

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to take care of all the traffic Those whohad persevered In their efforts to get to busi-ness

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despite tim elevated surface bridge andferry blockades had done so In the hope thatthings would bo cleared up during the day andtbe homo trip would tbe easy As the day woreon and this hop faded away they bosal to re-

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their success of the morning Ind to wishthat they had not left homo The scones ofthe mornlnl were the suggestion of yet more

I comeMen who had nald 5 or 10 for a short car-

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rIde on the way down or anything from25 cents to 1 for the privilege of using Iladder-to climb down from an elevated train stalled be-

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stations were quite naturally prone towonder bow touch It was going to cost them togot homo as tho conditions had grown worseInstead of bettor The only way thoy couldwithdraw their minds from those dreary fore-bodings

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was to ulscuss the peculiar expe-riences

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of the citys blizzard day When snuglyensconced for the time being It added to theirfeeling of comfort to relate tho Incidents theyhail observed of tim details of the hard lot ofothers The policemen tho letter carriers thenewsmen and the milkmen woro tbo principalobjects of this kind of attentionWOKS OF MILKMEN NEWSMEN LETTEB CARRIEES

Tho milkmen hail ni succeeded in gettingtheir supplied from railroad depots beforethe storm had developed to itt full IntensityBut in the work of distribution they werecaught badly in many ctihoa U was nearlynoon before with their horses jaded and them-selves half frozen thoy stopped the servicewith most of their customers supplied Withthe newsdealers was much tho same Theygot their usual btoros of capers In duo seasonbut whoa it care to sorlnl routes the condi-tions

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wore such that flw attempted It Cus-

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who came after their papers were verywelcome to them hut tho job of leavIng thornfrom duor to door was too much for the dell ¬

ors Thoy preferred to be stuck with what-ever

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unsold papors their luck might deter-mine

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The letter carriers made n great etrug-cle to got out the two sarlydeliveries or Sundaystuff but so many business places wore closedand the work was no difficult that not muchheadway was made

Tbo DOllccmen roscarcely to be Aoen Thesnowwas so thick and their utorracoated uni-

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looked so much lIke everybody oltoVi

clothes that It took Bhorpojes to tell wherethey wore But they were on hand when any-thing

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happened and that was all tbo time forevents crowded each others heels all day longFalling awnings signs and telegraph wireswore constantly endangering lives and not afew narrow escapes wero recorded At 32Vesey street n section of the Iron awning infront of the Metropolitan Hardware Companys-store fell under its weight of snow A postmanhail just passed under it and just missed be-

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caught In tho wreck In Courtlandt streetCapt Blevin stopped I lady who was rushlnlblindly along A tailing sign that thequick eye had espied fell just In front of herIt smashed a big plateglass window

Spruce and Nassau streets was one of thebreeziest corners down town Park row andBeekman street was an equally exposed plaeeMen and women alike were unable to retaintheir feet there They were blown with wildlyfluttnrlng garments and most undignified hasteacross the street anti landed In tho 011010-uler every Whloh wny The We UlloA

corner was In some mysterious manner madeequally difficult to travel upon Th wd haliwspt It olsar ol snow and on Its Irl IUrWt s promt could 1 made e

cept on all fours Jinny I turin rounded It Inthis fashion careless of tbe fate 01 tho hat orumbrella that had gone In the first gust

MARKETS IDLESCHOOLS CEDWashington Markets early blrdl ot business-men woro on hand and for customersbefore the storm had entirely blocked thingsBut tho blockade WAS around ahead of thebuyers and they were BO few that there wasreally no use for tbo stand keepers to haveopened nt all It Is positively stated by someol tho markotmen that there was not an average of two customers to each stand In all thereonle that had visited the place up to noonllythat time nearly every ono hnd given uptts expectation of doing any business andclosed up

Tho public schools were all opened on timethe resident janitors making this n certaintybut the toachorn and scholars reported In suchruencre numbers that scuroely one of them re-mained

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open for an entire session The slimattendance and tho general disorganisation ofthe day made tho exercises necos srlly briefAnd unimportant Some of the children nar-rowly

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escaped getting lost on their way homeNo schools were open in the afternoon atWHAT WAS TUB DAY MALta von

A messenger boy whoso errand sot his roluotant face against tho lull fury of thosiitlly to a companion I wonder what a daylike thin IH marie lor any how Ho hat justfloundered through drift tirree feet high onthe sidewalk In front of Ht Pauls Church Itwas ono of tho most peculiar unow formations I

In the city Between I nod the Iron railing ofthe church two feet wide was loft Ilrtl8pnce snow There Is nohelter Way of showing how completelybusings and traffic woro at a stand-still

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titan to say that this space was am I

pie hero whore n twenttfont sidewalk Is I

ordinarily nil too narrow Other big and dan-gerous

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drills wore on the Park row side of the I

IOBt Office Two men were actually pulled outof it uimblo to help themselves Una of themwho Is bitppoHDil to bo Herman OclKe of 1 Can ¬

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non titrcot woe so thoroughly overcome by oxpnsurtt that lludimts brandy did not revive11111 ho was taken to thihumborn Street

in a comatose condition On Weststreet the drifts wero very deen and tho wind-

ii that hwcpt ovor tho river was piercing andstrong Women hero had frequently to calalongupon utter strangers for ObSlslance to aot

The blizzard rigsI1LI7ZAHD

of thomosdmvntowncr wore I

ilhertillud and curious suitsfiom HOU westers to rubber boots were eonand all sorts of moccasins anti waterproof foot-gear were common IMwanl H Innett one ofthlQovurnors or the New York Athletic Clul iI

wits ono of th hest IJxtd men aboutperfect protection ho had provided for a fairdegree of activity In getting about Over astout pair of walking shoes he had drawn apair ot bicycle blockings that reached outsideiris trousers above hl knons Over the stockIno wore ordinary light rubbers Ills overcoatwas short anti ho wore u light bilk bundkttrchlufabout his nock to keep tho snow outA thin skull cap antler 0 soft felthat comnloled his costumo and madehis comlort Hocuro Some English touristswore his only mals OB to completeness ofpreparation for the arctic weather but thehomely though excellent ilovlce of heavywoollen soak overshoes and trousers bottoms I

lul frequently keen Porters awl others whobelieved In this but who were frugalmlndvdted bandages or bagging around their feet I

practice or tying tho trousers about tireankles to prevent tuo linn snow Irom jettingover tho tops of gaiters arid low shoes was verygeneral A large proportion of row YorkersnoNorwoitrany heavier loot gear calfskinshoe or gaiter These peonlo wore In a fine llxyesterday despite tire strings thus brought totheir aid Thoy started nut blithely in themorning in thepnme spirit that the scoffersfelt wlion they told Old J oaU that It wasnt go-ing

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to ha much of a shower Thoy got backif thoy Jot back at all with frostedtoes wet and a stock of tire soeds ofjineumania rheumatism and other ills sufficientloran armyI The people unprepared for slclan experience an yesterday and yetly unwlbo to venture out and toy with the hlizznrd were ICllonlna the doctore and thluntlurmkerx beneficiaries rjatnln of tbo Merchants National Dunk of WallStreet who walked down from the Ninth wardnnd arrived on tlnio lthout any elaboratepreparations for the experience IH not otto ofthese He declared to coiiirrntuutini friendsthat iris loot wero not even wet

StAlLs AT A STAND TILThe mull service of tiredly sbtf nmbed to theMOrn early In tho day Tho employees canto

mills pretty promptly but the carrierswent out almost empty hamltd as the railwaymall tervlc was about paralyzed Superin-tendent

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Jackson of the railway mall servicesaid that all iris meals of obtaining informa-tion

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Wore iut off little mail was broughtIn by tIre collectors and trorn tire substationsduringCBiierul

the mornlll was despatched from theAt 1 oclock ho telegraphed to nil tho railway

termini for advlcu as tn the possibility of get-ting

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tire afternoon mulls outPostmaster IVarmm said Uiat tbo servlco was

about demorUied and that business wusnearly at a standstill

There were forty outoftown malls duo be-tween 4 oclock yesterday ntorlnKlnd noonOf these only fourBaltimore imd Philadelphia mal over thePennsylvanlit Hotel at 405 A In tireonice ut G3U Thu Boston until fine nt 410 AM over the New York und Now England Itoadwas received ut Knn oolock Tire Chicagomall due oer the New York Central Itoad at645 reached the ofllco ut live minutes belorx 1oclock hl Boston and HnrlnKflelU expressduo at arrived M 1240 At the close ofthe days business no other malls had been re-ceived

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und tho oxuct locations oftho trainsunknown

YOU COULD TELEOIlAril IUBDIY ANTWnEIl-EThero Is tot a single wire working between

New York auntI the houth said Wlro ChiefBaldwin of the Western Union Telegraph Com-pany

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In tIre afternoon As early as 980 lustnight we received news to the effect thut sixtypoles bearing some of our most imnortuntwlresl had fallen in Washington Hbortly utter

Information we lost Baltimore thou welost Washington rind then Philadelphia We

but ten wires to Buffalo and should havefifty while to Albany we havu not quite tenand they are workins very badly Our onlyWilY to roach Chicago Is uronnd by the Lako-Bhore and estorn through Buffalo 1ontho e wires be down beforo Monday

As far as mil rind u little bo > ond whereour lines run In uerlul cables wo me all rightbut vast the point where the wires separate wohave no connect Ion Never before in the his-tory

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of telegraphy hart New rork been cut offfrom coramuntaitlon with the rest of the

Tbe European cables while all right in worldselves are useless on account of tho destruc-tion

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of the shore lines NVhy waliava no connecllon with XOIurklnllcwJlraey is furtheraway than clnnol ovenapproximate rite sleet storm of was thomoat distiiietlvo ever known boforo tthisdamage runnlnc into the thousands We tiehundreds of men tenth to send out for repairsbut cannot crnd Ihlnow aa they could do nowork As boon al ceases we flmll atonce bunlu repairing our Hues The Hudsonlihor Ills camo out Letter than nil und wohave with Ionehkoepsle yet Thelines in und around Now orkI will bo fixed assoon as possible tire vicinity of tire damagemaking the work of repairing easier Hhouldtire storm ahitr tonight we wi probably boall right by tIre end of the

TBUCPIIONK WWH IN AN AWFUL T NOETIrE telephone wlros In short cir-cuits

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anti short Matches did not escape drumage Emi if they lord held their own weluhtof iosl tol tire strength of the windthe wreck of1 other wlrn vioulit havebrought them to grief There wcr a greatmany subscribers who could rln the cen ¬

tral offices yot It seldom happened that anytwo of those wanted each other tio tbe opera ¬

tors spent the day in varying thohelloPof everyday with nn en uolly monoton ¬

ous cry of We cant get thetnr-Huparlntoniinnt Hlbtmrd ol the Metropolitan

Telephone Company Wire far train being ncheerful man yesterday e are In u batIK said ho but WO unnot tell how qailly offwo arll Ve cannot loll how much of our troutble due to 111 own wires being down undhow much of i lire to other wires beingdown on our In eat Eleventh street thereare several blocks of poles down They cur-ried

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hundred of wires and munyof them areour Home of the poles crashed through the

windows anti the wreck was o livelycoo At Fulton and Washington BtreetHBrooklyn there Is another bail moss und inMolt Haven the breaks and tangles ure fright ¬

ful We have u strong force of linemen utwork They cannol ollmb poles or make re-paint

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In Mich a Btrrm us this but they cal uniiHicIo the wire straighten thorn out ruin rollthorn up Thut wlllt them rut nf tho way oftravel und anul deal or danger

THE InoULEM OP CIBTmO HOMEBy 3 oclock the generally hopeless character

of the outlook Imd entirely donreienf thosewho had ventured out to dn but whobad been rewarded with very Indifferent re-sult

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Anxious Inquiries a to whether anycars were running on tbeburtaee or anywherehad beep made all d two persons

and the answer was uniformly dUoouraglet Bo the thoughts of home beoame strongerwith ee moment and tire wonder of how itwas became greater By 4 oclocknil considerations of builiem lied been O-UIwolllelll thoM und nothinK was left area

saloons wnloh trail been prettyexcJ filled alt day In tbe absenceof any business stir The abMnc oflbs usual1 crowd down town wu amatter of oonirratnlatlon when ths tide satlomewr with not a wl1 toning on any

of the regular of travel U was well thatscarcely five Inlcert or tb usual crowdswore dow town The majority under the

stern necessity set themselvessturdily to the task of footing It Broadway-was the most popuar track although the Bow-ery

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was bitter and a black procession of pe ¬

soon marched along Its more shel-tered

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western sidewalk It was laborious workthe wind being dead ahead and laden withcold fine snow as well as keener nod harderparticles blown off the roofs But many of trobravest walkers ot tho mornlnl faltered at thethought of the return not alone thedifference between a fair wind and a headwind Tbe lameness and fatigue resultingfrom tho unaccustomed and vigorous work ofthe down trip was the chief trouble And so ithappened that hundreds nf men who are In aposition to look lightlyonflye or twenty dollarswhen compared to comfort and case deter-mined that there should bo no more walking IntheIrs I

IANavntaxa von cApeIt was thei-

nccommodatLa question between getting hotel

or getting u conveyance AndIt was speedily developed tha there was notenough nf either sort of go round Theback men worthe first to ba found In Inadoquate Huch of thom nA bat braved thostorm and there were many who ontheir own account nnd on account of thairhorses were nil too few to take the anxiouup owners homo The work was too slow antihard for many trips to be mado The AstorHouse was the bust place to see the de-mand

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AU below that were exhausted by4 oclock or engaged at a price that putthem beyond tornptution and the improvi-dent

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moo who hud rested In tho belle thutthe railroads would bo all right by hilt timeand had not ordered curilaeen from uptownset their faces toward tho Astor Hotice to getcabs Ithere Tire down townerit lurid all got 120for a trip up town Acoupe or a ooal eithernot this price In ease it apIeceanti In tim other It was 5 ns four anuld bo car-ried

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A eontlcrtmn with n lady at the rornoror-Courtlandt street and Broadway paid 20 to bataken Fiftieth street Detective Phil Rolllywaited throe hours for a clrancuu tn pay 15 to bedriven to his homo In Bank street Ho billwalked down and figured that It wouldmore economical to ride than to take the riskof walking back The struggle for carriageswas very exciting The starter and the coloredboss porter In tIre corridor were subjected tonil sorts of blandishments by the applicantsIt finally got to be necessary for a man tocanvass tire crowd until he found three otherswho lived near him Then by n compact jobwith tho customary ti n head the Jehu could-be tempted Thin linen was frequently raisedto10 itplore for four by Impatient ones whowere afrnld of getting loft it looked like bigmoney but it was killing work and the liverymnn saint they did not fool ns though they couldAfford to work their hOles oven at thoso prices

DOWNTOWN HOTELS SA PEDThe men who determined to stay down Urnnnd thus lprovide fur both tire getting urineand getting back to business In the moinlicworo soon Tn as hal a fix as tuoso who soughttransportation The Astor Houe wu the firstpoint of attack naturally It began very earlyin turn away applicants for rooms At 5oclock Manager Keofe said that ho lund re-fused

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iOt who wanted to register Later onlie booker some more HB I special favor andgave them cots and shake downs In the cor¬

norof the hail Tire astern Hotel the HtoHouse the United Hiatus Hotel I Bwecnyn

and Everetts were soon smrJI At C oclock-not a room could be got any them Extracots and nil sorts of makeshifts wereInto play unit as many as tour men In nn or-dinary

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single room was a froiiuont occurrenceTire opportunities for racketlm und unlimitedpoker wore not to be neglected Tho stock ofplaying cards nt tho Btlndsln the hotel corri-dors

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was soon every case and theabsence of sleeping accommodations did not-hotirermanyof those who got shelter and adeck

MACYS oiitis BLEEP IN TiE STOlEThe saleswomen In Mncys store who live too

far from tho store to walk homo and defendedon tire cars woro Invited to stay all night bythe proprietors It was a regular plcnio Tiremen were ni obliged toshllt for themselvesand walk not UB they liked When thovWere gotten rid of mattresses were producedand everything neitwsary to make the girlscomfortable was provided by the firm Tiregirls thought it great lun to camp out In thatfashion at first hut before morning doubtlessmany ot them wished they wore ut homo

nU8lESS lNOCJUW OUT SLAT

FIt Time the Weather Ever Floored theStock icbnneUrskei IIn torte

It was startling tsee how effectually Wallstreet and the Exchanges the Clearing Housetho banks tho BubTreasury tho Custom-House and the business that centres aboutthem wore knocked out All the great Ex-changes

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wero practically closed at noon Theslim attendance on tire Stock Exchange madethe great Board mournful ViceChairmanHenrlcjues was around on time to bang the binIvory hammer that opens the sesolon in thomorning but beforo him wero but twentyonobrokers There are usually 000 TIre Wormser brothers Mr Q B Bchlay Charley Joliuesand Mr John Klrknor were In tire little bandand Secretary George W Ely was upFtalrs In Iris office thawing out Heand others on the Exchange had ploughedthrough tho snow drifts from theirhomos up town Boino felt flush enough to payfrom 15 to33 for cabu tobrlncthom down butmost of thom were carried a block or two byelevated trains and wore shot along by lieblzzar the rest oi the way Mr Ely said ho

two brokers who wee brought dowhalf the way In a butcher cart but at theMorton House the butcher boy driver and hishorse gave out and his passengers did the bestthey could Hflerthut

Commodore Imtenmn started out from hishomo at tbo Windsor Hotel in Ibutcher cartbut that butcher boy dropped tho doughtyCommodore after a block or two and hisBeiiKer Btruculod hack to tire Windsor laSBiased there An elevated train which startedfroii Harlem with Brother Jones of DowJouoSilOi and a contingent 01 brokers waspractically abandoned at Tneutythlrd streetalter taking nearly tour hours to got therelIre brokers flocked to neighboring restau-rants

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and hOlelRlld the billiard toomsundbarrooms from that tints out

Ylillii thor wore but twentyono brokers onthe floor at tire opining ol tho Exclmnirn therewas oven asmuller number of customers dis-tributed

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through the olllces of the buO and oddact h irruurrr tart of IIre lixihnngi ih thou-sands

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nt private wires leading to Chicago Bos-ton

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ihlludeplilaWuxhincton nnd other epuculativo centres hud bocu unappod llko cottontwine und whlo tilLondon cables wore work-Ing Wall nil financial nnd commer-cial

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folk wora absolutely cut oil from theirout-oftovncoiibtltuenl8 the streets worn strewnwhir broken tolegriiph wires Stout cubloahanging from sWIlnl telegraph polos partedand many a pedestrian In additionto nil iris misery Will tripped by thorn

bhortly before noon when tire attendance ontho Stuck ichanco had Increased to n littleover a bundled it was announced that onowire wrus working to Chicago This was a small 1

ray to tho benighted hut tire blizrurdBtruckbrokers wero too indifferent to brighten muchThey swapped their oxporlenws with theirneighbors on the floor und llnully decided toche it UD und shut up shup for the day ViceChairman Henrlijuos got out Iris loryhummerU-KHin rural culled ttheta around himThis reso-lution

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was thin adoptedTrust It I tbi tenie of lb member present that alt

do lull far as polbll te luipeaded anatllrtrttifouvtr until tomorrow March la

Furthermore all loans were extended untitoduy This Is tire first tlmo in Itsthat tho weuther hal knocked tire stock hx-chnnso out It was for a few days dur-ing

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the Black FrIday panic and since tirutr onlynncii on u business nay Hint was when ViceIVeildent Hill died suddenly vUlbt Hour of theExchanle little throng had decided to quit It

I was figured up that the transactions ivy thetension had been 10201 hureB

There wore two caIn In front of Delmonlcoswhen the brokers abandoned the ExchangeJnedrlvergot35and the other 140 to gu to

the Tilth Avenue Hotel The other brokersgot home tire best way they could Many ofthem went to the office of the elevated roadsat 71 Broadway 10 Inquire about tire chanciesof getting up town They were greeted with abig Ilocurd stating thattfin road Wrrs blockedund wero informed that not t flncle oxocuthe official of tha elevated roads Iranturned un at tire OmCeljudge MuCtie row Assistant Treasurerinujjed to to the SubTreasury but bliletor iris oierk away and at tire Cjearlnlnouhe business was clogged untlausenco of the clerks Alt the bankmanagi edto make their clearances but In severa of them certifications were refused because-

abmneaol the oi residents cashiers andtellers

Collector Magone Hurveyor liaattle P nutyCollectors Dunn Outhrie Nlcoll rind McOe-ePemocruts were at their pests In the Custom-house Of tire form of lMX in tire CustomHfiusn trout tho Burs Oftloo cnfi wciw knitiiwny lmy tire bliusril Tha ilutlen of ItlioI f Illianj however were I lull t aa tuaioee aJonthe was praotlonlly abandoned Amipyoct h female inspectors were on lol

The a uce Exchange was closed at 2oclock wh en the doors op ned Iyfstanch men were on adfr01 urn tero

wr ninetyfive brokers on the great floor butu efforts to do blslnel wore abandoned songbefore oclock Seine ot tie valiant

ones wore Alcx teaklmJ Samuel u FlnlayJames Latin Scholar White andMichael Hennossy The flour men didnt showUP at nil The freight men 1srwithout anyoomiDMIon and sensibly home and ntno time there over a score piping aroundwerthe where hundreds usually clusterand howl Th average dally attendance ontills Exchange Is 1700

The Consolidated Stack and Petroleum Ex-change

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the Cotton the Maritime and the Cof-

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Exchanges assembled from 20 to 1JO per-sons

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whore riOt to 1200 are usually seen Thdoorof the Beal Estate Exchange were°

A peculiar and Inter feature of thettbrokers who braved was their de-

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for trash linen when tray got down townThe few haberdashery stores In the nflghborhood of the Exehangor were positively thronged-with them calling for frejih collars anti shirtsthat had ben soaked wlltd by the shootma nod penotratin snow Iu1uffleriWero of noaccount The Icy particles scorned them Alltire hat stores down town sold cases olf Hootchcaps with peaks In front and rear but of nI-

the blizzard barons down town the cabmenwere the mightest

HARLEM XO CITY IUIZLTZ31K ill 1131-

Th Urns Wa OBIB but the MM ThUki-b Weat O flack Until 3ly-

A gentleman who lives at 128th street andSixth avenue and who does business near theCity Hall made the distance in two hours andeleven minutes yesterday morning probablythe fastest time on record for the day This isthe account us he gave it tn a SUN reporter

I left my house on 128th street utOKA H-

and at onco discovered that it was snowing Iopened my umbrella and n howling wind sweptaround the corner from Sixth avenue and tookthat umbrella out of my hand and lifted Itover the root of a neighboring flat houseNext my Derby hat flow off my head and wontsklmmlngovor the snowdrifts at tbe rate otabout sixty miles an hour I lot It go return-ed

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to my house put on an old hunting cap tiedup my oars In a woollen muffler and startedout again to go to my business I met a friendwho yelled to me that the Sixth avenue trainswore not running BO I steered for Third ayenuo Arriving there I found that the trainswere not running there either On Second ave-

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there wore no trains either The cableroad In 125th street had stopped and business-men by scores were walking train ono it roadto another in the effort to go south

1 had to got down town and I wont to alivery stable to pet n cone > une There wasone cutter one horse and ono driver left Ihired nil three for f 15 und started out Thatvas rut 1020 oclock Tire driver told mo thutthe horse vas liable to run away If he got ex-

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but he didnt got exUtud Well wostarted down Third avenue on n trust trot undthen tire fun begun Tire air was BO full oflittle lIne needles of snow anti the wind tornby us ut such a rate that that Ironic staggeredabout like u drunken man But ho was gameHe putt his head down and trotted ahead In thetooth ot the blast His mane anti tall weremasses of Ice and his hide was thicklyveneered with It You know I wear eyeglassesWell my eyeglasses were covered with lee sothick that I had to lick it oil every live minutesI couldnt get thorn clear any other way

Wa passed Third avenue surface cars allthe way down They were all deserted antimost ot them were off the truck Tire horseshad all boon taken back to the stables Tirebrewers wagons woro out though out in forceand each one had from four to ten greatNormandy bnrfies Even tire great strength ofthese huge draught animal WIIB not enough topull the wagons through some of the snow-drifts and the drivers wore lashing the porbeasts with their whips and cursing them withgreat vigor Tire sidewalks wore almost desorted as well as I could sea through my icecovered glasses As wo kept moving south-ward

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at tire great speed of four miles an hourtire sleet striking my lace made me feel aa If Itwas raining carpet tacks My moustache frozesolid my eyebrows uRn HLowUo and littleIcicles formed on my eyelashes and got intomy eyes They hurt like hot cinders

At htyfourth street I got out went Intoa dry gooda store anti bought two toboggancoIns for the driver und myself We pulledthem down ovor our oars and tied mtrflera overour faces leaving only too es en exposed Thenthings were more pleasant Tbn driver wasCl years old but he didnt grumble a hIt

Im an old New York tough he said Ivelived hare man and boy all my lifo but Ill be

I If over I seen the likes o this ride an Idoan wanter

And still that good horse went staggeringahead Wo tilted nearly over several timesand twice we run Into pillars of the elevatedroad for wo couldnt see where we were goinghalf tire time As we passed tteventyBlxthstreet 1 saw a great crowd of oooplo gazing upnt the scene of tire accident on tire elevatedThey were nil standing with their backs to thewind Deserted wagons stood nt tire curb allthe way from Harlem to the City Hall tend vemet any quantity of men who had unhitchedtheir horses and wore taking them to shelterAt Ninth street the fury of the wind redoubledand when we got to Park row the horse wasforced InBtngeor a little more slowly

1 arrived opposite Tnu HUN oflloe at 1231oclock having mudo the trip in a little morethan two hours and I dont believe anybodybeat It ynsterday One of the drivers fIngersw frozen and the horse was completely ex-hausted

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No I am not going Ironic tonight Ihave telegraphed to expect me In May

TUB liKlttQK ItZU XOBLY

Beaten 1>r the Htarm at TlrtiHr Maresrust U asd Just UlMCl IrlsSlsg

With the exception of an hour from 0 to10 A M yesterday cars ran on the BrooklynBrldgo nt Intervals The bridge was enduringa severe test but President Howell said thatnot tire slightest vibration was discovered Inthe solid piers A northwest storm does notstrike the bridge so fair us a southeast orsouthwest storm Delay was caused by snowand Ice Itogulnr trains ran yesterday morn-Ing to 510 when the cable was started Fortwo hours the cable did satisfactory work butbeforo 8 oclock snow and ice accumulated oatire trucks and the momentum the cars wasnot sufficient to take them to tire platformsEngines had to pull tho trains Into the stationsTin Intervals between tho trains grow longeranti tire crowd which every morning rides overtire bridge to New York was jammed up at theentrance ot the bridge on Sands street

The string of people became so dense andBO vociferous that tire police feared troubleand wooden bars wore put up at tire gate infront of the ticket choppers after n crowd hadassembled on tire upper landing Tire barrierswore broken down und with a yell the crowdhurst through They did not Rain anythingby it except to get under cover Tht sltuutlouwas mania more vexulious by an accident ontire New York side A train of threo earn waspullout by a motor from the north track a nhortdistance west when tIre last car Hllppml offfrom tire Icy rails und It had to 1m raised withjockMJrews This caused u delay of ronslilar-ubly over half nn hour Meanwhile tbe Brooklyn crowd ol passengers waited

The bridge promunade was closed Rt 0 oclockA M by order of Sergeant Phillips of thebridge pollco When the crowd was biggest Infront of the boxes a young man who said tinthe was Mr Barnes rind was Hecratary of theAmerican Exchange limllod nt 162 Broadwayend that ho had walked from Oreenpolutttieggoni Sergeant Phillips to let him walk acrosslire bridge because he feared ho would losehis place If he was Into Bnrgeant Phillips conHomed and the young roan walked nr ratherstaggered across the bridge until he becum-abmimbod by colt and Sort from being knocked against tire iron rnlllngtt by tire wind Thepolicemen In their two snug lrorrtea under thetowers had been warned by Sergeant Phillipby telephone to look out for Barnes WhenBarnes arrived over tbe land span In New Yorkhe BtsKKered and fell Pnllcemeu followedhim nnd ns he did not rise they yanked mint tohis feet und marched him to tine bridge en ¬

trance Alone he would have porlshcdhome pnsMingerH eourd cats to ride across

and others clnnbnd upon truckBiiperintondttnt Martin arrived In tire inlddlo

of tire forenoon In u cub and ordeied tIre whileto bo stopped because tire grips fallout to holdTrains ol two curs and two engines were puton and afterward three cars and two engineswith a headway of from five tn ten minutes Inthe afternoon the Brooklynltes returningcaused a big and perpetual jam on the bridgeapproaches In New York Hen in their hutto get Into the oars smashed car windows andcrushed each others huts

Superintendent Martin hired a gang of Itai ulaborers to keep the track clear but roostot them deserted before nightThe briugs on the Jf6le justified Its crea ¬

lion yesterday

tlilluien try lor rilibc > J CBIOI-

lA zanier l r t < rsUcm llee childrens Ies2t3i1rt4g1

It lessee Pertect CltHss-a reanilna the lMthlaiIrt scap44u

TRAVEL BY HAIL KILLED j

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UKirzjss2RAZNR T4ZWXD

s nziritxILV 1TArIONS

N Telling Whop Tkr Are r What B-

e e at ibe ZesseneerOalyl Use TrntKGets late k drum Oentr lNiie O M-

OntErerr UalIrd Into New Tvrk-BentfH anil Abeadesteg the Field tsr n

the Dny Tit Vnrth Avnne TasselCkk4 With SsewiorIus Dclity

Not a train had moved out of the GrandCentral Depot all day and only one bad comIn President Chauncey M Depew of theNow York Central was one ol a dozen men Inthe executive offices who reported joy dutyFifty were missing

Wall how did you get here woe the ab-rupt

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question with which Ire greeted the Suitreporter late In the ultcrnoon

I have just received a telegram from Buffa-lo

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ho added which elates that the sun Isshining brightly there and that what little itsremains in tIre city Is melting rapidly and runfling oft in water through the gutters Thatcheering news Isnt it

Tire pleasant tram ot mind that characterIzed Mr Depow was not nhared by hU subor r

dlnates Every attempt to communicate withstation agents after 8 A M lund Droved unsuc-cessful

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The waiting rooms wore crowdedwith travellers anxious to depart and personswaiting to hear from friends wino were enrouto to this city To neither could the officialsgive the slightest satisfaction

IUULINO IN TUB BOSTON EXPBCSSNor was the condition ol affairs on the Now

Haven any better Tire ono traIn that suc-ceeded

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in getting through was a train that hadstarted long before the storm began The oxpress that leaves Boston ut 1030 P M andwhich is duo in New York at 620 A M got aafor as Hartford motor any part of the stormwas encountered That was 241 AM Tiretrain had started under n comparatively clearsky Clouds were encountered nt Hartfordbut the air was mild and titers was noreason to expect anything more than a lightrain storm At New Haven nt 353 A M-

arrow was coming Idown lightly but regularlyThe further the trains travelled from that citytire denser tire etorm became At Stamford thefirst signs of tire blizgurd that was prevailing iuNow York showed themselves From thereonthe storm was similar to the one that proraIled in Now York The wind drove agaInstthe train and around It no that tIre engineerdidnt know which way it was coming Thestorm Increased in Intensity Snow drifts hadcovered the tracks in null places whero theserun through depressed cuts Tire wind docreased the heat In the cars and tIre passengersbegan to don thoir wraps Those that linesleepers piled their overcoats on to their blnnKeta and swore at tire porter Bleep was Impos-sible

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after leaving Stamford because of the Irequent stops and the jerks as the trains starter

Tho train reached tire Harlem bridge threehours Into From thero Its progress was muchImpeded until It finally stopped altogether ntFiftyninth street All attempts move It fromthere proved futile A bank of snow fully flvofeet deep mad formed across the track It wasnow after 11 A M and nil the passengers werefully awake and aware of the situation Theygot out and discussed tire difficulty amongthemselves Some were prepared to leave thetrain but the announcement that a mes-senger

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had boon despatched to tho Grand Cen ¬

tral Depot for assistance deterred them In ashort time an engine came puffing along slow-ly

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and assisted after the drift had been clearedaway In pulling the train through When thepassengers arrived In the depot they were stillfurther disgusted upon learning that no cars orelovatod trains were running Cabs were final-ly

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the others had to walk The train was fivehours lateTHE STAIirOBD LOCAL STUCK AT hOng ITKKIT

That was the last and only train tolraaoh thedepot The only other that came anywherenear it was the SUmford local on the sameroad That left Stamford at S A 51 It hadreached 110th street at 10 >i A M This trainwas crowded with brokers and business menThe Boston express had passed tho same spotwith difficulty a halt hour previous and thewind and snow had put In effective work sincethen The drifts were piled so high that It wasImpossible to pass thorn After a number ofvain attempts a brakeman was soot on foot tothe depot He had bard work Rotting therebut blur errand was fruitless The officials hudbeen endeavoring for some time to get an en-gine

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through the Fourth avenue tunnel buthad found it now absolutely Impossible

The passengers were furious when the mesmonger returned with bis answer but thore wasno help font One courageous passenger whowas on Important business refused to ba com-forted

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and started oft on foot Ho succeededin pushing his way through the drills andreached the Grand Central Depot by way of thetracks an hour and a half later He was com-pletely

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exhaused anti paid 20 for a cab totake him down town Ho refused to toll hisname Tire remaining passengers stayed Inthe cars and took such comfort as theycould out ot the provisions supplied by A

neighboring restaurant at the order of the rail ¬

road company jNO NEWS or TUB JJIBirSO TBilNB

The lending officials of the railroad had be ¬

come convinced of the danger that lay In tireattempt to run trains early in the day NoneIran been allowed to leave the depot and frautie ettempta wie made to roach the agentsalong tire route It was Impossible to commuIcnte with any of them after S A II No word F

had been received from the agent ut New Ha-ven

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after inldulghtonBunday und oven MountVernon could not be reached after 8 oclockTire last word received by wire from any cru-cial

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connected with the road stated that tele-graph

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wires wore down everywhere and thttire poles lay across tIre tracks in many placesTire lonedistance telephony owned by theNew Ilnxit Company could not bo woikedeither The tunnel from Fiftyninth street toNlnetyilxth Street wa blocked

niiiNu TO ITED TIlE msiiaEDThe train despatouer said that eight local

trains nn the Harlem division ot the road werestalled between stations As far M possibleword had been convoyed to the conductors tosupply the passengers with provisions andsuch other comforts as could be obtainedThese messages were rent by wIre and fasti

menEnnKors but their efficacy wee admittedlydoubtful whore the trains were far from en-

terers and rotaurauts ond hunt to uopond on the propinquity of fatra bonnesSuperintendent Turner said that he huddone all be could to relieve passen-gers

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but In the uncertainty prevailing couldventure no opinion as to their condition Noneof these local trains of course are fitted withany sleeping accommodations und tire resultlast night cannot have boon plcusunt Not thaslightest tidings trod been received 03 to thecondition of the trains on the ninln linn butthe superintendent thouuht that these hnd allbeen stopped In time Where trains wore tieluyed In towns over night lbs company willpay hotel bills In tine depot a group of con-

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of the road wore gathered Whey saidthat three mod four engines had been puton single trains that were stalled aonthe route but without any appreciableeffect They said that the tnnnol In lbs citywas not only blocked at the entrances hut thatthe air hnlortiilonR the street hart admitted thefnoiv In Inui auniiiltlot pnil that nuttier thesaholes tire Biow wm fien foot deep Whore tiretricks ran In cuts with banks on each side thesnow had flllod un the depressions even to tbotops of the banks They dclArd that tourtrainiwene stifled along tho main road bo

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