Weather and traffic chaos from sleet and high tide in Jersey City
Sleet crippled railroad block signals and forced clearance cards slowing trains across multiple lines. Erie ferries faced delays as Barnum street flooded and tide reached levels not seen in years. A barge carrying 350 tons of furnace coal for schools sank at North River pier, with crew ashore and coal recovery underway.
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New York Institution
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Baxter Wrecking Company
Fire cripples John St. telephone exchange in mass outage
A late yesterday fire at the John St. exchange crippled hundreds of telephones. Officials suspect a ground wire fault amid storm conditions. Power was partially restored as crews from multiple exchanges worked to repair thousands of intertwined wires and restore trunk lines for newspapers and offices.
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Teutonic Survives Rough Atlantic Crossing
The White Star liner Teutonic endured a stormy Atlantic crossing with heavy seas, arriving in Tower Bay after Daunt's Rock on November 2. Passengers stayed in cabins while crews battled gales. an onboard accident nearly washed seaman Arthur Palace overboard when a large wave knocked him toward the rail.
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American newspaper men in demand in England at wedding
On November 19 Harrison resident J L Pool married Maud G S Fleming of London. The ceremony drew attention from Albert Brandt once purser of the Majestic and S L Lawson of the Reuter news service, who noted strong demand for American reporters and actors in England.
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London
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Triple Train Collision Crashes Near Ossining on NY Central
A blinding snowstorm caused a three train wreck on the New York Central near Ossining. Freight and stone trains derailed, Day Express from Grand Central also derailed, passengers uninjured aside from bruises, one brakeman hurt. Officials cite storm crippling signals and deranged service. Wrecking and hospital trains responded within an hour. other trains delayed several hours.
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Sleigh Drivers Win Wine At Tavern Race
Snow fell as sleighs arrived at McGown's Pass Tavern for champagne prizes. M. J. Monheimer claimed the first sleigh prize, Mrs. Wolff won the women’s prize, and J. Edward Jetter took the East Side race wine.
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Snowy Coasting Fatal for Schoolboy on Amsterdam Ave
Heavy snowfall spurs a coasting accident on a steep hill at Amsterdam Avenue and Hamilton Terrace. Joseph Seibert fourteen dies after his skull is fractured when a sled crashes into a lamppost. John Vogel twelve is badly bruised. They are treated at J Hood Wright Hospital. Seibert lived with his widowed mother who runs a cigar store.
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Mules Stop Trolley Traffic in Union Square
In Union Square a pair of mules pulling a wagon halted traffic by resisting three trolley cars amid a crowd of about fifty teams and several hundred spectators. Attempts to move the animals failed until a café patron offered sugar, prompting the mules to follow and the crowd to disperse.
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High Wind Brings Fatal Fall at Allentown Store
In Allentown Pennsylvania a brick wall section of Bittner Hunsicker and Co. store, torn by Wednesday fire and today blown down by high wind, trapped Elias Helwig a master carpenter who died. Elias Bittner senior partner survived but in critical condition. Helwig a Civil War veteran with two sons in Porto Rico 1898 and another son serving in the Philippines.
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Gale Strikes Norfolk Unroofs Homes and Trips Wires
A sixty mile per hour gale in Norfolk Virginia last night and today caused significant damage. Houses lost roofs, trees and telegraph wires were felled, and shipping fears arise as the Arethusa left Capes with coal for the Caribbean amid unsettled seas. Tomorrow’s Tribune features Medal of Honor Legion stories and a photo of General Daniel Sickles.
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Harbor Storm Sinks Barges as Eastern Gale Rages
A severe Atlantic storm lash at dawn sent heavy seas through New York Harbor with snow and fog, delaying Sound steamers and hampering pilots. Two barges sank at St George, others grounded near Shooter's Island and Hoboken flats while ships sought shelter at Quarantine and Clifton docks.
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Broadway Gets New Snow Cleaning Plan and Contracts
Broadway from the Battery to Forty-second Street was swept under a revamped system by Street Cleaning and street railway crews. The city will use weather data, block charts, and machine brooms with a rubber squeegee to measure and clean snow. Bids for winter snow removal were opened, and the department plans to expand machine use with three more broom units after a successful test at Avenue C and Seventeenth Street.
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Storm Deepens Coal Shortage in Brooklyn
A Brooklyn storm caused a severe coal shortage with hundreds turned away at yards and few deliveries. Many yards could not fulfill orders due to street conditions, endangering heat for the county jail, courthouse, Municipal Building, and Borough Hall. Officials said $20,000 was available to buy coal, but sellers were scarce. Readvertising would occur today to secure supplies.
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Brooklyn
Helme
Department of Public Buildings
Fine new Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum on Fordham Heights
Pictures and description of the fine new Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum on Fordham Heights, which will shelter 750 boys and 750 girls. In to-morrow's Tribane.
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Tribane
Appellate Division Affirms Mandamus For Firemen
The Appellate Division issued several rulings on rein statement appeals. In Thomas F. Rice's case the lower court decision was upheld. an absence of seven days without leave led to his discharge. Brennan's case affirmed a mandamus order. the court found insufficient proof of five days absence and criticized the commissioner's discharge. Justice Ingraham authored the opinion.
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Patrick J. Brennan
Brennan
Justice Ingraham
Four Inches Of Snow And A Lumber Schooner Sunk
A Philadelphia snow storm delivered four inches of snow and fifty four mile per hour winds paralyzing telegraph lines and crippling streetcar traffic. One man George Chiverton died in a trolley collision and two others were injured. In the coal region eight inches fell but mining was not heavily disrupted. The Virginia Rulon sank near Assateague, fifty miles below the Delaware Breakwater. crew were rescued by life savers.
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GREAT DAMAGE ON HUDSON FIERCE STORM HITS RIVER TOWNS
Severe Hudson River storm tides and northward gale battered waterfront areas from Spuyten Duyvil to Yonkers and Tarrytown. Ferries were halted, canal boats and scows wrecked, rail seawalls undermined, and multiple vessels capsized or swamped near Dobbs Ferry and Hastings. Two brothers and others survived after dramatic rescues as the Gould estate yacht basin flooded.
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Albany Snowstorm Halts Traffic Across State
A fierce snowstorm began in Albany producing heavy drifts and widespread travel disruption. Rail and trolley services were crippled though the railway company kept a semblance of schedules with many trains four to five hours late. Several towns including Glens Falls Kingston and Syracuse faced severe congestion while others like Buffalo escaped the worst of the drifting snow and gale along the lakes.
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Snowfall Delays Coal Shipments In Mining Regions
A heavy snow season in Wilkesbarre and Pottsville delays trains and freights, closing collieries and hindering coal shipments to New York. In Virginia a violent storm causes one death, boats torn from moorings, and wrecks. A Beaufort dispatch reports the bark Oliver Thurlo goes to pieces off the coast.
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Inland steamer wreck leaves crew injured and dead
The vessel low which was stranded Sunday night broke to pieces last night. The cook was killed by a falling mast and another man had his back broken. Five crew were rescued. Captain Hayes of the Thurlow had his leg broken in three places. No doctor was at hand to set the leg. He was brought here for medical attention. The Thurlow was traded with a at Charleston and was bound for New ark.
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Barn Burns in Wake of Four Fires in 24 Hours
New Rochelle officials offered a $200 reward for information about an incendiary after four fires in 24 hours. A Sickles property barn at General Daniel Sickles’s North Street holdings burned, housing a dozen horses and cattle. Fires also struck Thomas Tyrell hotel, priest Thomas McLoughlin’s barn, and William Benson’s home. Police deem two fires accidental and suspect a deliberate arsonist seeking revenge or to test firefighters.
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New-Rochelle
Daniel Esickles
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William Benson
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Real Estate Firm Buys W M Ryan's Business
Parish Fisher Mooney Co buys the late William M Ryan's broad Realty Auction and brokerage enterprise at 49 Broadway. The new firm includes John L Parish Harris B Fisher Luis W Mooney and William M Lawrence, all longtime realty figures. Parish as office head, Mooney and Lawrence bring Auction leadership, with Fisher’s brokerage background underpinning the transition.
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the Herald
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Harris B. Fisher
Best Story Suggested by a Picture For Tribune
A note states a prize for the best story inspired by a picture to be published next Sunday in tomorrow's Tribune. Institute of readers is invited to submit entries for the contest.
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